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Labor Force Data <br /> <br />• Labor Force and Non Agricultural Establishment Employment* <br /> Annual Average <br /> Payroll Employment (in thousands <br /> 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 <br /> Manufacturing: 17 0 16 6 16,5 .16,2 16.0 15.5 <br /> Durables 8 <br />0 7.9 7.2 7,7 7,7 7.7 <br /> Nondurables . <br /> Non-manufacturing: 4 2 4.3 4.6 4,g 5.5 6.9 <br /> Contract Construction. <br /> Transportation, Communication 4 3 4 4 4 7 5.0 5,3 5.4 <br /> & Utilities <br />4 <br />6 <br />6.7 6.7 7.0 <br />7.2 <br />7.6 <br /> Trade-Wholesale . <br />1 <br />20 <br />20.4 21.1 22.1 <br />22.9 <br />23.5 <br /> . <br />Trade-Retail <br />Finance, Insurance & Real Estate <br />6 3 <br />0 30 ~ <br />6 29 <br />7 6.0 <br />32.7 6.3 <br />34.7 <br /> Services 2 <br />3 <br />10 . <br />. <br />2 <br />10.7 11.0 11.1 11.4 11.5 <br /> Government . <br /> 101.5 1.03.9 106.4 110.9 114.7 119.1 <br /> Total <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 <br />6 120.2 <br />6 118 <br />116 130.8 <br />124.4 135.8 <br />129.9 <br />• Employed 110.1 <br />6 <br />8 . <br />. <br />8.6 7.4 7.0 6.4 5.9 <br /> Unemployed <br />Unemployment Rate (%) . <br />7.3% <br />6.9% 5.9% 5.5% <br />4.9% <br />4.4°° <br /> * South Bend/Mishawaka MSA (St. Joseph. County only). <br /> rtment of Employment and Training Services in cooperation with the <br /> Source: Indiana Depa <br />Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. <br /> d Effective Buying Income (S outh Bend -Mishawaka Metro Area) <br /> Retail Sales an <br /> Total Effective Buying Median <br />Household (EBI) <br /> Income Median Retail Sales <br />000 Income EBI <br />( ) <br />($000) Area <br /> Year Age <br /> 1988 32.8 $1,748,668 $2,737,555 <br />065 <br />952 <br />2 $25,562 <br /> 1987 32.5 1,708,170 <br />033 <br />599 <br />1 , <br />, <br />2,786,646 24,330 <br /> 1986 32.3 <br />1985 32.0 , <br />, <br />1,550,048 2,656,676 23,735 <br />051 <br />25 <br /> 1984 31.7 1,450,515 2,440,053 <br />787 <br />281 <br />2 , <br />23,698 <br /> 1983 31.4 1,213,097 <br />913 <br />177 <br />1 , <br />, <br />2,131,557 21,684 <br /> 1982 31.2 <br />1981 30.9 , <br />, <br />1,279,374 2,413,641 21,545 <br />566 <br />19 <br /> 1980 30.5 1,128,048 2,166,716 , <br />• Source: "Survey of Buying Power," Sates & Marketing Management, An <br />. nual Editions, 1981- <br /> . <br />1989. <br />-21 - <br />