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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
2016	451.4	452.2	453.3	453.0	451.7	452.9	454.5	454.5	454.2	453.9	453.8	454.4
2017	455.8	456.5	456.1	455.7	(p)455.7
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2016	21.0	21.3	21.7	20.6	20.3	20.5	20.7	20.9	21.0	20.4	20.5	20.6
2017	21.1	22.0	21.9	21.7	(p)21.5
Manufacturing
2016	25.7	25.7	25.6	25.7	25.7	25.8	25.8	25.9	25.7	25.9	25.8	25.9
2017	26.0	25.9	25.7	25.8	(p)25.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2016	82.7	82.7	83.1	82.9	82.7	82.7	82.9	83.1	83.1	82.4	82.0	82.2
2017	83.5	83.3	83.0	83.0	(p)80.9
Financial Activities
2016	47.2	47.3	47.3	47.3	46.8	46.9	46.9	47.1	46.7	47.0	46.9	47.0
2017	47.1	47.1	46.9	47.3	(p)47.1
Professional & Business Services
2016	61.3	61.3	61.1	61.5	61.4	61.8	62.1	61.8	61.6	60.7	61.1	61.1
2017	59.9	57.8	59.1	58.8	(p)60.8
Educational & Health Services
2016	76.3	76.6	76.6	76.8	76.8	77.0	77.1	77.1	77.5	77.6	77.9	78.1
2017	78.5	79.3	79.3	79.3	(p)79.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2016	48.8	49.2	49.3	49.6	49.5	49.6	49.9	49.8	49.8	50.9	51.2	51.0
2017	51.2	52.2	51.4	50.9	(p)51.8
Other Services
2016	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.8	18.8	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.6	18.8	18.7	18.7
2017	18.6	18.6	18.8	18.8	(p)17.9
Government
2016	65.2	64.9	65.3	65.2	65.4	65.2	65.7	65.4	65.5	65.6	65.1	65.0
2017	65.0	65.5	65.3	65.5	(p)65.6
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
2016	(1)473,891	(1)474,260	(1)474,368	(1)474,232	(1)473,885	(1)473,363	(1)472,730	(1)472,077	(1)471,467	(1)470,912	(1)470,434	(1)470,053
2017	470,574	472,501	474,409	476,039	(p)476,793
Employment
2016	(1)452,370	(1)453,019	(1)453,345	(1)453,362	(1)453,122	(1)452,691	(1)452,141	(1)451,566	(1)451,019	(1)450,504	(1)450,046	(1)449,673
2017	449,977	451,342	452,888	454,062	(p)454,606
Unemployment
2016	(1)21,521	(1)21,241	(1)21,023	(1)20,870	(1)20,763	(1)20,672	(1)20,589	(1)20,511	(1)20,448	(1)20,408	(1)20,388	(1)20,380
2017	20,597	21,159	21,521	21,977	(p)22,187
Unemployment Rate
2016	(1)4.5	(1)4.5	(1)4.4	(1)4.4	(1)4.4	(1)4.4	(1)4.4	(1)4.3	(1)4.3	(1)4.3	(1)4.3	(1)4.3
2017	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	(p)4.7
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. (p) Preliminary