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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
2019	464.9	464.9	466.4	465.5	465.0	464.8	466.3	467.6	466.4	466.5	466.9	465.9
2020	469.3	472.4	465.3	387.9	395.3	(p)415.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	23.3	23.0	23.2	22.9	22.9	22.9	22.8	22.7	22.7	22.9	22.8	22.5
2020	23.2	23.2	23.0	20.2	20.8	(p)21.0
Manufacturing
2019	27.4	27.4	27.4	27.4	27.2	27.1	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.2	27.1	27.0
2020	27.0	27.0	26.8	23.5	23.9	(p)24.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	81.2	81.5	81.6	81.3	81.0	80.9	81.0	80.9	80.7	80.8	81.7	82.3
2020	82.6	82.7	82.7	69.0	69.5	(p)73.9
Financial Activities
2019	47.8	47.7	47.7	47.9	47.8	47.6	47.6	47.6	47.8	47.6	47.5	47.6
2020	47.8	47.6	47.3	46.9	46.4	(p)46.2
Professional & Business Services
2019	63.2	63.4	63.5	63.3	63.2	63.2	63.6	64.2	63.9	63.3	62.9	62.2
2020	63.8	65.4	64.9	56.0	58.4	(p)59.0
Educational & Health Services
2019	80.9	80.8	81.2	81.0	81.0	81.1	81.1	81.5	81.4	81.2	81.1	81.3
2020	81.6	81.8	81.1	68.6	70.0	(p)71.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	52.3	52.2	52.9	53.0	53.1	53.0	53.5	53.4	53.3	53.2	53.3	53.2
2020	53.3	53.4	49.5	22.6	25.2	(p)36.1
Other Services
2019	18.6	18.5	18.5	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.7	18.9	19.0	18.8
2020	19.1	19.1	18.4	12.6	13.3	(p)15.8
Government
2019	66.3	66.5	66.5	66.3	66.3	66.5	67.0	67.5	66.8	67.5	67.5	67.2
2020	67.1	68.4	67.9	65.0	64.3	(p)64.5
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
2019	(r)484,902	(r)485,355	(r)485,708	(r)486,041	(r)486,431	(r)486,936	(r)487,583	(r)488,173	(r)488,694	(r)488,997	(r)488,945	(r)488,861
2020	488,917	489,276	477,377	463,508	472,672	(p)487,859
Employment
2019	(r)467,818	(r)468,169	(r)468,349	(r)468,449	(r)468,549	(r)468,707	(r)468,959	(r)469,178	(r)469,406	(r)469,532	(r)469,497	(r)469,461
2020	469,519	470,043	453,613	394,223	397,743	(p)426,815
Unemployment
2019	(r)17,084	(r)17,186	(r)17,359	(r)17,592	(r)17,882	(r)18,229	(r)18,624	(r)18,995	(r)19,288	(r)19,465	(r)19,448	(r)19,400
2020	19,398	19,233	23,764	69,285	74,929	(p)61,044
Unemployment Rate
2019	(r)3.5	(r)3.5	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.7	(r)3.7	(r)3.8	(r)3.9	(r)3.9	(r)4.0	(r)4.0	(r)4.0
2020	4.0	3.9	5.0	14.9	15.9	(p)12.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised