Lake Charles, LA

Lake Charles, LA
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2013

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 (4) 95.8 (4) 95.0 95.3 94.9 (P) 95.0  

Employment (1)

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 (4) 91.6 (4) 90.1 89.0 90.0 (P) 89.9  

Unemployment (1)

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 (4) 4.3 (4) 4.9 6.3 4.9 (P) 5.1  

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 (4) 4.4 (4) 5.1 6.6 5.2 (P) 5.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 92.8 92.4 91.5 92.1 92.6 (P) 92.9

12-month % change
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 2.8 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.8 (P) 3.0

Mining and Logging (3)

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 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 (P) 0.8

12-month % change
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 -30.8 -30.8 -27.3 -33.3 -20.0 (P) -11.1

Construction (3)

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 10.1 9.7 10.0 9.9 10.0 (P) 10.3

12-month % change
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 21.7 16.9 8.7 6.5 5.3 (P) 15.7

Manufacturing (3)

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 8.7 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.9 (P) 9.0

12-month % change
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 -1.1 0.0 1.2 1.1 3.5 (P) 2.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 18.2 18.1 17.1 17.0 16.9 (P) 17.0

12-month % change
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 5.2 4.6 4.3 4.3 1.8 (P) 2.4

Professional and Business Services (3)

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 7.9 7.9 7.8 8.0 8.1 (P) 8.0

12-month % change
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 6.8 8.2 6.8 8.1 9.5 (P) 5.3

Leisure and Hospitality (3)

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 11.8 11.8 11.6 11.7 11.9 (P) 12.0

12-month % change
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 5.4 4.4 3.6 4.5 4.4 (P) 3.4

Government (3)

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 15.9 16.0 15.8 16.0 16.0 (P) 16.0

12-month % change
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 -1.9 -1.2 0.0 -0.6 0.0 (P) 0.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: May 17, 2013

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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