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Virginia: 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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Virginia |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total Nonfarm |
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2008 |
3,771.5 |
3,773.6 |
3,767.7 |
3,771.8 |
3,768.1 |
3,761.1 |
3,768.0 |
3,769.2 |
3,764.6 |
3,733.4 |
3,719.9 |
3,711.2 |
2009 |
3,706.4 |
3,691.0 |
3,679.0 |
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Construction |
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2008 |
232.3 |
231.3 |
228.7 |
226.7 |
224.7 |
223.1 |
222.0 |
220.7 |
219.5 |
214.5 |
211.7 |
210.0 |
2009 |
205.6 |
200.1 |
198.6 |
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Manufacturing |
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2008 |
270.9 |
268.8 |
266.7 |
268.7 |
267.2 |
265.8 |
265.6 |
264.1 |
263.0 |
261.1 |
258.2 |
257.3 |
2009 |
254.3 |
251.4 |
249.2 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2008 |
667.0 |
666.0 |
664.5 |
663.7 |
661.9 |
661.6 |
661.5 |
661.1 |
659.7 |
651.2 |
646.9 |
642.5 |
2009 |
647.3 |
646.7 |
648.2 |
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Information |
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2008 |
89.3 |
89.0 |
88.6 |
88.6 |
88.2 |
88.0 |
87.7 |
87.5 |
86.9 |
86.6 |
85.8 |
84.6 |
2009 |
83.4 |
82.9 |
81.9 |
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Financial Activities |
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2008 |
191.2 |
191.0 |
190.3 |
189.8 |
188.8 |
188.2 |
188.0 |
187.2 |
186.7 |
186.3 |
187.8 |
187.7 |
2009 |
188.6 |
187.1 |
186.4 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2008 |
654.6 |
654.8 |
653.8 |
656.5 |
657.3 |
657.2 |
658.8 |
659.4 |
659.0 |
649.8 |
651.8 |
649.9 |
2009 |
649.9 |
644.1 |
639.9 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2008 |
431.0 |
433.5 |
434.0 |
436.1 |
436.6 |
436.8 |
441.7 |
442.1 |
442.1 |
441.2 |
440.0 |
441.7 |
2009 |
441.7 |
439.2 |
439.1 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2008 |
349.8 |
349.6 |
350.0 |
351.1 |
352.1 |
349.8 |
350.2 |
349.0 |
347.9 |
345.8 |
341.8 |
339.8 |
2009 |
339.9 |
339.8 |
337.1 |
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Government |
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2008 |
688.4 |
690.1 |
692.3 |
690.4 |
692.3 |
691.2 |
694.3 |
699.1 |
698.4 |
697.9 |
697.4 |
697.6 |
2009 |
697.5 |
700.5 |
700.8 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (seasonally adjusted data)
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Virginia |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Labor Force |
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2008 |
4,089,782 |
4,093,737 |
4,099,518 |
4,103,565 |
4,110,823 |
4,118,554 |
4,123,932 |
4,129,941 |
4,134,469 |
4,145,775 |
4,163,788 |
4,183,307 |
2009 |
4,146,570 |
4,160,683 |
4,153,566 |
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Employment |
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2008 |
3,952,556 |
3,952,383 |
3,952,662 |
3,953,398 |
3,954,592 |
3,956,246 |
3,958,363 |
3,960,945 |
3,963,994 |
3,967,513 |
3,971,505 |
3,975,971 |
2009 |
3,899,009 |
3,885,877 |
3,870,643 |
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Unemployment |
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2008 |
137,226 |
141,354 |
146,856 |
150,167 |
156,231 |
162,308 |
165,569 |
168,996 |
170,475 |
178,262 |
192,283 |
207,336 |
2009 |
247,561 |
274,806 |
282,923 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2008 |
3.4 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
5.0 |
2009 |
6.0 |
6.6 |
6.8 |
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