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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
2020	458.0	459.3	459.6	398.2	407.1	429.5	438.0	440.1	442.5	446.9	445.0	444.0	439.0
2021	434.0	434.1	438.2	444.2	446.8	(p)451.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	22.5	22.5	22.9	20.8	21.6	22.2	22.5	22.7	22.5	22.7	22.8	22.6	22.4
2021	21.6	21.5	22.8	23.3	23.3	(p)23.2
Manufacturing
2020	27.2	27.0	27.0	23.9	24.6	25.3	25.6	25.4	25.2	25.3	25.2	25.2	25.6
2021	24.8	24.6	24.6	24.2	24.2	(p)24.6
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	80.0	79.4	79.1	67.7	68.9	75.1	77.3	77.6	78.7	81.0	82.4	84.4	77.6
2021	80.0	80.4	80.1	79.9	80.6	(p)83.0
Information
2020	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7
2021	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	(p)3.7
Financial Activities
2020	47.6	47.7	47.5	46.8	46.9	47.1	47.5	47.5	47.4	46.8	46.7	46.6	47.2
2021	46.8	46.5	46.7	46.9	46.6	(p)46.6
Professional & Business Services
2020	63.4	62.7	63.1	59.3	61.1	61.6	61.6	61.6	61.1	62.2	61.3	61.4	61.7
2021	61.0	60.1	60.2	62.3	61.0	(p)60.1
Educational & Health Services
2020	80.8	81.7	81.6	72.9	73.9	75.1	76.1	77.0	77.6	78.4	78.4	78.2	77.6
2021	76.6	76.7	77.6	78.1	77.8	(p)77.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	47.8	48.2	47.2	24.7	28.2	40.7	44.3	44.7	43.9	43.6	41.8	40.0	41.3
2021	38.8	38.4	39.8	42.7	46.8	(p)52.2
Other Services
2020	18.6	18.6	18.5	12.9	14.0	15.8	16.5	16.7	16.5	16.7	16.1	15.8	16.4
2021	16.1	16.1	16.4	16.5	16.6	(p)16.8
Government
2020	66.2	67.6	68.8	65.6	64.3	62.9	63.0	63.4	66.0	66.6	66.7	66.3	65.6
2021	64.7	66.2	66.4	66.7	66.3	(p)64.2
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
2020	(r)492,355	(r)495,454	(r)482,043	(r)473,726	(r)476,031	(r)480,773	(r)492,039	(r)490,448	(r)485,471	(r)480,007	(r)481,657	(r)482,293	(r)484,358
2021	487,574	489,296	490,936	489,892	483,338	(p)494,792
Employment
2020	(r)469,517	(r)473,206	(r)456,750	(r)410,618	(r)411,461	(r)416,893	(r)449,693	(r)452,673	(r)449,883	(r)455,401	(r)456,901	(r)454,496	(r)446,458
2021	456,283	456,807	458,473	459,967	458,505	(p)465,712
Unemployment
2020	(r)22,838	(r)22,248	(r)25,293	(r)63,108	(r)64,570	(r)63,880	(r)42,346	(r)37,775	(r)35,588	(r)24,606	(r)24,756	(r)27,797	(r)37,900
2021	31,291	32,489	32,463	29,925	24,833	(p)29,080
Unemployment Rate
2020	(r)4.6	(r)4.5	(r)5.2	(r)13.3	(r)13.6	(r)13.3	(r)8.6	(r)7.7	(r)7.3	(r)5.1	(r)5.1	(r)5.8	(r)7.8
2021	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.1	5.1	(p)5.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised