District of Columbia: 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	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2011	713.3	716.2	720.6	725.4	725.5	729.3	739.9	725.5	728.4	734.2	739.7	735.8	727.8
2012	725.8	731.3	735.6	738.3	732.1	736.8	747.5	(P) 731.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2011	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.6	11.9	12.0	12.6	12.5	12.2	12.3	12.8	12.2	12.0
2012	12.0	12.6	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.6	14.1	(P) 14.3
Manufacturing
2011	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2012	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	(P) 1.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2011	27.3	27.1	27.1	27.5	27.3	27.4	26.8	26.5	26.7	27.0	27.8	28.0	27.2
2012	26.9	27.0	27.4	27.3	27.4	27.4	27.5	(P) 27.2
Information
2011	18.3	18.5	18.6	18.7	18.5	18.9	18.8	18.7	18.6	18.6	18.5	18.5	18.6
2012	18.2	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.5	18.5	18.4	(P) 18.5
Financial Activities
2011	26.6	26.5	26.6	26.9	26.8	26.7	26.7	27.0	27.2	27.0	27.2	26.9	26.8
2012	26.6	26.7	26.6	26.9	26.9	26.9	26.5	(P) 26.8
Professional & Business Services
2011	146.7	147.4	148.4	149.9	149.9	151.2	150.0	150.3	150.4	151.7	152.9	152.8	150.1
2012	149.2	149.4	150.8	151.0	149.8	152.2	151.5	(P) 149.4
Educational & Health Services
2011	112.7	113.6	114.1	113.5	113.6	112.6	112.4	111.1	116.8	120.2	122.2	119.6	115.2
2012	118.6	123.5	123.0	124.2	117.7	117.4	118.0	(P) 116.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	57.2	58.5	60.1	63.5	63.1	63.0	62.1	62.1	61.8	63.2	63.6	63.0	61.8
2012	61.4	61.7	63.2	64.3	65.6	64.9	64.3	(P) 63.4
Other Services
2011	65.5	66.1	66.6	66.7	66.9	67.7	68.4	68.6	67.3	67.9	68.6	68.7	67.4
2012	68.2	68.6	69.0	69.1	68.7	69.3	69.7	(P) 69.9
Government
2011	246.9	246.4	246.8	246.1	246.5	248.7	261.0	247.6	246.4	245.3	245.1	245.1	247.7
2012	243.7	242.5	243.4	243.2	243.4	245.5	256.5	(P) 244.4
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2011	(1) 344,138	(1) 344,866	(1) 344,619	(1) 342,427	(1) 342,728	(1) 346,571	(1) 350,100	(1) 344,400	(1) 344,260	(1) 343,053	(1) 342,486	(1) 342,348	(1) 344,333
2012	344,963	347,241	347,720	346,070	352,723	358,110	360,710	(P) 357,650
Employment
2011	(1) 308,105	(1) 310,997	(1) 309,655	(1) 310,240	(1) 308,316	(1) 307,303	(1) 311,997	(1) 308,457	(1) 308,007	(1) 308,430	(1) 308,571	(1) 308,647	(1) 309,060
2012	309,766	312,948	313,444	317,502	320,836	325,767	328,045	(P) 326,066
Unemployment
2011	(1) 36,033	(1) 33,869	(1) 34,964	(1) 32,187	(1) 34,412	(1) 39,268	(1) 38,103	(1) 35,943	(1) 36,253	(1) 34,623	(1) 33,915	(1) 33,701	(1) 35,273
2012	35,197	34,293	34,276	28,568	31,887	32,343	32,665	(P) 31,584
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 10.5	(1) 9.8	(1) 10.1	(1) 9.4	(1) 10.0	(1) 11.3	(1) 10.9	(1) 10.4	(1) 10.5	(1) 10.1	(1) 9.9	(1) 9.8	(1) 10.2
2012	10.2	9.9	9.9	8.3	9.0	9.0	9.1	(P) 8.8
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation. (P) Preliminary

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