Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 7			Sept 2008	Aug 2008	Sept 2007
Civilian Labor Force			117.8	117.6	117.2
	Employment		113.3	113.1	113.0
	Unemployment		4.5	4.5	4.2
		Unemployment Rate	3.8	3.8	3.6
Total Nonfarm Payroll			73.3	73.0	74.9
Total Private			55.6	55.6	57.4
Goods-Producing			13.5	13.6	14.2
	Natural Resources & Mining		0.7	0.7	0.7
	Construction		3.6	3.6	4.2
	Manufacturing		9.2	9.3	9.3
Service-Providing			59.8	59.4	60.8
Private Service-Providing			42.1	42.1	43.2
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		12.3	12.3	13.2
		Wholesale Trade	1.6	1.6	1.7
		Retail Trade	8.5	8.5	9.2
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	2.3	2.3	2.3
	Information		2.2	2.2	2.2
	Financial Activities		2.5	2.5	2.5
	Professional & Business Services		4.5	4.5	4.6
	Educational & Health Services		8.1	8.0	7.9
	Leisure & Hospitality		8.4	8.4	8.6
	Other Services		4.2	4.2	4.2
	Government		17.7	17.3	17.6
		Federal	4.6	4.6	4.5
		State	3.1	2.7	3.1
		Local	10.0	10.0	10.0
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2007 benchmark