Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: 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
 Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2010

 321.5 320.5 324.0 328.5 331.0 330.6 327.8 326.7 329.5 329.7 331.6 331.6 327.8

2011

 321.0 322.4 325.4 327.2 327.1 323.7 322.6 320.8 323.5 325.0 326.3 (P) 327.5  

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2010

 14.2 13.7 14.4 15.1 15.3 15.6 15.4 15.8 15.6 15.4 15.5 15.4 15.1

2011

 14.8 14.7 14.6 15.1 14.8 14.5 14.5 14.1 14.7 14.8 14.6 (P) 14.3  

Manufacturing

  

2010

 18.5 18.2 18.1 18.2 18.1 18.2 18.1 18.0 18.2 18.1 18.1 18.0 18.2

2011

 17.8 17.9 17.9 18.1 17.8 17.6 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.8 17.7 (P) 18.0  

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2010

 58.0 57.1 57.6 58.5 59.0 59.2 58.4 58.3 58.9 58.6 59.4 60.0 58.6

2011

 56.7 56.5 56.8 57.3 57.2 57.6 57.5 56.9 57.2 56.7 58.4 (P) 59.5  

Information

  

2010

 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.2

2011

 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 (P) 5.0  

Financial Activities

  

2010

 38.4 38.4 38.4 38.3 38.2 38.2 38.4 38.5 38.4 38.0 38.1 37.9 38.3

2011

 38.0 38.4 38.3 38.6 38.6 38.6 39.2 39.2 39.2 39.2 39.2 (P) 39.4  

Professional & Business Services

  

2010

 47.7 47.9 47.6 48.1 48.3 48.4 49.0 48.8 48.2 48.0 49.2 49.8 48.4

2011

 47.5 46.4 47.4 47.1 45.8 46.3 46.9 47.0 46.3 46.5 46.7 (P) 46.8  

Educational & Health Services

  

2010

 53.1 53.0 53.4 53.7 53.8 53.5 54.1 54.0 53.9 54.6 54.5 54.2 53.8

2011

 53.8 54.4 54.6 54.4 54.1 52.5 52.3 52.1 52.9 53.6 53.7 (P) 54.0  

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2010

 25.9 25.7 26.8 28.6 29.6 30.4 30.8 30.7 30.5 29.6 29.0 28.5 28.8

2011

 27.4 28.0 28.6 29.3 31.2 32.0 31.8 31.9 31.1 30.7 30.2 (P) 30.0  

Other Services

  

2010

 14.3 14.1 14.4 14.4 14.6 14.9 14.6 14.6 14.4 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.5

2011

 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.5 14.7 14.9 14.8 14.7 14.5 14.6 14.5 (P) 14.5  

Government

  

2010

 46.3 47.3 48.0 48.3 48.9 46.9 43.8 42.8 46.2 47.5 48.0 48.0 46.8

2011

 45.7 46.7 47.7 47.8 47.8 44.7 42.9 42.5 44.9 46.1 46.3 (P) 46.0  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2010

 349,072 349,068 347,263 345,886 342,028 341,784 341,159 340,415 336,631 339,750 341,565 341,734 343,029

2011

 342,433 341,784 343,425 341,578 338,547 339,617 340,436 338,241 337,604 340,575 342,984 (P) 344,982  

Employment

  

2010

 315,130 315,227 314,962 315,299 312,468 310,277 309,731 309,052 307,403 310,424 312,734 312,797 312,125

2011

 310,173 310,212 313,972 313,183 311,556 309,017 309,495 309,009 309,464 313,629 317,826 (P) 319,252  

Unemployment

  

2010

 33,942 33,841 32,301 30,587 29,560 31,507 31,428 31,363 29,228 29,326 28,831 28,937 30,904

2011

 32,260 31,572 29,453 28,395 26,991 30,600 30,941 29,232 28,140 26,946 25,158 (P) 25,730  

Unemployment Rate

  

2010

 9.7 9.7 9.3 8.8 8.6 9.2 9.2 9.2 8.7 8.6 8.4 8.5 9.0

2011

 9.4 9.2 8.6 8.3 8.0 9.0 9.1 8.6 8.3 7.9 7.3 (P) 7.5  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

New Castle County, Del.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2010

 267,316 266,982 265,663 264,346 260,718 260,304 259,635 258,705 255,975 258,803 260,821 260,761 261,669

2011

 260,904 260,533 261,649 260,964 258,599 259,558 259,927 258,317 257,845 260,619 262,950 (P) 264,394  

Employment

  

2010

 243,081 242,977 242,263 242,035 239,334 237,405 236,566 236,190 234,400 237,334 239,782 239,732 239,258

2011

 238,037 237,799 240,418 240,061 238,694 236,846 237,114 236,893 236,781 240,718 244,840 (P) 246,119  

Unemployment

  

2010

 24,235 24,005 23,400 22,311 21,384 22,899 23,069 22,515 21,575 21,469 21,039 21,029 22,411

2011

 22,867 22,734 21,231 20,903 19,905 22,712 22,813 21,424 21,064 19,901 18,110 (P) 18,275  

Unemployment Rate

  

2010

 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.4 8.2 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.1 8.1 8.6

2011

 8.8 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.7 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.2 7.6 6.9 (P) 6.9  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Cecil County, Md.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2010

 49,801 50,443 49,848 49,932 49,885 50,094 49,989 50,129 49,542 49,772 49,531 49,432 49,866

2011

 49,894 49,626 50,042 49,480 48,945 49,173 49,448 48,767 48,726 48,829 48,827 (P) 49,066  

Employment

  

2010

 44,512 44,609 44,769 45,122 45,151 45,002 45,125 44,819 45,086 45,107 45,018 45,012 44,944

2011

 44,578 44,544 45,389 45,087 45,054 44,739 44,625 44,244 44,671 44,836 44,969 (P) 44,982  

Unemployment

  

2010

 5,289 5,834 5,079 4,810 4,734 5,092 4,864 5,310 4,456 4,665 4,513 4,420 4,922

2011

 5,316 5,082 4,653 4,393 3,891 4,434 4,823 4,523 4,055 3,993 3,858 (P) 4,084  

Unemployment Rate

  

2010

 10.6 11.6 10.2 9.6 9.5 10.2 9.7 10.6 9.0 9.4 9.1 8.9 9.9

2011

 10.7 10.2 9.3 8.9 7.9 9.0 9.8 9.3 8.3 8.2 7.9 (P) 8.3  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Salem County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

  

2010

 31,955 31,643 31,752 31,608 31,425 31,386 31,535 31,581 31,114 31,175 31,213 31,541 31,494

2011

 31,635 31,625 31,734 31,134 31,003 30,886 31,061 31,157 31,033 31,127 31,207 (P) 31,522  

Employment

  

2010

 27,537 27,641 27,930 28,142 27,983 27,870 28,040 28,043 27,917 27,983 27,934 28,053 27,923

2011

 27,558 27,869 28,165 28,035 27,808 27,432 27,756 27,872 28,012 28,075 28,017 (P) 28,151  

Unemployment

  

2010

 4,418 4,002 3,822 3,466 3,442 3,516 3,495 3,538 3,197 3,192 3,279 3,488 3,571

2011

 4,077 3,756 3,569 3,099 3,195 3,454 3,305 3,285 3,021 3,052 3,190 (P) 3,371  

Unemployment Rate

  

2010

 13.8 12.6 12.0 11.0 11.0 11.2 11.1 11.2 10.3 10.2 10.5 11.1 11.3

2011

 12.9 11.9 11.2 10.0 10.3 11.2 10.6 10.5 9.7 9.8 10.2 (P) 10.7  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

The Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J Metropolitan Division (MD) includes New Castle County in Delaware; Cecil County in Maryland; and Salem County in New Jersey.