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Northern Virginia, VA: 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	Northern Virginia, Va.
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2008	1,300.3	1,300.1	1,306.4	1,314.8	1,325.1	1,333.0	1,321.6	1,316.4	1,318.9	1,316.0	1,314.6	1,313.6	1,315.1
2009	1,288.3	1,288.7	(P) 1,291.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2008	80.2	79.2	79.8	80.4	80.4	81.2	81.0	80.5	79.8	79.2	77.1	76.9	79.6
2009	72.3	71.0	(P) 72.0
Manufacturing
2008	26.7	26.6	26.6	26.6	26.6	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.6	26.5	26.4	26.1	26.6
2009	25.9	25.7	(P) 25.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	209.9	205.3	205.6	206.1	207.9	209.4	209.0	208.2	206.4	207.4	210.8	212.4	208.2
2009	203.6	199.6	(P) 199.7
Information
2008	48.4	48.5	48.4	48.5	48.4	48.7	48.6	48.4	47.9	47.5	47.1	46.6	48.1
2009	45.8	45.5	(P) 45.4
Financial Activities
2008	66.6	66.5	66.5	66.9	67.0	67.3	67.1	66.6	66.1	65.0	65.3	65.1	66.3
2009	64.2	63.7	(P) 63.8
Professional & Business Services
2008	347.5	348.7	349.9	354.0	354.8	357.3	359.1	358.9	355.8	355.4	355.7	356.0	354.4
2009	353.8	355.2	(P) 356.5
Educational & Health Services
2008	122.5	123.9	124.5	125.4	126.5	125.7	122.3	122.7	126.1	126.5	124.4	124.7	124.6
2009	123.4	124.3	(P) 123.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	111.4	111.2	112.8	116.5	120.1	124.2	124.7	123.1	118.6	115.0	112.9	111.2	116.8
2009	109.8	109.6	(P) 109.2
Other Services
2008	70.3	71.0	71.3	71.4	71.8	72.1	72.5	72.3	71.6	70.7	70.3	69.7	71.3
2009	68.8	69.4	(P) 69.7
Government
2008	216.8	219.2	221.0	219.0	221.6	220.4	210.6	209.0	220.0	222.8	224.6	224.9	219.2
2009	220.7	224.7	(P) 225.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Northern Virginia, Va.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2008	(1) 1,437,615	(1) 1,435,446	(1) 1,445,695	(1) 1,452,390	(1) 1,462,411	(1) 1,466,683	(1) 1,486,220	(1) 1,466,429	(1) 1,451,129	(1) 1,457,686	(1) 1,455,362	(1) 1,452,741	(1) 1,455,817
2009	1,447,628	1,453,000	(P) 1,453,035
Employment
2008	(1) 1,397,925	(1) 1,397,269	(1) 1,406,672	(1) 1,416,957	(1) 1,421,341	(1) 1,421,508	(1) 1,439,826	(1) 1,418,573	(1) 1,406,143	(1) 1,411,076	(1) 1,405,644	(1) 1,397,578	(1) 1,411,709
2009	1,379,725	1,378,049	(P) 1,377,852
Unemployment
2008	(1) 39,690	(1) 38,177	(1) 39,023	(1) 35,433	(1) 41,070	(1) 45,175	(1) 46,394	(1) 47,856	(1) 44,986	(1) 46,610	(1) 49,718	(1) 55,163	(1) 44,108
2009	67,903	74,951	(P) 75,183
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 2.8	(1) 2.7	(1) 2.7	(1) 2.4	(1) 2.8	(1) 3.1	(1) 3.1	(1) 3.3	(1) 3.1	(1) 3.2	(1) 3.4	(1) 3.8	(1) 3.0
2009	4.7	5.2	(P) 5.2
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls. (P) Preliminary
Northern Virginia, Va. includes 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.