District of Columbia: 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	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2012	721.9	725.1	729.9	731.3	730.1	732.5	740.5	727.1	733.4	738.5	736.0	735.1	731.8
2013	725.6	729.0	733.1	(P) 734.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	12.5	12.8	13.0	13.4	13.5	13.8	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.0	13.6	13.4	13.5
2013	13.3	13.5	13.6	(P) 13.4
Manufacturing
2012	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0
2013	0.9	0.9	0.9	(P) 0.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	27.4	27.4	27.5	27.8	28.0	28.2	27.8	27.7	28.0	27.8	27.5	27.9	27.8
2013	27.0	27.0	27.1	(P) 27.3
Information
2012	17.5	17.7	17.6	17.2	17.3	17.6	17.2	17.4	17.0	16.9	16.9	16.9	17.3
2013	16.6	16.8	16.8	(P) 16.6
Financial Activities
2012	28.1	28.1	28.2	28.1	28.0	28.2	28.0	28.2	28.1	28.0	28.0	28.5	28.1
2013	28.8	28.3	28.1	(P) 28.5
Professional & Business Services
2012	150.7	151.5	152.7	152.3	152.5	153.8	154.1	153.9	152.5	155.4	154.7	155.4	153.3
2013	153.3	153.3	154.6	(P) 154.7
Educational & Health Services
2012	114.6	115.2	115.5	116.2	112.2	110.0	107.9	108.7	116.7	120.8	120.9	118.7	114.8
2013	117.0	121.1	120.8	(P) 120.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	60.7	62.5	64.4	66.6	68.0	67.3	66.8	66.0	66.5	65.9	65.5	64.7	65.4
2013	62.3	63.1	65.3	(P) 67.7
Other Services
2012	67.0	67.6	68.0	67.9	68.3	69.1	68.7	67.9	67.9	68.4	67.9	69.0	68.1
2013	67.7	67.7	68.3	(P) 68.1
Government
2012	242.4	241.3	241.9	240.8	241.3	243.5	254.9	242.2	241.7	240.4	240.1	239.7	242.5
2013	238.7	237.3	237.6	(P) 236.5
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 349,671	(1) 352,850	(1) 354,760	(1) 353,038	(1) 359,832	(1) 364,467	(1) 368,860	(1) 365,294	(1) 367,016	(1) 367,678	(1) 367,470	(1) 368,386	(1) 361,610
2013	370,223	371,958	370,819	(P) 368,347
Employment
2012	(1) 315,282	(1) 319,357	(1) 321,167	(1) 324,612	(1) 327,548	(1) 330,847	(1) 334,437	(1) 332,304	(1) 334,981	(1) 336,727	(1) 337,215	(1) 336,766	(1) 329,270
2013	335,662	339,936	339,938	(P) 338,960
Unemployment
2012	(1) 34,389	(1) 33,493	(1) 33,593	(1) 28,426	(1) 32,284	(1) 33,620	(1) 34,423	(1) 32,990	(1) 32,035	(1) 30,951	(1) 30,255	(1) 31,620	(1) 32,340
2013	34,561	32,022	30,881	(P) 29,387
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 9.8	(1) 9.5	(1) 9.5	(1) 8.1	(1) 9.0	(1) 9.2	(1) 9.3	(1) 9.0	(1) 8.7	(1) 8.4	(1) 8.2	(1) 8.6	(1) 8.9
2013	9.3	8.6	8.3	(P) 8.0
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation. (P) Preliminary

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