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District of Columbia: 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	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2007	691.5	693.3	693.0	692.6	692.4	692.1	695.5	694.4	694.0	698.5	698.7	701.5
2008	700.6	701.9	699.8	700.5	702.3	704.6	712.0	(P) 716.3
Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction
2007	12.7	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.5	12.6	12.5	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.8	12.8
2008	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.5	(P) 12.9
Information
2007	22.5	22.4	22.3	22.0	21.9	22.0	21.9	22.0	21.3	21.2	21.3	21.4
2008	21.5	21.5	21.3	21.2	21.3	21.0	20.9	(P) 20.8
Professional & Business Services
2007	153.6	153.7	153.6	153.6	154.2	154.1	153.9	154.4	154.1	155.5	155.8	156.3
2008	156.1	156.4	155.6	155.1	155.5	156.1	156.4	(P) 157.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2007	54.1	54.3	54.7	54.7	54.4	54.2	55.0	54.9	55.1	55.3	55.3	55.3
2008	54.8	55.0	54.3	54.7	54.8	55.3	56.0	(P) 56.7
Government
2007	230.1	231.2	230.7	230.9	231.0	231.0	233.7	232.2	231.6	233.9	233.4	233.9
2008	233.5	233.6	233.1	233.2	233.4	233.3	238.4	(P) 238.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2007	(1) 323,938	(1) 325,289	(1) 325,563	(1) 326,020	(1) 325,894	(1) 323,288	(1) 323,280	(1) 325,009	(1) 325,571	(1) 326,633	(1) 327,962	(1) 328,293
2008	328,786	331,457	333,529	332,430	331,839	328,482	330,018	(P) 332,421
Employment
2007	(1) 305,372	(1) 306,779	(1) 307,096	(1) 307,583	(1) 307,471	(1) 304,865	(1) 304,842	(1) 306,538	(1) 307,056	(1) 308,065	(1) 309,330	(1) 309,592
2008	308,414	311,971	313,060	312,510	310,003	307,635	307,819	(P) 309,437
Unemployment
2007	(1) 18,566	(1) 18,510	(1) 18,467	(1) 18,437	(1) 18,423	(1) 18,423	(1) 18,438	(1) 18,471	(1) 18,515	(1) 18,568	(1) 18,632	(1) 18,701
2008	20,372	19,486	20,469	19,920	21,836	20,847	22,199	(P) 22,984
Unemployment Rate
2007	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.7
2008	6.2	5.9	6.1	6.0	6.6	6.3	6.7	(P) 6.9
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07. (P) Preliminary