Northern Virginia, VA: 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	Northern Virginia, Va.
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2012	1,328.9	1,332.0	1,340.5	1,346.6	1,354.0	1,366.7	1,354.4	1,358.1	1,359.6	1,365.1	1,372.4	1,371.5	1,354.2
2013	1,350.4	1,348.4	1,358.9	(P) 1,369.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	64.1	64.2	65.6	66.6	67.4	68.9	69.2	68.7	68.1	65.4	64.0	62.2	66.2
2013	61.0	61.1	62.5	(P) 63.4
Manufacturing
2012	22.3	22.0	22.1	22.2	22.2	22.3	22.3	22.3	22.1	22.1	22.0	22.0	22.2
2013	21.7	21.6	21.7	(P) 21.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	202.0	199.3	199.8	199.2	201.7	203.1	202.7	202.7	201.7	203.7	210.4	212.1	203.2
2013	204.2	200.5	201.7	(P) 202.7
Information
2012	39.5	40.0	40.3	39.2	39.7	40.3	39.8	40.6	39.8	39.9	39.9	39.6	39.9
2013	39.4	39.5	39.5	(P) 39.1
Financial Activities
2012	64.9	65.2	65.5	65.6	65.8	66.5	67.0	67.1	67.0	67.3	67.6	68.0	66.5
2013	68.1	68.3	69.4	(P) 70.3
Professional & Business Services
2012	376.1	376.9	378.4	381.1	381.0	383.6	385.0	386.0	381.8	386.5	386.1	384.7	382.3
2013	381.4	380.3	382.2	(P) 384.9
Educational & Health Services
2012	139.6	140.6	141.2	141.8	140.1	139.7	139.8	141.1	142.2	143.7	144.6	145.0	141.6
2013	143.1	143.6	143.7	(P) 145.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	117.0	117.8	119.8	122.1	126.4	131.1	130.6	131.0	125.9	122.5	122.4	122.4	124.1
2013	120.1	120.4	123.6	(P) 125.6
Other Services
2012	71.8	72.4	72.8	72.8	73.1	73.5	73.5	73.5	73.0	72.4	72.7	72.0	72.8
2013	70.1	69.4	70.1	(P) 71.7
Government
2012	231.6	233.6	235.0	236.0	236.6	237.7	224.5	225.1	238.0	241.6	242.7	243.5	235.5
2013	241.3	243.7	244.5	(P) 244.0
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Northern Virginia, Va.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 1,523,836	(1) 1,527,708	(1) 1,531,908	(1) 1,524,587	(1) 1,535,135	(1) 1,550,550	(1) 1,551,715	(1) 1,532,080	(1) 1,532,574	(1) 1,540,370	(1) 1,529,714	(1) 1,528,976	(1) 1,534,096
2013	1,539,032	1,527,126	(P) 1,539,740
Employment
2012	(1) 1,450,803	(1) 1,452,513	(1) 1,461,304	(1) 1,461,332	(1) 1,467,321	(1) 1,476,709	(1) 1,479,247	(1) 1,462,326	(1) 1,465,579	(1) 1,475,416	(1) 1,467,379	(1) 1,463,876	(1) 1,465,317
2013	1,468,055	1,459,604	(P) 1,478,102
Unemployment
2012	(1) 73,033	(1) 75,195	(1) 70,604	(1) 63,255	(1) 67,814	(1) 73,841	(1) 72,468	(1) 69,754	(1) 66,995	(1) 64,954	(1) 62,335	(1) 65,100	(1) 68,779
2013	70,977	67,522	(P) 61,638
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 4.8	(1) 4.9	(1) 4.6	(1) 4.1	(1) 4.4	(1) 4.8	(1) 4.7	(1) 4.6	(1) 4.4	(1) 4.2	(1) 4.1	(1) 4.3	(1) 4.5
2013	4.6	4.4	(P) 4.0
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary
Northern Virginia, Va. includes Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia.

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