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Delaware: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Delaware
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	454.5	455.9	461.0	464.9	468.3	470.3	470.9	469.2	466.6	468.5	469.7	468.0	465.7
2020	459.0	463.6	459.8	387.8	398.8	(p)421.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	22.2	22.1	22.8	23.0	23.1	23.4	23.3	23.3	23.0	23.2	23.0	22.7	22.9
2020	22.2	22.1	22.3	20.1	21.0	(p)21.4
Manufacturing
2019	27.3	27.4	27.3	27.3	27.2	27.3	27.3	27.3	27.2	27.3	27.2	27.1	27.3
2020	26.8	26.8	26.7	23.4	23.8	(p)24.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	80.3	79.9	80.3	80.4	80.5	80.9	80.9	80.6	80.1	80.3	83.3	84.5	81.0
2020	81.3	81.1	81.5	68.8	69.4	(p)74.5
Information
2019	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.8	3.9
2020	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.5	(p)3.5
Financial Activities
2019	47.5	47.6	47.6	47.7	47.6	47.9	48.1	47.8	47.5	47.6	47.5	47.7	47.7
2020	47.5	47.2	47.1	46.6	46.3	(p)46.5
Professional & Business Services
2019	61.9	61.6	62.1	63.0	63.0	63.7	64.2	64.7	63.4	64.4	64.7	63.2	63.3
2020	62.7	63.3	63.6	56.1	58.9	(p)59.8
Educational & Health Services
2019	80.2	80.8	81.4	81.4	81.4	80.7	80.4	80.6	81.0	81.4	81.5	81.8	81.1
2020	81.2	81.9	81.2	68.8	70.3	(p)71.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	47.4	47.7	49.4	51.7	55.1	58.2	59.4	58.7	54.9	52.4	50.4	49.8	52.9
2020	48.3	49.4	46.0	21.5	26.7	(p)40.8
Other Services
2019	18.4	18.3	18.3	18.7	18.7	19.0	18.9	18.9	18.6	19.1	19.0	18.8	18.7
2020	18.8	18.9	18.3	12.7	13.3	(p)16.1
Government
2019	65.4	66.6	67.9	67.9	67.8	65.3	64.5	63.4	67.0	68.9	69.1	68.6	66.9
2020	66.4	69.1	69.4	66.3	65.6	(p)62.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Delaware
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(r)483,380	(r)483,342	(r)486,109	(r)486,111	(r)484,877	(r)490,751	(r)492,940	(r)490,824	(r)484,356	(r)487,774	(r)488,408	(r)488,289	(r)487,263
2020	486,541	488,387	477,155	462,965	471,396	(p)491,813
Employment
2019	(r)464,500	(r)464,827	(r)468,240	(r)469,229	(r)468,619	(r)470,852	(r)472,697	(r)470,590	(r)465,447	(r)469,025	(r)471,118	(r)470,989	(r)468,844
2020	465,899	468,625	453,071	394,505	398,310	(p)429,239
Unemployment
2019	(r)18,880	(r)18,515	(r)17,869	(r)16,882	(r)16,258	(r)19,899	(r)20,243	(r)20,234	(r)18,909	(r)18,749	(r)17,290	(r)17,300	(r)18,419
2020	20,642	19,762	24,084	68,460	73,086	(p)62,574
Unemployment Rate
2019	(r)3.9	(r)3.8	(r)3.7	(r)3.5	(r)3.4	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)3.9	(r)3.8	(r)3.5	(r)3.5	(r)3.8
2020	4.2	4.0	5.0	14.8	15.5	(p)12.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised