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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
2019	60.3	59.9	60.4	61.3	61.7	61.8	61.2	61.5	61.4	61.3	61.2	61.3	61.1
2020	60.2	(p)60.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction
2019	2.7	2.6	2.7	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	2.9	3.0
2020	2.7	(p)2.7
Manufacturing
2019	7.3	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2
2020	7.1	(p)7.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	14.1	13.9	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.1	14.0	14.3	14.4	14.5	14.1
2020	13.9	(p)13.8
Information
2019	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
2020	0.8	(p)0.8
Financial Activities
2019	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5
2020	1.4	(p)1.4
Professional & Business Services
2019	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.3
2020	5.2	(p)5.2
Educational & Health Services
2019	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.9	13.0	12.8
2020	13.0	(p)13.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.6	6.0	6.3	6.2	6.2	5.8	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.6
2020	5.4	(p)5.4
Other Services
2019	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
2020	2.7	(p)2.7
Government
2019	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1	7.8	7.4	7.5	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.1	7.9
2020	8.0	(p)8.1
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
2019	59,773	59,803	59,983	59,501	60,494	61,646	62,227	61,416	60,474	60,475	60,263	(p)60,428
2020	(p)59,496
Employment
2019	57,234	57,277	57,673	57,655	58,363	59,071	59,199	58,582	58,084	57,772	57,582	(p)57,392
2020	(p)56,286
Unemployment
2019	2,539	2,526	2,310	1,846	2,131	2,575	3,028	2,834	2,390	2,703	2,681	(p)3,036
2020	(p)3,210
Unemployment Rate
2019	4.2	4.2	3.9	3.1	3.5	4.2	4.9	4.6	4.0	4.5	4.4	(p)5.0
2020	(p)5.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Altoona, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Blair County in Pennsylvania.