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State College, PA: 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	State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2008	70.7	74.8	75.3	76.3	76.6	71.9	71.4	72.9	76.9	76.9	76.9	75.3	74.7
2009	70.5	73.8	(P) 74.2
Manufacturing
2008	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.4
2009	4.2	4.1	(P) 4.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	10.2	10.3	10.1	10.4	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.5	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.4
2009	10.2	10.2	(P) 10.2
Professional & Business Services
2008	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	5.9	6.2
2009	5.7	5.6	(P) 5.7
Educational & Health Services
2008	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.6	7.5	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.5
2009	7.6	7.6	(P) 7.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	6.2	6.8	6.8	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.1	7.6	7.5	7.2	6.9	7.0
2009	6.3	6.7	(P) 6.7
Government
2008	27.6	30.7	31.3	31.5	31.5	26.4	26.0	27.3	31.0	31.3	31.7	30.9	29.8
2009	27.7	30.8	(P) 31.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2008	(1) 71,310	(1) 74,387	(1) 74,836	(1) 75,160	(1) 75,674	(1) 72,581	(1) 73,234	(1) 74,430	(1) 76,849	(1) 76,687	(1) 76,886	(1) 75,563	(1) 74,800
2009	72,256	74,925	(P) 75,054
Employment
2008	(1) 68,092	(1) 71,292	(1) 71,714	(1) 72,564	(1) 72,736	(1) 69,278	(1) 69,912	(1) 71,046	(1) 73,781	(1) 73,510	(1) 73,372	(1) 71,765	(1) 71,589
2009	67,962	70,593	(P) 70,693
Unemployment
2008	(1) 3,218	(1) 3,095	(1) 3,122	(1) 2,596	(1) 2,938	(1) 3,303	(1) 3,322	(1) 3,384	(1) 3,068	(1) 3,177	(1) 3,514	(1) 3,798	(1) 3,211
2009	4,294	4,332	(P) 4,361
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 4.5	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.2	(1) 3.5	(1) 3.9	(1) 4.6	(1) 4.5	(1) 4.5	(1) 4.0	(1) 4.1	(1) 4.6	(1) 5.0	(1) 4.3
2009	5.9	5.8	(P) 5.8
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls. (P) Preliminary
The State College, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Centre County in Pennsylvania.