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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
2022	465.9	469.1	469.2	471.4	470.1	471.3	472.1	473.7	474.9	476.6	477.0	477.0
2023	478.9	(p)479.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	23.4	23.5	23.4	23.7	23.2	23.4	23.4	23.4	23.5	23.8	23.9	24.0
2023	24.1	(p)24.1
Manufacturing
2022	25.4	25.9	25.9	26.1	26.0	26.1	26.1	26.3	26.4	26.4	26.3	26.4
2023	26.7	(p)27.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	87.6	88.4	88.7	89.0	89.2	89.1	89.9	90.1	90.2	91.0	90.9	90.7
2023	90.7	(p)90.5
Financial Activities
2022	48.0	48.0	47.9	48.2	48.1	48.2	48.7	49.2	49.2	49.6	49.7	50.2
2023	50.0	(p)49.9
Professional & Business Services
2022	64.8	65.2	65.2	65.7	65.6	65.5	66.3	66.7	67.4	66.5	67.1	66.1
2023	66.8	(p)67.0
Educational & Health Services
2022	79.0	79.0	78.9	79.5	79.4	79.5	79.0	79.2	79.3	79.2	79.6	79.2
2023	79.3	(p)79.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	48.9	49.7	50.0	49.8	49.1	49.1	49.1	49.3	49.2	50.3	49.6	50.3
2023	51.2	(p)51.8
Other Services
2022	18.3	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.7	18.6	18.5	18.5	18.6	19.0	19.1	18.8
2023	18.8	(p)18.6
Government
2022	66.7	67.0	66.8	66.9	67.0	68.0	67.3	67.2	67.4	67.1	67.1	67.6
2023	67.7	(p)68.0
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
2022	(r)496,669	(r)497,596	(r)498,091	(r)498,094	(r)497,820	(r)497,283	(r)496,549	(r)495,780	(r)495,533	(r)495,393	(r)495,372	(r)495,435
2023	496,001	(p)495,915
Employment
2022	(r)473,600	(r)475,249	(r)476,238	(r)476,549	(r)476,324	(r)475,707	(r)474,740	(r)473,684	(r)472,839	(r)472,299	(r)472,262	(r)472,405
2023	473,096	(p)473,306
Unemployment
2022	(r)23,069	(r)22,347	(r)21,853	(r)21,545	(r)21,496	(r)21,576	(r)21,809	(r)22,096	(r)22,694	(r)23,094	(r)23,110	(r)23,030
2023	22,905	(p)22,609
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)4.6	(r)4.5	(r)4.4	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.3	(r)4.4	(r)4.5	(r)4.6	(r)4.7	(r)4.7	(r)4.6
2023	4.6	(p)4.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised