Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX: 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
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2008

2,559.0 2,580.8 2,592.0 2,600.4 2,610.9 2,620.5 2,603.9 2,611.8 2,593.3 2,607.3 2,623.8 2,628.1 2,602.7

2009

2,576.8 2,571.4 (P) 2,577.6                    

Mining & Logging

 

2008

86.0 87.0 87.2 87.6 88.5 90.4 91.4 92.0 91.7 92.5 93.2 93.7 90.1

2009

93.0 92.3 (P) 91.3                    

Construction

 

2008

199.5 204.5 204.8 208.1 206.7 206.2 203.3 205.0 202.8 204.6 204.3 203.9 204.5

2009

199.5 200.2 (P) 198.0                    

Manufacturing

 

2008

237.2 238.0 238.3 240.0 241.3 243.2 243.3 243.0 242.3 241.6 243.9 244.1 241.4

2009

241.2 238.8 (P) 237.3                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

525.9 525.5 528.1 527.8 529.9 533.9 534.4 537.7 530.2 534.1 542.8 545.1 533.0

2009

523.0 517.5 (P) 521.8                    

Information

 

2008

36.6 36.8 36.7 36.6 36.8 36.8 36.8 36.5 35.9 35.9 36.2 36.1 36.5

2009

35.5 35.6 (P) 35.5                    

Financial Activities

 

2008

143.3 144.5 144.2 143.7 144.2 144.6 144.3 144.5 143.1 143.2 143.5 143.9 143.9

2009

141.3 141.7 (P) 142.2                    

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

374.8 379.4 381.4 382.9 383.5 387.5 385.4 386.5 380.5 383.8 384.0 384.7 382.9

2009

378.3 368.7 (P) 367.9                    

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

279.8 281.7 281.0 283.2 284.3 284.8 286.6 289.7 287.2 288.2 289.0 289.9 285.5

2009

288.2 289.8 (P) 290.5                    

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

224.5 227.1 232.2 233.5 238.2 242.5 238.6 238.0 229.3 227.4 227.9 229.0 232.4

2009

222.4 226.4 (P) 231.5                    

Other Services

 

2008

90.2 90.7 90.9 91.6 92.4 93.8 93.3 93.5 90.7 89.8 90.1 90.2 91.4

2009

89.7 90.3 (P) 90.5                    

Government

 

2008

361.2 365.6 367.2 365.4 365.1 356.8 346.5 345.4 359.6 366.2 368.9 367.5 361.3

2009

364.7 370.1 (P) 371.1                    

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2008

(1) 2,742,832 (1) 2,737,582 (1) 2,747,349 (1) 2,757,181 (1) 2,765,497 (1) 2,799,453 (1) 2,815,296 (1) 2,801,711 (1) 2,785,984 (1) 2,809,639 (1) 2,808,235 (1) 2,805,024 (1) 2,781,315

2009

2,804,066 2,793,483 (P) 2,802,992                    

Employment

 

2008

(1) 2,616,978 (1) 2,619,853 (1) 2,631,102 (1) 2,649,799 (1) 2,644,100 (1) 2,659,517 (1) 2,671,426 (1) 2,657,248 (1) 2,644,387 (1) 2,663,017 (1) 2,656,870 (1) 2,649,297 (1) 2,646,966

2009

2,621,276 2,612,995 (P) 2,619,469                    

Unemployment

 

2008

(1) 125,854 (1) 117,729 (1) 116,247 (1) 107,382 (1) 121,397 (1) 139,936 (1) 143,870 (1) 144,463 (1) 141,597 (1) 146,622 (1) 151,365 (1) 155,727 (1) 134,349

2009

182,790 180,488 (P) 183,523                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

(1) 4.6 (1) 4.3 (1) 4.2 (1) 3.9 (1) 4.4 (1) 5.0 (1) 5.1 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.1 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.4 (1) 5.6 (1) 4.8

2009

6.5 6.5 (P) 6.5                    

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(P) Preliminary