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Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2007	436.2	435.4	436.0	435.9	437.0	437.8	437.5	437.4	436.1	437.2	438.6	439.4
2008	436.9	437.6	436.1	436.0	435.7	437.3	437.0	(P) 438.2
Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction
2007	28.4	27.7	27.9	27.6	27.8	27.5	27.5	27.5	27.7	27.8	27.9	28.2
2008	27.9	27.6	27.3	27.0	26.9	26.5	26.4	(P) 26.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2007	83.3	83.0	82.8	82.4	83.1	83.2	83.4	83.6	83.7	83.9	83.4	83.2
2008	83.4	83.2	82.9	82.7	82.3	82.8	83.5	(P) 83.8
Financial Activities
2007	45.2	45.3	45.4	45.4	45.5	45.6	45.5	45.2	45.3	45.4	45.6	45.7
2008	45.9	45.7	45.6	45.5	45.8	46.1	45.7	(P) 45.7
Professional & Business Services
2007	59.7	59.8	60.0	60.1	60.3	60.5	60.1	59.9	59.9	60.0	60.1	60.3
2008	59.3	59.2	59.4	59.1	59.4	58.8	58.8	(P) 59.0
Educational & Health Services
2007	57.2	57.3	57.4	57.5	57.7	57.8	58.1	58.2	58.3	58.7	58.8	59.1
2008	59.3	59.3	59.1	59.5	59.4	59.8	60.2	(P) 60.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2007	41.3	41.3	41.3	41.0	40.8	40.9	40.6	40.7	40.2	40.4	40.2	40.3
2008	39.7	39.8	39.7	39.6	40.3	41.0	40.3	(P) 40.1
Other Services
2007	20.5	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.3	20.4	20.3	20.3	20.4	20.2	20.5	20.3
2008	20.8	20.9	20.9	21.0	21.0	20.8	21.0	(P) 20.8
Government
2007	60.5	60.9	61.0	61.1	61.2	61.7	61.8	61.8	61.2	60.9	61.1	61.5
2008	61.0	60.8	60.6	61.0	60.9	61.0	61.8	(P) 62.1
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2007	(1) 440,894	(1) 441,316	(1) 441,790	(1) 442,254	(1) 442,077	(1) 442,229	(1) 442,305	(1) 442,216	(1) 443,014	(1) 444,211	(1) 444,726	(1) 445,267
2008	445,016	444,460	445,279	446,742	446,064	446,101	446,601	(P) 447,206
Employment
2007	(1) 426,284	(1) 426,507	(1) 426,745	(1) 426,998	(1) 427,265	(1) 427,544	(1) 427,833	(1) 428,134	(1) 428,452	(1) 428,787	(1) 429,138	(1) 429,502
2008	428,279	427,879	428,659	430,159	427,624	427,451	426,951	(P) 425,370
Unemployment
2007	(1) 14,610	(1) 14,809	(1) 15,045	(1) 15,256	(1) 14,812	(1) 14,685	(1) 14,472	(1) 14,082	(1) 14,562	(1) 15,424	(1) 15,588	(1) 15,765
2008	16,737	16,581	16,620	16,583	18,440	18,650	19,650	(P) 21,836
Unemployment Rate
2007	(1) 3.3	(1) 3.4	(1) 3.4	(1) 3.4	(1) 3.4	(1) 3.3	(1) 3.3	(1) 3.2	(1) 3.3	(1) 3.5	(1) 3.5	(1) 3.5
2008	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	4.1	4.2	4.4	(P) 4.9
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07. (P) Preliminary