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Morgantown, WV: 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
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Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2007 |
58.3 |
60.2 |
60.7 |
61.2 |
61.2 |
59.5 |
60.0 |
60.7 |
62.0 |
62.9 |
63.4 |
63.3 |
61.1 |
2008 |
60.3 |
61.2 |
61.8 |
62.5 |
63.3 |
60.9 |
61.7 |
61.8 |
64.2 |
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Manufacturing |
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2007 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
2008 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2007 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
2008 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2007 |
11.5 |
11.6 |
11.7 |
11.7 |
11.7 |
11.9 |
11.9 |
12.0 |
12.0 |
12.0 |
12.1 |
12.1 |
11.9 |
2008 |
12.0 |
12.1 |
12.1 |
12.3 |
12.3 |
12.3 |
12.3 |
12.3 |
12.5 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2007 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
5.9 |
2008 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
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Government |
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2007 |
15.5 |
17.3 |
17.4 |
17.3 |
17.3 |
14.7 |
15.4 |
15.4 |
16.8 |
17.7 |
18.0 |
17.8 |
16.7 |
2008 |
16.0 |
17.3 |
17.6 |
17.4 |
17.7 |
15.0 |
15.6 |
15.6 |
17.9 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
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Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
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2007 |
59,516 |
61,730 |
61,495 |
62,088 |
62,260 |
61,386 |
62,791 |
62,143 |
62,997 |
63,473 |
63,605 |
63,089 |
62,214 |
2008 |
60,936 |
61,903 |
62,353 |
63,542 |
64,309 |
63,019 |
63,285 |
62,602 |
64,458 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
57,550 |
59,287 |
59,163 |
60,112 |
60,241 |
59,228 |
60,642 |
59,916 |
61,074 |
61,507 |
61,748 |
61,237 |
60,142 |
2008 |
58,876 |
59,429 |
59,986 |
61,317 |
62,032 |
60,421 |
61,544 |
60,884 |
62,777 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
1,966 |
2,443 |
2,332 |
1,976 |
2,019 |
2,158 |
2,149 |
2,227 |
1,923 |
1,966 |
1,857 |
1,852 |
2,072 |
2008 |
2,060 |
2,474 |
2,367 |
2,225 |
2,277 |
2,598 |
1,741 |
1,718 |
1,681 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
3.3 |
2008 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
4.1 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
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The Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Monongalia and Preston Counties in West Virginia.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
