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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
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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 |
Total Nonfarm |
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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 |
2,967.6 |
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Mining, Logging, & Construction |
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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 |
155.2 |
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Manufacturing |
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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 |
58.6 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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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 |
379.9 |
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Information |
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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 |
87.2 |
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Financial Activities |
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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 |
149.1 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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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 |
688.7 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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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 |
346.7 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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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 |
251.6 |
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Other Services |
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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 |
184.2 |
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Government |
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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 |
666.4 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (not seasonally adjusted data)
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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 |
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2008 |
2,998,848 |
2,992,910 |
3,012,295 |
3,018,223 |
3,035,578 |
3,052,045 |
3,094,951 |
3,051,086 |
3,016,450 |
3,029,256 |
3,020,151 |
3,010,575 |
3,027,698 |
2009 |
3,001,719 |
3,007,488 |
3,001,183 |
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Employment |
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2008 |
2,897,667 |
2,897,052 |
2,914,193 |
2,929,165 |
2,930,460 |
2,935,718 |
2,971,879 |
2,929,049 |
2,897,940 |
2,904,748 |
2,889,033 |
2,869,879 |
2,913,899 |
2009 |
2,834,445 |
2,824,487 |
2,823,588 |
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Unemployment |
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2008 |
101,181 |
95,858 |
98,102 |
89,058 |
105,118 |
116,327 |
123,072 |
122,037 |
118,510 |
124,508 |
131,118 |
140,696 |
113,799 |
2009 |
167,274 |
183,001 |
177,595 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2008 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
3.9 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
3.8 |
2009 |
5.6 |
6.1 |
5.9 |
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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.
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