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Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH: 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
Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2023

132.8 133.2 134.0 134.8 134.9 133.4 132.3 134.1 136.2 137.4 138.0 138.4 135.0

2024

135.5 135.7 136.5 137.0 138.1 135.7 134.7 135.5 136.0 (p)136.8      

Manufacturing

2023

11.9 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.4 12.3 12.3 12.2

2024

12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.2 12.1 12.1 12.0 (p)12.1      

Professional & Business Services

2023

12.3 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.4 12.4 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.3 12.2 12.3 12.3

2024

12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.1 12.0 11.9 (p)11.9      

Educational & Health Services

2023

29.5 29.7 29.7 29.7 30.0 29.8 29.9 30.1 30.3 30.3 30.4 30.6 30.0

2024

30.6 30.6 30.7 30.8 31.0 31.0 30.9 31.0 30.9 (p)31.1      

Leisure & Hospitality

2023

13.8 13.7 13.8 13.8 13.9 14.2 14.0 14.1 14.0 14.1 14.1 14.3 14.0

2024

14.0 13.9 13.9 14.1 14.3 14.6 14.3 14.2 13.8 (p)13.6      

Government

2023

23.2 23.8 23.8 23.6 23.3 21.6 20.8 22.2 23.5 24.1 24.3 24.6 23.2

2024

23.9 24.3 24.5 24.4 25.2 22.2 21.4 22.5 23.5 (p)24.0      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

2023

142,309 142,861 143,323 144,023 143,837 144,806 144,557 145,607 145,508 145,644 144,778 144,095 144,279

2024

144,829 145,064 145,891 146,014 146,438 147,111 146,761 145,712 145,668 (p)145,172      

Employment

2023

135,882 136,261 137,089 138,530 138,034 137,992 138,051 138,881 139,578 139,900 139,256 138,246 138,142

2024

137,560 137,420 138,361 139,687 139,896 139,382 138,923 138,471 138,951 (p)139,182      

Unemployment

2023

6,427 6,600 6,234 5,493 5,803 6,814 6,506 6,726 5,930 5,744 5,522 5,849 6,137

2024

7,269 7,644 7,530 6,327 6,542 7,729 7,838 7,241 6,717 (p)5,990      

Unemployment Rate

2023

4.5 4.6 4.3 3.8 4.0 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.3

2024

5.0 5.3 5.2 4.3 4.5 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.6 (p)4.1      

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Huntington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.-Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Boyd and Greenup Counties in Kentucky, Lawrence County in Ohio, and Cabell and Wayne Counties in West Virginia.