Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: Nonfarm employment and labor force data : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: 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	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2018	131.8	132.6	134.1	134.9	135.9	134.5	132.8	134.4	135.6	136.0	136.5	135.5	134.6
2019	130.9	131.9	133.0	133.9	134.5	132.8	132.1	(p)133.7
Manufacturing
2018	10.4	10.5	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.6
2019	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	(p)10.6
Professional & Business Services
2018	12.2	12.3	12.7	13.0	12.9	13.2	12.9	12.9	12.8	13.0	13.2	13.1	12.9
2019	12.4	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	13.0	(p)13.3
Educational & Health Services
2018	28.3	28.2	28.2	28.2	28.3	28.2	28.3	28.6	28.6	28.7	29.0	29.2	28.5
2019	29.0	29.1	29.0	29.2	28.9	28.8	29.0	(p)29.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	13.7	13.9	14.2	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.5	14.3	14.4	14.7	14.2	14.3
2019	13.3	13.8	14.2	14.1	15.0	15.1	15.0	(p)15.3
Government
2018	23.2	23.8	24.0	24.0	24.4	22.4	21.0	21.9	23.4	23.6	23.6	23.3	23.2
2019	22.2	23.1	23.4	23.5	23.1	21.3	20.4	(p)21.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2018	144,116	145,763	145,822	145,795	145,588	147,016	145,720	144,538	144,981	145,452	144,570	143,863	145,269
2019	143,125	144,386	144,422	144,291	144,225	146,039	(p)146,262
Employment
2018	134,885	136,290	137,011	137,948	138,037	138,232	137,512	136,909	137,917	138,438	137,818	136,578	137,298
2019	134,300	135,932	136,794	137,988	137,724	138,095	(p)138,463
Unemployment
2018	9,231	9,473	8,811	7,847	7,551	8,784	8,208	7,629	7,064	7,014	6,752	7,285	7,971
2019	8,825	8,454	7,628	6,303	6,501	7,944	(p)7,799
Unemployment Rate
2018	6.4	6.5	6.0	5.4	5.2	6.0	5.6	5.3	4.9	4.8	4.7	5.1	5.5
2019	6.2	5.9	5.3	4.4	4.5	5.4	(p)5.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.