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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: 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	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2008	2,959.2	2,968.1	2,985.9	3,005.5	3,022.2	3,031.9	3,029.6	3,017.6	3,005.9	3,019.6	3,021.3	3,015.2	3,006.8
2009	2,955.3	2,961.6	(P) 2,967.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2008	173.4	172.3	173.6	174.4	174.6	175.8	175.5	175.1	173.4	171.8	169.7	167.1	173.1
2009	160.3	156.9	(P) 155.2
Manufacturing
2008	61.2	61.2	61.2	61.0	61.0	61.2	61.1	61.0	60.5	60.1	59.9	59.8	60.8
2009	59.2	58.7	(P) 58.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	402.2	395.3	395.7	396.3	398.7	401.6	400.3	399.0	396.0	398.0	400.3	402.3	398.8
2009	387.0	381.0	(P) 379.9
Information
2008	92.0	92.4	92.3	92.2	92.1	92.0	91.6	91.1	90.6	90.2	90.2	90.4	91.4
2009	88.7	88.2	(P) 87.2
Financial Activities
2008	154.6	154.6	154.5	155.2	155.1	155.9	155.3	154.3	153.0	151.8	152.0	152.2	154.0
2009	149.1	148.6	(P) 149.1
Professional & Business Services
2008	669.6	672.8	676.4	683.9	684.7	689.4	689.8	689.1	683.9	687.5	688.1	685.1	683.4
2009	680.2	686.4	(P) 688.7
Educational & Health Services
2008	331.2	334.8	336.4	338.8	339.9	334.7	331.8	331.4	340.4	345.8	346.1	345.0	338.0
2009	340.7	344.6	(P) 346.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	245.4	246.5	252.3	262.5	270.3	274.9	275.8	272.8	265.6	262.1	259.0	258.3	262.1
2009	252.5	250.6	(P) 251.6
Other Services
2008	180.3	181.2	182.6	183.8	184.7	186.6	187.6	185.9	185.0	185.7	185.2	184.9	184.5
2009	182.1	182.5	(P) 184.2
Government
2008	649.3	657.0	660.9	657.4	661.1	659.8	660.8	657.9	657.5	666.6	670.8	670.1	660.8
2009	655.5	664.1	(P) 666.4
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2008	(1) 2,998,848	(1) 2,992,910	(1) 3,012,295	(1) 3,018,223	(1) 3,035,578	(1) 3,052,045	(1) 3,094,951	(1) 3,051,086	(1) 3,016,450	(1) 3,029,256	(1) 3,020,151	(1) 3,010,575	(1) 3,027,698
2009	3,001,719	3,007,488	(P) 3,001,183
Employment
2008	(1) 2,897,667	(1) 2,897,052	(1) 2,914,193	(1) 2,929,165	(1) 2,930,460	(1) 2,935,718	(1) 2,971,879	(1) 2,929,049	(1) 2,897,940	(1) 2,904,748	(1) 2,889,033	(1) 2,869,879	(1) 2,913,899
2009	2,834,445	2,824,487	(P) 2,823,588
Unemployment
2008	(1) 101,181	(1) 95,858	(1) 98,102	(1) 89,058	(1) 105,118	(1) 116,327	(1) 123,072	(1) 122,037	(1) 118,510	(1) 124,508	(1) 131,118	(1) 140,696	(1) 113,799
2009	167,274	183,001	(P) 177,595
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 3.4	(1) 3.2	(1) 3.3	(1) 3.0	(1) 3.5	(1) 3.8	(1) 4.0	(1) 4.0	(1) 3.9	(1) 4.1	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.7	(1) 3.8
2009	5.6	6.1	(P) 5.9
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls. (P) Preliminary
The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the District of Columbia; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.