District of Columbia: 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	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2011	722.9	724.2	725.5	723.6	725.0	727.1	730.7	718.8	733.0	734.7	737.6	737.7
2012	733.1	734.6	738.7	739.0	735.0	737.5	(P) 740.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2011	11.2	11.4	11.5	11.6	11.8	11.8	12.3	12.1	12.0	12.2	12.5	12.4
2012	12.5	13.1	13.3	13.2	12.9	13.6	(P) 13.8
Information
2011	18.5	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7
2012	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.2	18.6	18.4	(P) 18.2
Professional & Business Services
2011	148.9	148.6	148.7	149.0	149.1	148.6	149.0	149.8	150.3	151.1	151.9	151.9
2012	151.2	150.8	152.0	152.1	150.4	150.7	(P) 150.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	60.6	60.8	60.8	61.6	61.4	61.4	61.8	62.3	62.1	62.6	63.1	63.5
2012	62.7	63.2	64.1	63.8	65.0	63.5	(P) 64.3
Government
2011	250.2	250.6	251.5	249.4	249.1	248.7	249.0	235.0	248.9	248.6	248.5	248.6
2012	245.3	245.7	246.9	247.1	245.9	245.6	(P) 246.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2011	(1) 345,920	(1) 345,980	(1) 345,500	(1) 344,563	(1) 343,392	(1) 342,325	(1) 341,951	(1) 342,337	(1) 343,160	(1) 343,911	(1) 344,622	(1) 345,328
2012	346,567	347,810	348,625	349,685	352,149	354,112	(P) 353,859
Employment
2011	(1) 311,256	(1) 311,437	(1) 310,976	(1) 309,874	(1) 308,333	(1) 306,830	(1) 306,167	(1) 306,507	(1) 307,496	(1) 308,525	(1) 309,541	(1) 310,557
2012	312,157	313,554	314,489	316,431	319,283	321,954	(P) 322,217
Unemployment
2011	(1) 34,664	(1) 34,543	(1) 34,524	(1) 34,689	(1) 35,059	(1) 35,495	(1) 35,784	(1) 35,830	(1) 35,664	(1) 35,386	(1) 35,081	(1) 34,771
2012	34,410	34,256	34,136	33,254	32,866	32,158	(P) 31,642
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 10.0	(1) 10.0	(1) 10.0	(1) 10.1	(1) 10.2	(1) 10.4	(1) 10.5	(1) 10.5	(1) 10.4	(1) 10.3	(1) 10.2	(1) 10.1
2012	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.5	9.3	9.1	(P) 8.9
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. (P) Preliminary

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics