Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC: 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
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

758.1 759.3 767.6 773.4 780.5 789.4 778.0 777.1 775.5 777.3 781.1 781.0 774.9

2008

763.1 766.1 774.8 782.0 791.2 799.6 794.0 794.0 (P) 792.5        

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

 

2007

48.0 47.9 48.6 48.7 48.7 49.2 49.0 49.0 48.5 49.6 49.7 49.7 48.9

2008

48.0 48.2 48.9 49.6 50.2 50.8 51.1 50.9 (P) 50.4        

Manufacturing

 

2007

57.9 56.9 57.1 58.1 58.1 58.3 57.3 57.2 56.9 56.9 57.1 57.1 57.4

2008

56.4 55.9 56.1 56.0 56.2 56.2 56.3 56.3 (P) 56.3        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

142.3 140.5 141.3 141.0 142.5 143.8 143.6 143.3 142.8 145.4 149.9 150.3 143.9

2008

142.3 140.8 141.5 141.7 143.0 144.1 144.2 144.5 (P) 144.4        

Information

 

2007

15.5 15.6 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.7 15.7 15.5 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.6

2008

15.4 15.4 15.4 15.5 15.7 15.8 15.8 15.8 (P) 15.6        

Financial Activities

 

2007

40.9 41.1 41.3 41.7 41.9 42.4 42.3 42.2 41.5 41.2 41.2 41.3 41.6

2008

40.7 41.0 41.2 41.7 42.1 42.8 42.9 42.8 (P) 42.1        

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

100.0 100.4 101.7 101.8 102.1 102.5 102.3 103.3 103.0 103.0 103.4 103.4 102.2

2008

100.3 101.4 103.0 103.9 104.0 104.9 104.5 105.3 (P) 105.1        

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

88.5 88.9 89.5 89.8 90.3 90.6 86.4 86.4 90.3 90.4 90.7 90.8 89.4

2008

90.9 91.6 92.1 92.3 93.1 93.1 90.8 90.8 (P) 93.6        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

77.2 78.5 82.3 85.2 88.6 93.4 93.6 92.3 87.5 83.9 81.6 81.0 85.4

2008

78.6 79.5 83.1 86.7 90.6 94.9 95.3 94.7 (P) 89.9        

Other Services

 

2007

34.1 34.4 34.6 35.8 36.9 36.9 36.6 36.8 36.9 36.7 36.7 36.7 36.1

2008

36.6 37.0 37.4 38.3 39.5 39.6 39.7 39.7 (P) 39.7        

Government

 

2007

153.7 155.1 155.6 155.6 155.6 156.4 151.2 150.9 152.6 154.8 155.3 155.1 154.3

2008

153.9 155.3 156.1 156.3 156.8 157.4 153.4 153.2 (P) 155.4        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C.Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

802,998 802,142 809,511 809,520 817,167 826,713 832,391 823,366 816,123 812,696 816,306 813,382 815,193

2008

813,818 815,218 825,871 827,358 837,932 847,045 860,388 852,441 (P) 839,221        

Employment

 

2007

775,525 775,965 784,854 786,747 793,336 799,370 804,748 795,516 789,536 787,080 789,855 785,122 788,971

2008

780,385 782,041 792,096 798,587 805,157 810,077 820,680 811,239 (P) 802,593        

Unemployment

 

2007

27,473 26,177 24,657 22,773 23,831 27,343 27,643 27,850 26,587 25,616 26,451 28,260 26,222

2008

33,433 33,177 33,775 28,771 32,775 36,968 39,708 41,202 (P) 36,628        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

3.4 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.2

2008

4.1 4.1 4.1 3.5 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.8 (P) 4.4        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

The Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Gloucester, Isle of Wright, James City, Mathews, Surry, and York Counties and Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg Cities in Virginia; and Currituck County in North Carolina.