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
Delaware
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Nonfarm

 

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 (P) 437.5      

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

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 26.3 (P) 26.0      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

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 83.7 (P) 83.8      

Financial Activities

 

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 45.8 (P) 45.7      

Professional & Business Services

 

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 (P) 59.2      

Educational & Health Services

 

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 60.1 (P) 60.4      

Leisure & Hospitality

 

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 40.4 (P) 40.2      

Other Services

 

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 21.0 (P) 20.7      

Government

 

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 (P) 62.2      

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)

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

445,016 444,460 445,279 446,742 446,064 446,101 446,601 447,046 (P) 446,491      

Employment

 

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

428,279 427,879 428,659 430,159 427,624 427,451 426,951 425,393 (P) 424,868      

Unemployment

 

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 21,653 (P) 21,623      

Unemployment Rate

 

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 4.8 (P) 4.8      

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary