Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI: 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
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2008

1,764.4 1,766.7 1,770.6 1,779.4 1,802.3 1,812.6 1,791.2 1,791.1 1,789.4 1,791.2 1,781.1 1,765.5 1,783.8

2009

1,716.7 1,711.5 (P) 1,706.1                    

Mining, Logging, & Construction

 

2008

64.6 63.2 63.5 65.3 72.1 75.6 76.5 76.6 74.2 72.9 66.6 59.5 69.2

2009

49.5 45.6 (P) 45.9                    

Manufacturing

 

2008

197.9 196.7 196.1 196.8 198.2 199.8 199.0 199.2 196.8 195.7 194.4 193.4 197.0

2009

189.3 186.6 (P) 183.8                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

336.2 331.0 331.9 331.7 334.9 335.4 333.7 333.7 331.2 331.5 334.7 334.3 333.4

2009

324.5 318.3 (P) 317.7                    

Information

 

2008

41.9 41.7 41.8 41.7 41.7 42.0 42.1 42.1 41.8 41.9 42.1 42.0 41.9

2009

41.6 41.6 (P) 41.5                    

Financial Activities

 

2008

139.2 139.5 139.6 139.4 139.4 140.2 140.6 140.3 138.7 138.8 138.7 139.4 139.5

2009

139.7 139.4 (P) 139.1                    

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

260.4 260.9 260.6 262.2 263.6 266.2 266.0 265.9 263.1 262.9 259.3 255.5 262.2

2009

245.5 242.6 (P) 239.2                    

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

253.1 256.0 257.5 259.9 259.5 257.5 256.5 256.6 258.0 261.1 262.5 262.9 258.4

2009

260.2 263.1 (P) 264.6                    

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

155.0 154.7 156.5 159.5 166.8 171.0 169.7 171.8 165.7 162.8 156.2 155.6 162.1

2009

150.9 150.5 (P) 151.0                    

Other Services

 

2008

75.9 77.1 77.8 78.0 78.1 79.5 78.6 79.3 77.3 77.7 77.9 78.5 78.0

2009

76.7 76.9 (P) 78.2                    

Government

 

2008

240.2 245.9 245.3 244.9 248.0 245.4 228.5 225.6 242.6 245.9 248.7 244.4 242.1

2009

238.8 246.9 (P) 245.1                    

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2008

(1) 1,825,529 (1) 1,824,519 (1) 1,829,600 (1) 1,836,903 (1) 1,838,629 (1) 1,853,883 (1) 1,873,472 (1) 1,869,076 (1) 1,853,817 (1) 1,857,208 (1) 1,847,015 (1) 1,833,678 (1) 1,845,278

2009

1,811,704 1,818,699 (P) 1,821,265                    

Employment

 

2008

(1) 1,736,269 (1) 1,739,727 (1) 1,739,551 (1) 1,753,887 (1) 1,751,613 (1) 1,759,152 (1) 1,775,782 (1) 1,769,863 (1) 1,753,910 (1) 1,762,256 (1) 1,744,016 (1) 1,716,433 (1) 1,750,205

2009

1,671,786 1,670,452 (P) 1,668,385                    

Unemployment

 

2008

(1) 89,260 (1) 84,792 (1) 90,049 (1) 83,016 (1) 87,016 (1) 94,731 (1) 97,690 (1) 99,213 (1) 99,907 (1) 94,952 (1) 102,999 (1) 117,245 (1) 95,073

2009

139,918 148,247 (P) 152,880                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

(1) 4.9 (1) 4.6 (1) 4.9 (1) 4.5 (1) 4.7 (1) 5.1 (1) 5.2 (1) 5.3 (1) 5.4 (1) 5.1 (1) 5.6 (1) 6.4 (1) 5.2

2009

7.7 8.2 (P) 8.4                    

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(P) Preliminary