Delaware Economy at a Glance

Delaware

Data Series	Dec 2007	Jan 2008	Feb 2008	Mar 2008	Apr 2008	May 2008
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force ⁽¹⁾	445.3 ⁽⁵⁾	445.0	444.5	445.3	446.7	446.2 ^(P)
Employment ⁽¹⁾	429.5 ⁽⁵⁾	428.3	427.9	428.7	430.2	427.6 ^(P)
Unemployment ⁽¹⁾	15.8 ⁽⁵⁾	16.7	16.6	16.6	16.6	18.6 ^(P)
Unemployment Rate ⁽²⁾	3.5 ⁽⁵⁾	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	4.2 ^(P)
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm ⁽³⁾	439.4	436.9	437.6	436.1	436.0	435.4 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm	0.5	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4 ^(P)
Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction ⁽³⁾	28.2	27.9	27.6	27.3	27.0	26.7 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction	-3.1	-1.8	-0.4	-2.2	-2.2	-4.0 ^(P)
Manufacturing (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	34.4	32.6	34.0	33.7	33.5	32.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Manufacturing	2.1	-1.5	3.0	1.2	0.9	-1.8 ^(P)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ⁽³⁾	83.2	83.4	83.2	82.9	82.7	82.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- TTU	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	-1.1 ^(P)
Information (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.8	7.0	7.0 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Information	0.0	-1.5	-1.5	0.0	1.4	0.0 ^(P)
Financial Activities ⁽³⁾	45.7	45.9	45.7	45.6	45.5	45.7 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Financial Activities	1.3	1.5	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.4 ^(P)
Professional & Business Services ⁽³⁾	60.3	59.3	59.2	59.4	59.1	59.3 ^(P)
12-month % change -- PBS	-1.1	-0.7	-1.0	-1.0	-1.7	-1.7 ^(P)
Education & Health Services ⁽³⁾	59.1	59.3	59.3	59.1	59.5	59.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- EHS	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.0	3.5	3.1 ^(P)
Leisure & Hospitality ⁽³⁾	40.3	39.7	39.8	39.7	39.6	40.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality	-1.5	-3.9	-3.6	-3.9	-3.4	-0.7 ^(P)
Other Services ⁽³⁾	20.3	20.8	20.9	20.9	21.0	20.8 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Other Services	-1.9	1.5	3.0	3.0	3.4	2.5 ^(P)
Government ⁽³⁾	61.5	61.0	60.8	60.6	61.0	60.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Government	1.2	0.8	-0.2	-0.7	-0.2	-0.5 ^(P)
Mass layoffs
Layoff events, all industries	4	- ⁽⁶⁾	- ⁽⁶⁾	4	3	3
12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries
12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries
Initial claimants, all industries	241	- ⁽⁶⁾	- ⁽⁶⁾	298	920	203
12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries
12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries

Footnotes:

^(P) Preliminary
⁽¹⁾ Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽²⁾ In percent, seasonally adjusted
⁽³⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽⁴⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted (see About the data)
⁽⁵⁾ Reflects revised population controls, seasonal factors, and model reestimation for 2003-07.
⁽⁶⁾ Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

Data extracted on: July 3, 2008

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Get Detailed Statistics" link at the top of this page

Delaware includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

Dover, DE
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ (Metropolitan Division)

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

Prices & Living Conditions

Compensation & Working Conditions

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