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Altoona, PA: 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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Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2008 |
61.3 |
61.1 |
61.2 |
61.8 |
62.6 |
62.9 |
61.8 |
61.9 |
61.9 |
62.1 |
61.8 |
61.7 |
61.8 |
2009 |
59.9 |
59.4 |
59.5 |
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Manufacturing |
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2008 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.4 |
7.5 |
7.6 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
7.3 |
7.5 |
2009 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
6.9 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2008 |
16.3 |
15.9 |
15.9 |
15.8 |
15.9 |
15.9 |
15.7 |
15.8 |
15.7 |
15.9 |
16.2 |
16.3 |
15.9 |
2009 |
15.5 |
15.1 |
15.2 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2008 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
2009 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2008 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
10.9 |
10.9 |
10.8 |
10.9 |
10.9 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
10.9 |
2009 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
11.0 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2008 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
6.0 |
6.3 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
5.5 |
5.4 |
5.2 |
5.1 |
5.6 |
2009 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
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Government |
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2008 |
8.5 |
8.7 |
8.7 |
8.8 |
8.6 |
8.3 |
7.7 |
7.8 |
8.6 |
8.8 |
8.9 |
8.8 |
8.5 |
2009 |
8.5 |
8.8 |
8.8 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (not seasonally adjusted data)
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Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Labor Force |
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2008 |
64,439 |
63,878 |
63,950 |
63,964 |
64,902 |
65,961 |
66,035 |
65,959 |
65,018 |
65,208 |
65,152 |
65,284 |
64,979 |
2009 |
64,717 |
64,052 |
63,972 |
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Employment |
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2008 |
61,011 |
60,504 |
60,619 |
61,148 |
61,826 |
62,595 |
62,552 |
62,475 |
61,814 |
61,773 |
61,367 |
61,087 |
61,564 |
2009 |
59,786 |
59,112 |
59,016 |
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Unemployment |
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2008 |
3,428 |
3,374 |
3,331 |
2,816 |
3,076 |
3,366 |
3,483 |
3,484 |
3,204 |
3,435 |
3,785 |
4,197 |
3,415 |
2009 |
4,931 |
4,940 |
4,956 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2008 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
4.4 |
4.7 |
5.1 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
5.3 |
5.8 |
6.4 |
5.3 |
2009 |
7.6 |
7.7 |
7.7 |
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The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.
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