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Port of Muskogee traffic
Barge tonnage
Date Barges Tons
Sept. 2011 30 43,349
Sept. 2010 29 45,170
YTD 2011 427 655,022
YTD 2010 348 533,395
Rail tonnage
Date Cars Tons
Sept. 2011 334 30,089
Sept. 2010 212 19,229
YTD 2011 2,413 227,116
YTD 2010 2,619 238,076
SOURCE: Port of Muskogee
Area sales tax
The disbursement of city sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission in October totaled $124,540,510 which is $5.3 million more than for the same period a year ago. The money reported from this period represents sales from Aug. 16 to 31 and estimated sales from Sept. 1 to 15.
11 10 Change
Checotah
$283,172 $272,680 3.8%
Rate 4.0% 4.0%
Eufaula
$153,369 $162,543 -5.6%
Rate 3.5% 3.5%
Fort Gibson
$125,997 $130,516 -3.4%
Rate 4.5% 4.5%
Gore
$33,275 $40,334 -17.5%
Rate 3.0% 3.0%
Haskell
$54,350 $54,839 -0.89%
Rate 4.35% 4.35%
Muskogee
$1,876,692 $1,989,125 -5.6%
Rate 4.0% 4.0%
Stigler
$150,325 $139,269 7.9%
Rate 3.0% 3.0%
Stilwell
$175,693 $179,310 -2.01%
Rate 3.5% 3.5%
Tahlequah
$600,242 $589,113 1.8%
Rate 2.5% 2.5%
Wagoner
$201,731 $203,396 -0.8%
Rate 3.0% 3.0%
Warner
$69,802 $75,149 -7.1%
Rate 4.0% 4.0%
Webbers Falls
$17,072 $18,311 -6.7%
Rate 3.5% 3.5%
Source: Oklahoma
Tax Commission
Unemployment
Preliminary September statistics
Oklahoma
Sept. 11, 5.9%
Aug. 11, 5.6%
Sept. 10, 6.9%
United States
Sept. 11, 9.1
Aug. 11, 9.1%
Sept. 10, 9.6%
Adair County
Sept. 11, 6.4%
Aug. 11, 6.0%
Sept. 10, 7.6 %
Cherokee County
Sept. 11, 5.3%
Aug. 11, 4.7%
Sept. 10, 5.9%
Haskell County
Sept. 11, 6.4%
Aug. 11, 5.9%
Sept. 10, 7.2%
McIntosh County
Sept. 11, 8.0%
Aug. 11, 7.5%
Sept. 10, 8.5%
Muskogee County
Sept. 11, 6.9%
Aug. 11, 6.4%
Sept. 10, 7.5%
Sequoyah County
Sept. 11, 9.0%
Aug. 11, 9.4%
Sept. 10, 9.6%
Wagoner County
Sept. 11, 6.3,%
Aug. 11, 5.8%
Sept. 10, 7.3%
Eastern Workforce Investment Area
Sept. 11, 7.0%
Aug. 11, 6.6%
Sept. 10, 7.8%
Muskogee LLM
Sept. 11, 6.7%
Aug. 11, 6.3%
Sept. 10, 7.5%
Okmulgee LLM
Sept. 11, 9.0%
Aug. 11, 8.2%
Sept. 10, 9.6%
Tahlequah-Sallisaw LLM
Sept. 11, 6.7%
Aug. 11, 6.5%
Sept. 10, 7.5%
Source: Oklahoma Employment
Security Commission
