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Altoona, PA: 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	Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2007	61.1	61.1	61.6	62.5	63.4	63.8	62.9	62.9	62.9	63.2	63.2	63.4	62.7
2008	61.8	61.6	62.3	62.7	63.2	63.0	62.3	(P) 62.6
Manufacturing
2007	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6
2008	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	(P) 7.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2007	16.2	15.9	16.0	16.0	16.2	16.2	16.1	16.1	16.0	16.2	16.4	16.6	16.2
2008	16.1	15.8	16.2	16.3	16.5	16.4	16.5	(P) 16.4
Professional & Business Services
2007	4.8	4.8	4.8	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	5.0
2008	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	(P) 4.8
Educational & Health Services
2007	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	10.9
2008	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	(P) 11.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2007	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.4	6.0	6.4	6.2	6.2	5.8	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.7
2008	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.9	6.3	6.3	(P) 6.2
Government
2007	8.6	8.8	8.8	8.9	8.8	8.4	7.8	7.8	8.4	8.7	8.8	8.7	8.5
2008	8.6	8.8	8.9	8.9	8.7	8.3	7.6	(P) 7.7
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2007	(1) 64,019	(1) 63,595	(1) 63,777	(1) 63,692	(1) 64,463	(1) 65,606	(1) 65,825	(1) 65,189	(1) 64,468	(1) 64,601	(1) 64,844	(1) 64,874	(1) 64,579
2008	64,806	64,178	64,518	64,657	65,543	66,117	(P) 66,732
Employment
2007	(1) 60,792	(1) 60,547	(1) 60,969	(1) 61,339	(1) 62,044	(1) 62,833	(1) 63,030	(1) 62,615	(1) 62,034	(1) 62,168	(1) 62,273	(1) 62,077	(1) 61,893
2008	61,276	60,623	61,131	61,680	62,400	62,699	(P) 63,233
Unemployment
2007	(1) 3,227	(1) 3,048	(1) 2,808	(1) 2,353	(1) 2,419	(1) 2,773	(1) 2,795	(1) 2,574	(1) 2,434	(1) 2,433	(1) 2,571	(1) 2,797	(1) 2,686
2008	3,530	3,555	3,387	2,977	3,143	3,418	(P) 3,499
Unemployment Rate
2007	(1) 5.0	(1) 4.8	(1) 4.4	(1) 3.7	(1) 3.8	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.2	(1) 3.9	(1) 3.8	(1) 3.8	(1) 4.0	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.2
2008	5.4	5.5	5.2	4.6	4.8	5.2	(P) 5.2
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls. (P) Preliminary
The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.