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Virginia: 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
 Virginia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2016

 3,835.9 3,851.0 3,876.7 3,921.7 3,925.0 3,942.9 3,918.4 3,921.2 3,939.0 3,960.6 3,964.4 3,953.8 3,917.6

2017

 3,883.6 3,910.0 3,925.5 3,954.7 3,970.1 (p)4,003.3              

Mining & Logging

2016

 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.8

2017

 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.9 7.9 (p)7.8              

Construction

2016

 180.1 179.0 182.4 187.5 189.0 191.5 191.4 191.0 191.2 192.0 189.0 186.3 187.5

2017

 182.4 180.1 183.6 188.4 191.2 (p)194.1              

Manufacturing

2016

 232.3 231.6 231.7 231.2 231.6 232.8 233.3 233.4 233.3 233.1 232.9 233.1 232.5

2017

 231.3 230.5 233.1 231.9 233.2 (p)232.5              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 652.9 647.7 650.5 655.8 660.4 663.6 661.8 663.2 658.8 666.2 679.9 687.1 662.3

2017

 664.0 657.6 655.4 654.0 658.4 (p)664.0              

Information

2016

 68.5 68.8 67.9 68.8 66.5 69.5 69.2 68.8 68.4 67.8 66.6 65.7 68.0

2017

 65.5 66.1 65.5 64.9 64.7 (p)65.5              

Financial Activities

2016

 197.5 197.5 198.1 199.3 200.6 201.9 202.6 203.0 201.2 201.4 201.2 201.9 200.5

2017

 201.4 203.0 203.6 203.2 205.3 (p)207.2              

Professional & Business Services

2016

 700.3 702.7 705.0 715.4 714.7 718.6 719.1 721.6 719.2 725.0 721.9 720.2 715.3

2017

 715.5 720.5 722.2 732.0 737.8 (p)740.5              

Educational & Health Services

2016

 523.8 526.2 527.8 531.5 524.5 520.3 522.4 527.8 538.6 546.5 544.8 540.0 531.2

2017

 533.7 544.3 544.1 547.9 540.6 (p)539.4              

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 370.6 374.3 384.8 398.8 409.9 421.1 419.8 418.4 404.6 397.5 392.5 386.5 398.2

2017

 374.0 379.1 388.7 399.1 410.5 (p)433.0              

Other Services

2016

 195.5 195.9 197.4 199.0 199.7 201.7 202.8 201.7 200.1 200.1 201.4 200.2 199.6

2017

 197.8 197.7 198.4 198.4 199.5 (p)203.4              

Government

2016

 706.4 719.3 723.1 726.6 720.3 714.1 688.1 684.5 715.8 723.4 726.6 725.1 714.4

2017

 710.2 723.3 723.1 727.0 721.0 (p)715.9              

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Virginia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2016

 (1)4,179,096 (1)4,211,047 (1)4,237,899 (1)4,226,469 (1)4,240,815 (1)4,258,789 (1)4,283,528 (1)4,250,825 (1)4,251,219 (1)4,258,096 (1)4,249,068 (1)4,237,986 (1)4,240,403

2017

 4,242,259 4,267,816 4,293,840 4,304,904 4,321,660 (p)4,365,235              

Employment

2016

 (1)4,003,566 (1)4,036,468 (1)4,066,926 (1)4,073,719 (1)4,081,824 (1)4,080,272 (1)4,103,065 (1)4,067,682 (1)4,074,123 (1)4,087,933 (1)4,089,578 (1)4,077,960 (1)4,070,260

2017

 4,064,910 4,098,715 4,131,722 4,150,838 4,157,549 (p)4,194,095              

Unemployment

2016

 (1)175,530 (1)174,579 (1)170,973 (1)152,750 (1)158,991 (1)178,517 (1)180,463 (1)183,143 (1)177,096 (1)170,163 (1)159,490 (1)160,026 (1)170,143

2017

 177,349 169,101 162,118 154,066 164,111 (p)171,140              

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (1)4.2 (1)4.1 (1)4.0 (1)3.6 (1)3.7 (1)4.2 (1)4.2 (1)4.3 (1)4.2 (1)4.0 (1)3.8 (1)3.8 (1)4.0

2017

 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.8 (p)3.9              

Footnotes
 (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation.
(p) Preliminary