Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: 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
 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2007

 1,767.0 1,767.1 1,772.1 1,785.2 1,811.5 1,824.9 1,800.7 1,800.9 1,805.2 1,812.8 1,817.0 1,812.0 1,798.0

2008

 1,774.9 1,776.7 1,784.6 1,799.0 1,817.0 1,826.9 1,803.3 (P) 1,797.6          

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

  

2007

 70.8 68.7 69.9 72.3 79.1 83.1 83.3 83.7 81.3 79.9 77.2 72.2 76.8

2008

 66.0 63.3 64.6 67.8 72.9 75.8 77.2 (P) 77.3          

Manufacturing

  

2007

 201.2 200.4 200.0 200.4 201.8 203.7 202.8 203.7 201.2 200.6 200.2 200.0 201.3

2008

 198.8 198.6 199.2 199.1 198.7 200.0 198.4 (P) 197.1          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2007

 338.1 334.9 334.1 336.4 340.3 342.9 339.5 339.7 338.1 340.6 347.3 349.7 340.1

2008

 338.8 334.4 334.3 335.3 337.3 339.0 338.5 (P) 340.2          

Information

  

2007

 42.1 42.2 42.4 42.1 42.5 42.7 42.5 42.7 42.4 42.3 42.4 42.6 42.4

2008

 42.7 42.7 42.6 42.5 42.4 43.0 42.8 (P) 42.5          

Financial Activities

  

2007

 141.2 141.7 141.7 140.9 141.1 142.3 142.5 142.6 141.1 140.6 140.7 141.5 141.5

2008

 141.1 141.8 142.4 142.7 143.4 144.4 144.4 (P) 145.0          

Professional & Business Services

  

2007

 259.1 259.9 261.5 262.7 265.5 268.9 269.6 271.4 268.1 269.6 268.4 267.3 266.0

2008

 259.7 260.8 261.7 266.4 266.3 269.8 265.8 (P) 264.1          

Educational & Health Services

  

2007

 244.7 246.6 248.1 250.7 252.1 250.4 249.4 250.3 251.1 254.8 257.1 257.0 251.0

2008

 254.8 256.7 258.9 260.9 261.3 256.3 256.9 (P) 256.5          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2007

 154.5 154.6 155.5 160.8 167.4 171.6 170.7 171.6 167.8 163.6 161.0 160.9 163.3

2008

 157.5 156.6 158.0 161.9 169.1 173.7 172.2 (P) 172.4          

Other Services

  

2007

 74.5 74.4 75.7 75.9 76.3 77.1 77.2 77.2 75.6 76.1 76.1 76.4 76.0

2008

 74.5 74.9 75.9 76.4 76.5 76.8 76.6 (P) 76.5          

Government

  

2007

 240.8 243.7 243.2 243.0 245.4 242.2 223.2 218.0 238.5 244.7 246.6 244.4 239.5

2008

 241.0 246.9 247.0 246.0 249.1 248.1 230.5 (P) 226.0          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2007

 (1) 1,839,327 (1) 1,833,831 (1) 1,834,725 (1) 1,836,950 (1) 1,838,421 (1) 1,859,104 (1) 1,873,635 (1) 1,858,286 (1) 1,852,383 (1) 1,848,773 (1) 1,856,075 (1) 1,850,202 (1) 1,848,476

2008

 1,838,689 1,836,852 1,845,731 1,852,717 1,854,763 1,861,350 (P) 1,868,916            

Employment

  

2007

 (1) 1,752,502 (1) 1,752,301 (1) 1,753,830 (1) 1,759,167 (1) 1,765,554 (1) 1,778,191 (1) 1,794,701 (1) 1,781,450 (1) 1,768,732 (1) 1,776,256 (1) 1,784,060 (1) 1,767,152 (1) 1,769,491

2008

 1,751,939 1,752,984 1,756,999 1,770,138 1,766,849 1,766,284 (P) 1,767,634            

Unemployment

  

2007

 (1) 86,825 (1) 81,530 (1) 80,895 (1) 77,783 (1) 72,867 (1) 80,913 (1) 78,934 (1) 76,836 (1) 83,651 (1) 72,517 (1) 72,015 (1) 83,050 (1) 78,985

2008

 86,750 83,868 88,732 82,579 87,914 95,066 (P) 101,282            

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 (1) 4.7 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.2 (1) 4.0 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.2 (1) 4.1 (1) 4.5 (1) 3.9 (1) 3.9 (1) 4.5 (1) 4.3

2008

 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.5 4.7 5.1 (P) 5.4            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(P) Preliminary