Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI: 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
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

1,938.6 1,951.3 1,955.4 1,969.7 1,995.1 1,996.9 1,931.1 1,954.7 1,966.0 1,964.4 1,972.8 1,968.9 1,963.7

2008

1,907.5 1,910.4 1,909.1 1,919.3 1,946.4 1,954.3 1,892.9 (P) 1,895.8          

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

2007

64.9 62.4 64.4 67.1 72.9 75.6 77.3 77.0 75.8 74.7 71.7 68.2 71.0

2008

60.8 58.3 58.4 61.0 65.1 66.8 67.7 (P) 67.0          

Manufacturing

 

2007

251.7 265.7 263.9 263.4 262.9 262.6 238.8 257.9 256.6 246.2 252.8 254.1 256.4

2008

243.1 243.9 238.7 232.9 238.5 243.2 227.1 (P) 229.0          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

365.7 361.2 361.0 362.6 367.1 367.7 363.9 365.3 363.3 366.1 371.8 374.7 365.9

2008

361.0 357.4 358.7 359.7 363.0 363.9 358.1 (P) 357.7          

Information

 

2007

34.3 34.2 34.1 34.1 34.4 34.3 34.3 34.2 33.7 33.6 33.7 33.6 34.0

2008

33.3 33.5 33.3 33.0 33.1 33.1 32.7 (P) 32.8          

Financial Activities

 

2007

112.4 112.2 111.9 112.2 112.5 113.2 113.2 112.3 110.1 109.5 109.6 110.0 111.6

2008

109.7 109.6 109.6 109.7 109.9 110.2 109.3 (P) 108.5          

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

346.1 346.2 343.6 350.4 352.0 354.0 347.4 354.4 351.3 351.1 349.6 347.8 349.5

2008

335.4 337.1 337.0 342.3 347.1 348.8 340.9 (P) 345.0          

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

273.7 276.3 277.6 277.4 279.0 277.5 274.4 273.9 278.8 281.2 282.9 283.7 278.0

2008

280.2 283.0 283.6 284.1 285.0 283.9 281.3 (P) 281.4          

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

174.0 173.7 176.8 181.2 189.5 190.8 188.5 188.0 185.8 183.2 180.0 178.6 182.5

2008

172.2 171.4 174.1 179.7 186.8 189.7 186.8 (P) 187.1          

Other Services

 

2007

87.3 87.6 88.0 88.4 89.2 89.8 89.0 89.1 88.0 87.4 87.9 87.9 88.3

2008

85.7 85.7 85.3 85.9 86.6 87.2 86.7 (P) 86.4          

Government

 

2007

228.5 231.8 234.1 232.9 235.6 231.4 204.3 202.6 222.6 231.4 232.8 230.3 226.5

2008

226.1 230.5 230.4 231.0 231.3 227.5 202.3 (P) 200.9          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

(1) 2,143,990 (1) 2,131,744 (1) 2,140,743 (1) 2,115,652 (1) 2,136,122 (1) 2,166,396 (1) 2,173,239 (1) 2,152,443 (1) 2,138,105 (1) 2,138,851 (1) 2,132,509 (1) 2,127,426 (1) 2,141,435

2008

2,111,258 2,115,161 2,114,039 2,080,903 2,129,577 2,164,450 2,158,595 (P) 2,153,203          

Employment

 

2007

(1) 1,968,656 (1) 1,979,093 (1) 1,982,528 (1) 1,968,143 (1) 1,983,712 (1) 1,992,485 (1) 1,987,369 (1) 1,983,884 (1) 1,971,730 (1) 1,972,009 (1) 1,971,296 (1) 1,956,577 (1) 1,976,457

2008

1,938,669 1,953,299 1,942,442 1,936,973 1,940,115 1,954,196 1,956,088 (P) 1,962,902          

Unemployment

 

2007

(1) 175,334 (1) 152,651 (1) 158,215 (1) 147,509 (1) 152,410 (1) 173,911 (1) 185,870 (1) 168,559 (1) 166,375 (1) 166,842 (1) 161,213 (1) 170,849 (1) 164,978

2008

172,589 161,862 171,597 143,930 189,462 210,254 202,507 (P) 190,301          

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

(1) 8.2 (1) 7.2 (1) 7.4 (1) 7.0 (1) 7.1 (1) 8.0 (1) 8.6 (1) 7.8 (1) 7.8 (1) 7.8 (1) 7.6 (1) 8.0 (1) 7.7

2008

8.2 7.7 8.1 6.9 8.9 9.7 9.4 (P) 8.8          

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