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
 Virginia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2011

 3,603.0 3,620.8 3,647.4 3,687.8 3,701.2 3,720.1 3,672.7 3,667.9 3,690.4 3,714.9 3,722.7 3,715.4 3,680.4

2012

 3,649.2 3,661.9 3,694.0 3,720.1 3,743.2 3,763.1 (P) 3,738.6            

Mining & Logging

  

2011

 10.7 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.9 10.9 11.0 11.0 11.1 11.1 11.0 10.9

2012

 10.8 10.7 10.9 10.8 10.8 10.9 (P) 10.9            

Construction

  

2011

 171.7 171.9 174.5 178.4 179.7 181.5 181.1 183.0 180.6 181.7 181.0 178.4 178.6

2012

 175.8 172.5 174.9 176.5 178.9 179.1 (P) 179.8            

Manufacturing

  

2011

 227.3 227.8 228.9 229.3 229.9 231.3 229.6 229.4 229.2 230.5 228.4 226.9 229.0

2012

 226.1 226.8 227.9 228.3 229.9 230.7 (P) 228.4            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 619.6 614.5 616.8 623.3 626.9 629.8 631.9 633.7 627.7 631.6 644.7 648.5 629.1

2012

 628.6 621.6 624.5 630.0 635.5 639.3 (P) 637.9            

Information

  

2011

 74.7 74.5 74.6 74.2 74.5 74.8 74.5 69.9 73.9 74.5 74.1 74.3 74.0

2012

 72.7 73.6 73.6 73.2 72.9 73.6 (P) 72.6            

Financial Activities

  

2011

 178.4 178.6 179.0 180.7 181.6 183.1 184.7 185.1 183.9 184.9 184.9 184.6 182.5

2012

 183.5 186.1 187.1 187.6 189.2 190.4 (P) 194.5            

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 652.7 655.3 659.5 666.7 664.8 666.4 665.9 663.7 659.7 665.9 665.3 665.5 662.6

2012

 655.2 657.3 660.3 663.8 669.2 670.4 (P) 673.1            

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 461.3 464.2 465.9 469.8 470.1 467.2 452.9 458.1 473.9 480.1 480.4 478.1 468.5

2012

 475.1 478.9 483.1 483.8 481.3 476.8 (P) 474.6            

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 319.9 323.5 333.0 347.1 359.2 371.5 372.5 371.7 355.1 346.6 338.3 337.6 348.0

2012

 324.1 328.7 341.7 354.6 364.5 380.7 (P) 384.8            

Other Services

  

2011

 183.0 184.0 185.2 186.8 187.3 189.1 187.8 186.9 187.9 187.5 187.5 187.1 186.7

2012

 185.3 184.2 186.0 186.3 189.2 191.2 (P) 189.9            

Government

  

2011

 703.7 715.9 719.3 720.7 716.4 714.5 680.9 675.4 707.5 720.5 727.0 723.4 710.4

2012

 712.0 721.5 724.0 725.2 721.8 720.0 (P) 692.1            

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Virginia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2011

 (1) 4,251,934 (1) 4,254,125 (1) 4,277,909 (1) 4,283,051 (1) 4,308,730 (1) 4,324,891 (1) 4,346,008 (1) 4,332,817 (1) 4,325,901 (1) 4,328,250 (1) 4,321,052 (1) 4,319,415 (1) 4,306,174

2012

 4,295,187 4,322,396 4,329,196 4,320,044 4,344,696 4,378,633 (P) 4,383,653            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 3,960,584 (1) 3,973,371 (1) 4,009,389 (1) 4,033,271 (1) 4,048,954 (1) 4,044,847 (1) 4,069,149 (1) 4,051,803 (1) 4,053,500 (1) 4,067,553 (1) 4,071,116 (1) 4,064,556 (1) 4,037,341

2012

 4,036,273 4,056,721 4,081,071 4,087,380 4,104,664 4,115,351 (P) 4,119,372            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 291,350 (1) 280,754 (1) 268,520 (1) 249,780 (1) 259,776 (1) 280,044 (1) 276,859 (1) 281,014 (1) 272,401 (1) 260,697 (1) 249,936 (1) 254,859 (1) 268,833

2012

 258,914 265,675 248,125 232,664 240,032 263,282 (P) 264,281            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 6.9 (1) 6.6 (1) 6.3 (1) 5.8 (1) 6.0 (1) 6.5 (1) 6.4 (1) 6.5 (1) 6.3 (1) 6.0 (1) 5.8 (1) 5.9 (1) 6.2

2012

 6.0 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.5 6.0 (P) 6.0            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation.
(P) Preliminary