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Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC: 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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Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2011 |
718.3 |
720.3 |
728.3 |
738.3 |
743.6 |
750.6 |
747.0 |
743.9 |
736.1 |
738.3 |
738.9 |
738.2 |
736.8 |
2012 |
723.4 |
723.8 |
731.5 |
739.3 |
745.5 |
757.0 |
754.0 |
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Mining, Logging, & Construction |
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2011 |
34.8 |
34.9 |
35.1 |
35.7 |
35.7 |
35.9 |
36.6 |
36.3 |
35.2 |
34.8 |
34.4 |
34.0 |
35.3 |
2012 |
34.0 |
33.1 |
32.5 |
32.4 |
32.7 |
32.7 |
32.2 |
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Manufacturing |
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2011 |
50.8 |
50.6 |
51.3 |
50.9 |
51.5 |
51.8 |
51.8 |
51.7 |
52.1 |
51.9 |
52.0 |
52.0 |
51.5 |
2012 |
52.0 |
52.4 |
52.5 |
52.6 |
52.7 |
52.9 |
52.7 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2011 |
127.2 |
126.2 |
126.7 |
128.3 |
128.9 |
129.6 |
129.9 |
130.2 |
129.5 |
130.1 |
133.7 |
133.7 |
129.5 |
2012 |
130.5 |
129.0 |
130.1 |
131.6 |
131.9 |
132.6 |
132.4 |
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Information |
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2011 |
11.6 |
11.5 |
11.6 |
11.6 |
11.7 |
11.8 |
11.7 |
10.8 |
11.4 |
11.4 |
11.4 |
11.4 |
11.5 |
2012 |
11.0 |
10.9 |
11.0 |
10.9 |
10.9 |
11.0 |
10.8 |
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Financial Activities |
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2011 |
36.0 |
36.1 |
36.1 |
36.7 |
36.9 |
37.4 |
37.2 |
37.7 |
37.5 |
37.4 |
37.2 |
37.4 |
37.0 |
2012 |
36.5 |
36.6 |
36.8 |
36.7 |
36.7 |
37.4 |
37.9 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2011 |
96.7 |
96.8 |
97.4 |
99.2 |
98.8 |
98.7 |
97.0 |
94.7 |
94.2 |
97.2 |
97.2 |
97.8 |
97.1 |
2012 |
93.4 |
93.5 |
95.7 |
97.1 |
98.7 |
99.4 |
99.1 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2011 |
95.6 |
96.5 |
97.0 |
97.4 |
97.8 |
97.5 |
95.6 |
95.7 |
97.3 |
98.4 |
98.2 |
98.1 |
97.1 |
2012 |
97.6 |
98.3 |
98.9 |
99.0 |
99.7 |
98.9 |
98.9 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2011 |
74.0 |
75.0 |
79.1 |
83.9 |
87.5 |
92.1 |
94.6 |
93.7 |
83.9 |
80.3 |
76.4 |
76.1 |
83.1 |
2012 |
72.5 |
72.7 |
76.8 |
81.0 |
84.6 |
93.6 |
95.2 |
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Other Services |
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2011 |
33.5 |
33.7 |
34.2 |
34.6 |
34.9 |
35.2 |
35.2 |
35.1 |
34.8 |
34.7 |
34.7 |
34.6 |
34.6 |
2012 |
33.9 |
34.1 |
34.5 |
34.7 |
35.0 |
35.3 |
35.3 |
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Government |
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2011 |
158.1 |
159.0 |
159.8 |
160.0 |
159.9 |
160.6 |
157.4 |
158.0 |
160.2 |
162.1 |
163.7 |
163.1 |
160.2 |
2012 |
162.0 |
163.2 |
162.7 |
163.3 |
162.6 |
163.2 |
159.5 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (not seasonally adjusted data)
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Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C.Metropolitan Statistical Area |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Labor Force |
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2011 |
833,788 |
831,454 |
838,136 |
841,522 |
849,274 |
856,473 |
866,153 |
861,292 |
849,459 |
847,964 |
845,123 |
844,255 |
847,075 |
2012 |
838,126 |
839,976 |
842,268 |
843,574 |
849,776 |
863,751 |
869,134 |
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Employment |
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2011 |
771,357 |
771,140 |
780,261 |
787,103 |
792,704 |
795,409 |
804,783 |
798,801 |
789,110 |
789,415 |
788,536 |
786,755 |
787,948 |
2012 |
780,157 |
781,722 |
787,857 |
792,325 |
796,547 |
805,942 |
810,341 |
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Unemployment |
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2011 |
62,431 |
60,314 |
57,875 |
54,419 |
56,570 |
61,064 |
61,370 |
62,491 |
60,349 |
58,549 |
56,587 |
57,500 |
59,127 |
2012 |
57,969 |
58,254 |
54,411 |
51,249 |
53,229 |
57,809 |
58,793 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2011 |
7.5 |
7.3 |
6.9 |
6.5 |
6.7 |
7.1 |
7.1 |
7.3 |
7.1 |
6.9 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
7.0 |
2012 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
6.5 |
6.1 |
6.3 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
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The Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Gloucester, Isle of Wright, James City, Mathews, Surry, and York Counties and Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg Cities in Virginia; and Currituck County in North Carolina.
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