West Virginia: 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	West Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2012	748.7	754.5	762.6	766.9	771.0	763.0	762.1	765.0	769.6	(1) 774.6	(1) 774.2	(1) 771.8	(1) 765.3
2013	(1) 752.2	757.5	764.5	(P) 771.0
Mining & Logging
2012	35.2	34.9	34.7	34.0	33.7	33.7	33.2	33.0	32.8	33.2	33.4	32.8	33.7
2013	33.8	34.5	35.3	(P) 35.9
Construction
2012	31.3	31.6	33.3	35.5	36.4	37.5	37.3	37.8	38.2	37.9	36.2	34.2	35.6
2013	30.4	30.4	31.1	(P) 34.7
Manufacturing
2012	49.3	49.3	49.4	49.4	49.5	49.7	49.4	48.6	48.5	(1) 49.2	(1) 49.0	(1) 49.2	(1) 49.2
2013	(1) 48.8	48.3	48.7	(P) 48.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	134.4	132.9	133.8	134.0	134.8	135.2	135.0	135.4	135.6	136.7	138.9	138.5	135.4
2013	134.0	132.8	133.9	(P) 135.2
Information
2012	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5
2013	9.4	9.3	9.4	(P) 9.4
Financial Activities
2012	27.7	27.9	28.0	28.1	28.2	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.1	28.2	27.8	28.1	28.0
2013	28.0	28.0	28.1	(P) 28.1
Professional & Business Services
2012	63.4	63.7	63.9	65.1	65.0	65.1	64.6	65.3	64.8	65.6	65.6	65.3	64.8
2013	63.9	64.1	64.5	(P) 65.2
Educational & Health Services
2012	122.5	124.4	125.3	125.1	125.4	123.9	123.8	124.7	126.7	127.7	128.0	128.2	125.5
2013	125.6	127.3	127.6	(P) 127.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	69.9	70.7	72.7	74.0	75.7	76.7	77.0	77.4	76.0	75.4	74.5	74.5	74.5
2013	72.7	73.0	73.8	(P) 74.9
Other Services
2012	54.7	54.8	55.4	55.5	55.6	55.6	55.4	55.2	55.1	54.4	54.3	54.3	55.0
2013	53.8	54.0	54.5	(P) 55.0
Government
2012	150.8	154.8	156.6	156.7	157.2	148.0	148.7	149.9	154.2	156.9	157.1	157.3	154.0
2013	151.8	155.8	157.6	(P) 157.0
Footnotes (1) Correction (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	West Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 788,596	(1) 794,941	(1) 792,235	(1) 801,148	(1) 809,863	(1) 819,118	(1) 816,530	(1) 808,288	(1) 810,757	(1) 810,457	(1) 804,731	(1) 802,339	(1) 804,917
2013	799,875	800,910	794,864	(P) 803,976
Employment
2012	(1) 727,167	(1) 730,237	(1) 732,265	(1) 744,060	(1) 751,016	(1) 756,461	(1) 756,198	(1) 748,331	(1) 755,536	(1) 755,505	(1) 749,474	(1) 743,856	(1) 745,842
2013	733,444	735,961	737,378	(P) 750,831
Unemployment
2012	(1) 61,429	(1) 64,704	(1) 59,970	(1) 57,088	(1) 58,847	(1) 62,657	(1) 60,332	(1) 59,957	(1) 55,221	(1) 54,952	(1) 55,257	(1) 58,483	(1) 59,075
2013	66,431	64,949	57,486	(P) 53,145
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 7.8	(1) 8.1	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.1	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.4	(1) 7.4	(1) 6.8	(1) 6.8	(1) 6.9	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.3
2013	8.3	8.1	7.2	(P) 6.6
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation. (P) Preliminary

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