Arkansas

Arkansas
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2009

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 1,359.9 1,367.1 1,361.9 1,357.3 1,366.2 (P) 1,369.2

Employment (1)

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 1,264.9 1,268.5 1,261.1 1,260.8 1,269.4 (P) 1,265.3

Unemployment (1)

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 95.0 98.6 100.8 96.5 96.9 (P) 103.9

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 7.0 7.2 7.4 7.1 7.1 (P) 7.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 1,173.7 1,178.7 1,179.0 1,177.6 1,172.3 (P) 1,176.5

12-month % change
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 -2.6 -2.1 -2.2 -2.5 -2.8 (P) -2.4

Mining and Logging (3)

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 11.6 11.7 11.9 11.9 12.0 (P) 11.9

12-month % change
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 10.5 10.4 9.2 10.2 10.1 (P) 8.2

Construction (3)

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 52.1 54.6 53.1 54.1 51.0 (P) 51.5

12-month % change
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 -6.6 -2.3 -5.9 -4.6 -9.6 (P) -9.2

Manufacturing (3)

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 163.6 162.6 162.9 161.5 162.3 (P) 162.7

12-month % change
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 -11.0 -11.1 -10.9 -11.4 -10.9 (P) -10.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 236.8 236.8 235.6 234.4 232.5 (P) 230.5

12-month % change
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 -4.7 -4.6 -5.1 -5.5 -5.9 (P) -5.7

Information (3)

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 17.0 16.9 16.9 16.9 17.2 (P) 17.0

12-month % change
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 -9.1 -9.1 -10.1 -9.6 -7.5 (P) -6.1

Financial Activities (3)

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 50.1 49.3 49.3 48.8 48.2 (P) 48.6

12-month % change
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 -4.9 -5.7 -5.0 -6.2 -7.3 (P) -6.7

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 115.1 110.9 112.7 114.3 114.4 (P) 117.4

12-month % change
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 -2.3 -5.1 -3.8 -2.8 -2.6 (P) -0.5

Education & Health Services (3)

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 164.3 169.0 169.8 169.3 169.4 (P) 169.2

12-month % change
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 4.5 7.4 7.5 6.9 6.9 (P) 6.1

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 101.5 101.1 100.3 100.9 100.7 (P) 102.0

12-month % change
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 1.2 0.5 -1.4 -1.5 -1.5 (P) -0.5

Other Services (3)

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 43.7 45.6 46.0 45.4 44.3 (P) 44.7

12-month % change
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 -4.4 0.0 0.7 -0.7 -3.5 (P) -2.2

Government (3)

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 217.9 220.2 220.5 220.1 220.3 (P) 221.0

12-month % change
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 1.6 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.7 (P) 2.4

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (4)

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 18 8 11 4 (5) - 17

Initial claimants, all industries (4)

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 2,319 583 1,033 260 (5) - 1,954

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) See About the data.
(5) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: November 20, 2009

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Arkansas includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

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