Port of Muskogee traffic

Rail tonnage

    Date    Cars    Tons

• March 2011    200    18,357

• March 2010    403    37,264



• YTD 2011    660    71,780

• YTD 2010    877    80,567



Barge tonnage

    Date    Barges    Tons

• March 2011    61    93,866

• March 2010    40    75,506



• YTD 2011    166    251,497

• YTD 2010    128    196,011

SOURCE: Port of Muskogee



Area sales tax

The disbursement of city sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission in April totaled $108,402,776, which is $4.3 million more than for the same period a year ago. The money reported from this period represents sales from Feb. 16 to 31 and estimated sales from March 1 to 15.

    11    10    Change    

Checotah    

$263,885    $238,996    10%

Rate        4.0%    4.0%



Eufaula    

$126,049    $129,674    -2.7%

Rate        3.5%    3.5%



Fort Gibson

$103,224    $87,086    10.5%

Rate        4.5%    4.5%



Gore

$31,634    $27,305    15.8%

Rate        3.0%    3.0%



Haskell

$61,372    $49,893    23%

Rate        4.35%    4.35%



Muskogee

$1,943,597    $1,841,851    5.2%

Rate        4.0%    4.0%



Stigler

$138,823    $129,846    6.9%

Rate        3.0%    3.0%



Stilwell

$185,578    $168,670    10%

Rate        3.5%    3.5%



Tahlequah

$518,022    $479,572    8%

Rate        2.5%    2.5%



Wagoner

$189,829    $203,359    -6.6%

Rate        3.0%    3.0%



Warner

$39,633    $43,002    -7.8%

Rate        4.0%    4.0%



Webbers Falls

$14,267    $14,431    -1.1%

Rate        3.5%    3.5%

Source: Oklahoma Tax Commission



Unemployment

Preliminary January statistics  

Oklahoma

March 11, 6.1%

Feb. 11, 6.5%

March 10, 7.3%



United States

March 11, 8.8%

Feb. 11, 9.0%

March 10, 9.7%



Adair County

March 11, 7.2%

Feb. 11, 9,1%

March 10, 9.3%



Cherokee County

March 11, 5.1%

Feb. 11, 6.4%

March 10, 6.0%



Haskell County

March 11, 6.4%

Feb. 11, 7.9%

March 10, 8.6%



McIntosh County

March 11, 8.9%

Feb. 11, 10.5%

March 10, 9.5%



Muskogee County

March 11, 7.0%

Feb. 11,8.5%

March 10, 9.5%



Sequoyah County

March 11, 9.9%

Feb. 11, 11.3%

March 10, 12.0%



Wagoner County

March 11, 6.3%

Feb. 11, 7.7%

March 10, 7.6%



Eastern Workforce Investment Area

March 11, 7.3%

Feb. 11, 8.8%

March 10, 8.8%



Muskogee LLM

March 11, 6.9%

Feb. 11, 8.4%

March 10, 8.4%



Okmulgee LLM

March 11, 9.7%

Feb. 11, 11.2%

March 10, 11.2%



Tahlequah-Sallisaw LLM

March 11, 7.1%

Feb. 11, 8.6%

March 10, 8.7%



Source: Oklahoma Employment

Security Commission