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Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2020	467.9	468.0	465.2	399.3	403.8	424.0	433.1	437.8	441.9	444.4	442.1	442.3
2021	443.3	442.9	444.1	445.3	444.1	(p)446.5
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	23.5	23.3	23.2	20.7	21.4	21.8	22.1	22.3	22.3	22.4	22.6	22.5
2021	22.5	22.7	23.6	23.7	23.0	(p)22.7
Manufacturing
2020	27.3	27.0	27.1	24.0	24.7	25.2	25.5	25.3	25.2	25.3	25.2	25.2
2021	25.0	24.8	24.8	24.4	24.3	(p)24.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	80.7	80.8	80.4	68.7	69.5	75.1	77.3	77.8	79.0	81.3	80.8	81.9
2021	80.9	81.4	81.0	80.8	81.1	(p)82.6
Financial Activities
2020	47.8	47.7	47.6	46.9	47.1	46.9	47.1	47.2	47.5	46.8	46.8	46.5
2021	47.0	46.8	46.9	47.1	46.7	(p)46.4
Professional & Business Services
2020	64.6	64.6	64.6	59.8	61.0	60.8	61.0	61.3	61.5	61.1	60.0	60.6
2021	61.6	61.5	61.2	61.6	60.8	(p)59.9
Educational & Health Services
2020	81.4	81.7	81.5	72.6	73.5	75.5	76.7	77.7	77.8	78.1	77.9	77.7
2021	77.0	76.8	77.6	78.1	77.6	(p)77.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	52.8	52.8	50.7	25.9	26.2	35.4	38.5	39.3	42.2	44.0	44.1	43.6
2021	44.1	43.4	43.9	44.3	45.2	(p)46.5
Other Services
2020	18.8	18.8	18.8	12.9	13.9	15.5	16.2	16.5	16.6	16.5	16.2	15.9
2021	16.3	16.3	16.6	16.5	16.6	(p)16.4
Government
2020	67.1	67.4	67.4	64.2	62.9	64.1	65.1	66.9	66.2	65.3	64.9	64.9
2021	65.3	65.6	64.9	65.2	65.2	(p)65.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2020	(r)493,327	(r)494,035	(r)481,344	(r)474,498	(r)475,201	(r)475,871	(r)489,517	(r)490,233	(r)490,907	(r)481,815	(r)481,873	(r)481,840
2021	487,378	488,751	489,354	489,410	487,038	(p)488,624
Employment
2020	(r)472,306	(r)471,865	(r)458,200	(r)411,017	(r)412,227	(r)414,294	(r)449,079	(r)451,598	(r)453,405	(r)454,271	(r)453,979	(r)453,637
2021	457,875	457,785	457,731	458,308	458,390	(p)460,399
Unemployment
2020	(r)21,021	(r)22,170	(r)23,144	(r)63,481	(r)62,974	(r)61,577	(r)40,438	(r)38,635	(r)37,502	(r)27,544	(r)27,894	(r)28,203
2021	29,503	30,966	31,623	31,102	28,648	(p)28,225
Unemployment Rate
2020	(r)4.3	(r)4.5	(r)4.8	(r)13.4	(r)13.3	(r)12.9	(r)8.3	(r)7.9	(r)7.6	(r)5.7	(r)5.8	(r)5.9
2021	6.1	6.3	6.5	6.4	5.9	(p)5.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised