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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
2022	544.7	552.8	556.6	561.1	563.6	568.4	562.0	562.0	565.4	569.4	571.5	573.9	562.6
2023	562.4	558.5	563.1	569.3	576.6	584.3	577.9	(p)577.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	22.0	22.4	23.0	23.4	23.9	24.1	24.5	24.7	24.4	24.0	23.1	22.7	23.5
2023	22.4	22.3	22.2	22.4	23.4	23.6	25.0	(p)25.0
Manufacturing
2022	38.8	39.4	39.7	40.1	40.1	40.7	40.6	40.3	40.2	39.9	40.5	41.0	40.1
2023	41.1	41.3	40.7	40.9	40.8	40.8	41.4	(p)41.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	136.2	137.5	137.2	136.6	136.4	137.4	136.8	136.7	136.8	138.8	139.8	142.4	137.7
2023	137.2	135.7	135.2	137.1	136.2	138.5	137.4	(p)137.8
Information
2022	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.1	6.2	5.9	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0
2023	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	(p)5.9
Financial Activities
2022	29.9	30.1	30.1	30.1	30.0	29.9	29.9	29.8	29.5	29.0	29.2	29.4	29.7
2023	28.9	28.6	28.6	28.7	28.9	29.2	29.2	(p)29.1
Professional & Business Services
2022	76.7	78.0	79.2	80.7	81.3	81.3	80.8	79.9	81.2	81.8	82.9	81.5	80.4
2023	79.4	77.6	79.5	80.6	81.9	82.7	81.9	(p)81.7
Educational & Health Services
2022	99.5	100.9	101.2	102.2	102.8	102.8	102.6	103.4	104.1	104.6	106.2	106.5	103.1
2023	106.1	106.6	108.0	107.4	109.3	109.8	110.5	(p)110.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	43.5	44.3	45.6	46.7	48.6	51.4	52.7	52.4	50.0	49.8	47.9	48.0	48.4
2023	47.2	44.7	46.8	50.0	54.2	57.2	57.3	(p)56.8
Other Services
2022	19.8	20.2	20.4	20.5	20.8	21.1	20.9	20.8	20.7	20.7	21.0	21.0	20.7
2023	20.5	20.7	20.8	21.0	21.2	21.6	21.4	(p)21.3
Government
2022	72.5	74.1	74.3	74.7	73.5	73.8	67.2	68.0	72.6	74.9	75.0	75.5	73.0
2023	73.8	75.1	75.4	75.3	74.8	74.9	67.8	(p)67.9
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
2022	670,157	675,463	679,515	676,937	677,670	680,269	682,600	683,860	679,940	686,035	682,477	684,323	679,937
2023	693,643	693,730	698,198	695,885	697,980	703,457	705,212	(p)700,087
Employment
2022	633,684	642,242	650,833	652,825	654,138	656,055	657,616	661,600	660,725	665,417	661,315	662,626	654,923
2023	665,816	665,577	672,004	674,564	671,411	672,054	671,766	(p)664,876
Unemployment
2022	36,473	33,221	28,682	24,112	23,532	24,214	24,984	22,260	19,215	20,618	21,162	21,697	25,014
2023	27,827	28,153	26,194	21,321	26,569	31,403	33,446	(p)35,211
Unemployment Rate
2022	5.4	4.9	4.2	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.3	2.8	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.7
2023	4.0	4.1	3.8	3.1	3.8	4.5	4.7	(p)5.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.