Louisiana

Louisiana
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2008

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 2,012.1 2,010.2 2,048.9 2,053.6 2,062.0 (P) 2,051.3

Employment (1)

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 1,935.2 1,930.8 1,952.7 1,947.2 1,947.5 (P) 1,941.7

Unemployment (1)

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 76.9 79.4 96.2 106.5 114.5 (P) 109.6

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 3.8 4.0 4.7 5.2 5.6 (P) 5.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 1,948.1 1,946.9 1,956.8 1,940.7 1,945.9 (P) 1,947.6

12-month % change
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 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.4 0.5 (P) 0.4

Construction (3)

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 138.8 139.2 139.2 137.5 139.1 (P) 140.6

12-month % change
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 4.2 4.3 2.1 1.3 2.3 (P) 3.4

Manufacturing (3)

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 157.3 156.8 157.0 155.5 154.6 (P) 154.4

12-month % change
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 -0.7 -1.3 -1.1 -1.9 -2.7 (P) -3.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 386.1 385.5 386.5 385.7 385.8 (P) 385.7

12-month % change
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 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.1 0.5 (P) -0.1

Information (3)

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 26.5 25.8 26.5 26.4 26.6 (P) 26.7

12-month % change
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 -5.7 -8.8 -5.4 -3.6 1.1 (P) 1.9

Financial Activities (3)

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 96.5 96.6 96.5 96.7 98.1 (P) 97.9

12-month % change
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 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 1.1 (P) 0.7

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 203.4 203.5 204.1 201.9 202.7 (P) 203.0

12-month % change
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 1.1 1.0 0.7 -0.2 0.0 (P) 0.3

Education & Health Services (3)

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 253.9 253.6 255.3 253.4 253.8 (P) 253.9

12-month % change
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 3.0 2.6 1.8 1.5 1.5 (P) 1.3

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 199.9 199.1 199.5 197.3 198.6 (P) 198.8

12-month % change
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 3.6 2.9 2.7 1.4 1.1 (P) 0.9

Other Services (3)

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 69.4 69.1 69.7 69.6 69.5 (P) 69.5

12-month % change
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 0.4 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.3 (P) 0.7

Government (3)

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 365.0 366.1 370.5 364.6 365.1 (P) 365.3

12-month % change
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 2.2 2.6 2.9 0.8 0.4 (P) 0.2

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (4)

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 23 10 10 163 22 13

Initial claimants, all industries (4)

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 1,767 1,645 851 14,929 1,662 1,093

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.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: January 06, 2009

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

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

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