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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
2021	434.9	436.7	442.3	447.9	450.6	453.8	458.1	454.2	450.8	454.4	455.2	456.2	449.6
2022	443.6	447.4	450.1	456.1	(p)458.7
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	22.2	22.0	22.9	23.0	23.0	23.2	23.6	23.4	23.1	23.4	23.5	23.4	23.1
2022	22.7	22.9	23.0	24.1	(p)24.1
Manufacturing
2021	24.8	24.7	24.7	24.5	24.3	24.5	24.9	24.9	25.0	24.9	25.1	25.2	24.8
2022	25.0	25.3	25.7	26.1	(p)26.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	79.5	78.7	78.9	79.4	80.4	80.9	80.9	80.3	80.8	82.0	83.4	85.5	80.9
2022	82.6	82.5	82.0	82.5	(p)82.0
Information
2021	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6
2022	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	(p)3.6
Financial Activities
2021	47.2	47.2	47.4	47.2	47.2	47.8	47.8	47.6	47.1	48.2	48.1	47.8	47.6
2022	47.8	47.4	47.3	47.2	(p)47.1
Professional & Business Services
2021	60.5	61.2	61.9	63.2	63.0	63.3	64.2	63.8	62.6	64.5	63.7	63.6	63.0
2022	61.3	62.6	63.0	63.9	(p)63.2
Educational & Health Services
2021	77.7	77.8	78.4	79.3	78.9	77.7	77.5	77.0	76.4	77.0	76.9	76.8	77.6
2022	75.4	76.2	76.0	76.5	(p)76.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	37.9	38.5	40.1	42.4	45.7	49.4	52.2	51.4	48.0	45.5	45.0	44.3	45.0
2022	41.5	41.3	43.5	46.2	(p)50.7
Other Services
2021	17.8	17.8	18.0	18.0	18.1	18.2	18.5	18.6	18.2	18.4	18.4	18.5	18.2
2022	18.6	18.7	18.5	18.6	(p)18.7
Government
2021	64.0	65.5	66.7	67.5	66.6	65.3	64.7	63.5	65.8	66.7	67.4	67.4	65.9
2022	65.1	66.9	67.5	67.4	(p)66.6
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
2021	(r)490,494	(r)493,300	(r)496,699	(r)497,578	(r)493,440	(r)501,349	(r)501,925	(r)497,862	(r)491,594	(r)495,803	(r)497,828	(r)499,290	(r)496,430
2022	500,244	498,126	498,604	498,246	(p)497,708
Employment
2021	(r)460,381	(r)463,245	(r)467,273	(r)469,360	(r)467,684	(r)470,734	(r)472,682	(r)469,845	(r)467,717	(r)473,034	(r)477,642	(r)478,905	(r)469,875
2022	474,253	474,909	475,410	476,357	(p)476,555
Unemployment
2021	(r)30,113	(r)30,055	(r)29,426	(r)28,218	(r)25,756	(r)30,615	(r)29,243	(r)28,017	(r)23,877	(r)22,769	(r)20,186	(r)20,385	(r)26,555
2022	25,991	23,217	23,194	21,889	(p)21,153
Unemployment Rate
2021	(r)6.1	(r)6.1	(r)5.9	(r)5.7	(r)5.2	(r)6.1	(r)5.8	(r)5.6	(r)4.9	(r)4.6	(r)4.1	(r)4.1	(r)5.3
2022	5.2	4.7	4.7	4.4	(p)4.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised