LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas River barge traffic Tons of freight hauled Aug. 874,141 July 897,392 June 924,428 May 814,349 Aug. 2009 1,149,019 Year 2009 11,657,847(+3%) Construction contracts In millions Arkansas RESIDENTIAL Aug. $104.6 July $111.3 June $106.3 May $107.7 Aug. 2009 $141.8 NONRESIDENTIAL Aug. $82.2 July $56.4 June $113.5 May $82.9 Aug. 2009 $135.7 Pulaski, Saline, Faulkner, Lonoke, Grant and Perry counties RESIDENTIAL Aug. $47.4 July $28.3 June $31.9 May $35.0 Aug. 2009 $53.3 NONRESIDENTIAL Aug. $32.3 July $23.6 June $47.2 May $42.4 Aug. 2009 $49.2 Consumer price index U.S., percent change Aug. +0.3 July +0.3 June -0.1 May -0.2 2009 CPI 2.7Gasoline prices Pump price per gallon for regular gasoline in Little Rock area Sept. 24 $2.58 Sept. 17 $2.60 Sept. 10 $2.55 Sept. 3 $2.68 One year ago $2.30 TAX PER GALLON Federal: 18.4 cents State: 21.5 cents Hotel and prepared food tax receipts LITTLE ROCK July $1,052,628.56 June $926,527.64 May $915,997.18 April $936,412.68 July ’09 $913,066.72 N. LITTLE ROCK July $515,042.91 June $512,011.32 May $498,508.62 April $492,561.00 July ’09 $424,321.10 Jobless rate ARKANSAS July 7.4% June 7.5 % May 7.7% April 7.8% July 2009 7.4%UNITED STATES Aug. 9.6% July 9.5% June 9.5% May 9.7% Aug. 2009 9.4%
Manufacturing wages
Statewide WEEKLY AVERAGE Aug. $571.46 July $563.60 June $568.70 May $576.58 Aug. 2009 $554.00 HOURLY AVERAGE Aug. $13.77 July $13.78 June $13.77 May $13.86 Aug. 2009 $13.99 HOURS PER WEEK Aug. 41.5 July 40.9 June 41.3 May 41.6 Aug. 2009 39.6 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 July 107,169 June 106,056 May 102,938 April 93,920 July 2009 109,071 July 2000 129,104 Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Aug. 45,777 July 53,851 June 55,873 May 49,957 Aug. 2009 43,940 Aug. 2000 29,673 Sales and use tax collections In millions June $163.0 May $162.9 April $165.6 March $159.8 June 2009 $156.8Single-family home sales* Monthly, for Pulaski County, in millions Aug. $55.5 July $54.2 June $73.1 May $76.6 Aug. 2009 $62.8 * 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 July, by county Lowest rates Carroll 5.7% Miller 5.7% Madison 5.8% Sevier 5.9% Washington 6.1% Highest rates Arkansas 15.5% Mississippi 11.5% Crittenden 11.2% Dallas 11.0% Desha 10.9% 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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