LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas River barge traffic Tons of freight hauled June 924,428 May 814,349 April 1,061,940 March 1,198,056 June 2009 1,051,159 Year 2009 11,657,847(+3%) Construction contracts In millions Arkansas RESIDENTIAL May $107.7 April $117.2 March $126.8 Feb. $97.6 May 2009 $92.9 NONRESIDENTIAL May $82.9 April $82.5 March $158.2 Feb. $87.5 May 2009 $69.4 Pulaski, Saline, Faulkner Lonoke, Grant and Perry counties RESIDENTIAL May $35.0 April $40.7 March $45.8 Feb. $31.6 May 2009 $32.1 NONRESIDENTIAL May $42.4 April $9.7 March $58.3 Feb. $31.2 May 2009 $15.5 Consumer price index U.S., percent change June -0.1 May -0.2 April -0.1 March +0.1 2009 CPI 2.7Gasoline prices Pump price per gallon for regular gasoline in Little Rock area July 23 $2.49 July 16 $2.52 July 9 $2.50 July 2 $2.56 One year ago $2.29 TAX PER GALLON Federal: 18.4 cents State: 21.5 cents Hotel and prepared food tax receipts LITTLE ROCK April $936,412.68 March $803,594.21 Feb. $772,668.30 Jan. $865,120.87 April ’09 $899,484.24 N. LITTLE ROCK May $498,508.62 April $492,561.00 March $522,643.14 Feb. $455,157.23 May ’09 $486,541.22 Jobless rate ARKANSAS June 7.5 % May 7.7% April 7.8% March 7.8% June 2009 7.3%UNITED STATES June 9.5% May 9.7% April 9.9% March 9.7% June 2009 9.5%
Manufacturing wages
Statewide WEEKLY AVERAGE May $576.58 April $578.51 March $569.49 Feb. $547.79 May 2009 $566.40 HOURLY AVERAGE May $13.86 April $13.84 March $13.89 Feb. $14.01 May 2009 $14.16 HOURS PER WEEK May 41.6 April 41.8 March 41.0 Feb. 39.1 May 2009 40.0 Median home list prices Weekly, for Central Arkansas* July 5 $162,000 July 6, ’09 $169,925*Pulaski, Saline, Faulkner, Lonoke, Grant and Perry counties Weekly, for Northwest Arkansas* July 5 $159,900 July 6, ’09 $174,900 *Benton and Washington counties Passenger boardings Little Rock National Airport, Adams Field May 102,938 April 93,920 March 94,712 Feb. 72,692 May 2009 103,874 May 2000 102,251 Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport May 49,957 April 46,851 March 47,895 Feb. 37,652 May 2009 49,500 May 2000 32,835 Sales and use tax collections In millions June $163.0 May $162.9 April $165.6 March $159.8June 2009 $156.8w Single-family home sales* Monthly, for Pulaski County, in millions June $73.1 May $76.6 April $82.7 March $64.2 June 2009 $90.3 * Pulaski County single-family home sales figures are in whole or in part based on data supplied by CARMLS, which neither guarantees nor is responsible for the information's accuracy.
Unemployment May, by county Lowest rates Miller 5.3% Sevier 5.3% Washington 5.8% Carroll 5.8% Madison 6.0% Highest rates Arkansas 15.7% Dallas 11.5% Mississippi 11.5% Crittenden 11.0% Desha 11.0% Utilities Customer usage ELECTRICITY In billions of kilowatt hrs.
in Entergy’s 63-county service area Jan.-March 2010 5.4 Jan.-March 2009 5.0 WATER In billions of gallons in the Central Arkansas Water service area Jan.March 2010 4.4 Jan.March 2009 4.1 RESEARCH BY: Erin Anthony, business writerSOURCES: Beach Abstract and Guaranty Co., U.S. Department of Labor, Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve of St. Louis, Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, Little Rock District/Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock National Airport/Adams Field, Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, McGraw Hill Construction, Arkansas Department of Workforce Services, Entergy Arkansas, Central Arkansas Water, AAA (formerly the American Automobile Association), Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, North Little Rock Visitors Bureau, CARMLS Inc., Arkansas Realtors Association.
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