West Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	West Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2012	766.6	767.5	768.4	767.3	765.8	761.6	764.3	764.5	764.3	(1) 768.1	(1) 766.3	(1) 766.2
2013	(1) 766.5	769.0	769.6	(P) 769.5
Mining & Logging
2012	35.2	35.1	34.8	34.3	34.0	33.7	33.3	33.0	32.8	32.8	32.9	32.6
2013	34.0	34.8	35.2	(P) 35.8
Construction
2012	35.6	35.8	36.1	36.1	35.8	35.9	35.7	35.9	36.1	35.2	34.3	34.9
2013	34.8	35.3	35.0	(P) 36.0
Manufacturing
2012	50.0	49.8	49.7	49.6	49.3	49.2	48.9	48.5	48.6	(1) 49.2	(1) 49.0	(1) 49.1
2013	(1) 49.1	48.7	48.6	(P) 48.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	136.1	135.9	135.8	135.5	135.2	135.2	135.1	135.2	135.2	136.3	136.1	135.5
2013	135.4	135.1	136.0	(P) 136.2
Information
2012	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.3	9.3
2013	9.5	9.4	9.5	(P) 9.5
Financial Activities
2012	27.9	28.1	28.3	28.2	28.2	27.9	27.9	28.0	28.0	28.2	27.9	27.9
2013	28.2	28.2	28.1	(P) 28.1
Professional & Business Services
2012	64.3	64.6	64.4	64.7	65.2	65.0	64.6	64.9	64.8	65.3	65.2	65.1
2013	64.9	64.7	64.7	(P) 64.8
Educational & Health Services
2012	124.5	124.6	125.1	124.8	124.8	124.9	125.6	125.9	125.8	126.9	127.1	127.4
2013	126.8	127.6	127.2	(P) 126.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	73.5	74.3	74.7	74.5	74.4	73.9	74.3	74.1	74.0	75.2	75.4	75.3
2013	76.0	76.2	76.0	(P) 75.4
Other Services
2012	55.3	55.3	55.5	55.5	55.3	55.2	55.2	55.2	55.1	54.5	54.5	54.5
2013	54.2	54.4	54.8	(P) 55.0
Government
2012	154.7	154.4	154.4	154.5	154.0	151.2	154.2	154.3	154.4	155.1	154.6	154.6
2013	153.6	154.6	154.5	(P) 153.9
Footnotes (1) Correction (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	West Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2012	(1) 802,334	(1) 802,226	(1) 802,705	(1) 803,424	(1) 804,170	(1) 804,873	(1) 805,458	(1) 806,010	(1) 806,629	(1) 807,266	(1) 807,767	(1) 808,316
2013	809,580	809,116	807,069	(P) 806,266
Employment
2012	(1) 745,487	(1) 746,145	(1) 746,418	(1) 746,114	(1) 745,397	(1) 744,715	(1) 744,431	(1) 744,793	(1) 745,640	(1) 746,603	(1) 747,393	(1) 748,162
2013	749,349	750,389	750,933	(P) 752,720
Unemployment
2012	(1) 56,847	(1) 56,081	(1) 56,287	(1) 57,310	(1) 58,773	(1) 60,158	(1) 61,027	(1) 61,217	(1) 60,989	(1) 60,663	(1) 60,374	(1) 60,154
2013	60,231	58,727	56,136	(P) 53,546
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 7.1	(1) 7.0	(1) 7.0	(1) 7.1	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.4
2013	7.4	7.3	7.0	(P) 6.6
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. (P) Preliminary

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