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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
(not 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 |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2007 |
681.8 |
690.3 |
693.1 |
693.1 |
691.0 |
693.2 |
701.9 |
696.3 |
690.7 |
699.5 |
702.5 |
704.6 |
694.8 |
2008 |
691.0 |
697.6 |
699.0 |
702.8 |
702.1 |
704.6 |
718.3 |
717.9 |
704.4 |
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Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction |
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2007 |
12.2 |
12.0 |
12.1 |
12.2 |
12.6 |
12.7 |
12.8 |
13.2 |
13.0 |
12.8 |
12.8 |
12.6 |
12.6 |
2008 |
12.1 |
12.2 |
12.3 |
12.4 |
12.7 |
12.8 |
12.9 |
13.3 |
13.2 |
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Manufacturing |
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2007 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
2008 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2007 |
27.5 |
27.2 |
27.4 |
27.8 |
27.9 |
28.0 |
27.5 |
27.3 |
27.4 |
27.5 |
27.8 |
28.2 |
27.6 |
2008 |
27.4 |
27.3 |
27.3 |
27.8 |
27.8 |
28.0 |
27.6 |
27.6 |
27.7 |
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Information |
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2007 |
22.4 |
22.5 |
22.4 |
21.9 |
21.8 |
22.2 |
22.3 |
22.2 |
21.3 |
21.2 |
21.3 |
21.4 |
21.9 |
2008 |
21.2 |
21.3 |
21.2 |
21.2 |
21.2 |
21.1 |
21.2 |
21.1 |
21.0 |
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Financial Activities |
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2007 |
29.5 |
29.7 |
29.7 |
29.4 |
29.1 |
29.2 |
29.0 |
28.8 |
28.7 |
28.7 |
28.8 |
29.0 |
29.1 |
2008 |
28.5 |
28.5 |
28.6 |
28.4 |
28.2 |
28.3 |
28.3 |
28.5 |
28.0 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2007 |
150.7 |
152.3 |
152.8 |
153.3 |
154.7 |
157.0 |
155.3 |
154.9 |
153.7 |
155.4 |
155.5 |
156.2 |
154.3 |
2008 |
153.4 |
155.0 |
154.9 |
155.4 |
156.0 |
158.7 |
158.2 |
157.9 |
156.7 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2007 |
97.3 |
101.6 |
102.4 |
101.2 |
96.8 |
92.1 |
91.8 |
91.1 |
97.0 |
101.4 |
103.7 |
103.2 |
98.3 |
2008 |
99.9 |
103.9 |
104.3 |
105.2 |
102.5 |
98.1 |
99.1 |
99.5 |
102.7 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2007 |
51.5 |
52.8 |
54.5 |
55.4 |
55.5 |
55.5 |
55.4 |
54.7 |
55.5 |
55.7 |
55.3 |
54.7 |
54.7 |
2008 |
52.5 |
53.5 |
54.3 |
55.8 |
56.3 |
56.7 |
56.3 |
56.1 |
56.4 |
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Other Services |
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2007 |
61.0 |
61.6 |
61.9 |
62.2 |
62.5 |
63.6 |
63.4 |
62.5 |
62.5 |
62.9 |
63.3 |
64.4 |
62.7 |
2008 |
63.1 |
63.7 |
64.0 |
64.2 |
64.5 |
65.5 |
65.5 |
65.3 |
65.7 |
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Government |
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2007 |
228.0 |
228.9 |
228.2 |
228.0 |
228.4 |
231.2 |
242.7 |
239.9 |
229.9 |
232.2 |
232.3 |
233.3 |
231.9 |
2008 |
231.3 |
230.6 |
230.5 |
230.8 |
231.3 |
233.7 |
247.6 |
247.0 |
231.4 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
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District of Columbia |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
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2007 |
321,369 |
323,480 |
324,035 |
323,953 |
323,204 |
326,810 |
332,660 |
327,825 |
325,360 |
325,075 |
327,125 |
325,845 |
325,562 |
2008 |
325,813 |
328,991 |
332,842 |
329,576 |
329,336 |
332,371 |
340,370 |
337,335 |
331,743 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
302,108 |
305,070 |
306,591 |
307,417 |
305,755 |
307,397 |
312,466 |
308,985 |
306,109 |
307,243 |
308,479 |
306,969 |
307,049 |
2008 |
303,967 |
309,905 |
311,572 |
311,991 |
307,917 |
310,216 |
315,914 |
313,865 |
308,050 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
19,261 |
18,410 |
17,444 |
16,536 |
17,449 |
19,413 |
20,194 |
18,840 |
19,251 |
17,832 |
18,646 |
18,876 |
18,513 |
2008 |
21,846 |
19,086 |
21,270 |
17,585 |
21,419 |
22,155 |
24,456 |
23,470 |
23,693 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
6.0 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
5.7 |
5.9 |
5.5 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
5.7 |
2008 |
6.7 |
5.8 |
6.4 |
5.3 |
6.5 |
6.7 |
7.2 |
7.0 |
7.1 |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
