Historical Employment - Virginia Beach (PDF)

Nonfarm Employment by Industry from the Current Employment Statistics Survey
(levels in thousands)
Industry Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. MSA
Annual Averages (not seasonally adjusted)
Historical data 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Total nonfarm
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 678.0 694.3 706.8 720.4 730.6 734.1 737.6 749.8 760.8 767.3 774.9

Natural resources, mining, and construction
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 42.3 42.3 42.9 44.0 46.0 44.7 47.2 48.8 50.0 49.8 48.9

Manufacturing
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 64.2 64.0 62.1 65.1 62.5 60.1 59.3 59.8 59.9 58.4 57.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 129.8 132.6 135.9 138.1 139.4 139.6 136.5 139.4 141.3 142.3 143.9

Information
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 15.8 15.9 15.5 16.7 16.2 16.5 16.0 15.5 15.1 15.4 15.6

Financial activities
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 32.3 34.2 36.1 36.5 36.6 36.7 37.5 39.7 39.9 40.7 41.6

Professional and business services
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 87.0 92.7 98.2 98.9 103.1 104.7 104.4 100.3 101.5 102.0 102.2

Education and health services
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 66.9 69.0 71.0 72.8 74.2 76.9 78.1 82.0 84.7 87.2 89.4

Leisure and hospitality
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 71.7 72.4 72.9 74.2 76.2 76.5 76.4 79.0 82.0 84.5 85.4

Other services
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 25.3 26.8 27.8 28.3 28.9 28.9 32.8 34.1 35.0 34.1 36.1

Government
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 142.7 144.3 144.3 145.9 147.5 149.4 149.3 151.3 151.5 153.0 154.3

The Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Surry, and York Counties and Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg Cities in Virginia; and Currituck County in North Carolina.

 

Last Modified Date: April 22, 2008