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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-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	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2007	336.7	337.0	341.8	343.6	348.0	350.5	342.5	342.2	346.0	346.5	346.3	346.4	344.0
2008	339.1	338.5	341.8	344.3	347.8	349.1	341.7	341.1	(P) 345.1
Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction
2007	15.6	14.9	15.4	16.2	17.0	17.5	17.7	17.8	17.4	17.2	17.0	16.7	16.7
2008	16.0	15.6	15.7	16.3	16.8	17.2	17.4	17.5	(P) 17.1
Manufacturing
2007	39.9	40.0	40.3	40.0	40.0	40.3	39.7	39.6	39.8	39.6	39.4	39.3	39.8
2008	38.9	38.7	38.9	38.9	38.9	39.1	38.4	38.2	(P) 38.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2007	70.3	68.9	69.3	69.4	70.1	70.8	70.1	69.7	69.5	69.6	70.8	71.2	70.0
2008	68.8	67.1	67.2	67.6	68.2	68.4	67.8	67.7	(P) 67.9
Information
2007	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4
2008	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	(P) 7.2
Financial Activities
2007	16.3	16.4	16.4	16.3	16.3	16.5	16.5	16.5	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.3	16.4
2008	16.2	16.1	16.2	16.2	16.2	16.4	16.4	16.4	(P) 16.1
Professional & Business Services
2007	42.7	42.6	43.1	43.6	43.7	44.4	44.1	43.7	43.9	43.8	43.5	43.4	43.5
2008	42.2	41.9	42.2	42.6	42.8	43.5	43.4	43.3	(P) 42.8
Educational & Health Services
2007	60.6	61.6	63.3	63.2	63.0	61.3	61.0	61.9	63.1	63.9	64.0	63.9	62.6
2008	63.2	64.2	65.5	65.5	65.3	63.7	63.5	63.8	(P) 65.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2007	27.6	27.8	28.7	29.4	31.5	33.6	33.1	33.0	31.2	30.2	28.9	28.9	30.3
2008	28.8	28.8	29.5	30.3	32.2	33.6	33.4	33.4	(P) 31.9
Other Services
2007	14.8	14.8	15.1	15.1	15.3	15.4	15.6	15.5	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.4	15.2
2008	15.1	15.2	15.4	15.5	15.7	15.9	16.0	15.8	(P) 15.6
Government
2007	41.5	42.7	42.9	43.1	43.7	43.2	37.3	37.1	42.1	43.2	43.7	44.0	42.0
2008	42.7	43.7	44.0	44.2	44.4	44.0	38.1	37.8	(P) 42.8
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2007	412,210	409,447	412,104	408,878	412,549	419,995	419,473	417,148	414,397	411,952	413,755	413,076	413,749
2008	416,110	412,959	413,638	413,817	419,203	423,662	421,459	422,614	(P) 418,880
Employment
2007	391,773	389,636	393,644	392,466	395,404	401,745	400,263	399,345	397,613	395,290	396,775	395,202	395,763
2008	392,852	388,785	390,513	392,822	396,455	399,792	397,328	396,935	(P) 395,791
Unemployment
2007	20,437	19,811	18,460	16,412	17,145	18,250	19,210	17,803	16,784	16,662	16,980	17,874	17,986
2008	23,258	24,174	23,125	20,995	22,748	23,870	24,131	25,679	(P) 23,089
Unemployment Rate
2007	5.0	4.8	4.5	4.0	4.2	4.3	4.6	4.3	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.3	4.3
2008	5.6	5.9	5.6	5.1	5.4	5.6	5.7	6.1	(P) 5.5
Footnotes (P) Preliminary
The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania and Warren County in New Jersey.