Delaware: 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	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2011	417.8	418.9	418.4	419.4	417.3	415.5	417.2	415.5	416.0	417.8	416.5	417.4
2012	418.2	420.6	418.9	419.5	417.8	417.9	(P) 417.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2011	20.0	20.3	20.2	20.1	19.8	19.2	19.5	18.9	19.0	20.0	19.1	19.0
2012	19.1	19.3	19.0	18.2	18.2	18.0	(P) 18.1
Manufacturing
2011	25.6	25.6	25.7	25.7	25.9	25.8	25.9	25.6	25.6	25.6	25.5	25.4
2012	25.3	25.7	25.7	25.4	25.7	25.9	(P) 26.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2011	75.2	75.7	75.5	76.2	75.5	75.6	74.8	74.5	74.9	74.8	75.0	75.3
2012	76.0	75.7	75.7	75.4	76.2	75.2	(P) 74.8
Information
2011	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
2012	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	(P) 5.5
Financial Activities
2011	42.8	42.9	42.7	42.6	42.4	42.3	42.4	42.4	42.8	43.1	43.0	43.4
2012	42.9	42.9	43.0	43.4	43.2	44.2	(P) 43.9
Professional & Business Services
2011	55.2	55.6	55.3	55.9	55.5	55.5	55.9	55.9	55.2	55.4	55.3	55.0
2012	55.7	56.7	55.3	56.2	54.1	54.6	(P) 53.8
Educational & Health Services
2011	65.6	65.7	66.1	66.0	66.1	66.0	67.0	67.4	67.1	67.4	67.6	67.7
2012	67.5	67.7	67.7	68.2	68.7	69.1	(P) 69.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	44.0	43.8	44.0	43.6	43.4	41.9	42.2	41.9	41.5	42.1	41.8	42.1
2012	42.1	42.5	43.6	44.8	43.9	44.0	(P) 43.7
Other Services
2011	19.8	19.7	19.7	19.6	19.7	19.5	19.7	19.4	19.3	19.1	19.0	19.1
2012	19.5	19.7	19.5	19.1	19.3	19.4	(P) 19.4
Government
2011	63.7	63.7	63.4	63.9	63.4	63.9	64.0	64.2	64.8	64.5	64.4	64.6
2012	64.3	64.6	63.7	63.1	62.9	61.9	(P) 62.5
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2011	(1) 438,245	(1) 438,481	(1) 438,506	(1) 438,319	(1) 438,162	(1) 438,185	(1) 438,423	(1) 439,026	(1) 439,756	(1) 440,417	(1) 440,829	(1) 441,593
2012	440,458	439,769	439,934	440,592	441,493	440,984	(P) 439,745
Employment
2011	(1) 405,214	(1) 406,032	(1) 406,546	(1) 406,602	(1) 406,289	(1) 405,942	(1) 405,911	(1) 406,370	(1) 407,206	(1) 408,136	(1) 408,978	(1) 409,786
2012	409,519	409,233	409,656	410,395	411,573	411,469	(P) 409,749
Unemployment
2011	(1) 33,031	(1) 32,449	(1) 31,960	(1) 31,717	(1) 31,873	(1) 32,243	(1) 32,512	(1) 32,656	(1) 32,550	(1) 32,281	(1) 31,851	(1) 31,807
2012	30,939	30,536	30,278	30,197	29,920	29,515	(P) 29,996
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.2	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.2	(1) 7.2
2012	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.7	(P) 6.8
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. (P) Preliminary

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics