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Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2007	116.8	117.1	119.5	119.5	120.0	120.3	117.6	119.7	121.3	121.9	122.5	121.8	119.8
2008	119.1	118.9	119.9	120.6	120.9	120.9	120.7	(P) 121.3
Manufacturing
2007	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
2008	9.9	9.8	10.0	10.0	9.9	9.9	10.0	(P) 10.0
Professional & Business Services
2007	10.0	10.1	10.6	10.9	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	10.9
2008	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.5	(P) 11.5
Educational & Health Services
2007	22.5	22.5	22.7	22.6	22.6	22.7	22.8	22.8	22.8	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.7
2008	22.8	22.8	22.9	22.9	22.9	23.0	23.1	(P) 23.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2007	10.6	10.6	11.0	11.0	11.3	11.4	11.1	11.4	11.3	11.1	11.0	10.9	11.1
2008	10.4	10.5	10.9	11.4	11.2	11.4	11.6	(P) 11.6
Government
2007	19.9	20.6	20.8	21.0	20.7	20.0	18.0	19.2	20.3	20.8	21.1	20.9	20.3
2008	20.4	20.4	20.7	20.8	21.0	20.1	18.9	(P) 19.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2007	(1) 130,680	(1) 131,703	(1) 132,782	(1) 132,351	(1) 132,608	(1) 134,556	(1) 133,376	(1) 133,017	(1) 134,133	(1) 133,781	(1) 134,685	(1) 133,302	(1) 133,081
2008	131,879	131,830	132,496	133,707	134,180	135,793	(P) 133,274
Employment
2007	(1) 123,739	(1) 124,212	(1) 126,010	(1) 126,152	(1) 126,469	(1) 127,652	(1) 126,690	(1) 126,560	(1) 128,233	(1) 128,275	(1) 128,958	(1) 127,335	(1) 126,690
2008	125,224	124,682	125,692	127,342	127,185	127,952	(P) 126,233
Unemployment
2007	(1) 6,941	(1) 7,491	(1) 6,772	(1) 6,199	(1) 6,139	(1) 6,904	(1) 6,686	(1) 6,457	(1) 5,900	(1) 5,506	(1) 5,727	(1) 5,967	(1) 6,391
2008	6,655	7,148	6,804	6,365	6,995	7,841	(P) 7,041
Unemployment Rate
2007	(1) 5.3	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.1	(1) 4.7	(1) 4.6	(1) 5.1	(1) 5.0	(1) 4.9	(1) 4.4	(1) 4.1	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.5	(1) 4.8
2008	5.0	5.4	5.1	4.8	5.2	5.8	(P) 5.3
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls. (P) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.