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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
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West Virginia |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2007 |
740.5 |
741.5 |
752.0 |
756.6 |
761.6 |
764.4 |
754.2 |
758.0 |
761.2 |
763.8 |
765.9 |
763.5 |
756.9 |
2008 |
741.2 |
745.3 |
754.5 |
760.1 |
765.1 |
764.3 |
759.3 |
762.0 |
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Natural Resources & Mining |
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2007 |
28.1 |
27.9 |
27.9 |
28.2 |
28.2 |
28.9 |
28.9 |
29.2 |
28.9 |
28.8 |
28.9 |
28.9 |
28.6 |
2008 |
28.6 |
28.4 |
28.5 |
28.8 |
29.2 |
29.8 |
30.3 |
30.5 |
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Construction |
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2007 |
36.2 |
34.2 |
37.2 |
38.7 |
39.9 |
40.7 |
40.1 |
40.2 |
40.0 |
40.3 |
39.5 |
37.0 |
38.7 |
2008 |
33.6 |
33.4 |
35.2 |
37.8 |
39.0 |
39.3 |
39.4 |
39.7 |
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Manufacturing |
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2007 |
59.1 |
58.9 |
59.2 |
59.0 |
59.2 |
59.7 |
59.4 |
59.1 |
58.8 |
58.6 |
58.6 |
58.4 |
59.0 |
2008 |
57.6 |
57.5 |
57.7 |
57.6 |
57.6 |
57.8 |
57.6 |
57.6 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2007 |
141.3 |
140.1 |
141.6 |
141.5 |
142.6 |
143.2 |
142.4 |
143.0 |
143.1 |
143.9 |
145.8 |
146.6 |
142.9 |
2008 |
140.6 |
139.8 |
140.5 |
140.5 |
141.6 |
142.1 |
141.8 |
142.0 |
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Information |
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2007 |
11.3 |
11.3 |
11.2 |
11.3 |
11.3 |
11.5 |
11.6 |
11.5 |
11.5 |
11.5 |
11.6 |
11.5 |
11.4 |
2008 |
11.3 |
11.3 |
11.3 |
11.3 |
11.4 |
11.5 |
11.4 |
11.4 |
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Financial Activities |
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2007 |
29.5 |
29.5 |
29.6 |
29.8 |
29.9 |
29.9 |
29.9 |
29.9 |
29.8 |
29.9 |
29.8 |
29.7 |
29.8 |
2008 |
29.3 |
29.4 |
29.6 |
29.7 |
29.7 |
29.8 |
29.6 |
29.4 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2007 |
59.1 |
58.8 |
59.7 |
60.8 |
60.7 |
61.3 |
60.9 |
61.5 |
61.1 |
60.8 |
61.2 |
61.2 |
60.6 |
2008 |
59.7 |
60.6 |
61.2 |
62.1 |
62.0 |
61.9 |
61.8 |
62.3 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2007 |
111.3 |
112.7 |
113.5 |
113.1 |
113.4 |
113.3 |
112.3 |
113.1 |
115.0 |
116.0 |
116.5 |
116.4 |
113.9 |
2008 |
114.0 |
115.7 |
116.2 |
116.2 |
116.3 |
115.4 |
115.1 |
115.4 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2007 |
67.0 |
66.9 |
69.0 |
70.8 |
72.5 |
74.7 |
73.9 |
75.1 |
74.1 |
71.9 |
70.7 |
70.7 |
71.4 |
2008 |
68.6 |
69.0 |
70.8 |
72.4 |
73.6 |
75.2 |
75.8 |
76.2 |
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Other Services |
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2007 |
55.2 |
55.4 |
55.7 |
55.8 |
55.7 |
56.2 |
55.5 |
55.3 |
55.6 |
55.5 |
55.5 |
55.7 |
55.6 |
2008 |
55.2 |
55.5 |
56.0 |
55.8 |
55.8 |
56.3 |
56.0 |
56.1 |
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Government |
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2007 |
142.4 |
145.8 |
147.4 |
147.6 |
148.2 |
145.0 |
139.3 |
140.1 |
143.3 |
146.6 |
147.8 |
147.4 |
145.1 |
2008 |
142.7 |
144.7 |
147.5 |
147.9 |
148.9 |
145.2 |
140.5 |
141.4 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
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West Virginia |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual
Avg |
Labor Force |
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2007 |
796,042 |
802,010 |
799,275 |
805,742 |
810,308 |
822,495 |
824,986 |
811,698 |
810,436 |
808,615 |
809,235 |
805,240 |
808,840 |
2008 |
800,430 |
804,513 |
804,880 |
815,749 |
818,020 |
828,803 |
820,475 |
809,417 |
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Employment |
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2007 |
755,300 |
756,464 |
759,903 |
769,355 |
775,534 |
784,364 |
787,366 |
774,607 |
778,147 |
775,827 |
775,786 |
769,392 |
771,837 |
2008 |
758,359 |
758,287 |
762,087 |
773,858 |
776,490 |
783,591 |
786,163 |
778,144 |
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Unemployment |
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2007 |
40,742 |
45,546 |
39,372 |
36,387 |
34,774 |
38,131 |
37,620 |
37,091 |
32,289 |
32,788 |
33,449 |
35,848 |
37,003 |
2008 |
42,071 |
46,226 |
42,793 |
41,891 |
41,530 |
45,212 |
34,312 |
31,273 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
5.1 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
2008 |
5.3 |
5.7 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.5 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
