Employment Situation

Iowa Employment Situation
	Dec 09p	Nov 09	Dec 08	% Chg OTM	% Chg OTY
Place of Residence
Labor Force	1,683,800	1,682,200	1,676,500	0.1%	0.4%
Unemployed	110,800	111,900	73,700	-1.0%	50.3%
Employment	1,573,000	1,570,300	1,602,900	0.2%	-1.9%
Rate (%)	6.6%	6.7%	4.4%	-0.1%	2.2%
Place of Work (Seasonally Adjusted)
	Dec 09p	Nov 09	Dec 08	% Chg OTM	% Chg OTY
Total Nonfarm	1,468,800	1,482,000	1,508,900	-0.9%	-2.7%
Mining	2,000	2,100	2,100	-4.8%	-4.8%
Construction	62,800	64,700	70,500	-2.9%	-10.9%
Manufacturing	202,400	204,200	222,300	-0.9%	-9.0%
Durable Goods	116,800	117,900	133,900	-0.9%	-12.8%
Nondur. Goods	85,600	86,300	88,400	-0.8%	-3.2%
Trade & Transport.	300,100	304,300	308,000	-1.4%	-2.6%
Wholesale Trade	68,600	69,700	68,600	-1.6%	0.0%
Retail Trade	172,400	175,900	177,200	-2.0%	-2.7%
Transportation	59,100	58,700	62,200	0.7%	-5.0%
Information	32,100	32,300	33,000	-0.6%	-2.7%
Financial Activities	104,100	103,500	103,200	0.6%	0.9%
Finance & Insurance	90,900	90,300	89,400	0.7%	1.7%
Prof. & Bus. Svcs.	114,700	115,400	113,500	-0.6%	1.1%
Prof, Scientific & Tech Serv	42,600	42,000	40,800	1.4%	4.4%
Admin & Support	62,200	62,300	60,200	-0.2%	3.3%
Educ. & Health	211,700	212,500	209,100	-0.4%	1.2%
Educ. Services	37,500	37,500	36,800	0.0%	1.9%
Health Services	174,200	175,000	172,300	-0.5%	1.1%
Leisure & Hospitality	130,600	133,900	135,100	-2.5%	-3.3%
Accomm & Food Services	110,800	112,800	113,500	-1.8%	-2.4%
Other Services	55,700	56,500	57,800	-1.4%	-3.6%
Government	252,600	252,600	254,300	0.0%	-0.7%
Federal Govt.	18,200	18,300	18,100	-0.5%	0.6%
State Govt.	67,500	67,100	67,600	0.6%	-0.1%
Local Govt.	166,900	167,200	168,600	-0.2%	-1.0%
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