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Delaware: 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	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2008	426.8	428.8	431.1	435.1	437.0	440.9	437.3	435.9	433.1	431.2	427.4	425.0	432.5
2009	411.3	410.7	(P) 411.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2008	25.7	25.1	25.3	26.3	26.2	26.3	26.1	25.9	25.1	24.8	24.4	23.8	25.4
2009	22.4	21.4	(P) 21.5
Manufacturing
2008	31.7	33.0	32.8	32.3	31.4	32.4	31.0	31.1	30.7	30.7	30.7	30.1	31.5
2009	28.9	28.2	(P) 28.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	81.5	80.4	80.9	80.5	81.3	82.0	81.2	80.9	80.4	79.7	79.2	79.8	80.7
2009	76.3	74.6	(P) 75.4
Information
2008	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.0	7.2	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1
2009	7.1	7.2	(P) 7.2
Financial Activities
2008	45.0	45.0	45.2	45.5	45.7	46.3	46.4	46.2	45.5	45.4	45.1	45.0	45.5
2009	44.7	44.7	(P) 44.3
Professional & Business Services
2008	59.6	59.4	59.4	60.2	59.8	59.8	59.4	59.2	58.9	58.2	55.8	55.2	58.7
2009	53.5	53.4	(P) 53.3
Educational & Health Services
2008	59.3	59.8	59.7	60.1	60.2	60.1	59.9	60.2	60.5	60.9	61.4	61.5	60.3
2009	61.2	61.4	(P) 61.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	36.8	36.9	38.3	39.9	42.0	44.5	45.2	44.9	42.8	40.8	39.8	38.9	40.9
2009	36.0	36.4	(P) 36.9
Other Services
2008	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.4	20.5	20.8	20.7	20.6	20.3	20.5	20.5	20.3	20.4
2009	19.9	20.0	(P) 20.1
Government
2008	60.2	62.0	62.3	62.8	62.8	61.5	60.4	59.7	61.9	63.2	63.4	63.3	62.0
2009	61.3	63.4	(P) 63.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2008	(1) 441,796	(1) 439,224	(1) 442,198	(1) 443,012	(1) 441,828	(1) 446,063	(1) 448,026	(1) 445,309	(1) 438,721	(1) 443,212	(1) 443,360	(1) 442,074	(1) 442,902
2009	438,862	438,120	(P) 435,804
Employment
2008	(1) 423,033	(1) 420,815	(1) 424,182	(1) 425,762	(1) 424,283	(1) 425,077	(1) 425,925	(1) 421,916	(1) 416,261	(1) 418,915	(1) 419,758	(1) 416,125	(1) 421,838
2009	406,810	403,530	(P) 401,199
Unemployment
2008	(1) 18,763	(1) 18,409	(1) 18,016	(1) 17,250	(1) 17,545	(1) 20,986	(1) 22,101	(1) 23,393	(1) 22,460	(1) 24,297	(1) 23,602	(1) 25,949	(1) 21,064
2009	32,052	34,590	(P) 34,605
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.1	(1) 3.9	(1) 4.0	(1) 4.7	(1) 4.9	(1) 5.3	(1) 5.1	(1) 5.5	(1) 5.3	(1) 5.9	(1) 4.8
2009	7.3	7.9	(P) 7.9
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation. (P) Preliminary