Morgantown, WV: 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	Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2011	62.7	64.8	65.1	66.0	66.1	63.0	64.1	64.1	66.4	67.7	67.7	67.3	65.4
2012	64.6	66.0	67.1	68.4	68.6	65.7	66.0	(P) 65.9
Manufacturing
2011	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0
2012	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.0	(P) 4.0
Professional & Business Services
2011	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.4
2012	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	(P) 5.7
Educational & Health Services
2011	12.5	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	13.1	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	12.9
2012	13.2	13.2	13.4	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.8	(P) 13.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2011	6.1	6.3	6.5	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.9	7.0	6.9	6.8	6.7	6.7
2012	6.5	6.6	6.7	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	(P) 7.1
Government
2011	17.0	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	15.3	16.2	16.1	18.2	19.1	19.3	19.1	17.9
2012	16.9	18.4	18.6	18.4	18.5	15.4	16.2	(P) 16.1
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2011	(1) 63,810	(1) 65,217	(1) 64,746	(1) 65,768	(1) 66,301	(1) 64,513	(1) 64,930	(1) 64,576	(1) 66,697	(1) 67,170	(1) 66,650	(1) 66,265	(1) 65,554
2012	(2) 64,749	(2) 66,145	66,215	67,649	68,535	66,764	66,761	(P) 66,229
Employment
2011	(1) 59,523	(1) 61,052	(1) 60,982	(1) 62,156	(1) 62,507	(1) 60,414	(1) 61,540	(1) 60,780	(1) 62,914	(1) 63,675	(1) 63,323	(1) 62,674	(1) 61,795
2012	(2) 60,955	(2) 62,285	62,921	64,390	64,897	63,153	63,430	(P) 62,704
Unemployment
2011	(1) 4,287	(1) 4,165	(1) 3,764	(1) 3,612	(1) 3,794	(1) 4,099	(1) 3,390	(1) 3,796	(1) 3,783	(1) 3,495	(1) 3,327	(1) 3,591	(1) 3,759
2012	(2) 3,794	(2) 3,860	3,294	3,259	3,638	3,611	3,331	(P) 3,525
Unemployment Rate
2011	(1) 6.7	(1) 6.4	(1) 5.8	(1) 5.5	(1) 5.7	(1) 6.4	(1) 5.2	(1) 5.9	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.2	(1) 5.0	(1) 5.4	(1) 5.7
2012	(2) 5.9	(2) 5.8	5.0	4.8	5.3	5.4	5.0	(P) 5.3
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals. (2) Corrected. (P) Preliminary
The Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Monongalia and Preston Counties in West Virginia.

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