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Delaware: 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	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2008	437.0	439.0	436.4	436.5	434.2	434.0	434.3	433.7	432.0	429.5	423.8	421.9
2009	421.2	420.3	(P) 417.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2008	26.9	26.7	26.4	26.5	26.0	25.6	25.4	25.2	24.5	24.2	23.9	23.7
2009	23.5	23.0	(P) 22.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	82.8	82.6	82.5	81.8	81.5	81.4	80.8	80.9	80.7	79.1	77.4	77.4
2009	77.4	76.7	(P) 77.0
Financial Activities
2008	45.4	45.4	45.6	45.7	45.7	45.9	45.8	45.6	45.5	45.4	45.2	45.0
2009	44.9	45.0	(P) 44.5
Professional & Business Services
2008	60.8	60.5	60.0	60.2	59.7	59.5	59.5	59.3	59.1	57.8	55.2	54.8
2009	54.7	54.6	(P) 53.9
Educational & Health Services
2008	59.4	59.9	59.6	59.9	60.0	60.1	60.4	60.7	60.5	60.8	61.2	61.4
2009	61.4	61.5	(P) 61.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	41.5	41.3	41.3	41.1	41.0	40.0	41.0	40.7	40.9	40.9	40.7	40.1
2009	39.5	40.1	(P) 39.9
Other Services
2008	20.2	20.3	20.1	20.4	20.5	20.5	20.6	20.6	20.6	20.4	20.4	20.2
2009	20.1	20.3	(P) 20.3
Government
2008	61.3	61.7	61.2	61.5	61.4	61.9	62.1	62.6	62.2	62.6	62.4	62.4
2009	62.5	63.4	(P) 62.1
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2008	(1) 441,257	(1) 441,211	(1) 441,147	(1) 441,413	(1) 441,836	(1) 442,285	(1) 442,689	(1) 443,569	(1) 443,937	(1) 444,830	(1) 445,174	(1) 445,476
2009	439,918	440,145	(P) 436,511
Employment
2008	(1) 424,118	(1) 423,654	(1) 423,204	(1) 422,768	(1) 422,345	(1) 421,937	(1) 421,544	(1) 421,165	(1) 420,804	(1) 420,465	(1) 420,157	(1) 419,891
2009	410,307	407,874	(P) 402,886
Unemployment
2008	(1) 17,139	(1) 17,557	(1) 17,943	(1) 18,645	(1) 19,491	(1) 20,348	(1) 21,145	(1) 22,404	(1) 23,133	(1) 24,365	(1) 25,017	(1) 25,585
2009	29,611	32,271	(P) 33,625
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 3.9	(1) 4.0	(1) 4.1	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.4	(1) 4.6	(1) 4.8	(1) 5.1	(1) 5.2	(1) 5.5	(1) 5.6	(1) 5.7
2009	6.7	7.3	(P) 7.7
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors. (P) Preliminary