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West Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	West Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2019	724.5	723.4	722.6	722.8	722.2	721.5	719.0	720.0	716.8	717.9	715.3	712.3
2020	714.9	711.4	709.5	(p)619.4
Mining & Logging
2019	23.1	23.1	23.0	22.9	22.8	22.7	22.6	22.4	22.1	22.1	21.4	20.9
2020	21.1	21.0	20.9	(p)20.8
Construction
2019	39.1	37.7	37.2	36.9	37.1	37.2	35.9	35.0	34.0	34.8	34.6	33.2
2020	33.7	33.1	32.9	(p)30.3
Manufacturing
2019	47.5	47.5	47.3	47.3	47.2	47.1	46.9	46.7	46.6	46.6	46.6	46.4
2020	46.3	46.3	46.3	(p)43.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	129.5	128.9	128.6	128.2	127.9	127.1	127.4	126.9	126.5	127.4	127.2	127.0
2020	126.5	125.7	125.3	(p)111.1
Information
2019	8.2	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.0	8.0
2020	7.9	7.9	7.6	(p)7.3
Financial Activities
2019	29.2	29.2	29.1	29.2	29.2	29.2	29.2	29.3	29.2	28.9	29.5	29.0
2020	29.3	29.3	29.3	(p)26.7
Professional & Business Services
2019	68.7	69.0	69.1	69.3	69.1	69.3	69.4	69.4	69.4	70.0	68.7	69.2
2020	69.4	68.5	68.2	(p)63.4
Educational & Health Services
2019	128.6	128.7	129.0	129.1	129.2	129.2	129.3	129.5	129.1	129.0	129.1	128.8
2020	129.0	129.5	129.0	(p)117.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	74.9	75.2	75.2	75.5	75.1	74.9	75.1	75.1	75.1	74.7	74.3	74.4
2020	74.7	74.6	73.7	(p)36.3
Other Services
2019	24.3	24.3	24.5	24.5	24.7	24.7	24.1	24.2	24.1	24.1	24.1	23.9
2020	23.8	23.8	24.0	(p)20.1
Government
2019	151.4	151.7	151.5	151.8	151.8	152.1	151.1	153.5	152.7	152.1	151.8	151.5
2020	153.2	151.7	152.3	(p)142.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	West Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2019	(r)790,389	(r)790,807	(r)791,185	(r)791,876	(r)793,046	(r)794,739	(r)797,083	(r)799,495	(r)801,633	(r)803,070	(r)803,129	(r)802,879
2020	804,830	806,570	823,300	(p)771,601
Employment
2019	(r)751,807	(r)752,664	(r)753,421	(r)754,352	(r)755,562	(r)757,007	(r)758,718	(r)760,287	(r)761,592	(r)762,385	(r)762,335	(r)762,154
2020	764,293	766,827	773,588	(p)654,467
Unemployment
2019	(r)38,582	(r)38,143	(r)37,764	(r)37,524	(r)37,484	(r)37,732	(r)38,365	(r)39,208	(r)40,041	(r)40,685	(r)40,794	(r)40,725
2020	40,537	39,743	49,712	(p)117,134
Unemployment Rate
2019	(r)4.9	(r)4.8	(r)4.8	(r)4.7	(r)4.7	(r)4.7	(r)4.8	(r)4.9	(r)5.0	(r)5.1	(r)5.1	(r)5.1
2020	5.0	4.9	6.0	(p)15.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised