Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: 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	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2012	111.5	111.9	112.6	113.1	113.5	111.8	111.2	112.6	114.0	115.0	115.7	115.3	113.2
2013	111.5	112.1	112.9	(P) 112.9
Manufacturing
2012	8.9	8.9	9.0	8.9	9.0	9.1	9.1	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0
2013	8.9	8.9	8.9	(P) 8.9
Professional & Business Services
2012	8.8	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.9	8.7	8.7	8.8	8.7	9.0	9.1	8.9	8.9
2013	8.6	8.9	9.1	(P) 9.5
Educational & Health Services
2012	24.2	24.2	24.3	24.3	24.3	24.3	24.4	24.6	25.0	25.0	24.9	25.0	24.5
2013	25.1	25.1	25.2	(P) 25.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	10.4	10.7	11.0	11.0	11.3	11.2	11.4	11.6	11.5	11.2	11.4	11.0	11.1
2013	10.5	10.7	10.7	(P) 10.7
Government
2012	20.2	20.7	20.7	20.7	20.6	19.1	18.2	19.0	20.3	20.8	21.0	21.0	20.2
2013	20.4	20.9	20.9	(P) 21.0
Footnotes (P) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 125,889	(1) 126,348	(1) 125,949	(1) 126,324	(1) 127,305	(1) 127,929	(1) 127,475	(1) 127,261	(1) 128,327	(1) 128,496	(1) 128,190	(1) 128,092	(1) 127,299
2013	126,041	125,988	(P) 126,069
Employment
2012	(1) 115,605	(1) 115,999	(1) 116,372	(1) 117,460	(1) 118,019	(1) 117,766	(1) 117,682	(1) 117,690	(1) 119,399	(1) 119,875	(1) 119,792	(1) 119,035	(1) 117,891
2013	115,713	116,227	(P) 117,007
Unemployment
2012	(1) 10,284	(1) 10,349	(1) 9,577	(1) 8,864	(1) 9,286	(1) 10,163	(1) 9,793	(1) 9,571	(1) 8,928	(1) 8,621	(1) 8,398	(1) 9,057	(1) 9,408
2013	10,328	9,761	(P) 9,062
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 8.2	(1) 8.2	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.0	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.9	(1) 7.7	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.0	(1) 6.7	(1) 6.6	(1) 7.1	(1) 7.4
2013	8.2	7.7	(P) 7.2
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary
The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

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