Pocahontas County
CALENDAR YEAR 2008
MONTHLY REPORT ON THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT *
			JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVG
LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
Civilian Labor Force			4,100	4,090	3,910	3,630	3,550	3,750	3,710	3,670	3,650	3,560
	Total Employment		3,800	3,790	3,620	3,160	3,140	3,430	3,490	3,470	3,450	3,340
	Total Unemployment		300	300	290	470	410	320	220	200	200	220
		Unemployment Rate	7.3	7.2	7.5	12.9	11.6	8.6	5.9	5.5	5.4	6.1
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			4,060	3,980	3,810	3,270	3,210	3,490	3,550	3,550	3,500	3,440
Goods Producing			540	540	540	550	550	540	540	540	540	540
	Natural Resources And Mining		70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70
	Construction		130	120	120	130	130	130	130	130	130	140
	Manufacturing		340	340	340	340	340	350	340	340	340	340
Service Providing			3,530	3,440	3,270	2,720	2,660	2,940	3,010	3,000	2,960	2,900
Private Service Providing			2,650	2,580	2,400	1,830	1,770	1,990	2,060	2,040	2,010	1,970
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		380	380	380	350	350	340	340	340	340	340
		Wholesale Trade	30	20	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
		Retail Trade	300	300	300	270	260	260	260	260	250	250
		Trans. And Utilities	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	50	50
	Information		40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
	Financial Activities		110	110	110	110	110	110	110	100	100	100
	Professional And Business Services		250	250	250	250	260	260	270	260	250	240
	Education & Health Servs		200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	190	190
	Leisure And Hospitality		1,390	1,320	1,140	610	540	770	830	830	810	780
	Other Services		290	290	290	290	280	280	280	280	290	290
	Total Government		880	870	870	890	900	950	950	960	940	930
		Federal Government	50	60	60	60	60	70	80	80	70	70
		State Government	250	250	250	260	270	300	300	310	300	290
		Local Government	570	560	570	570	570	580	570	580	570	570
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
* DATA HAVE BEEN REVISED TO 2007 BENCHMARK.
** NONDISCLOSURE

Date last revised: 11/21/08