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Port of Muskogee traffic
Barge tonnage
Date Barges Tons
Aug. 2011 41 66,281
Aug. 2010 46 70,267
YTD 2011 364 557,583
YTD 2010 319 488,225
Rail tonnage
Date Cars Tons
Aug. 2011 328 28,070
Aug. 2010 259 22,905
YTD 2011 2,079 197,076
YTD 2010 2,407 218,846
SOURCE: Port of Muskogee
Area sales tax
The disbursement of city sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission in June totaled $119,381,046, which is $4.2 million more than for the same period a year ago. The money reported from this period represents sales from July 16 to 31 and estimated sales from Aug. 1 to 15.
’11 ’10 Change
Checotah
$295,353 $294,678 0.2%
Rate 4.0% 4.0%
Eufaula
$180,348 $175,179 2.9%
Rate 3.5% 3.5%
Fort Gibson
$125,836 $105,873 18.8%
Rate 4.5% 4.5%
Gore
$45,686 $35,836 27.4%
Rate 3.0% 3.0%
Haskell
$53,348 $56,774 -6.00%
Rate 4.35% 4.35%
Muskogee
$1,940,974 $1,900,374 2.1%
Rate 4.0% 4.0%
Stigler
$131,141 $136,105 -1.4%
Rate 3.0% 3.0%
Stilwell
$179,142 $165,152 8.4%
Rate 3.5% 3.5%
Tahlequah
$563,229 $562,067 0.2%
Rate 2.5% 2.5%
Wagoner
$212,850 $222,018 -4.1%
Rate 3.0% 3.0%
Warner
$48,003 $44,910 6.8%
Rate 4.0% 4.0%
Webbers Falls
$16,728 $16,935 -1.2%
Rate 3.5% 3.5%
Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission
Unemployment
Preliminary July statistics
Oklahoma
Aug. 11, 5.5%
July 11, 5.4%
Aug. 10, 7.0%
United States
Aug. 11, 9.1%
July 11, 9.2%
Aug. 10, 9.5%
Adair County
Aug. 11,5.9%
July 11, 6.8%
Aug. 10, 7.8%
Cherokee County
Aug. 11, 4.6%
July 11, 5.2%
Aug. 10, 6.0%
Haskell County
Aug. 11, 5.8%
July 11, 6.4%
Aug. 10, 7.6%
McIntosh County
Aug. 11, 7.4%
July 11, 8.2%
Aug. 10, 8.8%
Muskogee County
Aug. 11, 6.5%
July 11, 6.9%
Aug. 10, 7.8.%
Sequoyah County
Aug. 11, 9.3%
July 11, 9.1%
Aug. 10, 10.7%
Wagoner County
Aug. 11, 5.7%
July 11, 6.0%
Aug. 10, 7.1%
Eastern Workforce
Investment Area
Aug. 11, 6.5%
July 11, 6.7%
Aug. 10, 8.0%
Muskogee LLM
Aug. 11, 6.3%
July 11, 6.7%
Aug. 10, 7.6%
Okmulgee LLM
Aug. 11, 8.1%
July 11, 6.7%
Aug. 10, 9.9
Tahlequah-Sallisaw LLM
Aug. 11, 6.4%
July 11, 6.8%
Aug. 10, 7.9%
Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
