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Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2023	480.8	481.3	482.4	481.9	483.3	483.3	484.8	484.6	485.8	484.8	484.9	486.2
2024	487.1	(p)487.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	24.0	24.1	24.0	24.1	24.1	23.7	23.9	23.8	24.0	23.9	23.9	23.5
2024	23.7	(p)23.6
Manufacturing
2023	27.0	26.8	26.9	27.1	27.4	27.4	27.3	27.4	27.4	27.7	27.6	27.9
2024	28.0	(p)27.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	90.0	90.1	90.5	89.7	90.1	90.1	90.4	90.5	90.7	89.4	89.3	89.4
2024	89.3	(p)89.2
Financial Activities
2023	50.2	50.2	50.5	50.5	50.5	50.6	50.7	50.7	50.5	50.6	50.5	50.4
2024	50.5	(p)50.7
Professional & Business Services
2023	65.8	65.6	65.3	65.1	65.0	65.0	64.8	64.2	64.3	64.3	63.9	63.4
2024	63.4	(p)63.4
Educational & Health Services
2023	81.2	81.2	81.8	82.3	82.6	83.0	83.5	83.8	83.9	83.9	84.1	84.8
2024	85.5	(p)85.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	51.7	51.9	51.9	51.7	51.9	51.8	52.5	52.5	52.7	52.5	52.8	53.2
2024	53.4	(p)54.1
Other Services
2023	18.7	18.8	18.8	18.9	18.9	18.9	19.1	19.1	19.0	18.8	18.9	19.1
2024	19.0	(p)19.1
Government
2023	68.5	68.9	69.0	68.8	69.1	69.2	69.1	69.1	69.7	70.1	70.3	70.9
2024	70.8	(p)71.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2023	(r)500,565	(r)501,840	(r)503,108	(r)504,379	(r)505,622	(r)506,816	(r)507,951	(r)508,877	(r)509,550	(r)509,885	(r)509,743	(r)509,610
2024	508,774	(p)508,210
Employment
2023	(r)480,249	(r)481,951	(r)483,581	(r)485,052	(r)486,268	(r)487,265	(r)488,070	(r)488,596	(r)488,903	(r)488,994	(r)488,845	(r)488,752
2024	488,115	(p)487,929
Unemployment
2023	(r)20,316	(r)19,889	(r)19,527	(r)19,327	(r)19,354	(r)19,551	(r)19,881	(r)20,281	(r)20,647	(r)20,891	(r)20,898	(r)20,858
2024	20,659	(p)20,281
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)4.1	(r)4.0	(r)3.9	(r)3.8	(r)3.8	(r)3.9	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1
2024	4.1	(p)4.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised