Northern Virginia, VA: 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
 Northern Virginia, Va.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2011

 1,303.6 1,306.5 1,314.4 1,326.1 1,332.2 1,343.5 1,330.0 1,324.6 1,330.6 1,340.7 1,347.2 1,351.0 1,329.2

2012

 1,328.8 1,328.8 1,337.4 1,345.7 1,360.3 1,372.3 (P) 1,362.2            

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2011

 63.6 63.5 64.3 66.0 66.6 67.8 67.7 69.2 68.1 68.8 69.1 66.5 66.8

2012

 65.5 65.0 65.9 66.2 67.9 67.5 (P) 67.9            

Manufacturing

  

2011

 22.9 23.0 23.0 23.0 22.9 23.0 22.9 22.9 22.9 23.0 23.0 23.0 23.0

2012

 22.9 23.0 23.1 23.1 23.2 23.3 (P) 23.1            

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 199.1 196.4 197.1 199.0 200.5 202.6 202.2 203.1 198.8 200.2 204.7 208.2 201.0

2012

 199.4 195.9 196.9 199.8 202.0 203.7 (P) 203.0            

Information

  

2011

 41.1 41.1 41.2 40.8 41.0 41.2 41.0 39.5 40.7 40.9 40.7 40.8 40.8

2012

 39.9 40.5 40.6 40.4 40.3 40.5 (P) 40.1            

Financial Activities

  

2011

 64.3 64.2 64.3 64.6 64.9 65.4 66.2 66.6 66.6 67.1 67.5 67.9 65.8

2012

 67.8 68.0 68.4 68.4 69.4 69.8 (P) 71.3            

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 365.8 366.6 368.5 371.7 371.2 373.1 374.4 372.9 370.1 374.0 373.5 374.8 371.4

2012

 371.4 371.9 372.0 373.8 375.6 377.8 (P) 380.1            

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 135.9 136.4 137.0 138.7 139.3 138.1 135.0 136.5 138.8 141.1 141.1 140.9 138.2

2012

 139.3 140.1 141.8 141.4 141.8 142.6 (P) 141.5            

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 112.6 112.8 115.2 118.0 121.1 126.3 126.4 125.0 122.4 120.5 120.9 122.3 120.3

2012

 118.7 119.7 121.8 125.6 129.9 135.1 (P) 135.6            

Other Services

  

2011

 69.9 70.4 70.5 71.2 71.3 71.8 71.7 71.3 71.2 71.1 71.0 70.8 71.0

2012

 71.0 70.0 70.9 71.3 73.0 73.5 (P) 73.9            

Government

  

2011

 228.4 232.1 233.3 233.1 233.4 234.2 222.5 217.6 231.0 234.0 235.7 235.8 230.9

2012

 232.9 234.7 236.0 235.7 237.2 238.5 (P) 225.7            

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

Northern Virginia, Va.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2011

 (1) 1,542,384 (1) 1,540,013 (1) 1,547,405 (1) 1,544,414 (1) 1,554,480 (1) 1,562,853 (1) 1,577,115 (1) 1,562,301 (1) 1,565,873 (1) 1,569,435 (1) 1,570,345 (1) 1,573,811 (1) 1,559,202

2012

 (2) 1,568,241 (2) 1,575,589 1,576,601 1,571,590 1,581,125 1,595,100 (P) 1,601,950            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 1,465,081 (1) 1,464,457 (1) 1,474,531 (1) 1,477,974 (1) 1,484,279 (1) 1,486,453 (1) 1,502,634 (1) 1,487,536 (1) 1,491,811 (1) 1,499,302 (1) 1,503,752 (1) 1,504,894 (1) 1,486,892

2012

 (2) 1,498,366 (2) 1,501,555 1,507,762 1,508,857 1,515,389 1,522,422 (P) 1,530,517            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 77,303 (1) 75,556 (1) 72,874 (1) 66,440 (1) 70,201 (1) 76,400 (1) 74,481 (1) 74,765 (1) 74,062 (1) 70,133 (1) 66,593 (1) 68,917 (1) 72,310

2012

 (2) 69,875 (2) 74,034 68,839 62,733 65,736 72,678 (P) 71,433            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 5.0 (1) 4.9 (1) 4.7 (1) 4.3 (1) 4.5 (1) 4.9 (1) 4.7 (1) 4.8 (1) 4.7 (1) 4.5 (1) 4.2 (1) 4.4 (1) 4.6

2012

 (2) 4.5 (2) 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.2 4.6 (P) 4.5            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(2) Corrected.
(P) Preliminary

Northern Virginia, Va. includes Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia.