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

Total Nonfarm

  

2007

 3,699.8 3,705.7 3,737.1 3,751.3 3,777.6 3,809.4 3,758.0 3,752.3 3,770.0 3,777.6 3,791.5 3,797.5 3,760.7

2008

 3,718.2 3,724.7 3,753.1 3,771.4 3,790.1 3,821.4 3,776.6 (P) 3,771.3          

Natural Resources & Mining

  

2007

 11.3 11.2 11.4 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.2 11.1 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 11.0

2008

 10.6 10.6 10.7 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.8 (P) 10.7          

Construction

  

2007

 236.1 233.3 237.6 240.7 243.1 245.8 244.8 244.6 241.9 241.4 240.7 239.3 240.8

2008

 231.9 229.8 232.0 235.2 235.9 240.1 240.9 (P) 240.1          

Manufacturing

  

2007

 279.4 280.6 280.8 280.2 279.7 281.4 279.1 278.2 277.3 275.9 275.9 275.2 278.6

2008

 273.2 271.2 271.7 276.1 275.7 276.0 274.5 (P) 274.0          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2007

 663.5 654.2 658.5 657.5 664.2 668.3 668.4 667.2 665.6 668.4 682.9 691.3 667.5

2008

 664.3 654.6 658.9 658.0 662.8 667.6 665.6 (P) 666.0          

Information

  

2007

 91.9 91.3 90.7 90.6 91.2 91.2 90.7 90.3 90.3 90.1 90.2 89.9 90.7

2008

 89.0 89.5 90.0 90.0 90.4 90.9 91.3 (P) 90.7          

Financial Activities

  

2007

 193.7 193.9 194.7 194.0 195.1 196.6 196.0 195.2 193.3 192.8 192.3 192.9 194.2

2008

 190.1 190.6 191.4 191.8 193.3 194.7 194.2 (P) 194.1          

Professional & Business Services

  

2007

 628.4 631.9 638.2 641.2 642.3 649.1 648.9 652.2 647.8 648.4 646.6 650.4 643.8

2008

 637.4 641.5 647.0 650.3 648.6 655.3 658.7 (P) 658.4          

Educational & Health Services

  

2007

 412.0 414.9 417.7 417.2 420.4 420.9 401.3 401.8 422.4 423.5 425.7 426.4 417.0

2008

 422.4 426.2 428.5 427.6 430.0 430.8 410.9 (P) 410.9          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2007

 322.3 323.9 333.7 340.7 353.0 366.5 366.9 365.6 352.2 346.6 341.4 338.1 345.9

2008

 327.3 329.2 336.9 343.7 355.6 367.7 367.9 (P) 367.6          

Other Services

  

2007

 182.1 182.7 184.5 184.8 185.9 187.3 186.9 186.5 185.1 184.4 184.7 185.0 185.0

2008

 184.8 185.6 186.3 186.9 188.0 189.3 189.7 (P) 188.9          

Government

  

2007

 679.1 687.8 689.3 693.3 691.6 691.1 663.8 659.6 683.4 695.4 700.4 698.3 686.1

2008

 687.2 695.9 699.7 701.2 699.1 698.2 672.1 (P) 669.9          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

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

Labor Force

  

2007

 (1) 4,011,648 (1) 4,011,898 (1) 4,035,008 (1) 4,028,039 (1) 4,053,229 (1) 4,085,696 (1) 4,112,256 (1) 4,065,604 (1) 4,058,367 (1) 4,057,098 (1) 4,072,379 (1) 4,059,170 (1) 4,054,199

2008

 4,066,972 4,066,250 4,107,318 4,104,118 4,133,376 4,165,236 4,214,233 (P) 4,169,511          

Employment

  

2007

 (1) 3,883,025 (1) 3,884,857 (1) 3,916,785 (1) 3,918,916 (1) 3,939,726 (1) 3,957,188 (1) 3,984,875 (1) 3,937,102 (1) 3,935,212 (1) 3,936,252 (1) 3,949,503 (1) 3,928,370 (1) 3,930,984

2008

 3,911,714 3,911,341 3,948,775 3,969,267 3,977,282 3,990,395 4,026,508 (P) 3,976,876          

Unemployment

  

2007

 (1) 128,623 (1) 127,041 (1) 118,223 (1) 109,123 (1) 113,503 (1) 128,508 (1) 127,381 (1) 128,502 (1) 123,155 (1) 120,846 (1) 122,876 (1) 130,800 (1) 123,215

2008

 155,258 154,909 158,543 134,851 156,094 174,841 187,725 (P) 192,635          

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 (1) 3.2 (1) 3.2 (1) 2.9 (1) 2.7 (1) 2.8 (1) 3.1 (1) 3.1 (1) 3.2 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.0 (1) 3.2 (1) 3.0

2008

 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.8 4.2 4.5 (P) 4.6          

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