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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ: 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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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Total Nonfarm |
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2011 |
328.9 |
331.2 |
334.9 |
339.9 |
343.5 |
343.9 |
338.1 |
335.4 |
337.4 |
338.7 |
341.1 |
342.5 |
338.0 |
2012 |
337.0 |
338.3 |
339.1 |
343.6 |
346.2 |
348.9 |
343.8 |
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Mining, Logging, & Construction |
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2011 |
10.9 |
10.7 |
11.4 |
12.2 |
12.8 |
13.1 |
13.2 |
13.1 |
12.8 |
12.8 |
12.5 |
12.0 |
12.3 |
2012 |
11.0 |
10.7 |
10.9 |
11.8 |
12.3 |
12.5 |
12.9 |
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Manufacturing |
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2011 |
35.3 |
35.1 |
35.5 |
35.7 |
36.0 |
36.4 |
36.1 |
35.8 |
35.7 |
35.9 |
35.8 |
35.7 |
35.8 |
2012 |
35.0 |
35.0 |
35.0 |
36.3 |
36.4 |
36.4 |
36.5 |
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Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2011 |
68.1 |
67.3 |
67.7 |
68.1 |
68.8 |
69.6 |
69.5 |
69.1 |
69.2 |
69.6 |
70.3 |
71.0 |
69.0 |
2012 |
69.5 |
68.3 |
68.5 |
68.7 |
69.2 |
69.5 |
68.5 |
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Information |
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2011 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
2012 |
5.4 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
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Financial Activities |
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2011 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
15.3 |
15.1 |
15.1 |
15.1 |
15.1 |
15.2 |
2012 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
15.1 |
15.1 |
15.2 |
15.2 |
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Professional & Business Services |
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2011 |
43.3 |
43.6 |
44.2 |
45.4 |
45.6 |
45.1 |
45.5 |
46.0 |
46.4 |
46.8 |
48.5 |
49.0 |
45.8 |
2012 |
47.8 |
48.4 |
48.8 |
49.0 |
48.5 |
50.2 |
50.5 |
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Educational & Health Services |
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2011 |
66.6 |
68.0 |
68.6 |
68.5 |
68.5 |
67.0 |
66.4 |
65.3 |
66.9 |
67.1 |
68.1 |
68.4 |
67.5 |
2012 |
67.3 |
69.4 |
68.8 |
68.7 |
68.3 |
65.6 |
65.4 |
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Leisure & Hospitality |
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2011 |
29.0 |
29.4 |
30.0 |
32.2 |
33.8 |
34.8 |
35.1 |
34.2 |
31.6 |
30.5 |
29.3 |
29.8 |
31.6 |
2012 |
30.8 |
30.1 |
30.7 |
32.5 |
34.4 |
37.8 |
38.9 |
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Other Services |
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2011 |
13.8 |
13.8 |
13.9 |
14.1 |
14.2 |
14.5 |
14.5 |
14.4 |
14.1 |
14.1 |
14.1 |
14.2 |
14.1 |
2012 |
13.9 |
13.9 |
14.0 |
14.1 |
14.2 |
14.4 |
14.4 |
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Government |
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2011 |
41.2 |
42.5 |
42.8 |
42.9 |
42.9 |
42.5 |
37.0 |
36.8 |
40.0 |
41.3 |
41.9 |
41.8 |
41.1 |
2012 |
41.3 |
42.0 |
41.9 |
41.9 |
42.3 |
41.7 |
35.9 |
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Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program (not seasonally adjusted data)
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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Annual Avg |
Labor Force |
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2011 |
420,732 |
420,381 |
419,401 |
421,355 |
424,993 |
426,624 |
427,539 |
425,126 |
421,205 |
419,189 |
419,826 |
420,260 |
422,220 |
2012 |
421,661 |
422,294 |
422,351 |
423,599 |
428,574 |
434,760 |
438,101 |
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Employment |
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2011 |
380,481 |
380,297 |
381,329 |
386,367 |
388,436 |
388,360 |
388,819 |
387,442 |
385,972 |
384,069 |
386,179 |
386,962 |
385,393 |
2012 |
383,723 |
384,948 |
386,833 |
390,790 |
394,365 |
396,980 |
398,553 |
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Unemployment |
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2011 |
40,251 |
40,084 |
38,072 |
34,988 |
36,557 |
38,264 |
38,720 |
37,684 |
35,233 |
35,120 |
33,647 |
33,298 |
36,827 |
2012 |
37,938 |
37,346 |
35,518 |
32,809 |
34,209 |
37,780 |
39,548 |
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Unemployment Rate |
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2011 |
9.6 |
9.5 |
9.1 |
8.3 |
8.6 |
9.0 |
9.1 |
8.9 |
8.4 |
8.4 |
8.0 |
7.9 |
8.7 |
2012 |
9.0 |
8.8 |
8.4 |
7.7 |
8.0 |
8.7 |
9.0 |
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The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.-N.J. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties in Pennsylvania and Warren County in New Jersey.
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