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West Virginia: 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	West Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2008	761.6	763.3	760.7	761.1	762.2	758.4	762.9	763.1	763.7	762.9	759.2	757.4
2009	755.4	748.8	(P) 744.1
Mining & Logging
2008	29.0	29.3	29.6	29.9	30.5	30.7	31.0	31.5	31.7	31.8	31.8	31.9
2009	31.8	31.6	(P) 31.2
Construction
2008	38.6	38.7	38.1	38.5	38.1	37.9	38.9	39.3	39.7	38.7	38.0	37.9
2009	37.8	37.0	(P) 36.0
Manufacturing
2008	57.8	57.4	57.0	57.1	56.8	56.6	56.3	56.1	55.8	55.7	55.1	54.8
2009	54.3	53.3	(P) 52.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	143.1	143.4	142.9	142.4	141.9	142.1	142.5	142.2	142.0	141.3	140.1	139.9
2009	140.0	138.5	(P) 137.7
Financial Activities
2008	30.1	30.1	29.9	29.9	29.8	29.7	29.6	29.6	29.6	29.7	29.4	29.5
2009	29.1	28.7	(P) 28.6
Professional & Business Services
2008	61.1	61.4	61.0	60.9	61.0	60.7	60.8	60.5	60.4	60.3	60.0	60.0
2009	59.9	58.7	(P) 58.4
Educational & Health Services
2008	116.2	116.5	116.2	116.2	116.4	116.8	117.1	117.2	117.4	117.8	117.7	117.1
2009	117.6	116.8	(P) 117.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	72.8	73.2	73.1	73.0	72.9	72.0	72.7	72.5	72.7	73.0	72.9	72.5
2009	72.2	72.0	(P) 71.2
Government
2008	145.7	146.1	146.0	146.2	147.6	144.9	146.9	147.1	147.6	147.8	147.5	147.2
2009	146.3	146.3	(P) 146.0
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	West Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2008	(1) 808,250	(1) 808,069	(1) 807,812	(1) 808,002	(1) 807,314	(1) 806,415	(1) 804,769	(1) 804,180	(1) 804,803	(1) 804,426	(1) 804,331	(1) 805,454
2009	798,534	794,137	(P) 793,714
Employment
2008	(1) 775,182	(1) 774,375	(1) 773,613	(1) 772,906	(1) 772,260	(1) 771,679	(1) 771,171	(1) 770,731	(1) 770,352	(1) 770,030	(1) 769,770	(1) 769,587
2009	756,768	746,532	(P) 739,097
Unemployment
2008	(1) 33,068	(1) 33,694	(1) 34,199	(1) 35,096	(1) 35,054	(1) 34,736	(1) 33,598	(1) 33,449	(1) 34,451	(1) 34,396	(1) 34,561	(1) 35,867
2009	41,766	47,605	(P) 54,617
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 4.1	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.5
2009	5.2	6.0	(P) 6.9
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors. (P) Preliminary