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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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	3,981.6	4,004.1	4,023.6	4,052.4	4,059.2	4,087.6	4,066.6	4,064.6	4,060.7	4,082.0	4,115.6	4,104.3	4,058.5
2020	4,037.0	4,059.2	4,045.2	(p)3,692.2
Mining & Logging
2019	7.8	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9
2020	7.8	7.8	7.7	(p)7.5
Construction
2019	195.9	196.2	198.9	201.5	204.0	206.1	207.6	207.9	205.9	205.7	203.6	200.8	202.8
2020	198.3	197.7	199.4	(p)195.7
Manufacturing
2019	241.8	242.4	243.3	243.8	244.1	245.2	244.3	243.7	242.6	239.7	244.9	244.5	243.4
2020	239.7	241.4	239.9	(p)233.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	656.5	648.2	650.5	652.8	655.6	660.1	658.5	657.9	653.9	659.1	672.9	679.6	658.8
2020	658.9	650.2	651.1	(p)605.0
Information
2019	66.8	67.4	67.5	67.5	68.4	68.6	68.9	69.1	68.0	68.7	69.2	69.1	68.3
2020	68.2	68.6	67.8	(p)65.8
Financial Activities
2019	208.3	209.1	209.1	210.4	211.7	214.1	214.6	214.2	212.5	212.0	213.9	214.6	212.0
2020	214.3	216.0	218.3	(p)213.6
Professional & Business Services
2019	749.4	752.8	753.7	762.4	765.2	772.5	774.5	775.2	766.6	772.7	777.7	775.5	766.5
2020	763.4	768.8	765.7	(p)730.7
Educational & Health Services
2019	549.0	555.6	556.9	557.2	546.2	546.1	546.7	550.0	559.0	564.5	566.2	565.3	555.2
2020	560.7	565.2	557.6	(p)502.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	387.6	390.6	400.0	409.0	419.3	432.0	431.8	427.6	409.2	410.3	406.3	405.1	410.7
2020	394.9	401.4	392.4	(p)241.2
Other Services
2019	198.3	199.4	200.4	201.1	202.5	204.7	205.9	204.6	201.8	202.1	202.6	201.5	202.1
2020	202.4	201.4	201.5	(p)181.9
Government
2019	720.2	734.5	735.3	738.7	734.2	730.1	706.1	706.6	733.4	739.4	750.5	740.5	730.8
2020	728.4	740.7	743.8	(p)715.4
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
2019	(r)4,351,685	(r)4,379,746	(r)4,392,682	(r)4,380,461	(r)4,401,947	(r)4,434,710	(r)4,465,718	(r)4,422,123	(r)4,420,479	(r)4,440,231	(r)4,431,196	(r)4,425,963	(r)4,412,246
2020	4,441,323	4,472,457	4,445,359	(p)4,306,921
Employment
2019	(r)4,202,310	(r)4,242,132	(r)4,261,323	(r)4,273,985	(r)4,283,709	(r)4,304,790	(r)4,333,739	(r)4,291,862	(r)4,306,133	(r)4,328,395	(r)4,322,543	(r)4,318,658	(r)4,289,132
2020	4,307,025	4,349,458	4,297,542	(p)3,841,033
Unemployment
2019	(r)149,375	(r)137,614	(r)131,359	(r)106,476	(r)118,238	(r)129,920	(r)131,979	(r)130,261	(r)114,346	(r)111,836	(r)108,653	(r)107,305	(r)123,114
2020	134,298	122,999	147,817	(p)465,888
Unemployment Rate
2019	(r)3.4	(r)3.1	(r)3.0	(r)2.4	(r)2.7	(r)2.9	(r)3.0	(r)2.9	(r)2.6	(r)2.5	(r)2.5	(r)2.4	(r)2.8
2020	3.0	2.8	3.3	(p)10.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised