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District of Columbia: 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	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2007	681.8	690.3	693.1	693.1	691.0	693.2	701.9	696.3	690.7	699.5	702.5	704.6	694.8
2008	691.0	697.6	699.0	702.8	702.1	704.6	718.3	(P) 717.9
Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction
2007	12.2	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.6	12.7	12.8	13.2	13.0	12.8	12.8	12.6	12.6
2008	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.7	12.8	12.9	(P) 13.3
Manufacturing
2007	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.7
2008	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.6	(P) 1.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2007	27.5	27.2	27.4	27.8	27.9	28.0	27.5	27.3	27.4	27.5	27.8	28.2	27.6
2008	27.4	27.3	27.3	27.8	27.8	28.0	27.6	(P) 27.4
Information
2007	22.4	22.5	22.4	21.9	21.8	22.2	22.3	22.2	21.3	21.2	21.3	21.4	21.9
2008	21.2	21.3	21.2	21.2	21.2	21.1	21.2	(P) 21.1
Financial Activities
2007	29.5	29.7	29.7	29.4	29.1	29.2	29.0	28.8	28.7	28.7	28.8	29.0	29.1
2008	28.5	28.5	28.6	28.4	28.2	28.3	28.3	(P) 28.5
Professional & Business Services
2007	150.7	152.3	152.8	153.3	154.7	157.0	155.3	154.9	153.7	155.4	155.5	156.2	154.3
2008	153.4	155.0	154.9	155.4	156.0	158.7	158.2	(P) 157.9
Educational & Health Services
2007	97.3	101.6	102.4	101.2	96.8	92.1	91.8	91.1	97.0	101.4	103.7	103.2	98.3
2008	99.9	103.9	104.3	105.2	102.5	98.1	99.1	(P) 99.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2007	51.5	52.8	54.5	55.4	55.5	55.5	55.4	54.7	55.5	55.7	55.3	54.7	54.7
2008	52.5	53.5	54.3	55.8	56.3	56.7	56.3	(P) 56.3
Other Services
2007	61.0	61.6	61.9	62.2	62.5	63.6	63.4	62.5	62.5	62.9	63.3	64.4	62.7
2008	63.1	63.7	64.0	64.2	64.5	65.5	65.5	(P) 65.3
Government
2007	228.0	228.9	228.2	228.0	228.4	231.2	242.7	239.9	229.9	232.2	232.3	233.3	231.9
2008	231.3	230.6	230.5	230.8	231.3	233.7	247.6	(P) 247.0
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2007	(1) 321,369	(1) 323,480	(1) 324,035	(1) 323,953	(1) 323,204	(1) 326,810	(1) 332,660	(1) 327,825	(1) 325,360	(1) 325,075	(1) 327,125	(1) 325,845	(1) 325,562
2008	325,813	328,991	332,842	329,576	329,336	332,371	340,370	(P) 337,444
Employment
2007	(1) 302,108	(1) 305,070	(1) 306,591	(1) 307,417	(1) 305,755	(1) 307,397	(1) 312,466	(1) 308,985	(1) 306,109	(1) 307,243	(1) 308,479	(1) 306,969	(1) 307,049
2008	303,967	309,905	311,572	311,991	307,917	310,216	315,914	(P) 313,848
Unemployment
2007	(1) 19,261	(1) 18,410	(1) 17,444	(1) 16,536	(1) 17,449	(1) 19,413	(1) 20,194	(1) 18,840	(1) 19,251	(1) 17,832	(1) 18,646	(1) 18,876	(1) 18,513
2008	21,846	19,086	21,270	17,585	21,419	22,155	24,456	(P) 23,596
Unemployment Rate
2007	(1) 6.0	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.4	(1) 5.1	(1) 5.4	(1) 5.9	(1) 6.1	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.9	(1) 5.5	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.8	(1) 5.7
2008	6.7	5.8	6.4	5.3	6.5	6.7	7.2	(P) 7.0
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation for 2003-07. (P) Preliminary