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West Virginia: 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
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West Virginia |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total Nonfarm |
|
2007 |
756.2 |
755.3 |
757.7 |
756.1 |
756.4 |
757.9 |
755.9 |
757.4 |
757.2 |
757.5 |
758.2 |
758.1 |
2008 |
754.7 |
758.9 |
761.4 |
760.4 |
759.6 |
759.7 |
759.2 |
757.5 |
759.0 |
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Natural Resources & Mining |
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2007 |
28.3 |
28.3 |
28.2 |
28.3 |
28.3 |
28.6 |
28.7 |
29.1 |
28.7 |
28.6 |
28.7 |
28.8 |
2008 |
28.9 |
28.8 |
28.9 |
29.0 |
29.2 |
29.8 |
30.1 |
30.4 |
31.0 |
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Construction |
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2007 |
40.4 |
39.3 |
40.0 |
38.9 |
38.7 |
38.6 |
38.6 |
38.4 |
38.2 |
38.3 |
38.2 |
37.6 |
2008 |
37.2 |
38.0 |
38.4 |
38.3 |
37.9 |
37.4 |
37.4 |
37.6 |
37.7 |
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Manufacturing |
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2007 |
59.7 |
59.4 |
59.5 |
59.3 |
59.2 |
59.3 |
59.1 |
58.8 |
58.4 |
58.6 |
58.6 |
58.6 |
2008 |
57.9 |
57.9 |
58.0 |
57.7 |
57.4 |
57.4 |
57.4 |
57.3 |
56.8 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
|
2007 |
143.0 |
142.9 |
143.8 |
142.6 |
142.7 |
143.0 |
142.8 |
142.9 |
143.1 |
143.1 |
142.9 |
143.5 |
2008 |
142.2 |
143.0 |
142.7 |
141.6 |
141.6 |
141.8 |
141.7 |
140.7 |
140.5 |
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Financial Activities |
|
2007 |
29.8 |
29.8 |
29.8 |
29.8 |
29.8 |
29.7 |
29.7 |
29.8 |
29.8 |
29.9 |
29.7 |
29.7 |
2008 |
29.5 |
29.6 |
29.6 |
29.7 |
29.6 |
29.6 |
29.6 |
29.4 |
29.3 |
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|
|
Professional & Business Services |
|
2007 |
59.9 |
59.9 |
60.3 |
60.7 |
60.9 |
60.7 |
60.6 |
60.9 |
60.9 |
60.4 |
60.6 |
60.4 |
2008 |
60.9 |
61.3 |
61.7 |
62.2 |
62.3 |
61.5 |
61.7 |
61.0 |
61.1 |
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|
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Educational & Health Services |
|
2007 |
112.1 |
112.7 |
112.9 |
112.8 |
113.1 |
114.1 |
114.1 |
114.4 |
114.7 |
114.8 |
115.0 |
115.2 |
2008 |
114.5 |
115.5 |
115.5 |
116.1 |
116.1 |
116.4 |
116.7 |
116.6 |
116.6 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
|
2007 |
70.5 |
70.3 |
70.9 |
71.2 |
71.2 |
71.5 |
71.1 |
71.7 |
71.8 |
71.8 |
71.8 |
71.6 |
2008 |
71.6 |
72.7 |
73.6 |
73.3 |
72.5 |
72.5 |
72.8 |
71.5 |
73.0 |
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Government |
|
2007 |
145.3 |
145.4 |
145.3 |
145.5 |
145.6 |
145.3 |
144.1 |
144.5 |
144.8 |
144.9 |
145.4 |
145.4 |
2008 |
144.9 |
144.7 |
145.5 |
145.7 |
146.4 |
146.0 |
144.7 |
145.8 |
145.5 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (seasonally adjusted data)
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West Virginia |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Labor Force |
|
2007 |
805,258 |
808,000 |
806,923 |
807,684 |
808,415 |
808,350 |
809,676 |
810,426 |
810,436 |
810,601 |
809,973 |
810,338 |
2008 |
812,102 |
811,692 |
814,324 |
817,836 |
816,375 |
813,277 |
805,586 |
802,447 |
808,905 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
770,922 |
771,061 |
771,204 |
771,349 |
771,500 |
771,664 |
771,840 |
772,038 |
772,254 |
772,487 |
772,732 |
772,993 |
2008 |
776,260 |
774,548 |
776,263 |
776,855 |
773,413 |
770,437 |
769,260 |
769,537 |
772,635 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
34,336 |
36,939 |
35,719 |
36,335 |
36,915 |
36,686 |
37,836 |
38,388 |
38,182 |
38,114 |
37,241 |
37,345 |
2008 |
35,842 |
37,144 |
38,061 |
40,981 |
42,962 |
42,840 |
36,326 |
32,910 |
36,270 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
2008 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
4.5 |
4.1 |
4.5 |
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