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

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

425.8 425.1 430.4 434.1 440.0 445.0 440.2 439.5 437.8 438.4 442.3 443.3 436.8

2008

427.6 428.0 431.0 434.6 438.7 443.7 440.5 440.1 (P) 439.2        

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

2007

27.2 26.0 26.8 27.4 28.0 28.3 28.2 28.1 28.2 28.2 28.3 28.3 27.8

2008

26.8 26.0 26.2 26.7 27.0 27.3 27.3 27.0 (P) 26.4        

Manufacturing

 

2007

33.1 33.0 33.3 33.2 33.5 33.8 32.7 33.4 32.5 33.0 34.5 34.4 33.4

2008

32.6 34.0 33.7 33.5 32.8 33.5 32.3 32.7 (P) 32.6        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

81.9 80.6 81.1 81.3 83.0 84.1 83.8 83.7 83.3 84.1 85.7 86.0 83.2

2008

82.1 81.0 81.3 81.7 82.2 83.5 83.9 83.8 (P) 83.5        

Information

 

2007

6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.9

2008

6.7 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.1 (P) 6.9        

Financial Activities

 

2007

44.8 44.9 44.9 45.1 45.3 45.8 46.1 45.8 45.5 45.5 45.6 45.8 45.4

2008

45.7 45.5 45.4 45.3 45.5 46.1 46.1 46.3 (P) 45.7        

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

58.3 58.5 59.4 60.1 60.5 60.9 60.1 60.1 60.0 60.2 60.4 61.1 60.0

2008

58.0 58.0 58.7 59.2 59.8 59.6 59.1 59.2 (P) 59.1        

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

57.0 57.1 57.4 57.6 57.9 57.9 57.6 57.7 58.4 58.8 59.0 59.2 58.0

2008

59.0 59.2 59.4 59.8 59.8 60.0 59.7 59.5 (P) 60.3        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

36.8 37.0 38.0 39.7 41.7 45.3 44.6 44.9 42.3 40.1 39.2 38.8 40.7

2008

36.3 36.2 36.9 38.3 41.0 44.5 44.2 44.4 (P) 42.1        

Other Services

 

2007

20.3 20.1 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.7 20.4 20.3 20.1 20.4 20.7 20.5 20.4

2008

20.5 20.5 20.6 20.8 20.9 21.1 21.2 21.2 (P) 20.7        

Government

 

2007

59.6 61.1 62.4 62.5 62.8 61.2 59.8 58.5 60.6 61.3 62.0 62.4 61.2

2008

59.9 60.9 62.0 62.3 62.7 61.0 59.6 58.9 (P) 61.9        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

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

Labor Force

 

2007

441,271 439,700 442,603 441,718 440,199 444,741 447,149 442,044 438,947 442,652 446,038 445,234 442,692

2008

443,690 441,978 444,771 446,048 443,903 449,508 452,007 449,685 (P) 441,860        

Employment

 

2007

424,633 423,239 427,115 426,613 427,371 429,241 431,441 427,912 424,972 428,159 432,451 430,041 427,766

2008

424,907 423,539 427,319 429,341 427,246 429,567 431,449 427,692 (P) 420,923        

Unemployment

 

2007

16,638 16,461 15,488 15,105 12,828 15,500 15,708 14,132 13,975 14,493 13,587 15,193 14,926

2008

18,783 18,439 17,452 16,707 16,657 19,941 20,558 21,993 (P) 20,937        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

3.8 3.7 3.5 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.4 3.4

2008

4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.9 (P) 4.7        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary