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Charleston, WV: 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	Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	108.1	108.1	108.3	108.7	109.2	109.9	108.9	109.5	109.0	108.8	108.7	108.3	108.8
2020	106.2	106.4	107.4	93.5	95.3	(p)100.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	6.7	6.7	6.8	7.0	7.2	7.2	7.4	7.2	7.2	7.1	6.8	6.5	7.0
2020	6.1	6.0	6.3	5.7	6.4	(p)6.9
Manufacturing
2019	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3
2020	3.2	3.2	3.1	2.9	3.0	(p)3.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	17.9	17.6	17.6	17.5	17.6	17.5	17.6	17.6	17.6	17.5	17.6	17.9	17.6
2020	17.3	17.2	17.1	14.5	15.1	(p)15.8
Information
2019	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6
2020	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	(p)1.4
Financial Activities
2019	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.9	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.9	6.8	6.9
2020	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.4	6.6	(p)6.5
Professional & Business Services
2019	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.8	13.9	13.8	14.0	13.7	13.6	13.8
2020	13.4	13.5	13.7	12.6	12.2	(p)12.7
Educational & Health Services
2019	20.8	20.9	20.9	20.8	20.9	21.0	20.9	21.0	21.1	21.2	21.4	21.5	21.0
2020	21.4	21.6	21.6	19.3	19.6	(p)20.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	9.8	9.7	9.8	10.2	10.4	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.0	9.8	9.8	9.7	10.1
2020	9.4	9.4	9.6	4.8	6.1	(p)7.8
Other Services
2019	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
2020	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.2	3.3	(p)3.6
Government
2019	23.4	23.6	23.8	23.5	23.6	23.9	23.0	23.6	23.7	23.7	23.8	23.6	23.6
2020	23.3	23.4	23.8	22.8	21.7	(p)22.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(1)91,683	(1)92,409	(1)91,551	(1)91,943	(1)92,539	(1)94,941	(1)94,839	(1)94,155	(1)93,556	(1)93,593	(1)92,825	(1)92,324	(1)93,030
2020	93,142	93,525	94,679	92,142	91,966	(p)92,989
Employment
2019	(1)86,481	(1)87,075	(1)86,870	(1)87,854	(1)88,420	(1)90,440	(1)90,534	(1)89,693	(1)89,494	(1)89,403	(1)88,513	(1)87,961	(1)88,562
2020	88,273	88,643	89,077	75,701	78,956	(p)82,278
Unemployment
2019	(1)5,202	(1)5,334	(1)4,681	(1)4,089	(1)4,119	(1)4,501	(1)4,305	(1)4,462	(1)4,062	(1)4,190	(1)4,312	(1)4,363	(1)4,468
2020	4,869	4,882	5,602	16,441	13,010	(p)10,711
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)5.7	(1)5.8	(1)5.1	(1)4.4	(1)4.5	(1)4.7	(1)4.5	(1)4.7	(1)4.3	(1)4.5	(1)4.6	(1)4.7	(1)4.8
2020	5.2	5.2	5.9	17.8	14.1	(p)11.5
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary
The Charleston, W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boone, Clay, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties in West Virginia.