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Lynchburg, VA: 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
 Lynchburg, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2016

 102.6 102.3 103.5 103.9 104.1 103.9 103.1 103.7 104.8 105.1 105.4 105.3 104.0

2017

 102.7 103.3 104.3 104.6 103.9 (p)103.9              

Manufacturing

2016

 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.9 14.8 14.8 14.9 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.8

2017

 14.7 14.8 14.8 14.7 14.7 (p)14.8              

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 19.7 19.4 19.7 19.6 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.9 19.8 19.9 20.1 20.3 19.8

2017

 19.7 19.6 19.9 20.0 19.7 (p)19.9              

Government

2016

 13.7 13.7 13.9 13.9 13.7 13.8 13.4 13.5 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.9 13.7

2017

 13.8 13.8 14.0 13.7 13.8 (p)13.8              

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary

 

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

Lynchburg, Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2016

 (r)120,195 (r)120,545 (r)121,575 (r)120,539 (r)121,346 (r)121,417 (r)122,288 (r)121,582 (r)121,985 (r)121,743 (r)121,877 (r)121,752 (r)121,404

2017

 121,277 121,669 122,873 122,928 (p)122,611                

Employment

2016

 (r)114,576 (r)115,055 (r)116,179 (r)115,815 (r)116,254 (r)115,410 (r)116,241 (r)115,566 (r)116,323 (r)116,305 (r)116,789 (r)116,539 (r)115,921

2017

 115,507 116,229 117,651 117,991 (p)117,274                

Unemployment

2016

 (r)5,619 (r)5,490 (r)5,396 (r)4,724 (r)5,092 (r)6,007 (r)6,047 (r)6,016 (r)5,662 (r)5,438 (r)5,088 (r)5,213 (r)5,483

2017

 5,770 5,440 5,222 4,937 (p)5,337                

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)4.7 (r)4.6 (r)4.4 (r)3.9 (r)4.2 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.9 (r)4.6 (r)4.5 (r)4.2 (r)4.3 (r)4.5

2017

 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.0 (p)4.4                

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

The Lynchburg, Va. MSA includes Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell Counties and Bedford and Lynchburg Cities in Virginia.