Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: 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
Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

116.8 117.1 119.5 119.5 120.0 120.3 117.6 119.7 121.3 121.9 122.5 121.8 119.8

2008

119.1 118.9 119.9 120.6 120.9 120.9 120.7 119.8 (P) 121.0        

Manufacturing

 

2007

10.0 10.0 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0

2008

9.9 9.8 10.0 10.0 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.0 (P) 10.0        

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

10.0 10.1 10.6 10.9 11.0 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 10.9

2008

11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.0 (P) 11.0        

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

22.5 22.5 22.7 22.6 22.6 22.7 22.8 22.8 22.8 22.9 22.9 22.9 22.7

2008

22.8 22.8 22.9 22.9 22.9 23.0 23.1 23.1 (P) 23.1        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

10.6 10.6 11.0 11.0 11.3 11.4 11.1 11.4 11.3 11.1 11.0 10.9 11.1

2008

10.4 10.5 10.9 11.4 11.2 11.4 11.6 11.4 (P) 11.3        

Government

 

2007

19.9 20.6 20.8 21.0 20.7 20.0 18.0 19.2 20.3 20.8 21.1 20.9 20.3

2008

20.4 20.4 20.7 20.8 21.0 20.1 18.9 19.2 (P) 20.2        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

 

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

Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

130,680 131,703 132,782 132,351 132,608 134,556 133,376 133,017 134,133 133,781 134,685 133,302 133,081

2008

131,879 131,830 132,496 133,707 134,180 135,793 135,251 132,960 (P) 133,723        

Employment

 

2007

123,739 124,212 126,010 126,152 126,469 127,652 126,690 126,560 128,233 128,275 128,958 127,335 126,690

2008

125,224 124,682 125,692 127,342 127,185 127,952 128,193 126,131 (P) 127,098        

Unemployment

 

2007

6,941 7,491 6,772 6,199 6,139 6,904 6,686 6,457 5,900 5,506 5,727 5,967 6,391

2008

6,655 7,148 6,804 6,365 6,995 7,841 7,058 6,829 (P) 6,625        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

5.3 5.7 5.1 4.7 4.6 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.8

2008

5.0 5.4 5.1 4.8 5.2 5.8 5.2 5.1 (P) 5.0        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.