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Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program (seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
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Delaware |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total Nonfarm |
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2007 |
436.2 |
435.4 |
436.0 |
435.9 |
437.0 |
437.8 |
437.5 |
437.4 |
436.1 |
437.2 |
438.6 |
439.4 |
2008 |
436.9 |
437.6 |
436.1 |
436.0 |
435.7 |
437.3 |
437.0 |
438.2 |
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Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction |
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2007 |
28.4 |
27.7 |
27.9 |
27.6 |
27.8 |
27.5 |
27.5 |
27.5 |
27.7 |
27.8 |
27.9 |
28.2 |
2008 |
27.9 |
27.6 |
27.3 |
27.0 |
26.9 |
26.5 |
26.4 |
26.4 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2007 |
83.3 |
83.0 |
82.8 |
82.4 |
83.1 |
83.2 |
83.4 |
83.6 |
83.7 |
83.9 |
83.4 |
83.2 |
2008 |
83.4 |
83.2 |
82.9 |
82.7 |
82.3 |
82.8 |
83.5 |
83.8 |
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Financial Activities |
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2007 |
45.2 |
45.3 |
45.4 |
45.4 |
45.5 |
45.6 |
45.5 |
45.2 |
45.3 |
45.4 |
45.6 |
45.7 |
2008 |
45.9 |
45.7 |
45.6 |
45.5 |
45.8 |
46.1 |
45.7 |
45.7 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2007 |
59.7 |
59.8 |
60.0 |
60.1 |
60.3 |
60.5 |
60.1 |
59.9 |
59.9 |
60.0 |
60.1 |
60.3 |
2008 |
59.3 |
59.2 |
59.4 |
59.1 |
59.4 |
58.8 |
58.8 |
59.0 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2007 |
57.2 |
57.3 |
57.4 |
57.5 |
57.7 |
57.8 |
58.1 |
58.2 |
58.3 |
58.7 |
58.8 |
59.1 |
2008 |
59.3 |
59.3 |
59.1 |
59.5 |
59.4 |
59.8 |
60.2 |
60.4 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2007 |
41.3 |
41.3 |
41.3 |
41.0 |
40.8 |
40.9 |
40.6 |
40.7 |
40.2 |
40.4 |
40.2 |
40.3 |
2008 |
39.7 |
39.8 |
39.7 |
39.6 |
40.3 |
41.0 |
40.3 |
40.1 |
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Other Services |
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2007 |
20.5 |
20.3 |
20.3 |
20.3 |
20.3 |
20.4 |
20.3 |
20.3 |
20.4 |
20.2 |
20.5 |
20.3 |
2008 |
20.8 |
20.9 |
20.9 |
21.0 |
21.0 |
20.8 |
21.0 |
20.8 |
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Government |
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2007 |
60.5 |
60.9 |
61.0 |
61.1 |
61.2 |
61.7 |
61.8 |
61.8 |
61.2 |
60.9 |
61.1 |
61.5 |
2008 |
61.0 |
60.8 |
60.6 |
61.0 |
60.9 |
61.0 |
61.8 |
62.1 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (seasonally adjusted data)
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Delaware |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Labor Force |
|
2007 |
440,894 |
441,316 |
441,790 |
442,254 |
442,077 |
442,229 |
442,305 |
442,216 |
443,014 |
444,211 |
444,726 |
445,267 |
2008 |
445,016 |
444,460 |
445,279 |
446,742 |
446,064 |
446,101 |
446,601 |
447,206 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
426,284 |
426,507 |
426,745 |
426,998 |
427,265 |
427,544 |
427,833 |
428,134 |
428,452 |
428,787 |
429,138 |
429,502 |
2008 |
428,279 |
427,879 |
428,659 |
430,159 |
427,624 |
427,451 |
426,951 |
425,370 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
14,610 |
14,809 |
15,045 |
15,256 |
14,812 |
14,685 |
14,472 |
14,082 |
14,562 |
15,424 |
15,588 |
15,765 |
2008 |
16,737 |
16,581 |
16,620 |
16,583 |
18,440 |
18,650 |
19,650 |
21,836 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
2008 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.9 |
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