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West Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data
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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program (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 |
Total Nonfarm |
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2008 |
761.6 |
763.3 |
760.7 |
761.1 |
762.2 |
758.4 |
762.9 |
763.1 |
763.7 |
762.9 |
759.2 |
757.4 |
2009 |
755.4 |
748.8 |
744.1 |
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Mining & Logging |
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2008 |
29.0 |
29.3 |
29.6 |
29.9 |
30.5 |
30.7 |
31.0 |
31.5 |
31.7 |
31.8 |
31.8 |
31.9 |
2009 |
31.8 |
31.6 |
31.2 |
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Construction |
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2008 |
38.6 |
38.7 |
38.1 |
38.5 |
38.1 |
37.9 |
38.9 |
39.3 |
39.7 |
38.7 |
38.0 |
37.9 |
2009 |
37.8 |
37.0 |
36.0 |
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Manufacturing |
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2008 |
57.8 |
57.4 |
57.0 |
57.1 |
56.8 |
56.6 |
56.3 |
56.1 |
55.8 |
55.7 |
55.1 |
54.8 |
2009 |
54.3 |
53.3 |
52.3 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2008 |
143.1 |
143.4 |
142.9 |
142.4 |
141.9 |
142.1 |
142.5 |
142.2 |
142.0 |
141.3 |
140.1 |
139.9 |
2009 |
140.0 |
138.5 |
137.7 |
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Financial Activities |
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2008 |
30.1 |
30.1 |
29.9 |
29.9 |
29.8 |
29.7 |
29.6 |
29.6 |
29.6 |
29.7 |
29.4 |
29.5 |
2009 |
29.1 |
28.7 |
28.6 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2008 |
61.1 |
61.4 |
61.0 |
60.9 |
61.0 |
60.7 |
60.8 |
60.5 |
60.4 |
60.3 |
60.0 |
60.0 |
2009 |
59.9 |
58.7 |
58.4 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2008 |
116.2 |
116.5 |
116.2 |
116.2 |
116.4 |
116.8 |
117.1 |
117.2 |
117.4 |
117.8 |
117.7 |
117.1 |
2009 |
117.6 |
116.8 |
117.2 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2008 |
72.8 |
73.2 |
73.1 |
73.0 |
72.9 |
72.0 |
72.7 |
72.5 |
72.7 |
73.0 |
72.9 |
72.5 |
2009 |
72.2 |
72.0 |
71.2 |
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Government |
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2008 |
145.7 |
146.1 |
146.0 |
146.2 |
147.6 |
144.9 |
146.9 |
147.1 |
147.6 |
147.8 |
147.5 |
147.2 |
2009 |
146.3 |
146.3 |
146.0 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (seasonally adjusted data)
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West Virginia |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Labor Force |
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2008 |
808,250 |
808,069 |
807,812 |
808,002 |
807,314 |
806,415 |
804,769 |
804,180 |
804,803 |
804,426 |
804,331 |
805,454 |
2009 |
798,534 |
794,137 |
793,714 |
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Employment |
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2008 |
775,182 |
774,375 |
773,613 |
772,906 |
772,260 |
771,679 |
771,171 |
770,731 |
770,352 |
770,030 |
769,770 |
769,587 |
2009 |
756,768 |
746,532 |
739,097 |
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Unemployment |
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2008 |
33,068 |
33,694 |
34,199 |
35,096 |
35,054 |
34,736 |
33,598 |
33,449 |
34,451 |
34,396 |
34,561 |
35,867 |
2009 |
41,766 |
47,605 |
54,617 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2008 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
2009 |
5.2 |
6.0 |
6.9 |
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