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Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: 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	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2007	347.3	347.3	351.5	353.8	356.9	357.1	351.0	351.2	354.1	357.5	360.9	362.0	354.2
2008	347.7	348.6	350.8	353.2	354.7	355.3	351.7	352.2	(P) 354.3
Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction
2007	20.4	19.5	20.2	20.6	21.2	21.5	21.6	21.7	21.8	22.0	21.6	21.5	21.1
2008	20.3	19.5	19.6	20.2	20.4	20.7	20.8	20.6	(P) 20.2
Manufacturing
2007	24.3	24.2	24.2	24.3	24.3	24.5	23.6	24.2	23.3	23.4	24.6	24.5	24.1
2008	22.9	24.5	24.4	24.1	23.3	24.1	23.0	23.4	(P) 23.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2007	65.2	64.3	64.9	64.8	65.7	66.0	65.6	65.3	65.6	66.7	68.3	68.9	65.9
2008	64.7	63.9	63.9	63.8	64.2	64.5	64.4	64.3	(P) 64.3
Information
2007	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.1
2008	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.0	6.0	(P) 6.0
Financial Activities
2007	40.7	40.8	40.8	40.9	40.8	41.0	41.3	41.1	40.8	40.9	41.0	41.4	41.0
2008	41.3	41.3	41.0	41.0	41.2	41.1	41.1	41.4	(P) 41.0
Professional & Business Services
2007	53.9	53.9	54.7	55.4	55.4	55.5	54.6	54.6	54.1	54.9	55.3	55.5	54.8
2008	52.6	52.3	53.0	53.5	53.8	54.0	53.8	54.2	(P) 54.5
Educational & Health Services
2007	46.3	46.5	46.7	46.8	47.0	47.2	47.3	47.5	47.9	48.3	48.3	48.7	47.4
2008	48.6	48.6	48.7	49.1	49.3	49.2	49.3	49.4	(P) 50.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2007	27.7	27.9	28.3	29.1	30.1	30.6	30.6	30.8	30.2	29.6	29.4	29.0	29.4
2008	27.7	27.8	28.5	29.6	30.6	30.9	30.8	31.0	(P) 30.3
Other Services
2007	15.0	15.1	15.3	15.2	15.4	15.4	15.6	15.4	15.4	15.5	15.6	15.6	15.4
2008	15.2	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.3	(P) 15.0
Government
2007	47.8	49.1	50.4	50.6	50.9	49.2	44.8	44.5	48.9	50.1	50.7	50.9	49.0
2008	48.5	49.4	50.4	50.6	50.5	49.3	47.1	46.6	(P) 49.7
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2007	360,099	359,599	360,902	358,856	356,354	356,558	357,857	353,509	354,774	360,069	363,535	363,091	358,767
2008	360,580	358,766	360,782	361,545	359,582	360,699	362,072	360,455	(P) 357,670
Employment
2007	345,533	345,123	347,471	345,963	344,854	342,923	343,561	340,997	342,145	347,284	351,960	350,231	345,670
2008	344,478	343,595	346,364	347,525	344,712	343,780	343,806	341,391	(P) 339,538
Unemployment
2007	14,566	14,476	13,431	12,893	11,500	13,635	14,296	12,512	12,629	12,785	11,575	12,860	13,097
2008	16,102	15,171	14,418	14,020	14,870	16,919	18,266	19,064	(P) 18,132
Unemployment Rate
2007	4.0	4.0	3.7	3.6	3.2	3.8	4.0	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.2	3.5	3.7
2008	4.5	4.2	4.0	3.9	4.1	4.7	5.0	5.3	(P) 5.1
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Salem County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2007	31,980	32,004	32,016	31,827	31,832	31,944	31,724	31,520	31,476	31,825	32,103	32,376	31,886
2008	31,896	32,163	32,014	32,136	32,126	32,328	32,435	32,474	(P) 32,178
Employment
2007	30,124	30,142	30,437	30,354	30,360	30,290	30,065	30,036	30,092	30,410	30,742	30,676	30,311
2008	30,007	30,240	30,208	30,316	30,252	30,391	30,331	30,384	(P) 30,283
Unemployment
2007	1,856	1,862	1,579	1,473	1,472	1,654	1,659	1,484	1,384	1,415	1,361	1,700	1,575
2008	1,889	1,923	1,806	1,820	1,874	1,937	2,104	2,090	(P) 1,895
Unemployment Rate
2007	5.8	5.8	4.9	4.6	4.6	5.2	5.2	4.7	4.4	4.4	4.2	5.3	4.9
2008	5.9	6.0	5.6	5.7	5.8	6.0	6.5	6.4	(P) 5.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary
The Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J Metropolitan Division (MD) includes New Castle County in Delaware; Cecil County in Maryland; and Salem County in New Jersey.