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

 

2008

347.5 349.9 351.9 354.0 354.1 354.9 348.5 348.4 349.8 351.6 349.4 348.8 350.7

2009

338.0 337.2 337.2 338.3 339.7 335.7 332.6 330.9 333.3 (P) 334.7      

Mining, Logging, & Construction

 

2008

20.0 19.5 19.9 20.8 20.6 20.8 20.5 20.6 20.1 19.7 19.5 18.8 20.1

2009

17.8 16.7 16.6 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.3 16.8 (P) 16.8      

Manufacturing

 

2008

22.2 23.8 23.7 23.2 22.6 23.7 22.5 22.6 21.9 21.9 21.7 21.2 22.6

2009

20.5 20.0 20.0 19.7 19.6 19.2 19.4 19.3 19.1 (P) 19.2      

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

64.8 63.9 64.3 63.9 64.2 63.9 63.3 63.0 63.3 63.7 62.8 63.8 63.7

2009

60.7 59.8 60.2 60.0 60.6 60.4 59.8 59.7 59.8 (P) 60.2      

Information

 

2008

6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.2

2009

6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 (P) 6.1      

Financial Activities

 

2008

40.8 40.8 41.0 40.9 40.9 41.0 41.4 41.1 40.8 40.8 40.7 40.6 40.9

2009

40.5 40.5 40.2 40.1 39.7 39.5 39.2 38.9 38.6 (P) 38.2      

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

54.5 54.3 54.3 54.5 54.0 53.7 53.3 53.2 53.1 53.3 52.3 52.4 53.6

2009

49.7 49.4 49.4 49.5 49.7 49.4 49.5 49.2 48.7 (P) 49.1      

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

48.1 48.6 48.7 48.9 48.9 48.9 48.7 49.1 49.1 49.6 50.0 50.3 49.1

2009

49.9 49.8 49.7 49.9 49.9 49.4 49.4 49.4 49.7 (P) 49.8      

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

27.2 27.3 28.2 29.5 30.4 31.0 31.0 30.9 30.0 29.7 29.1 28.9 29.4

2009

27.9 28.0 28.3 29.1 30.1 30.6 30.9 30.8 29.6 (P) 28.8      

Other Services

 

2008

15.1 15.2 15.1 15.3 15.4 15.6 15.5 15.5 15.3 15.4 15.4 15.2 15.3

2009

15.0 15.1 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.5 15.5 15.2 15.0 (P) 15.2      

Government

 

2008

48.7 50.3 50.5 50.8 50.8 50.0 46.2 46.1 50.0 51.3 51.6 51.4 49.8

2009

49.8 51.7 51.5 51.5 51.4 48.1 45.4 44.9 49.8 (P) 51.3      

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

 

2008

359,528 357,113 359,246 359,713 357,610 357,651 358,413 356,726 354,490 360,133 360,360 360,047 358,419

2009

358,565 357,479 355,485 355,645 352,997 353,380 351,437 348,192 (P) 344,137        

Employment

 

2008

343,509 342,197 344,669 345,545 342,363 340,144 339,235 336,858 335,431 339,857 340,730 338,280 340,735

2009

331,626 328,048 326,655 327,798 323,504 320,530 320,137 317,657 (P) 314,143        

Unemployment

 

2008

16,019 14,916 14,577 14,168 15,247 17,507 19,178 19,868 19,059 20,276 19,630 21,767 17,684

2009

26,939 29,431 28,830 27,847 29,493 32,850 31,300 30,535 (P) 29,994        

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

4.5 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.3 4.9 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.4 6.0 4.9

2009

7.5 8.2 8.1 7.8 8.4 9.3 8.9 8.8 (P) 8.7        

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

 

2008

276,873 274,579 276,835 277,167 275,001 274,641 275,418 274,118 272,645 277,365 277,997 277,319 275,830

2009

275,721 274,993 273,107 273,501 270,671 271,275 269,798 267,327 (P) 264,048        

Employment

 

2008

265,401 263,827 266,089 266,806 263,976 261,448 261,099 259,284 258,096 262,225 263,660 261,774 262,807

2009

256,599 253,954 252,447 253,334 249,417 247,005 246,574 244,852 (P) 241,395        

Unemployment

 

2008

11,472 10,752 10,746 10,361 11,025 13,193 14,319 14,834 14,549 15,140 14,337 15,545 13,023

2009

19,122 21,039 20,660 20,167 21,254 24,270 23,224 22,475 (P) 22,653        

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.0 4.8 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.6 4.7

2009

6.9 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.9 8.9 8.6 8.4 (P) 8.6        

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

 

2008

51,234 50,961 50,863 50,963 51,211 51,376 51,308 51,009 50,543 51,071 50,689 50,732 50,997

2009

50,878 50,428 50,329 50,244 50,174 50,221 50,032 49,737 (P) 49,117        

Employment

 

2008

48,582 48,607 48,768 48,843 48,734 48,907 48,503 47,938 47,881 48,056 47,674 47,223 48,310

2009

46,291 45,537 45,496 45,580 45,381 45,280 45,338 44,905 (P) 44,914        

Unemployment

 

2008

2,652 2,354 2,095 2,120 2,477 2,469 2,805 3,071 2,662 3,015 3,015 3,509 2,687

2009

4,587 4,891 4,833 4,664 4,793 4,941 4,694 4,832 (P) 4,203        

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

5.2 4.6 4.1 4.2 4.8 4.8 5.5 6.0 5.3 5.9 5.9 6.9 5.3

2009

9.0 9.7 9.6 9.3 9.6 9.8 9.4 9.7 (P) 8.6        

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

 

2008

31,421 31,573 31,548 31,583 31,398 31,634 31,687 31,599 31,302 31,697 31,674 31,996 31,593

2009

31,966 32,058 32,049 31,900 32,152 31,884 31,607 31,128 (P) 30,972        

Employment

 

2008

29,526 29,763 29,812 29,896 29,653 29,789 29,633 29,636 29,454 29,576 29,396 29,283 29,618

2009

28,736 28,557 28,712 28,884 28,706 28,245 28,225 27,900 (P) 27,834        

Unemployment

 

2008

1,895 1,810 1,736 1,687 1,745 1,845 2,054 1,963 1,848 2,121 2,278 2,713 1,975

2009

3,230 3,501 3,337 3,016 3,446 3,639 3,382 3,228 (P) 3,138        

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

6.0 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.8 6.5 6.2 5.9 6.7 7.2 8.5 6.3

2009

10.1 10.9 10.4 9.5 10.7 11.4 10.7 10.4 (P) 10.1        

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.