PREPARED BY - IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT                             SPIRIT LAKE, IA *                          NLA066    100716    
              LMI BUREAU                                LABOR FORCE SUMMARY (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)                               
              1000 EAST GRAND AVENUE                                                                  BENCHMARK: MARCH 2009         
              DES MOINES, IOWA  50319                2010 JANUARY THRU JUNE                                                         
                                           LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT DATA                                    YEAR    
                                                                                                                             TO     
                                         JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.   SEPT.  OCT.   NOV.   DEC.  DATE    
                                                         PLACE OF RESIDENCE                                                         


RESIDENT CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE..........   8900   8990   9120   9450  10280  10410                                             9520  
  RESIDENT UNEMPLOYED..................    850    820    850    740    600    650                                              750  
   PERCENT UNEMPLOYED..................    9.6    9.1    9.3    7.8    5.8    6.2                                              7.9  
  RESIDENT TOTAL EMPLOYMENT............   8040   8170   8270   8710   9680   9760                                             8770  


                                  NONAGRICULTURAL WAGE AND SALARY EXCEPT DOMESTICS (PLACE OF WORK)                                  


TOTAL NONFARM..........................   7520   7660   7810   8270   9450   9470                                             8360  
  GOODS PRODUCING......................   1930   1940   1940   2040   2150   2150                                             2030  
  SERVICE PROVIDING....................   5580   5730   5870   6220   7300   7310                                             6340  
    GOVERNMENT.........................   1240   1270   1330   1310   1350   1330                                             1300  


LABOR MGMT. DISPUTES (# PERSONS).......      0      0      0      0      0      0                                                0  



*        MICROPOLITAN AREA CONSISTING OF DICKINSON COUNTY, IA.                                                                      



PLACE OF RESIDENCE CONCEPT--METHOD BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL, UNEMPLOYED OR EMPLOYED, IS COUNTED IN THE AREA WHERE HE/SHE LIVES        
         REGARDLESS OF THE AREA WHERE HE/SHE WORKS.                                                                                 
PLACE OF WORK CONCEPT--METHOD BY WHICH AN EMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL IS COUNTED IN THE AREA WHERE HE/SHE WORKS REGARDLESS OF THE AREA      
         WHERE HE/SHE LIVES.