Delaware: 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	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2011	406.8	407.9	411.8	418.6	420.7	423.0	422.9	419.0	418.7	419.7	418.9	419.4	417.3
2012	407.1	409.1	412.3	417.8	421.5	425.2	423.2	(P) 419.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2011	18.7	18.6	19.3	20.2	20.1	20.0	19.9	19.2	19.4	20.3	19.6	19.3	19.6
2012	18.3	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.5	18.5	18.5	(P) 18.5
Manufacturing
2011	25.3	25.3	25.4	25.6	25.9	25.8	25.8	25.7	25.8	25.9	25.8	25.5	25.7
2012	24.9	25.1	25.3	25.2	25.5	26.0	26.1	(P) 26.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2011	74.0	73.4	73.7	75.1	75.3	76.0	75.9	75.2	75.1	74.9	76.3	77.2	75.2
2012	74.0	73.3	74.0	74.5	76.2	76.6	75.9	(P) 75.5
Information
2011	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.8	5.9	5.3	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7
2012	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	(P) 5.6
Financial Activities
2011	42.3	42.4	42.3	42.3	42.3	42.8	42.9	42.7	42.9	42.9	42.8	43.2	42.7
2012	42.6	42.6	42.8	43.3	43.2	44.4	44.5	(P) 44.4
Professional & Business Services
2011	54.0	54.4	54.3	56.2	55.6	55.8	56.4	56.5	55.6	55.9	56.0	56.0	55.6
2012	54.1	55.0	54.6	56.0	54.5	55.3	54.5	(P) 53.2
Educational & Health Services
2011	65.4	65.6	66.2	66.3	66.4	66.1	66.5	66.6	66.9	67.7	68.0	68.1	66.7
2012	67.5	67.8	68.1	68.5	68.8	68.7	68.7	(P) 68.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	39.1	39.2	40.4	42.2	44.5	46.9	47.8	47.3	43.7	41.9	40.1	39.7	42.7
2012	37.8	38.0	39.6	42.7	45.1	48.6	49.7	(P) 49.5
Other Services
2011	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.6	19.8	20.0	20.0	19.6	19.1	19.2	18.9	19.2	19.5
2012	19.1	19.2	19.3	19.2	19.4	19.7	19.5	(P) 19.3
Government
2011	62.7	63.7	64.9	65.3	65.2	63.8	61.8	60.9	64.4	65.2	65.6	65.5	64.1
2012	63.1	64.4	64.8	64.5	64.7	61.8	60.2	(P) 59.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2011	(1) 437,388	(1) 436,052	(1) 437,726	(1) 438,622	(1) 437,114	(1) 441,181	(1) 441,968	(1) 440,749	(1) 436,678	(1) 440,062	(1) 440,934	(1) 441,700	(1) 439,181
2012	436,949	437,186	440,322	441,044	440,283	443,372	443,131	(P) 439,039
Employment
2011	(1) 401,923	(1) 401,471	(1) 405,347	(1) 407,456	(1) 407,282	(1) 407,351	(1) 408,665	(1) 408,035	(1) 404,708	(1) 408,415	(1) 411,540	(1) 411,235	(1) 406,952
2012	404,816	404,480	409,157	410,784	412,512	412,966	411,577	(P) 408,469
Unemployment
2011	(1) 35,465	(1) 34,581	(1) 32,379	(1) 31,166	(1) 29,832	(1) 33,830	(1) 33,303	(1) 32,714	(1) 31,970	(1) 31,647	(1) 29,394	(1) 30,465	(1) 32,229
2012	32,133	32,706	31,165	30,260	27,771	30,406	31,554	(P) 30,570
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 8.1	(1) 7.9	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.1	(1) 6.8	(1) 7.7	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.2	(1) 6.7	(1) 6.9	(1) 7.3
2012	7.4	7.5	7.1	6.9	6.3	6.9	7.1	(P) 7.0
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation. (P) Preliminary

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