Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX : 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
 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2007

 2,861.8 2,889.5 2,917.2 2,925.9 2,942.8 2,959.0 2,932.6 2,954.5 2,964.1 2,976.5 2,984.1 2,991.8 2,941.7

2008

 2,944.0 2,958.4 2,975.8 2,996.3 3,005.5 3,015.4 3,001.0 3,013.3 (P) 3,018.4        

Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction

  

2007

 176.9 179.9 184.3 184.6 186.3 190.8 188.6 191.5 192.4 193.2 191.6 190.4 187.5

2008

 188.6 191.6 192.8 193.8 194.8 198.9 199.3 201.0 (P) 201.1        

Manufacturing

  

2007

 296.4 298.2 298.8 297.1 297.7 299.8 298.2 297.7 297.5 296.6 297.2 297.7 297.7

2008

 294.8 294.8 294.7 294.8 294.6 295.1 293.1 293.4 (P) 292.2        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2007

 614.5 612.1 617.3 616.8 619.4 623.6 621.0 624.3 623.8 628.4 635.7 643.9 623.4

2008

 625.7 621.7 625.8 626.6 628.1 631.1 632.4 635.5 (P) 634.5        

Information

  

2007

 87.8 88.4 88.5 88.0 88.7 88.7 89.6 90.2 89.5 89.9 90.0 89.2 89.0

2008

 89.1 90.3 91.0 89.9 89.4 90.2 88.7 88.9 (P) 88.3        

Financial Activities

  

2007

 229.3 230.3 231.6 232.1 233.0 235.2 234.6 235.8 233.9 233.9 233.7 234.5 233.2

2008

 233.5 234.6 234.5 236.4 237.0 238.3 238.0 238.2 (P) 237.4        

Professional & Business Services

  

2007

 422.3 428.3 433.2 436.7 437.7 442.8 442.5 448.5 448.4 446.1 445.6 444.4 439.7

2008

 433.6 434.0 437.3 445.1 444.7 446.5 447.6 447.9 (P) 448.4        

Educational & Health Services

  

2007

 303.6 308.7 311.7 314.5 315.9 315.7 314.4 318.3 320.9 323.5 324.3 324.8 316.4

2008

 323.0 326.0 328.9 329.6 330.9 328.4 329.9 333.2 (P) 335.8        

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2007

 260.9 264.9 270.9 278.8 283.6 285.9 284.8 286.0 279.9 280.5 278.7 278.7 277.8

2008

 273.1 276.4 280.5 288.1 292.1 295.8 294.5 294.8 (P) 291.4        

Other Services

  

2007

 103.4 105.2 106.6 105.8 106.9 109.2 108.1 108.5 107.9 107.7 107.7 108.1 107.1

2008

 106.8 107.4 108.3 109.0 109.9 111.8 111.3 111.3 (P) 110.2        

Government

  

2007

 366.7 373.5 374.3 371.5 373.6 367.3 350.8 353.7 369.9 376.7 379.6 380.1 369.8

2008

 375.8 381.6 382.0 383.0 384.0 379.3 366.2 369.1 (P) 379.1        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2007

 3,081,168 3,071,770 3,074,825 3,069,307 3,072,161 3,113,163 3,120,295 3,107,699 3,116,703 3,115,536 3,127,445 3,118,569 3,099,054

2008

 3,113,038 3,101,020 3,116,455 3,133,366 3,147,319 3,167,882 3,182,539 3,178,384 (P) 3,165,715        

Employment

  

2007

 2,935,219 2,932,259 2,948,252 2,948,074 2,949,787 2,970,318 2,975,871 2,976,239 2,982,240 2,989,516 2,998,086 2,987,434 2,966,108

2008

 2,970,947 2,968,136 2,984,381 3,011,219 3,010,023 3,016,110 3,023,034 3,014,912 (P) 2,998,440        

Unemployment

  

2007

 145,949 139,511 126,573 121,233 122,374 142,845 144,424 131,460 134,463 126,020 129,359 131,135 132,946

2008

 142,091 132,884 132,074 122,147 137,296 151,772 159,505 163,472 (P) 167,275        

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 4.7 4.5 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.6 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3

2008

 4.6 4.3 4.2 3.9 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.1 (P) 5.3        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary