The Current Iowa Employment Situation

Iowa Employment Situation
	Apr 13p	Mar 13	Apr 12	% Chg OTM	% Chg OTY
Place of Residence
Labor Force	1,648,700	1,642,600	1,644,100	0.4%	0.3%
Unemployed	77,800	80,500	86,200	-3.4%	-9.7%
Employment	1,570,900	1,562,100	1,557,900	0.6%	0.8%
Rate (%)	4.7%	4.9%	5.2%	-0.2%	-0.5%
Place of Work (Seasonally Adjusted)
	Apr 13p	Mar 13	Apr 12	% Chg OTM	% Chg OTY
Total Nonfarm	1,518,000	1,518,000	1,506,100	0.0%	0.8%
Mining	2,200	2,300	2,200	-4.3%	0.0%
Construction	62,100	64,600	65,700	-3.9%	-5.5%
Manufacturing	217,100	216,400	210,000	0.3%	3.4%
Durable Goods	130,000	129,500	125,900	0.4%	3.3%
Nondur. Goods	87,100	86,900	84,100	0.2%	3.6%
Trade & Transport.	307,900	306,500	306,200	0.5%	0.6%
Wholesale Trade	67,900	67,600	68,900	0.4%	-1.5%
Retail Trade	178,000	177,200	174,900	0.5%	1.8%
Transportation	62,000	61,700	62,400	0.5%	-0.6%
Information	26,000	26,200	27,100	-0.8%	-4.1%
Financial Activities	104,300	102,700	101,200	1.6%	3.1%
Finance & Insurance	91,100	89,700	88,100	1.6%	3.4%
Prof. & Bus. Svcs.	130,200	131,500	129,300	-1.0%	0.7%
Prof, Scientific & Tech Serv	46,700	46,800	44,600	-0.2%	4.7%
Admin & Support	67,100	68,300	68,700	-1.8%	-2.3%
Educ. & Health	223,700	222,000	220,300	0.8%	1.5%
Educ. Services	39,600	39,300	39,800	0.8%	-0.5%
Health Services	184,100	182,700	180,500	0.8%	2.0%
Leisure & Hospitality	135,300	134,200	133,400	0.8%	1.4%
Accomm & Food Services	115,200	114,700	114,000	0.4%	1.1%
Other Services	56,600	57,300	57,500	-1.2%	-1.6%
Government	252,600	254,300	253,200	-0.7%	-0.2%
Federal Govt.	17,300	17,600	17,800	-1.7%	-2.8%
State Govt.	66,200	67,100	65,700	-1.3%	0.8%
Local Govt.	169,100	169,600	169,700	-0.3%	-0.4%
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