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	(p)132.7
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	(p)10.7
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	(p)12.6
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	(p)28.7
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	(p)15.1
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	(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	(r)144,116	(r)145,763	(r)145,822	(r)145,795	(r)145,588	(r)147,016	(r)145,720	(r)144,538	(r)144,981	(r)145,452	(r)144,570	(r)143,863	(r)145,269
2019	143,125	144,386	144,422	144,291	(p)144,256
Employment
2018	(r)134,885	(r)136,290	(r)137,011	(r)137,948	(r)138,037	(r)138,232	(r)137,512	(r)136,909	(r)137,917	(r)138,438	(r)137,818	(r)136,578	(r)137,298
2019	134,300	135,932	136,794	137,988	(p)137,784
Unemployment
2018	(r)9,231	(r)9,473	(r)8,811	(r)7,847	(r)7,551	(r)8,784	(r)8,208	(r)7,629	(r)7,064	(r)7,014	(r)6,752	(r)7,285	(r)7,971
2019	8,825	8,454	7,628	6,303	(p)6,472
Unemployment Rate
2018	(r)6.4	(r)6.5	(r)6.0	(r)5.4	(r)5.2	(r)6.0	(r)5.6	(r)5.3	(r)4.9	(r)4.8	(r)4.7	(r)5.1	(r)5.5
2019	6.2	5.9	5.3	4.4	(p)4.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised
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.