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State College, 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	State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2007	69.2	72.9	73.5	75.3	75.3	71.3	71.2	72.1	74.7	76.9	77.2	76.0	73.8
2008	70.9	74.6	75.2	76.4	76.5	71.6	71.2	(P) 72.4
Manufacturing
2007	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
2008	4.3	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	(P) 4.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2007	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.0	10.4	10.5	10.7	10.7	10.3
2008	10.2	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.0	(P) 9.9
Professional & Business Services
2007	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.3
2008	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	(P) 6.4
Educational & Health Services
2007	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.5	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
2008	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	(P) 7.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2007	6.0	6.6	6.6	6.8	7.0	6.9	7.0	6.9	7.2	7.1	7.0	7.0	6.8
2008	6.4	6.8	6.8	6.9	7.1	7.2	7.2	(P) 7.1
Government
2007	26.9	29.9	30.4	30.7	30.2	25.9	25.5	26.8	29.1	32.0	32.1	30.9	29.2
2008	27.4	30.6	31.2	31.5	31.4	26.3	26.1	(P) 27.4
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2007	(1) 69,931	(1) 72,514	(1) 72,930	(1) 73,477	(1) 73,409	(1) 70,784	(1) 71,736	(1) 71,979	(1) 73,352	(1) 75,189	(1) 75,700	(1) 74,478	(1) 72,957
2008	71,407	74,057	74,357	75,160	75,794	72,474	(P) 72,927
Employment
2007	(1) 66,895	(1) 69,808	(1) 70,276	(1) 71,337	(1) 71,217	(1) 68,221	(1) 69,201	(1) 69,502	(1) 71,127	(1) 72,873	(1) 73,298	(1) 71,856	(1) 70,468
2008	68,162	70,851	71,240	72,472	72,857	69,206	(P) 69,662
Unemployment
2007	(1) 3,036	(1) 2,706	(1) 2,654	(1) 2,140	(1) 2,192	(1) 2,563	(1) 2,535	(1) 2,477	(1) 2,225	(1) 2,316	(1) 2,402	(1) 2,622	(1) 2,489
2008	3,245	3,206	3,117	2,688	2,937	3,268	(P) 3,265
Unemployment Rate
2007	(1) 4.3	(1) 3.7	(1) 3.6	(1) 2.9	(1) 3.0	(1) 3.6	(1) 3.5	(1) 3.4	(1) 3.0	(1) 3.1	(1) 3.2	(1) 3.5	(1) 3.4
2008	4.5	4.3	4.2	3.6	3.9	4.5	(P) 4.5
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls. (P) Preliminary
The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.