Mississippi

Mississippi
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2008

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 1,332.6 1,336.8 1,341.9 1,327.8 1,332.2 (P) 1,329.2

Employment (1)

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 1,252.6 1,257.5 1,249.9 1,235.3 1,226.1 (P) 1,227.0

Unemployment (1)

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 80.1 79.3 92.0 92.5 106.1 (P) 102.1

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 6.0 5.9 6.9 7.0 8.0 (P) 7.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 1,156.8 1,156.6 1,158.8 1,154.5 1,151.7 (P) 1,148.5

12-month % change
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 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.1 (P) -0.4

Natural Resources and Mining (3)

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 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.6 (P) 9.6

12-month % change
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 1.1 2.1 1.0 2.1 1.1 (P) 1.1

Construction (3)

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 58.8 58.9 58.2 58.3 57.9 (P) 58.2

12-month % change
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 -0.8 1.4 0.7 0.9 0.2 (P) 0.2

Manufacturing (3)

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 166.0 165.0 165.0 164.0 162.5 (P) 163.4

12-month % change
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 -0.7 -3.8 -3.4 -3.5 -4.1 (P) -3.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 228.4 228.4 228.1 226.9 228.1 (P) 228.6

12-month % change
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 0.6 0.7 0.3 -0.2 0.5 (P) 0.7

Information (4)

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 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.3 (P) 13.2

12-month % change
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 -0.8 -1.5 -0.8 -1.5 -2.2 (P) -1.5

Financial Activities (4)

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 46.7 46.8 47.0 46.8 46.8 (P) 46.6

12-month % change
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 -0.2 -0.4 -0.4 -1.1 -0.6 (P) -1.3

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 94.9 95.8 96.5 95.5 95.0 (P) 95.4

12-month % change
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 0.7 2.4 2.7 1.4 0.5 (P) 0.3

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 127.4 126.6 127.3 126.2 125.7 (P) 125.1

12-month % change
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 2.1 1.6 1.8 0.6 0.5 (P) -0.2

Other Services (3)

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 38.1 38.3 38.1 37.6 37.7 (P) 37.4

12-month % change
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 2.1 3.8 3.0 1.6 1.9 (P) 1.1

Government (3)

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 246.3 247.0 248.4 247.4 246.5 (P) 242.5

12-month % change
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 1.6 1.6 2.0 1.6 1.3 (P) -0.6

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (5)

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 7 9 18 5 13 15

Initial claimants, all industries (5)

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 493 773 1,682 300 1,330 908

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) See About the data.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: October 07, 2008

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Mississippi 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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