Virginia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2012	3,714.8	3,721.9	3,726.2	3,729.2	3,717.7	3,717.9	3,713.5	3,729.0	3,732.3	3,740.0	3,746.1	3,745.8
2013	3,745.0	3,761.2	3,753.8	(P) 3,765.9
Mining and Logging
2012	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.6
2013	10.6	10.7	10.7	(P) 10.6
Construction
2012	178.8	178.3	177.8	177.4	176.5	176.2	175.8	174.9	174.9	174.6	173.5	170.8
2013	171.2	177.5	178.3	(P) 177.6
Manufacturing
2012	232.0	232.7	232.4	232.2	231.7	230.6	232.8	233.0	232.9	232.4	232.4	232.5
2013	234.0	233.9	233.7	(P) 233.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	632.8	633.6	633.7	633.2	632.3	631.6	630.9	630.3	630.3	632.2	633.6	632.5
2013	636.3	635.4	630.5	(P) 634.1
Information
2012	71.5	71.9	72.5	72.0	72.1	72.7	71.5	72.7	71.4	70.9	70.9	70.2
2013	71.1	71.2	71.2	(P) 70.9
Financial Activities
2012	185.1	185.8	186.1	186.8	186.7	187.2	187.9	188.6	189.5	190.5	191.1	191.9
2013	192.0	193.1	193.4	(P) 194.2
Professional & Business Services
2012	673.9	675.0	676.0	678.1	677.9	677.7	677.2	678.3	679.0	682.5	683.3	682.7
2013	679.1	680.8	677.6	(P) 681.9
Educational & Health Services
2012	474.1	474.9	476.7	476.6	470.3	473.2	475.0	478.8	478.9	483.3	485.8	487.4
2013	483.8	490.1	489.1	(P) 490.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	356.0	357.4	359.0	357.9	357.3	355.3	356.7	358.5	358.8	357.9	358.2	360.2
2013	361.3	360.8	363.2	(P) 363.4
Other Services
2012	189.4	189.6	189.8	190.1	190.2	190.5	190.8	190.7	190.9	190.9	191.2	191.2
2013	188.9	189.0	188.4	(P) 190.5
Government
2012	710.0	711.6	711.1	713.8	711.7	711.9	704.0	712.3	714.9	714.1	715.5	715.8
2013	716.7	718.7	717.7	(P) 718.7
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2012	(1) 4,216,916	(1) 4,214,482	(1) 4,211,988	(1) 4,208,432	(1) 4,204,420	(1) 4,201,524	(1) 4,201,008	(1) 4,203,390	(1) 4,207,720	(1) 4,212,561	(1) 4,216,799	(1) 4,220,911
2013	4,232,238	4,228,866	4,223,543	(P) 4,225,439
Employment
2012	(1) 3,962,456	(1) 3,964,728	(1) 3,964,470	(1) 3,960,859	(1) 3,955,215	(1) 3,950,596	(1) 3,949,650	(1) 3,953,735	(1) 3,961,408	(1) 3,970,003	(1) 3,977,565	(1) 3,984,478
2013	3,993,467	3,993,706	3,997,835	(P) 4,005,710
Unemployment
2012	(1) 254,460	(1) 249,754	(1) 247,518	(1) 247,573	(1) 249,205	(1) 250,928	(1) 251,358	(1) 249,655	(1) 246,312	(1) 242,558	(1) 239,234	(1) 236,433
2013	238,771	235,160	225,708	(P) 219,729
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 6.0	(1) 5.9	(1) 5.9	(1) 5.9	(1) 5.9	(1) 6.0	(1) 6.0	(1) 5.9	(1) 5.9	(1) 5.8	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.6
2013	5.6	5.6	5.3	(P) 5.2
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. (P) Preliminary

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