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District of Columbia: 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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District of Columbia |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total Nonfarm |
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2007 |
691.5 |
693.3 |
693.0 |
692.6 |
692.4 |
692.1 |
695.5 |
694.4 |
694.0 |
698.5 |
698.7 |
701.5 |
2008 |
700.6 |
701.9 |
699.8 |
700.5 |
702.3 |
704.6 |
712.0 |
716.3 |
707.8 |
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Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction |
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2007 |
12.7 |
12.4 |
12.3 |
12.3 |
12.5 |
12.6 |
12.5 |
12.8 |
12.8 |
12.7 |
12.8 |
12.8 |
2008 |
12.6 |
12.6 |
12.5 |
12.5 |
12.6 |
12.6 |
12.5 |
12.9 |
13.1 |
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Information |
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2007 |
22.5 |
22.4 |
22.3 |
22.0 |
21.9 |
22.0 |
21.9 |
22.0 |
21.3 |
21.2 |
21.3 |
21.4 |
2008 |
21.5 |
21.5 |
21.3 |
21.2 |
21.3 |
21.0 |
20.9 |
20.8 |
20.9 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2007 |
153.6 |
153.7 |
153.6 |
153.6 |
154.2 |
154.1 |
153.9 |
154.4 |
154.1 |
155.5 |
155.8 |
156.3 |
2008 |
156.1 |
156.4 |
155.6 |
155.1 |
155.5 |
156.1 |
156.4 |
157.7 |
156.8 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2007 |
54.1 |
54.3 |
54.7 |
54.7 |
54.4 |
54.2 |
55.0 |
54.9 |
55.1 |
55.3 |
55.3 |
55.3 |
2008 |
54.8 |
55.0 |
54.3 |
54.7 |
54.8 |
55.3 |
56.0 |
56.5 |
56.4 |
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Government |
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2007 |
230.1 |
231.2 |
230.7 |
230.9 |
231.0 |
231.0 |
233.7 |
232.2 |
231.6 |
233.9 |
233.4 |
233.9 |
2008 |
233.5 |
233.6 |
233.1 |
233.2 |
233.4 |
233.3 |
238.4 |
238.9 |
233.1 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (seasonally adjusted data)
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District of Columbia |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Labor Force |
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2007 |
323,938 |
325,289 |
325,563 |
326,020 |
325,894 |
323,288 |
323,280 |
325,009 |
325,571 |
326,633 |
327,962 |
328,293 |
2008 |
328,786 |
331,457 |
333,529 |
332,430 |
331,839 |
328,482 |
330,018 |
332,388 |
332,397 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
305,372 |
306,779 |
307,096 |
307,583 |
307,471 |
304,865 |
304,842 |
306,538 |
307,056 |
308,065 |
309,330 |
309,592 |
2008 |
308,414 |
311,971 |
313,060 |
312,510 |
310,003 |
307,635 |
307,819 |
309,454 |
309,200 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
18,566 |
18,510 |
18,467 |
18,437 |
18,423 |
18,423 |
18,438 |
18,471 |
18,515 |
18,568 |
18,632 |
18,701 |
2008 |
20,372 |
19,486 |
20,469 |
19,920 |
21,836 |
20,847 |
22,199 |
22,934 |
23,197 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
2008 |
6.2 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
6.0 |
6.6 |
6.3 |
6.7 |
6.9 |
7.0 |
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