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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
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2008	698.6	697.8	699.4	701.8	705.0	704.9	710.0	711.2	708.0	711.1	705.2	704.7
2009	711.0	706.6	(P) 705.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2008	13.1	13.1	13.0	12.8	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.8	12.9	12.6	12.5
2009	12.5	12.5	(P) 12.4
Information
2008	21.2	21.1	21.1	20.9	21.1	20.6	20.5	20.5	20.4	20.2	20.2	20.2
2009	19.9	19.8	(P) 19.8
Professional & Business Services
2008	153.1	153.1	153.4	153.5	153.2	152.9	153.1	153.3	153.3	153.9	152.7	151.6
2009	153.6	152.8	(P) 151.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	56.8	56.9	57.0	57.7	57.9	57.7	58.3	58.3	58.6	59.5	58.7	59.2
2009	60.6	59.9	(P) 58.5
Government
2008	233.0	233.2	233.8	233.7	234.3	234.6	237.3	237.6	234.7	235.4	234.5	234.5
2009	236.0	235.7	(P) 235.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2008	(1) 330,552	(1) 332,077	(1) 332,507	(1) 332,560	(1) 332,437	(1) 331,852	(1) 333,035	(1) 334,640	(1) 334,168	(1) 333,261	(1) 332,550	(1) 332,805
2009	332,151	331,791	(P) 328,687
Employment
2008	(1) 310,903	(1) 311,936	(1) 311,829	(1) 311,297	(1) 310,541	(1) 309,277	(1) 309,732	(1) 310,569	(1) 309,296	(1) 307,560	(1) 305,997	(1) 305,402
2009	301,561	299,107	(P) 296,510
Unemployment
2008	(1) 19,649	(1) 20,141	(1) 20,678	(1) 21,263	(1) 21,896	(1) 22,575	(1) 23,303	(1) 24,071	(1) 24,872	(1) 25,701	(1) 26,553	(1) 27,403
2009	30,590	32,684	(P) 32,177
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 5.9	(1) 6.1	(1) 6.2	(1) 6.4	(1) 6.6	(1) 6.8	(1) 7.0	(1) 7.2	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.7	(1) 8.0	(1) 8.2
2009	9.2	9.9	(P) 9.8
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors. (P) Preliminary