District Of Columbia

District Of Columbia
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2008

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 331.5 333.5 332.4 331.8 328.5 (P) 329.9

Employment (1)

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 312.0 313.1 312.5 310.0 307.6 (P) 307.8

Unemployment (1)

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 19.5 20.5 19.9 21.8 20.8 (P) 22.2

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.6 6.3 (P) 6.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 701.9 699.8 700.5 702.3 704.6 (P) 711.3

12-month % change
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 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.8 (P) 2.3

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction (3)

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 12.6 12.5 12.5 12.6 12.6 (P) 12.4

12-month % change
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 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.0 (P) -0.8

Manufacturing (4)

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 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 (P) 1.6

12-month % change
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 -5.9 -5.9 -5.9 -5.9 0.0 (P) -5.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 27.5 27.5 28.0 27.9 28.0 (P) 27.8

12-month % change
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 -0.7 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 0.7 (P) 0.7

Information (3)

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 21.5 21.3 21.2 21.3 21.0 (P) 20.9

12-month % change
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 -4.0 -4.5 -3.6 -2.7 -4.5 (P) -4.6

Financial Activities (3)

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 28.7 28.7 28.3 28.1 28.1 (P) 28.0

12-month % change
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 -3.0 -2.7 -3.1 -3.1 -3.4 (P) -3.4

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 156.4 155.6 155.1 155.5 156.1 (P) 156.5

12-month % change
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 1.8 1.3 1.0 0.8 1.3 (P) 1.7

Education & Health Services (3)

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 100.6 101.0 101.7 102.9 103.8 (P) 104.6

12-month % change
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 2.7 2.6 4.0 5.8 7.1 (P) 7.2

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 55.0 54.3 54.7 54.8 55.3 (P) 56.3

12-month % change
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 1.3 -0.7 0.0 0.7 2.0 (P) 2.4

Other Services (3)

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 64.4 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.7 (P) 64.8

12-month % change
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 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.2 (P) 3.5

Government (3)

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 233.6 233.1 233.2 233.4 233.3 (P) 238.4

12-month % change
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 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (P) 2.0

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (5)

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 (6) - - - (6) - 3 -

Initial claimants, all industries (5)

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 (6) - - - (6) - 236 -

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) See About the data.
(6) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: September 12, 2008

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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District Of Columbia includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

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