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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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2008 |
689.0 |
693.6 |
698.2 |
701.7 |
703.3 |
704.5 |
719.2 |
714.7 |
703.6 |
713.3 |
709.2 |
707.7 |
704.8 |
2009 |
700.3 |
701.9 |
703.0 |
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Mining, Logging, & Construction |
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2008 |
12.7 |
12.8 |
12.8 |
12.6 |
12.9 |
13.0 |
13.0 |
13.4 |
13.0 |
13.1 |
12.7 |
12.4 |
12.9 |
2009 |
12.0 |
12.0 |
12.1 |
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Manufacturing |
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2008 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
2009 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2008 |
27.4 |
27.5 |
27.4 |
27.9 |
27.9 |
28.2 |
28.3 |
27.9 |
27.9 |
27.9 |
28.1 |
28.3 |
27.9 |
2009 |
27.1 |
26.7 |
26.9 |
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Information |
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2008 |
21.1 |
21.2 |
21.3 |
20.9 |
21.0 |
20.8 |
20.6 |
20.5 |
20.3 |
20.2 |
20.2 |
20.2 |
20.7 |
2009 |
19.7 |
19.7 |
19.7 |
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Financial Activities |
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2008 |
28.3 |
28.4 |
28.3 |
28.4 |
28.3 |
28.4 |
28.3 |
28.3 |
28.2 |
28.2 |
28.3 |
28.2 |
28.3 |
2009 |
27.5 |
27.2 |
27.2 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2008 |
150.5 |
152.0 |
153.3 |
153.7 |
153.8 |
155.3 |
154.2 |
153.5 |
152.5 |
154.2 |
152.7 |
151.6 |
153.1 |
2009 |
150.8 |
151.4 |
150.8 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2008 |
99.4 |
100.8 |
101.5 |
102.5 |
102.1 |
97.8 |
99.2 |
99.1 |
103.2 |
106.9 |
107.4 |
107.0 |
102.2 |
2009 |
106.4 |
108.3 |
109.1 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2008 |
53.9 |
55.2 |
56.4 |
59.1 |
59.2 |
58.8 |
59.0 |
58.4 |
59.2 |
60.0 |
58.8 |
58.7 |
58.1 |
2009 |
57.9 |
58.2 |
58.3 |
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Other Services |
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2008 |
63.1 |
63.4 |
64.4 |
64.9 |
65.1 |
66.2 |
66.9 |
66.1 |
65.9 |
67.2 |
66.3 |
66.1 |
65.5 |
2009 |
64.1 |
64.5 |
65.1 |
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Government |
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2008 |
230.9 |
230.6 |
231.1 |
230.1 |
231.3 |
234.3 |
248.1 |
245.9 |
231.8 |
234.2 |
233.3 |
233.8 |
234.6 |
2009 |
233.5 |
232.6 |
232.5 |
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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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2008 |
328,866 |
329,313 |
332,674 |
330,643 |
331,448 |
335,354 |
342,833 |
338,511 |
332,571 |
331,306 |
330,169 |
328,756 |
332,703 |
2009 |
328,758 |
330,364 |
326,039 |
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Employment |
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2008 |
307,867 |
310,931 |
312,032 |
313,566 |
310,117 |
312,494 |
317,609 |
313,857 |
307,825 |
305,952 |
302,481 |
299,608 |
309,528 |
2009 |
297,112 |
297,079 |
295,105 |
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Unemployment |
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2008 |
20,999 |
18,382 |
20,642 |
17,077 |
21,331 |
22,860 |
25,224 |
24,654 |
24,746 |
25,354 |
27,688 |
29,148 |
23,175 |
2009 |
31,646 |
33,285 |
30,934 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2008 |
6.4 |
5.6 |
6.2 |
5.2 |
6.4 |
6.8 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
7.4 |
7.7 |
8.4 |
8.9 |
7.0 |
2009 |
9.6 |
10.1 |
9.5 |
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