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Morgantown, WV: Nonfarm employment and labor force data
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Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||||||||||||
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Total Nonfarm |
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2018 |
69.8 | 70.6 | 71.0 | 71.9 | 72.1 | 68.4 | 68.7 | 69.1 | 70.9 | 72.0 | 72.0 | 71.6 | 70.7 |
2019 |
69.2 | 69.7 | 70.0 | 70.4 | 69.7 | 67.2 | 67.6 | 67.7 | (p)70.8 | ||||
Manufacturing |
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2018 |
4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
2019 |
3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | (p)3.9 | ||||
Professional & Business Services |
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2018 |
7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
2019 |
7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | (p)7.7 | ||||
Educational & Health Services |
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2018 |
14.9 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
2019 |
14.8 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.2 | (p)15.1 | ||||
Leisure & Hospitality |
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2018 |
7.1 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
2019 |
6.9 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | (p)7.6 | ||||
Government |
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2018 |
18.0 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 18.2 |
2019 |
17.6 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 17.5 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 | (p)17.7 | ||||
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Footnotes |
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Avg |
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Labor Force |
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2018 |
68,091 | 69,313 | 68,783 | 69,775 | 69,253 | 67,617 | 67,872 | 67,260 | 68,786 | 69,548 | 68,955 | 68,506 | 68,646 |
2019 |
67,876 | 68,711 | 68,074 | 68,560 | 67,941 | 67,146 | 67,838 | (p)67,605 | |||||
Employment |
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2018 |
64,983 | 65,845 | 65,567 | 66,861 | 66,417 | 64,295 | 64,831 | 64,284 | 66,064 | 66,824 | 66,334 | 65,691 | 65,666 |
2019 |
64,659 | 65,403 | 65,239 | 66,304 | 65,532 | 64,292 | 65,224 | (p)65,030 | |||||
Unemployment |
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2018 |
3,108 | 3,468 | 3,216 | 2,914 | 2,836 | 3,322 | 3,041 | 2,976 | 2,722 | 2,724 | 2,621 | 2,815 | 2,980 |
2019 |
3,217 | 3,308 | 2,835 | 2,256 | 2,409 | 2,854 | 2,614 | (p)2,575 | |||||
Unemployment Rate |
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2018 |
4.6 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
2019 |
4.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | (p)3.8 | |||||
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Footnotes |
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The Morgantown, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Monongalia and Preston Counties in West Virginia. |
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