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West 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	West Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	711.3	711.0	715.7	722.4	724.8	723.7	715.1	720.5	721.8	726.9	723.8	717.0	719.5
2020	701.2	699.8	704.7	(p)620.0
Mining & Logging
2019	23.0	23.0	23.0	22.9	22.8	22.7	22.6	22.4	22.1	22.2	21.4	21.0	22.4
2020	20.9	20.8	20.8	(p)20.5
Construction
2019	34.0	32.1	33.2	35.5	37.7	38.8	38.8	38.4	37.5	37.1	36.4	32.5	36.0
2020	30.1	28.4	30.4	(p)29.2
Manufacturing
2019	47.2	47.2	47.2	47.2	47.2	47.5	47.1	46.9	46.7	46.6	46.6	46.4	47.0
2020	46.1	46.2	46.2	(p)43.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	128.1	126.0	126.2	126.3	126.5	126.0	126.2	125.9	126.1	128.6	131.4	131.7	127.4
2020	124.6	122.9	123.6	(p)109.6
Information
2019	8.2	8.1	8.1	8.0	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.1
2020	7.9	7.8	7.6	(p)7.2
Financial Activities
2019	28.9	28.9	29.0	29.1	29.3	29.4	29.3	29.4	29.3	29.0	29.3	29.0	29.2
2020	29.2	29.2	29.2	(p)26.7
Professional & Business Services
2019	67.4	68.0	68.4	69.3	69.2	69.9	70.1	70.3	69.7	70.7	69.0	68.9	69.2
2020	67.7	67.3	67.4	(p)63.5
Educational & Health Services
2019	128.1	128.8	129.3	129.4	129.2	128.4	127.7	128.8	129.5	130.4	130.3	129.9	129.2
2020	128.8	129.6	129.3	(p)117.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	71.9	72.4	73.4	75.2	76.4	77.6	77.7	77.7	76.0	75.4	73.0	72.5	74.9
2020	71.1	71.3	71.2	(p)36.0
Other Services
2019	23.9	24.0	24.4	24.8	24.7	25.0	24.3	24.4	24.2	24.1	24.0	23.8	24.3
2020	23.7	23.5	23.9	(p)20.1
Government
2019	150.6	152.5	153.5	154.7	153.7	150.4	143.3	148.3	152.7	154.7	154.4	153.3	151.8
2020	151.1	152.8	155.1	(p)146.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	West Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(r)782,264	(r)789,220	(r)784,130	(r)789,799	(r)794,398	(r)806,744	(r)805,335	(r)801,184	(r)803,603	(r)807,512	(r)801,681	(r)797,720	(r)796,966
2020	799,751	807,356	812,584	(p)775,157
Employment
2019	(r)737,311	(r)742,379	(r)743,006	(r)754,156	(r)759,025	(r)767,050	(r)767,274	(r)762,931	(r)768,802	(r)770,641	(r)763,494	(r)758,154	(r)757,852
2020	756,159	763,073	762,490	(p)652,359
Unemployment
2019	(r)44,953	(r)46,841	(r)41,124	(r)35,643	(r)35,373	(r)39,694	(r)38,061	(r)38,253	(r)34,801	(r)36,871	(r)38,187	(r)39,566	(r)39,114
2020	43,592	44,283	50,094	(p)122,798
Unemployment Rate
2019	(r)5.7	(r)5.9	(r)5.2	(r)4.5	(r)4.5	(r)4.9	(r)4.7	(r)4.8	(r)4.3	(r)4.6	(r)4.8	(r)5.0	(r)4.9
2020	5.5	5.5	6.2	(p)15.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised