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         THE WORKFORCE AT A GLANCE


  • Total Civilian Labor Force
       
    1,621,000
  • Employed
        
    1,545,300
  • Unemployed
        
    75,700
  • U.S. Avg. Unemployment Rate
        
    4.0 percent
  • Coalition Avg. Unemployment Rate
        
    4.7 percent

MAJOR MILITARY EMPLOYERS
Facility/Location Personnel
Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton 18,000
Naval Air Station, Pensacola  16,000
Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi 9,100
Navy/Marines, New Orleans  9,000
Hurlburt Field, Fort Walton  8,300
Naval Air Station, Milton  6,000
Naval Construction Battalion, Gulfport  4,300
John C. Stennis Space Center,
Hancock County, Miss.
3,700
Army Operations, New Orleans 2,200
Navy Homeport, Pascagoula, Miss. 1,800
National Guard, New Orleans 1,550
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile 1,400
Air Force Operations, New Orleans 1,150
Coast Guard, Mobile  1,000
Coast Guard, New Orleans  738

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