Delaware: 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
Delaware
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

425.8 425.1 430.4 434.1 440.0 445.0 440.2 439.5 437.8 438.4 442.3 443.3 436.8

2008

427.6 428.0 431.0 434.6 438.7 443.7 440.5 (P) 440.1          

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

2007

27.2 26.0 26.8 27.4 28.0 28.3 28.2 28.1 28.2 28.2 28.3 28.3 27.8

2008

26.8 26.0 26.2 26.7 27.0 27.3 27.3 (P) 27.1          

Manufacturing

 

2007

33.1 33.0 33.3 33.2 33.5 33.8 32.7 33.4 32.5 33.0 34.5 34.4 33.4

2008

32.6 34.0 33.7 33.5 32.8 33.5 32.3 (P) 32.8          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

81.9 80.6 81.1 81.3 83.0 84.1 83.8 83.7 83.3 84.1 85.7 86.0 83.2

2008

82.1 81.0 81.3 81.7 82.2 83.5 83.9 (P) 83.9          

Information

 

2007

6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.9

2008

6.7 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.1 (P) 7.1          

Financial Activities

 

2007

44.8 44.9 44.9 45.1 45.3 45.8 46.1 45.8 45.5 45.5 45.6 45.8 45.4

2008

45.7 45.5 45.4 45.3 45.5 46.1 46.1 (P) 46.2          

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

58.3 58.5 59.4 60.1 60.5 60.9 60.1 60.1 60.0 60.2 60.4 61.1 60.0

2008

58.0 58.0 58.7 59.2 59.8 59.6 59.1 (P) 59.2          

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

57.0 57.1 57.4 57.6 57.9 57.9 57.6 57.7 58.4 58.8 59.0 59.2 58.0

2008

59.0 59.2 59.4 59.8 59.8 60.0 59.7 (P) 59.8          

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

36.8 37.0 38.0 39.7 41.7 45.3 44.6 44.9 42.3 40.1 39.2 38.8 40.7

2008

36.3 36.2 36.9 38.3 41.0 44.5 44.2 (P) 44.1          

Other Services

 

2007

20.3 20.1 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.7 20.4 20.3 20.1 20.4 20.7 20.5 20.4

2008

20.5 20.5 20.6 20.8 20.9 21.1 21.2 (P) 21.0          

Government

 

2007

59.6 61.1 62.4 62.5 62.8 61.2 59.8 58.5 60.6 61.3 62.0 62.4 61.2

2008

59.9 60.9 62.0 62.3 62.7 61.0 59.6 (P) 58.9          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Delaware
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

(1) 441,271 (1) 439,700 (1) 442,603 (1) 441,718 (1) 440,199 (1) 444,741 (1) 447,149 (1) 442,044 (1) 438,947 (1) 442,652 (1) 446,038 (1) 445,234 (1) 442,692

2008

443,690 441,978 444,771 446,048 443,903 449,508 452,007 (P) 449,851          

Employment

 

2007

(1) 424,633 (1) 423,239 (1) 427,115 (1) 426,613 (1) 427,371 (1) 429,241 (1) 431,441 (1) 427,912 (1) 424,972 (1) 428,159 (1) 432,451 (1) 430,041 (1) 427,766

2008

424,907 423,539 427,319 429,341 427,246 429,567 431,449 (P) 427,669          

Unemployment

 

2007

(1) 16,638 (1) 16,461 (1) 15,488 (1) 15,105 (1) 12,828 (1) 15,500 (1) 15,708 (1) 14,132 (1) 13,975 (1) 14,493 (1) 13,587 (1) 15,193 (1) 14,926

2008

18,783 18,439 17,452 16,707 16,657 19,941 20,558 (P) 22,182          

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

(1) 3.8 (1) 3.7 (1) 3.5 (1) 3.4 (1) 2.9 (1) 3.5 (1) 3.5 (1) 3.2 (1) 3.2 (1) 3.3 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.4 (1) 3.4

2008

4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.4 4.5 (P) 4.9          

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation for 2003-07.
(P) Preliminary