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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
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.

 

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

Burlington County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

243,645 245,681 247,363 246,611 247,151 247,973 248,807 249,792 248,329 250,678 248,908 249,370 247,859

2023

252,433 252,426 254,163 253,568 254,228 256,172 256,787 (p)255,039          

Employment

2022

231,839 234,829 237,879 238,638 239,356 239,915 240,495 242,355 241,956 243,816 241,892 242,384 239,613

2023

243,462 243,286 245,544 246,534 245,555 245,836 245,723 (p)243,375          

Unemployment

2022

11,806 10,852 9,484 7,973 7,795 8,058 8,312 7,437 6,373 6,862 7,016 6,986 8,246

2023

8,971 9,140 8,619 7,034 8,673 10,336 11,064 (p)11,664          

Unemployment Rate

2022

4.8 4.4 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.3

2023

3.6 3.6 3.4 2.8 3.4 4.0 4.3 (p)4.6          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

Camden County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

267,454 269,413 270,823 269,613 269,667 270,850 271,797 271,866 270,372 272,718 271,646 272,628 270,737

2023

276,494 276,621 278,368 277,295 278,296 280,464 281,200 (p)279,112          

Employment

2022

251,463 254,981 258,456 259,198 259,502 260,411 261,022 262,260 262,009 263,778 262,486 263,028 259,883

2023

264,328 264,312 266,922 267,873 266,465 266,702 266,589 (p)263,722          

Unemployment

2022

15,991 14,432 12,367 10,415 10,165 10,439 10,775 9,606 8,363 8,940 9,160 9,600 10,854

2023

12,166 12,309 11,446 9,422 11,831 13,762 14,611 (p)15,390          

Unemployment Rate

2022

6.0 5.4 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.5 4.0

2023

4.4 4.4 4.1 3.4 4.3 4.9 5.2 (p)5.5          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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

Gloucester County, N.J.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2022

159,058 160,369 161,329 160,713 160,852 161,446 161,996 162,202 161,239 162,639 161,923 162,325 161,341

2023

164,716 164,683 165,667 165,022 165,456 166,821 167,225 (p)165,936          

Employment

2022

150,382 152,432 154,498 154,989 155,280 155,729 156,099 156,985 156,760 157,823 156,937 157,214 155,427

2023

158,026 157,979 159,538 160,157 159,391 159,516 159,454 (p)157,779          

Unemployment

2022

8,676 7,937 6,831 5,724 5,572 5,717 5,897 5,217 4,479 4,816 4,986 5,111 5,914

2023

6,690 6,704 6,129 4,865 6,065 7,305 7,771 (p)8,157          

Unemployment Rate

2022

5.5 4.9 4.2 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.2 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.7

2023

4.1 4.1 3.7 2.9 3.7 4.4 4.6 (p)4.9          

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary