PREPARED BY - IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT                               OTTUMWA, IA *                            NLA066    120120    
              LMI BUREAU                                LABOR FORCE SUMMARY (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)                               
              1000 EAST GRAND AVENUE                                                                  BENCHMARK: MARCH 2010         
              DES MOINES, IOWA  50319                2011 JANUARY THRU DECEMBER                                                     
                                           LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT DATA                                    YEAR    
                                                                                                                             TO     
                                         JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.   SEPT.  OCT.   NOV.   DEC.  DATE    
                                                         PLACE OF RESIDENCE                                                         


RESIDENT CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE..........  18360  18430  18400  18560  18510  18580  18670  18370  18400  18220  18250  18190  18410  
  RESIDENT UNEMPLOYED..................   1560   1540   1500   1360   1320   1440   1360   1450   1580   1280   1240   1360   1420  
   PERCENT UNEMPLOYED..................    8.5    8.3    8.2    7.3    7.1    7.8    7.3    7.9    8.6    7.0    6.8    7.4    7.7  
  RESIDENT TOTAL EMPLOYMENT............  16790  16890  16900  17210  17200  17140  17310  16930  16810  16930  17010  16840  17000  


                                  NONAGRICULTURAL WAGE AND SALARY EXCEPT DOMESTICS (PLACE OF WORK)                                  


TOTAL NONFARM..........................  15540  15610  15650  15930  16030  15980  15860  15680  15770  16010  16030  15950  15840  
  GOODS PRODUCING......................   4040   4070   4080   4170   4240   4200   4340   4170   4170   4210   4190   4130   4170  
  SERVICE PROVIDING....................  11500  11540  11570  11750  11790  11780  11520  11520  11600  11800  11840  11820  11670  
    GOVERNMENT.........................   2360   2370   2340   2340   2340   2300   2220   2190   2310   2410   2410   2390   2330  


LABOR MGMT. DISPUTES (# PERSONS).......      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0      0  



*        MICROPOLITAN AREA CONSISTING OF WAPELLO COUNTY, IA.                                                                        



PLACE OF RESIDENCE CONCEPT--METHOD BY WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL, UNEMPLOYED OR EMPLOYED, IS COUNTED IN THE AREA WHERE HE/SHE LIVES        
         REGARDLESS OF THE AREA WHERE HE/SHE WORKS.                                                                                 
PLACE OF WORK CONCEPT--METHOD BY WHICH AN EMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL IS COUNTED IN THE AREA WHERE HE/SHE WORKS REGARDLESS OF THE AREA      
         WHERE HE/SHE LIVES.