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Camden, 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	Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	558.9	560.4	564.3	564.9	570.7	579.4	566.2	567.2	575.3	579.7	583.4	585.8	571.4
2024	572.0	571.4	575.1	(p)578.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	22.8	22.9	23.3	23.2	23.5	23.6	23.8	23.9	23.6	23.6	23.2	23.7	23.4
2024	23.1	23.2	23.7	(p)24.1
Manufacturing
2023	40.3	40.2	40.2	40.5	40.5	41.1	41.2	41.4	41.4	41.3	41.3	41.5	40.9
2024	41.1	41.1	40.8	(p)40.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	136.9	134.5	134.3	132.9	134.7	136.1	134.8	135.6	136.9	138.1	140.5	142.2	136.5
2024	136.1	134.2	133.9	(p)134.4
Information
2023	6.4	6.5	6.3	6.2	6.6	6.4	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
2024	6.2	6.3	6.2	(p)6.3
Financial Activities
2023	29.7	29.7	29.9	29.9	30.0	30.1	30.1	30.1	30.0	30.2	29.8	29.9	30.0
2024	29.5	29.7	29.7	(p)29.8
Professional & Business Services
2023	78.5	78.9	80.5	81.8	82.0	83.2	78.8	77.9	80.5	81.7	82.9	82.2	80.7
2024	80.3	79.7	80.7	(p)81.5
Educational & Health Services
2023	103.8	104.6	105.2	105.1	106.1	108.3	107.6	107.9	108.7	109.3	110.8	111.6	107.4
2024	111.2	111.7	112.8	(p)112.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	47.0	47.4	48.4	48.9	51.0	54.3	54.3	54.1	52.2	50.5	49.6	49.2	50.6
2024	47.4	46.7	48.1	(p)49.5
Other Services
2023	20.2	20.3	20.4	20.7	21.0	21.4	21.0	21.0	20.9	21.0	21.1	21.2	20.9
2024	20.9	20.7	20.8	(p)20.9
Government
2023	73.3	75.4	75.8	75.7	75.3	74.9	68.5	69.1	74.7	77.7	77.9	78.0	74.7
2024	76.2	78.1	78.4	(p)78.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(1)688,300	(1)692,314	(1)695,521	(1)691,722	(1)691,054	(1)695,188	(1)693,475	(1)692,015	(1)689,171	(1)693,860	(1)695,461	(1)694,301	(1)692,698
2024	688,857	694,118	(p)698,020
Employment
2023	(1)658,895	(1)661,532	(1)666,810	(1)666,703	(1)661,694	(1)663,449	(1)659,787	(1)658,208	(1)658,585	(1)663,409	(1)665,820	(1)663,144	(1)662,336
2024	654,273	659,813	(p)666,058
Unemployment
2023	(1)29,405	(1)30,782	(1)28,711	(1)25,019	(1)29,360	(1)31,739	(1)33,688	(1)33,807	(1)30,586	(1)30,451	(1)29,641	(1)31,157	(1)30,362
2024	34,584	34,305	(p)31,962
Unemployment Rate
2023	(1)4.3	(1)4.4	(1)4.1	(1)3.6	(1)4.2	(1)4.6	(1)4.9	(1)4.9	(1)4.4	(1)4.4	(1)4.3	(1)4.5	(1)4.4
2024	5.0	4.9	(p)4.6
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024. (p) Preliminary
The Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Burlington County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(1)250,409	(1)251,795	(1)253,085	(1)251,914	(1)251,589	(1)253,134	(1)252,493	(1)252,134	(1)251,313	(1)253,135	(1)253,359	(1)252,692	(1)252,255
2024	250,375	252,375	(p)253,985
Employment
2023	(1)240,933	(1)241,804	(1)243,644	(1)243,664	(1)242,007	(1)242,693	(1)241,355	(1)240,948	(1)241,147	(1)243,001	(1)243,627	(1)242,702	(1)242,294
2024	239,195	241,199	(p)243,425
Unemployment
2023	(1)9,476	(1)9,991	(1)9,441	(1)8,250	(1)9,582	(1)10,441	(1)11,138	(1)11,186	(1)10,166	(1)10,134	(1)9,732	(1)9,990	(1)9,961
2024	11,180	11,176	(p)10,560
Unemployment Rate
2023	(1)3.8	(1)4.0	(1)3.7	(1)3.3	(1)3.8	(1)4.1	(1)4.4	(1)4.4	(1)4.0	(1)4.0	(1)3.8	(1)4.0	(1)3.9
2024	4.5	4.4	(p)4.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Camden County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(1)274,450	(1)276,172	(1)277,415	(1)275,811	(1)275,687	(1)277,204	(1)276,555	(1)275,878	(1)274,635	(1)276,397	(1)277,149	(1)276,883	(1)276,187
2024	274,887	276,950	(p)278,414
Employment
2023	(1)261,580	(1)262,707	(1)264,860	(1)264,750	(1)262,605	(1)263,284	(1)261,828	(1)261,069	(1)261,188	(1)263,028	(1)264,193	(1)263,129	(1)262,852
2024	259,776	261,989	(p)264,533
Unemployment
2023	(1)12,870	(1)13,465	(1)12,555	(1)11,061	(1)13,082	(1)13,920	(1)14,727	(1)14,809	(1)13,447	(1)13,369	(1)12,956	(1)13,754	(1)13,335
2024	15,111	14,961	(p)13,881
Unemployment Rate
2023	(1)4.7	(1)4.9	(1)4.5	(1)4.0	(1)4.7	(1)5.0	(1)5.3	(1)5.4	(1)4.9	(1)4.8	(1)4.7	(1)5.0	(1)4.8
2024	5.5	5.4	(p)5.0
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Gloucester County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(1)163,441	(1)164,347	(1)165,021	(1)163,997	(1)163,778	(1)164,850	(1)164,427	(1)164,003	(1)163,223	(1)164,328	(1)164,953	(1)164,726	(1)164,258
2024	163,595	164,793	(p)165,621
Employment
2023	(1)156,382	(1)157,021	(1)158,306	(1)158,289	(1)157,082	(1)157,472	(1)156,604	(1)156,191	(1)156,250	(1)157,380	(1)158,000	(1)157,313	(1)157,191
2024	155,302	156,625	(p)158,100
Unemployment
2023	(1)7,059	(1)7,326	(1)6,715	(1)5,708	(1)6,696	(1)7,378	(1)7,823	(1)7,812	(1)6,973	(1)6,948	(1)6,953	(1)7,413	(1)7,067
2024	8,293	8,168	(p)7,521
Unemployment Rate
2023	(1)4.3	(1)4.5	(1)4.1	(1)3.5	(1)4.1	(1)4.5	(1)4.8	(1)4.8	(1)4.3	(1)4.2	(1)4.2	(1)4.5	(1)4.3
2024	5.1	5.0	(p)4.5
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 19, 2024. (p) Preliminary