Employment Situation

Iowa Employment Situation
	Oct 09p	Sep 09	Oct 08	% Chg OTM	% Chg OTY
Place of Residence
Labor Force	1,686,200	1,691,800	1,676,800	-0.3%	0.6%
Unemployed	112,700	112,300	71,900	0.4%	56.7%
Employment	1,573,400	1,579,600	1,604,900	-0.4%	-2.0%
Rate (%)	6.7%	6.6%	4.3%	0.1%	2.4%
Place of Work (Seasonally Adjusted)
	Oct 09p	Sep 09	Oct 08	% Chg OTM	% Chg OTY
Total Nonfarm	1,479,200	1,476,900	1,522,400	0.2%	-2.8%
Mining	2,100	2,100	2,100	0.0%	0.0%
Construction	64,700	65,200	74,400	-0.8%	-13.0%
Manufacturing	203,400	202,900	226,200	0.2%	-10.1%
Durable Goods	117,400	116,700	137,400	0.6%	-14.6%
Nondur. Goods	86,000	86,200	88,800	-0.2%	-3.2%
Trade & Transport.	303,500	306,500	308,400	-1.0%	-1.6%
Wholesale Trade	68,500	66,400	68,800	3.2%	-0.4%
Retail Trade	175,700	179,800	177,500	-2.3%	-1.0%
Transportation	59,300	60,300	62,100	-1.7%	-4.5%
Information	32,500	32,600	33,100	-0.3%	-1.8%
Financial Activities	103,300	102,600	102,700	0.7%	0.6%
Finance & Insurance	89,800	89,100	89,000	0.8%	0.9%
Prof. & Bus. Svcs.	113,100	112,200	121,000	0.8%	-6.5%
Prof, Scientific & Tech Serv	39,800	40,500	42,300	-1.7%	-5.9%
Admin & Support	62,600	60,400	65,500	3.6%	-4.4%
Educ. & Health	212,300	210,300	208,000	1.0%	2.1%
Educ. Services	38,000	37,300	36,700	1.9%	3.5%
Health Services	174,300	173,000	171,300	0.8%	1.8%
Leisure & Hospitality	134,900	134,400	134,800	0.4%	0.1%
Accomm & Food Services	114,100	114,900	114,000	-0.7%	0.1%
Other Services	55,800	55,200	57,700	1.1%	-3.3%
Government	253,600	252,900	254,000	0.3%	-0.2%
Federal Govt.	18,400	18,300	18,400	0.5%	0.0%
State Govt.	68,200	67,700	67,600	0.7%	0.9%
Local Govt.	167,000	166,900	168,000	0.1%	-0.6%
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