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Virginia: 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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Virginia |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2007 |
3,699.8 |
3,705.7 |
3,737.1 |
3,751.3 |
3,777.6 |
3,809.4 |
3,758.0 |
3,752.3 |
3,770.0 |
3,777.6 |
3,791.5 |
3,797.5 |
3,760.7 |
2008 |
3,718.2 |
3,724.7 |
3,753.1 |
3,771.4 |
3,790.1 |
3,821.4 |
3,776.6 |
3,772.4 |
3,790.4 |
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Natural Resources & Mining |
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2007 |
11.3 |
11.2 |
11.4 |
11.1 |
11.1 |
11.2 |
11.2 |
11.1 |
10.7 |
10.7 |
10.7 |
10.7 |
11.0 |
2008 |
10.6 |
10.6 |
10.7 |
10.6 |
10.7 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
10.7 |
10.7 |
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Construction |
|
2007 |
236.1 |
233.3 |
237.6 |
240.7 |
243.1 |
245.8 |
244.8 |
244.6 |
241.9 |
241.4 |
240.7 |
239.3 |
240.8 |
2008 |
231.9 |
229.8 |
232.0 |
235.2 |
235.9 |
240.1 |
240.9 |
239.6 |
236.9 |
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Manufacturing |
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2007 |
279.4 |
280.6 |
280.8 |
280.2 |
279.7 |
281.4 |
279.1 |
278.2 |
277.3 |
275.9 |
275.9 |
275.2 |
278.6 |
2008 |
273.2 |
271.2 |
271.7 |
276.1 |
275.7 |
276.0 |
274.5 |
274.3 |
274.5 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2007 |
663.5 |
654.2 |
658.5 |
657.5 |
664.2 |
668.3 |
668.4 |
667.2 |
665.6 |
668.4 |
682.9 |
691.3 |
667.5 |
2008 |
664.3 |
654.6 |
658.9 |
658.0 |
662.8 |
667.6 |
665.6 |
665.8 |
663.0 |
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Information |
|
2007 |
91.9 |
91.3 |
90.7 |
90.6 |
91.2 |
91.2 |
90.7 |
90.3 |
90.3 |
90.1 |
90.2 |
89.9 |
90.7 |
2008 |
89.0 |
89.5 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.4 |
90.9 |
91.3 |
90.5 |
89.8 |
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Financial Activities |
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2007 |
193.7 |
193.9 |
194.7 |
194.0 |
195.1 |
196.6 |
196.0 |
195.2 |
193.3 |
192.8 |
192.3 |
192.9 |
194.2 |
2008 |
190.1 |
190.6 |
191.4 |
191.8 |
193.3 |
194.7 |
194.2 |
194.0 |
191.7 |
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Professional & Business Services |
|
2007 |
628.4 |
631.9 |
638.2 |
641.2 |
642.3 |
649.1 |
648.9 |
652.2 |
647.8 |
648.4 |
646.6 |
650.4 |
643.8 |
2008 |
637.4 |
641.5 |
647.0 |
650.3 |
648.6 |
655.3 |
658.7 |
659.9 |
655.4 |
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|
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Educational & Health Services |
|
2007 |
412.0 |
414.9 |
417.7 |
417.2 |
420.4 |
420.9 |
401.3 |
401.8 |
422.4 |
423.5 |
425.7 |
426.4 |
417.0 |
2008 |
422.4 |
426.2 |
428.5 |
427.6 |
430.0 |
430.8 |
410.9 |
411.4 |
433.0 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2007 |
322.3 |
323.9 |
333.7 |
340.7 |
353.0 |
366.5 |
366.9 |
365.6 |
352.2 |
346.6 |
341.4 |
338.1 |
345.9 |
2008 |
327.3 |
329.2 |
336.9 |
343.7 |
355.6 |
367.7 |
367.9 |
367.2 |
353.1 |
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Other Services |
|
2007 |
182.1 |
182.7 |
184.5 |
184.8 |
185.9 |
187.3 |
186.9 |
186.5 |
185.1 |
184.4 |
184.7 |
185.0 |
185.0 |
2008 |
184.8 |
185.6 |
186.3 |
186.9 |
188.0 |
189.3 |
189.7 |
188.6 |
187.8 |
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Government |
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2007 |
679.1 |
687.8 |
689.3 |
693.3 |
691.6 |
691.1 |
663.8 |
659.6 |
683.4 |
695.4 |
700.4 |
698.3 |
686.1 |
2008 |
687.2 |
695.9 |
699.7 |
701.2 |
699.1 |
698.2 |
672.1 |
670.4 |
694.5 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (not seasonally adjusted data)
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Virginia |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Labor Force |
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2007 |
4,011,648 |
4,011,898 |
4,035,008 |
4,028,039 |
4,053,229 |
4,085,696 |
4,112,256 |
4,065,604 |
4,058,367 |
4,057,098 |
4,072,379 |
4,059,170 |
4,054,199 |
2008 |
4,066,972 |
4,066,250 |
4,107,318 |
4,104,118 |
4,133,376 |
4,165,236 |
4,214,233 |
4,170,013 |
4,130,057 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
3,883,025 |
3,884,857 |
3,916,785 |
3,918,916 |
3,939,726 |
3,957,188 |
3,984,875 |
3,937,102 |
3,935,212 |
3,936,252 |
3,949,503 |
3,928,370 |
3,930,984 |
2008 |
3,911,714 |
3,911,341 |
3,948,775 |
3,969,267 |
3,977,282 |
3,990,395 |
4,026,508 |
3,977,055 |
3,956,753 |
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Unemployment |
|
2007 |
128,623 |
127,041 |
118,223 |
109,123 |
113,503 |
128,508 |
127,381 |
128,502 |
123,155 |
120,846 |
122,876 |
130,800 |
123,215 |
2008 |
155,258 |
154,909 |
158,543 |
134,851 |
156,094 |
174,841 |
187,725 |
192,958 |
173,304 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
3.2 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
2008 |
3.8 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
4.2 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.2 |
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