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Camden, NJ: 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	Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2021	512.6	516.3	521.7	526.6	530.1	537.5	533.2	532.5	538.4	546.5	552.6	555.9	533.7
2022	542.5	549.4	554.1	560.3	566.3	575.2	570.0	(p)572.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	21.5	20.6	21.9	22.7	23.0	23.1	23.7	23.9	23.9	24.7	24.4	24.2	23.1
2022	23.3	23.1	23.1	23.1	23.1	23.4	23.4	(p)23.6
Manufacturing
2021	37.7	37.6	37.7	37.7	37.7	38.0	38.2	38.2	37.9	38.2	38.2	38.5	38.0
2022	38.5	38.7	38.9	39.2	39.2	39.8	40.1	(p)39.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	127.3	126.7	127.1	126.4	126.9	127.8	127.5	128.1	129.4	133.4	136.9	138.4	129.7
2022	133.7	133.6	134.1	135.4	137.2	139.3	139.4	(p)140.4
Information
2021	6.1	6.2	6.0	6.0	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.3	6.0
2022	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.6	(p)5.6
Financial Activities
2021	29.3	29.5	29.7	29.7	29.6	29.9	29.8	29.8	29.5	29.6	30.1	30.7	29.8
2022	30.5	31.1	31.0	31.1	31.2	31.1	30.9	(p)30.7
Professional & Business Services
2021	71.7	72.7	73.9	75.9	76.4	77.9	77.6	76.8	77.3	78.2	79.1	79.6	76.4
2022	76.8	80.5	84.1	85.4	86.6	87.3	87.7	(p)87.3
Educational & Health Services
2021	94.7	95.6	95.9	96.1	96.5	97.0	97.0	97.0	96.6	97.1	98.5	98.7	96.7
2022	98.0	99.0	99.4	99.9	100.4	100.6	100.7	(p)101.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	36.0	36.6	38.1	40.1	42.3	45.5	47.5	47.1	46.0	45.3	45.2	45.9	43.0
2022	43.8	44.0	43.4	46.0	48.4	53.0	53.9	(p)54.0
Other Services
2021	18.1	18.2	18.5	18.9	19.1	19.4	19.4	19.2	19.3	19.6	19.9	19.9	19.1
2022	19.6	20.0	20.1	20.1	20.5	20.9	20.8	(p)21.0
Government
2021	70.2	72.6	72.9	73.1	72.3	72.7	66.4	66.4	72.7	74.6	74.7	74.7	71.9
2022	73.1	74.1	74.7	74.7	74.2	74.2	67.5	(p)68.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2021	662,000	668,592	670,032	665,643	664,163	670,519	672,582	667,540	662,727	667,294	667,934	669,571	667,383
2022	666,643	668,720	673,302	671,898	673,275	673,258	677,231	(p)682,998
Employment
2021	613,325	619,334	624,055	623,492	622,544	624,496	627,747	626,349	626,658	635,478	638,800	642,222	627,042
2022	635,340	640,388	646,968	649,393	651,309	649,436	652,062	(p)657,934
Unemployment
2021	48,675	49,258	45,977	42,151	41,619	46,023	44,835	41,191	36,069	31,816	29,134	27,349	40,341
2022	31,303	28,332	26,334	22,505	21,966	23,822	25,169	(p)25,064
Unemployment Rate
2021	7.4	7.4	6.9	6.3	6.3	6.9	6.7	6.2	5.4	4.8	4.4	4.1	6.0
2022	4.7	4.2	3.9	3.3	3.3	3.5	3.7	(p)3.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.