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West Virginia: 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	West Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2008	746.7	750.6	754.9	760.1	766.8	763.7	761.5	763.7	768.2	769.7	765.8	761.7	761.1
2009	739.2	735.5	(P) 738.4
Mining & Logging
2008	28.7	28.8	29.2	29.7	30.5	31.0	31.3	31.7	31.9	32.0	32.0	32.0	30.7
2009	31.5	31.2	(P) 30.8
Construction
2008	34.9	34.2	35.3	38.2	39.0	39.6	40.3	41.0	41.6	40.9	39.0	37.1	38.4
2009	33.8	32.4	(P) 33.0
Manufacturing
2008	57.3	56.8	56.6	56.8	56.8	57.0	56.6	56.4	56.2	55.8	55.1	54.7	56.3
2009	53.9	52.8	(P) 52.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	141.7	140.8	141.5	141.0	141.4	142.1	142.2	142.0	141.9	142.3	142.9	142.9	141.9
2009	138.0	135.5	(P) 135.7
Information
2008	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	11.2
2009	10.7	10.6	(P) 10.5
Financial Activities
2008	29.8	29.8	29.7	29.9	29.8	29.9	29.8	29.8	29.6	29.7	29.4	29.5	29.7
2009	28.8	28.5	(P) 28.5
Professional & Business Services
2008	60.2	60.4	60.4	61.0	61.1	61.2	61.0	61.0	60.5	60.6	60.1	60.1	60.6
2009	58.4	57.9	(P) 58.1
Educational & Health Services
2008	114.9	116.6	116.5	116.4	116.5	116.1	115.6	116.0	117.8	118.9	119.3	118.2	116.9
2009	116.7	116.9	(P) 117.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	69.3	69.9	70.9	72.2	74.1	75.0	75.6	75.9	74.9	73.1	71.4	71.2	72.8
2009	68.7	68.6	(P) 69.2
Other Services
2008	55.3	55.5	55.7	55.8	56.2	56.3	56.0	55.8	55.8	55.8	55.6	55.7	55.8
2009	55.1	54.9	(P) 54.9
Government
2008	143.3	146.5	147.9	147.9	150.2	144.3	141.9	142.9	146.9	149.6	150.0	149.4	146.7
2009	143.6	146.2	(P) 148.1
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	West Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2008	(1) 799,717	(1) 801,083	(1) 800,954	(1) 810,055	(1) 813,169	(1) 822,972	(1) 820,046	(1) 808,054	(1) 803,866	(1) 802,241	(1) 798,961	(1) 792,706	(1) 806,152
2009	788,085	788,309	(P) 785,186
Employment
2008	(1) 761,191	(1) 760,420	(1) 763,201	(1) 776,473	(1) 779,250	(1) 786,390	(1) 787,547	(1) 775,316	(1) 774,830	(1) 772,270	(1) 766,787	(1) 757,981	(1) 771,805
2009	739,387	730,010	(P) 724,751
Unemployment
2008	(1) 38,526	(1) 40,663	(1) 37,753	(1) 33,582	(1) 33,919	(1) 36,582	(1) 32,499	(1) 32,738	(1) 29,036	(1) 29,971	(1) 32,174	(1) 34,725	(1) 34,347
2009	48,698	58,299	(P) 60,435
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 4.8	(1) 5.1	(1) 4.7	(1) 4.1	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.4	(1) 4.0	(1) 4.1	(1) 3.6	(1) 3.7	(1) 4.0	(1) 4.4	(1) 4.3
2009	6.2	7.4	(P) 7.7
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation. (P) Preliminary