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Labor Force Data
<br />• Labor Force and Non Agricultural Establishment Employment*
<br />Manufacturing:
<br />Durables
<br />Nondurables
<br />Non-manufacturing:
<br />Contract Construction.
<br />Transportation, Communication
<br />& Utilities
<br />Trade-Wholesale
<br />Trade-Retail
<br />Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
<br />Services
<br />Government
<br />Total
<br />Annual Average
<br />Payroll Employment (in thousands)
<br />1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
<br />17.0 16.6 16.5 16.2 16.0 15.5
<br />8.0 7.9 7.2 7.7 7.7 7.7
<br />4.2 4.3 4.6 4.9 5.5 6.9
<br />4.3 4.4 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.4
<br />6.4 6.7 6.7 7.0 7.2 7.6
<br />20.1 20.4 21.1 22.1 22.9 23.5
<br />4.9 5.1 5.6 6.2 6:0 6.3
<br />26.3 27.6 29.0 30.7 32.7 34.7
<br />10.3 10.7 11.0 11.1 11.4 11.5
<br />101.5 103.9 106.4 110.9 114.7 119.1
<br />Total Labor Force (in thousands)
<br />1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
<br />Total in Labor Force 118.7 125.2 126.0 127.2 130.8 135.8
<br />•
<br />Employed 110.1 116.6 118.6 120.2 124.4 129.9
<br />Unemployed 8.6 8.6 7.4 7.0 6.4 5.9
<br />Unemployment Rate (%) 7.3% 6.9% 5.9% 5.5% 4.9% 4.4%
<br />* South Bend/Mishawaka MSA (St. Joseph County only).
<br />Source: Indiana Department of Employment and Training Services in cooperation with the
<br />Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
<br />Retail Sales and Effective Buying Income (South Bend -Mishawaka Metro Area)
<br /> Total Effective Buying Median
<br />Income Median Retail Sales Income (EBI) Household (EBI)
<br />Year Age ($000) ($000) Area
<br />1988 32.8 $1,748,668 $2,737,555 $23,641
<br />1987 32.5 1,708,170 2,952,065 25,562
<br />1986 32.3 1,599,033 2,786,646 24,330
<br />1985 32.0 1,550,048 2,656,676 23,735
<br />1984 31.7 1,450,515 2,440,053 25,051
<br />1983 31.4 1,213,097 2,281,787 23,698
<br />1982 31.2 1,177,913 2,131,557 21,684
<br />1981 30.9 1,279,374 2,413,641 21,545
<br />1980 30.5 1,128,048 2,166,716 19,566
<br />• .Source: "Survey of Buying Power," Sales & Marketing Management, Annual Editions, 1981-
<br /> 1989.
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