Altoona, PA: 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	Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2011	59.5	59.5	59.8	60.9	61.8	61.9	61.8	61.9	61.0	61.3	61.8	62.1	61.1
2012	60.5	60.3	60.5	61.3	61.8	60.8	59.9	(P) 60.9
Manufacturing
2011	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
2012	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.5	(P) 7.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2011	14.8	14.6	14.6	14.8	14.8	14.9	15.1	15.1	14.8	15.0	15.4	15.6	15.0
2012	15.2	15.0	15.2	15.6	15.6	15.2	15.3	(P) 15.5
Professional & Business Services
2011	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
2012	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	(P) 5.2
Educational & Health Services
2011	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4
2012	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.3	11.3	(P) 11.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.4	6.0	6.2	6.2	6.2	5.9	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.6
2012	5.4	5.3	5.5	5.7	6.0	6.3	6.2	(P) 6.2
Government
2011	8.7	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.7	8.3	7.8	7.8	8.5	8.6	8.8	8.7	8.5
2012	8.4	8.6	8.6	8.7	8.7	8.4	7.8	(P) 7.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2011	(1) 64,483	(1) 64,142	(1) 64,147	(1) 64,144	(1) 65,045	(1) 65,599	(1) 66,244	(1) 66,469	(1) 64,793	(1) 64,567	(1) 64,812	(1) 65,163	(1) 64,967
2012	64,561	64,370	64,462	64,624	65,546	65,352	65,723	(P) 66,105
Employment
2011	(1) 59,492	(1) 59,154	(1) 59,397	(1) 59,978	(1) 60,714	(1) 60,856	(1) 61,497	(1) 61,686	(1) 60,593	(1) 60,405	(1) 60,648	(1) 60,824	(1) 60,437
2012	59,666	59,576	59,861	60,509	61,224	60,465	60,639	(P) 61,180
Unemployment
2011	(1) 4,991	(1) 4,988	(1) 4,750	(1) 4,166	(1) 4,331	(1) 4,743	(1) 4,747	(1) 4,783	(1) 4,200	(1) 4,162	(1) 4,164	(1) 4,339	(1) 4,530
2012	4,895	4,794	4,601	4,115	4,322	4,887	5,084	(P) 4,925
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 7.7	(1) 7.8	(1) 7.4	(1) 6.5	(1) 6.7	(1) 7.2	(1) 7.2	(1) 7.2	(1) 6.5	(1) 6.4	(1) 6.4	(1) 6.7	(1) 7.0
2012	7.6	7.4	7.1	6.4	6.6	7.5	7.7	(P) 7.5
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals. (P) Preliminary
The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.

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