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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
2022	454.8	460.3	463.8	471.5	472.3	475.1	477.7	476.5	475.7	479.7	479.7	478.3	472.1
2023	(p)469.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2022	22.4	22.8	23.1	23.9	23.4	23.7	24.0	23.9	23.7	24.1	24.1	23.8	23.6
2023	(p)23.2
Manufacturing
2022	25.4	25.8	25.8	26.0	25.8	26.1	26.2	26.5	26.4	26.3	26.4	26.2	26.1
2023	(p)26.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2022	86.6	86.8	87.1	88.0	88.5	88.6	90.0	89.8	90.3	91.2	92.8	94.2	89.5
2023	(p)90.6
Information
2022	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8
2023	(p)3.6
Financial Activities
2022	47.8	47.8	47.7	48.2	48.0	48.5	49.1	49.4	49.1	49.7	49.7	50.1	48.8
2023	(p)50.0
Professional & Business Services
2022	63.3	64.1	64.5	66.3	66.0	65.5	67.0	67.1	66.8	67.5	67.4	66.2	66.0
2023	(p)65.7
Educational & Health Services
2022	78.2	78.9	79.1	79.7	79.7	79.2	78.3	78.6	78.9	79.9	80.4	79.5	79.2
2023	(p)78.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2022	43.8	44.8	46.5	48.5	50.7	54.5	55.0	54.5	50.8	49.9	47.6	46.9	49.5
2023	(p)45.9
Other Services
2022	18.1	18.4	18.4	18.8	18.7	18.8	18.7	18.7	18.5	19.1	18.8	18.5	18.6
2023	(p)18.7
Government
2022	65.5	67.2	67.9	68.3	67.7	66.4	65.5	64.2	67.5	68.3	68.8	69.2	67.2
2023	(p)66.7
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
2022	(r)497,250	(r)497,407	(r)499,906	(r)497,424	(r)494,975	(r)499,392	(r)499,329	(r)498,447	(r)491,742	(r)495,808	(r)493,999	(r)494,576	(r)496,688
2023	(p)497,790
Employment
2022	(r)471,296	(r)473,326	(r)477,241	(r)476,712	(r)474,798	(r)475,521	(r)476,280	(r)474,319	(r)471,028	(r)473,477	(r)473,125	(r)473,976	(r)474,258
2023	(p)474,258
Unemployment
2022	(r)25,954	(r)24,081	(r)22,665	(r)20,712	(r)20,177	(r)23,871	(r)23,049	(r)24,128	(r)20,714	(r)22,331	(r)20,874	(r)20,600	(r)22,430
2023	(p)23,532
Unemployment Rate
2022	(r)5.2	(r)4.8	(r)4.5	(r)4.2	(r)4.1	(r)4.8	(r)4.6	(r)4.8	(r)4.2	(r)4.5	(r)4.2	(r)4.2	(r)4.5
2023	(p)4.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised