Port of Muskogee traffic

Rail tonnage

Sept. 09 208 cars, 19,110 tons

Sept. 08 215 cars, 18,884 tons

Year to date 2009 1,466 cars, 134,984 tons

Year to date 2008 2,875 cars, 271,037 tons



Barge tonnage

Sept. 09 38 barges, 58,107 tons

Sept. 08 26 barges, 38,804 tons

Year to date 2009 255 barges, 404,475 tons

Year to date 2008 341 barges, 547,496 tons



Unemployment

Preliminary September statistics

Oklahoma

Sept. 09, 6.7%

Aug. 09, 6.4%

June 08, 3.8%



United States

Sept. 09, 9.8%

Aug. 09, N.A.

Sept. 08, N.A.



Adair County

Sept. 09, 7.6%

Aug. 09, 7.7%

Sept. 08, 4.7%



Cherokee County

Sept. 09, 5.6%

Aug. 09, 5.9%

Sept. 08, 3.6%



Haskell County

Sept. 09, 8.4%

Aug. 09, 8.3%

Sept. 08, 3.3 %



McIntosh County

Sept. 09, 8.2%

Aug. 09, 8.5%

Sept. 08, 4.9%



Muskogee County

Sept. 09, 8.1%

Aug. 09, 8.3%

Sept. 08, 4.6%



Sequoyah County

Sept. 09, 8.7%

Aug. 09, 9.0%

Sept. 08, 6.7%



Wagoner County

Sept. 09, 6.6%

Aug. 09, 6.6%

Sept. 08, 3.6%



Eastern Workforce Investment Area

Sept. 09, 7.4%

Aug. 09, 7.6%

Sept. 08, 4.6%



Muskogee LLM

Sept. 09, 7.4%

Aug. 09, 7.5%

sept. 08, 4.2%



Okmulgee LLM

Sept. 09, 8.5%

Aug. 09, 8.5%

Sept. 08, 5.4%



Tahlequah-Sallisaw LLM

Sept. 09, 7.1%

Aug. 09 7.4%

Sept. 08, 4.9%



Source: Oklahoma Employment Security Commission



Area Sales Tax

The disbursement of city sales tax collections by the Oklahoma Tax Commission in July totaled $114 million, $9.7 million less than for the same period a year ago. The money reported from this period represents sales from Aug. 16 to Aug. 31 and estimated sales from Sept. 1 to Sept. 15.

09 08 Change

Checotah

$248,357 $284,758 -14.6 %

Rate 4.0% 4.0%

Fort Gibson

$105,904 $112,063 -5.8%

Rate 4.5% 4.5%

Gore

$38,334 $36,871 +3.9%

Rate 3.0% 3.0%

Haskell

$54,030 $58,974 -8.3%

Rate 4.35% 4.35%

Muskogee

$1,575,162 $1,796,610 -4.2%

Rate 3.5% 3.5%

Stigler

$134,611 $149,037 -9.6%

Rate 3.0% 3.0%

Stilwell

$150,940 $167,992 -10.1%

Rate 3.5% 3.5%

Tahlequah

$479,498 $588,534 -18.5%

Rate 2.5% 2.5%

Wagoner

$203,929 $212,801 -4.1%

Rate 3.0% 3.0%

Warner

$46,714 $55,097 -15.2%

Rate 4.0 % 4.0%

Webbers Falls

$17,679 $16,422 +7.6%

Rate 3.5% 3.5%



Source: Oklahoma Tax

Commission