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Owensboro

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPay
Southeast - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2020
ConsumerPriceIndex_Summary_Southeast	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Jun 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages for Selected Nurse Occupations in Kentucky’s Metropolitan Areas – May 2016	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2017

Owensboro, KY Economy at a Glance:

Owensboro, KY

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	Apr 2020	May 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)55.7	56.0	55.9	55.0	54.1	(p)54.5
Employment(1)		(2)53.7	53.5	53.7	52.3	46.0	(p)48.8
Unemployment(1)		(2)2.0	2.5	2.2	2.7	8.1	(p)5.6
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.6	4.4	4.0	4.8	14.9	(p)10.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		54.2	53.3	53.6	52.6	45.6	(p)46.7
12-month % change		-0.4	1.1	1.1	-1.1	-15.1	(p)-13.2
Mining, Logging and Construction(4)		2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.4	(p)2.7
12-month % change		7.7	8.0	8.0	3.8	-11.1	(p)-3.6
Manufacturing(4)		9.0	8.9	9.0	9.0	7.1	(p)7.2
12-month % change		1.1	1.1	2.3	2.3	-19.3	(p)-18.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		10.0	9.9	9.9	9.4	7.3	(p)7.4
12-month % change		-3.8	-2.0	-1.0	-6.0	-27.0	(p)-26.7
Information(4)		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	(p)0.3
12-month % change		33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3	0.0	(p)-25.0
Financial Activities(4)		3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.2	(p)3.3
12-month % change		-5.4	-5.6	-5.6	-5.6	-11.1	(p)-5.7
Professional and Business Services(4)		5.1	5.1	5.1	4.9	4.5	(p)4.3
12-month % change		-3.8	6.3	4.1	2.1	-8.2	(p)-10.4
Education and Health Services(4)		9.8	9.7	9.7	9.4	9.1	(p)9.4
12-month % change		0.0	1.0	1.0	-2.1	-5.2	(p)-2.1
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	3.9	(p)4.2
12-month % change		2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-25.0	(p)-20.8
Other Services(4)		1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.4	(p)1.5
12-month % change		5.9	6.3	6.3	0.0	-22.2	(p)-11.8
Government(4)		6.8	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.4	(p)6.4
12-month % change		0.0	1.5	0.0	-1.5	-5.9	(p)-5.9
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary