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Altoona, PA: 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	Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2018	60.6	60.6	60.9	61.6	61.9	62.3	61.3	61.5	61.3	61.2	61.6	61.8	61.4
2019	60.8	60.8	61.5	61.8	62.7	63.1	62.6	(p)62.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction
2018	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.8	3.1
2019	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.2	3.2	(p)3.2
Manufacturing
2018	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.4
2019	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	(p)7.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	14.3	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.5	15.0	15.2	14.4
2019	14.6	14.4	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.3	(p)14.3
Information
2018	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9
2019	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	(p)0.8
Financial Activities
2018	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.5
2019	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.6	(p)1.6
Professional & Business Services
2018	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5
2019	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	(p)5.4
Educational & Health Services
2018	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.6
2019	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	13.2	(p)13.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.7	6.0	6.3	6.1	6.1	5.7	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.6
2019	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.4	6.0	6.3	6.3	(p)6.2
Other Services
2018	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
2019	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
Government
2018	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.8	7.3	7.6	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	7.9
2019	8.0	8.2	8.3	8.2	8.1	8.1	7.7	(p)7.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2018	59,176	59,173	58,990	59,178	59,590	60,903	60,991	60,216	59,095	58,745	59,220	59,385	59,555
2019	59,773	59,803	59,983	59,501	60,494	61,646	62,227	(p)61,256
Employment
2018	56,327	56,329	56,451	56,928	57,386	57,979	58,095	57,512	56,903	56,535	57,084	57,071	57,050
2019	57,234	57,277	57,673	57,655	58,363	59,071	59,199	(p)58,437
Unemployment
2018	2,849	2,844	2,539	2,250	2,204	2,924	2,896	2,704	2,192	2,210	2,136	2,314	2,505
2019	2,539	2,526	2,310	1,846	2,131	2,575	3,028	(p)2,819
Unemployment Rate
2018	4.8	4.8	4.3	3.8	3.7	4.8	4.7	4.5	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.9	4.2
2019	4.2	4.2	3.9	3.1	3.5	4.2	4.9	(p)4.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.