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Philadelphia City, PA: 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	Philadelphia City (County), Pa.
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2008	652.1	661.5	659.7	668.4	666.0	658.6	655.5	658.3	663.9	670.8	670.0	665.4	662.5
2009	648.8	652.4	(P) 648.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2008	11.7	11.8	12.1	12.4	12.9	12.7	12.4	12.6	12.1	12.2	11.8	11.3	12.2
2009	10.6	10.4	(P) 10.2
Manufacturing
2008	27.8	27.7	27.5	27.5	27.4	27.4	27.2	27.3	27.2	27.0	26.8	26.3	27.3
2009	25.8	25.3	(P) 25.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2008	86.9	86.0	86.2	86.5	87.2	87.5	87.3	87.6	87.8	88.4	89.3	89.6	87.5
2009	86.4	84.4	(P) 84.6
Information
2008	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.6	12.3	12.2	12.3
2009	11.9	11.8	(P) 11.7
Financial Activities
2008	46.0	46.2	46.3	46.4	46.3	46.7	46.8	46.8	46.2	46.1	46.0	46.1	46.3
2009	45.5	45.4	(P) 45.1
Professional & Business Services
2008	86.7	86.0	86.1	86.0	85.8	85.9	85.3	85.7	85.0	85.4	84.7	83.7	85.5
2009	82.2	81.3	(P) 80.7
Educational & Health Services
2008	195.5	205.2	201.9	205.1	201.8	194.8	194.9	194.1	201.4	206.0	207.5	204.5	201.1
2009	199.0	206.2	(P) 203.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2008	54.1	54.9	55.6	59.4	59.7	58.4	58.0	58.3	59.3	59.1	58.0	58.2	57.8
2009	55.2	55.8	(P) 56.2
Other Services
2008	27.4	27.3	27.3	27.8	28.0	28.2	28.3	28.2	28.4	28.6	28.6	28.6	28.1
2009	27.8	27.7	(P) 27.7
Government
2008	103.9	104.2	104.5	104.9	104.5	104.7	102.9	105.4	104.2	105.4	105.0	104.9	104.5
2009	104.4	104.1	(P) 104.1
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Philadelphia City (County), Pa.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2008	(1) 619,799	(1) 614,828	(1) 617,906	(1) 620,704	(1) 624,595	(1) 629,148	(1) 636,554	(1) 635,283	(1) 628,200	(1) 634,778	(1) 632,851	(1) 631,866	(1) 627,209
2009	630,189	628,230	(P) 626,830
Employment
2008	(1) 577,377	(1) 574,403	(1) 577,324	(1) 583,627	(1) 582,222	(1) 584,621	(1) 589,591	(1) 586,559	(1) 581,645	(1) 586,344	(1) 583,654	(1) 580,488	(1) 582,321
2009	571,564	568,230	(P) 566,309
Unemployment
2008	(1) 42,422	(1) 40,425	(1) 40,582	(1) 37,077	(1) 42,373	(1) 44,527	(1) 46,963	(1) 48,724	(1) 46,555	(1) 48,434	(1) 49,197	(1) 51,378	(1) 44,888
2009	58,625	60,000	(P) 60,521
Unemployment Rate
2008	(1) 6.8	(1) 6.6	(1) 6.6	(1) 6.0	(1) 6.8	(1) 7.1	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.7	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.8	(1) 8.1	(1) 7.2
2009	9.3	9.6	(P) 9.7
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls. (P) Preliminary