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District of Columbia: 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	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2008	689.0	693.6	698.2	701.7	703.3	704.5	719.2	714.7	703.6	713.3	709.2	707.7	704.8
2009	700.3	701.9	(P) 703.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2008	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.6	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.4	13.0	13.1	12.7	12.4	12.9
2009	12.0	12.0	(P) 12.1
Manufacturing
2008	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.6
2009	1.3	1.3	(P) 1.3
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	27.4	27.5	27.4	27.9	27.9	28.2	28.3	27.9	27.9	27.9	28.1	28.3	27.9
2009	27.1	26.7	(P) 26.9
Information
2008	21.1	21.2	21.3	20.9	21.0	20.8	20.6	20.5	20.3	20.2	20.2	20.2	20.7
2009	19.7	19.7	(P) 19.7
Financial Activities
2008	28.3	28.4	28.3	28.4	28.3	28.4	28.3	28.3	28.2	28.2	28.3	28.2	28.3
2009	27.5	27.2	(P) 27.2
Professional & Business Services
2008	150.5	152.0	153.3	153.7	153.8	155.3	154.2	153.5	152.5	154.2	152.7	151.6	153.1
2009	150.8	151.4	(P) 150.8
Educational & Health Services
2008	99.4	100.8	101.5	102.5	102.1	97.8	99.2	99.1	103.2	106.9	107.4	107.0	102.2
2009	106.4	108.3	(P) 109.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	53.9	55.2	56.4	59.1	59.2	58.8	59.0	58.4	59.2	60.0	58.8	58.7	58.1
2009	57.9	58.2	(P) 58.3
Other Services
2008	63.1	63.4	64.4	64.9	65.1	66.2	66.9	66.1	65.9	67.2	66.3	66.1	65.5
2009	64.1	64.5	(P) 65.1
Government
2008	230.9	230.6	231.1	230.1	231.3	234.3	248.1	245.9	231.8	234.2	233.3	233.8	234.6
2009	233.5	232.6	(P) 232.5
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2008	(1) 328,866	(1) 329,313	(1) 332,674	(1) 330,643	(1) 331,448	(1) 335,354	(1) 342,833	(1) 338,511	(1) 332,571	(1) 331,306	(1) 330,169	(1) 328,756	(1) 332,703
2009	328,758	330,364	(P) 326,039
Employment
2008	(1) 307,867	(1) 310,931	(1) 312,032	(1) 313,566	(1) 310,117	(1) 312,494	(1) 317,609	(1) 313,857	(1) 307,825	(1) 305,952	(1) 302,481	(1) 299,608	(1) 309,528
2009	297,112	297,079	(P) 295,105
Unemployment
2008	(1) 20,999	(1) 18,382	(1) 20,642	(1) 17,077	(1) 21,331	(1) 22,860	(1) 25,224	(1) 24,654	(1) 24,746	(1) 25,354	(1) 27,688	(1) 29,148	(1) 23,175
2009	31,646	33,285	(P) 30,934
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 6.4	(1) 5.6	(1) 6.2	(1) 5.2	(1) 6.4	(1) 6.8	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.7	(1) 8.4	(1) 8.9	(1) 7.0
2009	9.6	10.1	(P) 9.5
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation. (P) Preliminary