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Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2023	470.7	474.1	477.6	481.2	486.4	488.2	489.5	486.8	486.8	487.9	487.4	487.7	483.7
2024	476.3	(p)479.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2023	23.1	23.4	23.6	24.3	24.4	24.0	24.3	24.2	24.1	24.1	24.2	23.5	23.9
2024	22.8	(p)22.7
Manufacturing
2023	26.9	26.8	26.9	27.1	27.3	27.5	27.4	27.5	27.3	27.7	27.6	27.8	27.3
2024	27.8	(p)27.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2023	89.6	89.1	89.2	88.5	89.7	89.8	90.0	89.9	89.8	89.2	91.4	92.8	89.9
2024	89.0	(p)88.4
Information
2023	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
2024	3.5	(p)3.5
Financial Activities
2023	50.1	50.1	50.3	50.2	50.4	50.9	51.2	51.0	50.4	50.5	50.3	50.4	50.5
2024	50.6	(p)50.7
Professional & Business Services
2023	64.2	64.6	64.7	65.3	65.6	65.7	65.8	64.7	64.4	65.7	64.7	63.2	64.9
2024	61.3	(p)61.8
Educational & Health Services
2023	80.6	81.0	81.9	82.8	83.1	82.9	82.8	83.1	83.5	84.6	84.4	85.5	83.0
2024	84.7	(p)85.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2023	46.9	47.4	48.6	50.3	53.3	56.7	58.5	57.8	54.5	52.3	50.4	49.5	52.2
2024	48.1	(p)48.7
Other Services
2023	18.5	18.6	18.5	19.0	19.0	19.1	19.3	19.3	18.9	18.8	18.8	19.0	18.9
2024	18.9	(p)18.9
Government
2023	67.1	69.4	70.3	70.1	69.9	67.9	66.6	65.7	70.3	71.4	72.0	72.4	69.4
2024	69.6	(p)71.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2023	(r)499,613	(r)501,342	(r)505,827	(r)505,353	(r)503,525	(r)508,599	(r)511,051	(r)511,912	(r)505,933	(r)508,388	(r)508,839	(r)507,966	(r)506,529
2024	503,272	(p)506,346
Employment
2023	(r)478,007	(r)479,843	(r)485,279	(r)487,259	(r)485,006	(r)487,284	(r)490,300	(r)489,610	(r)486,161	(r)488,071	(r)490,713	(r)489,318	(r)486,404
2024	482,251	(p)486,104
Unemployment
2023	(r)21,606	(r)21,499	(r)20,548	(r)18,094	(r)18,519	(r)21,315	(r)20,751	(r)22,302	(r)19,772	(r)20,317	(r)18,126	(r)18,648	(r)20,125
2024	21,021	(p)20,242
Unemployment Rate
2023	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.1	(r)3.6	(r)3.7	(r)4.2	(r)4.1	(r)4.4	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)3.6	(r)3.7	(r)4.0
2024	4.2	(p)4.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised