PREPARED BY - IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT                              AMES, IA MSA *                            NLA066    100823    
              LMI BUREAU                                LABOR FORCE SUMMARY (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)                               
              1000 EAST GRAND AVENUE                                                                  BENCHMARK: MARCH 2009         
              DES MOINES, IOWA  50319                2010 JANUARY THRU JULY                                                         
                                           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..........   48.6   49.7   49.3   49.9   49.2   47.9   48.1                                      48.9  
  RESIDENT UNEMPLOYED..................    2.6    2.6    2.6    2.5    2.3    2.7    2.6                                       2.6  
   PERCENT UNEMPLOYED..................    5.3    5.3    5.4    5.0    4.8    5.7    5.4                                       5.3  
  RESIDENT TOTAL EMPLOYMENT............   46.1   47.0   46.6   47.4   46.9   45.1   45.5                                      46.4  


                                  NONAGRICULTURAL WAGE AND SALARY EXCEPT DOMESTICS (PLACE OF WORK)  **                              


TOTAL NONFARM..........................   45.7   47.2   47.0   47.5   47.2   44.8   44.2                                      46.2  
  GOODS PRODUCING......................    5.2    5.1    5.2    5.4    5.5    5.6    5.6                                       5.4  
  SERVICE PROVIDING....................   40.5   42.1   41.8   42.1   41.7   39.2   38.6                                      40.9  
    GOVERNMENT.........................   19.7   20.9   20.8   20.9   20.8   17.7   17.1                                      19.7  
      FEDERAL GOVERNMENT...............    1.1    1.2    1.4    1.3    1.9    1.6    1.5                                       1.4  
      STATE GOVERNMENT.................   13.9   14.9   14.6   14.8   14.0   11.4   11.2                                      13.5  
      LOCAL GOVERNMENT.................    4.7    4.8    4.8    4.8    4.9    4.7    4.4                                       4.7  


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



*        STORY 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.                                                                                                        
**       FIGURES ARE SHOWN IN THOUSANDS  (EXAMPLE - 52,600 IS PRINTED 52.6)