LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas River barge traffic Tons of freight hauled Sept. 783,851 Aug. 874,141 July 897,392 June 924,428 Sept. 2009 931,383 Year 2009 11,657,847(+3%) Construction contracts In millions Arkansas RESIDENTIAL Sept. $115.1 Aug. $104.6 July $111.3 June $106.3 Sept. 2009 $105.1 NONRESIDENTIAL Sept. $73.8 Aug. $82.2 July $56.4 June $113.5 Sept. 2009 $116.0 Pulaski, Saline, Faulkner, Lonoke, Grant and Perry counties RESIDENTIAL Sept. $37.5 Aug. $47.4 July $28.3 June $31.9 Sept. 2009 $31.0 NONRESIDENTIAL Sept. $18.0 Aug. $32.3 July $23.6 June $47.2 Sept. 2009 $47.4 Consumer price index U.S., percent change Oct. +0.2 Sept. +0.1Aug. +0.3 July +0.3 2009 CPI 2.7 Gasoline prices Pump price per gallon for regular gasoline in Little Rock area Nov. 19 $2.71 Nov. 12 $2.72 Nov. 5 $2.66 Oct. 29 $2.65 One year ago $2.49 TAX PER GALLON Federal: 18.4 cents State: 21.5 cents Hotel and prepared food tax receipts LITTLE ROCK Sept. $900,520.14 Aug. $928,346.04 July $1,052,628.56 June $926,527.64 Sept. ’09 $839,295.01 N. LITTLE ROCK Sept. $91,142.50 Aug. $103,363.57 July $111,408.72 June $106,593.26 Sept. ’09 $89,284.74
Manufacturing wages
Statewide WEEKLY AVERAGE Sept. $571.59 Aug. $571.46 July $563.60 June $568.70 Sept. 2009 $554.21 HOURLY AVERAGE Sept. $13.84 Aug. $13.77 July $13.78 June $13.77 Sept. 2009 $13.96 HOURS PER WEEK Sept. 41.3 Aug. 41.5 July 40.9 June 41.3 Sept. 2009 39.7 Passenger boardings Little Rock National Airport, Adams Field Sept. 92,497 Aug. 94,944 July 107,169 June 106,056 Sept. 2009 91,821 Sept. 2000 101,293Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Oct. 52,470 Sept. 48,687 Aug. 45,777 July 53,851 Oct. 2009 48,006 Oct. 2000 34,133 Sales and use tax collections In millions Sept. $170.5 Aug. $186.5 July $187.0 June $163.0 Sept. 2009 $161.4 Single-family home sales* Monthly, for Pulaski County, in millions Sept. $55.4 Aug. $55.5 July $54.2 June $73.1 Sept. 2009 $62.0 * 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 UNITED STATES Oct. 9.6% Sept. 9.6% Aug. 9.6% July 9.5% Oct. 2009 10.2% ARKANSAS Sept. 7.7% Aug. 7.5% July 7.4% June 7.5 % Sept. 2009 7.1% BY COUNTY Lowest rates Miller 5.4% Carroll 5.4% Yell 5.8% Sevier 5.9% Washington 5.9% Highest rates Arkansas 16.0% Mississippi 10.8% Clay 10.8% Desha 10.6% Dallas 10.5% 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 April-June 2010 5.9 April-June 2009 5.3 RESEARCH BY: Cecily Long, Business Writer SOURCES: 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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