Hawaii Economy at a Glance

Hawaii

Data Series	Oct 2007	Nov 2007	Dec 2007	Jan 2008	Feb 2008	Mar 2008
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force ⁽¹⁾	647.3 ⁽⁵⁾	647.1 ⁽⁵⁾	648.5 ⁽⁵⁾	653.6	650.3	658.0 ^(P)
Employment ⁽¹⁾	629.1 ⁽⁵⁾	628.2 ⁽⁵⁾	628.6 ⁽⁵⁾	633.4	629.5	637.5 ^(P)
Unemployment ⁽¹⁾	18.2 ⁽⁵⁾	18.8 ⁽⁵⁾	19.9 ⁽⁵⁾	20.2	20.9	20.5 ^(P)
Unemployment Rate ⁽²⁾	2.8 ⁽⁵⁾	2.9 ⁽⁵⁾	3.1 ⁽⁵⁾	3.1	3.2	3.1 ^(P)
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm ⁽³⁾	623.1	623.7	626.0	628.6	627.2	629.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm	0.8	-0.1	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.8 ^(P)
Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction ⁽⁴⁾	39.4	39.7	40.0	39.9	40.3	40.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction	4.8	3.9	3.6	4.7	4.9	4.1 ^(P)
Manufacturing (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	15.0	15.1	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Manufacturing	-2.0	-2.6	-2.6	-0.7	-1.9	-1.3 ^(P)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ⁽³⁾	120.8	121.0	121.1	121.4	121.0	121.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- TTU	-0.2	-0.7	-0.7	-0.5	-0.5	-0.8 ^(P)
Information (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.5	10.5	10.7 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Information	2.9	-0.9	-1.8	1.0	-4.5	-1.8 ^(P)
Financial Activities (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	29.9	30.0	30.2	29.8	29.9	30.0 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Financial Activities	0.0	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.7 ^(P)
Professional & Business Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	76.0	76.7	77.8	76.5	76.9	77.3 ^(P)
12-month % change -- PBS	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.9	1.6	1.7 ^(P)
Education & Health Services ⁽³⁾	72.5	72.8	72.9	73.8	74.3	74.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- EHS	1.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	2.2	2.2 ^(P)
Leisure & Hospitality ⁽³⁾	109.0	109.0	109.4	109.1	109.3	109.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality	0.1	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	-0.7	-0.5 ^(P)
Other Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	26.9	27.0	26.9	26.5	26.8	26.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Other Services	1.9	1.9	1.5	2.7	2.3	1.9 ^(P)
Government ⁽³⁾	122.7	122.7	122.9	123.7	122.9	124.0 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Government	0.7	-2.5	0.7	0.8	0.5	1.6 ^(P)
Mass layoffs
Layoff events, all industries	- ⁽⁶⁾	5	12	3	9	4
12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries				-2		0
12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries				-40.0		0.0
Initial claimants, all industries	- ⁽⁶⁾	390	1,161	217	786	304
12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries				-345		-19
12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries				-61.4		-5.9

Footnotes:

^(P) Preliminary
⁽¹⁾ Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽²⁾ Percent
⁽³⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽⁴⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted (see About the data)
⁽⁵⁾ Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07.
⁽⁶⁾ Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

Data extracted on: May 13, 2008

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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