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Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	358.6	359.4	362.9	365.5	365.8	364.4	364.0	362.1	363.0	366.0	368.1	366.8	363.9
2020	359.1	363.4	362.1	309.0	316.7	(p)331.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	16.8	16.5	17.2	17.8	17.4	17.6	17.5	17.6	17.5	17.7	17.6	17.2	17.4
2020	16.6	16.4	16.4	14.4	15.0	(p)15.8
Manufacturing
2019	18.4	18.5	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.7	18.8	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.7	18.6	18.6
2020	18.7	18.9	18.7	17.1	17.1	(p)17.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	65.4	64.9	65.3	65.3	65.2	65.3	64.8	64.7	65.3	65.6	67.7	68.5	65.7
2020	66.3	66.0	66.8	56.7	56.1	(p)60.2
Information
2019	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1
2020	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.8	2.8	(p)2.8
Financial Activities
2019	43.8	43.9	43.9	43.9	43.8	44.0	44.1	43.8	43.5	43.8	43.8	43.9	43.9
2020	43.3	43.3	43.2	42.7	42.7	(p)42.6
Professional & Business Services
2019	52.3	51.5	51.8	52.1	51.9	52.3	52.7	52.8	52.1	53.1	53.7	52.3	52.4
2020	52.1	53.0	53.2	46.9	48.6	(p)49.8
Educational & Health Services
2019	63.6	64.1	64.4	64.1	64.2	63.5	63.9	63.7	63.9	64.2	64.4	64.9	64.1
2020	64.8	65.1	64.4	54.4	56.5	(p)57.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	33.1	33.6	34.5	35.9	37.1	37.6	37.7	37.2	36.0	34.7	33.8	33.4	35.4
2020	31.9	32.8	31.3	15.0	18.5	(p)25.3
Other Services
2019	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.4	14.4	14.3	14.2
2020	14.2	14.2	14.0	10.0	10.7	(p)12.8
Government
2019	48.1	49.3	50.1	50.6	50.2	48.1	47.1	46.2	48.7	50.7	50.9	50.6	49.2
2020	48.2	50.7	51.1	49.0	48.7	(p)47.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(1)383,263	(1)384,107	(1)385,134	(1)384,493	(1)381,139	(1)380,628	(1)382,665	(1)380,824	(1)379,255	(1)383,287	(1)384,610	(1)383,958	(1)382,781
2020	382,827	386,884	379,832	363,964	368,209	(p)381,435
Employment
2019	(1)368,280	(1)369,344	(1)370,931	(1)371,512	(1)368,061	(1)364,915	(1)366,363	(1)364,571	(1)364,284	(1)368,475	(1)371,026	(1)370,563	(1)368,194
2020	366,923	371,550	362,111	314,780	316,800	(p)335,061
Unemployment
2019	(1)14,983	(1)14,763	(1)14,203	(1)12,981	(1)13,078	(1)15,713	(1)16,302	(1)16,253	(1)14,971	(1)14,812	(1)13,584	(1)13,395	(1)14,587
2020	15,904	15,334	17,721	49,184	51,409	(p)46,374
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)3.9	(1)3.8	(1)3.7	(1)3.4	(1)3.4	(1)4.1	(1)4.3	(1)4.3	(1)3.9	(1)3.9	(1)3.5	(1)3.5	(1)3.8
2020	4.2	4.0	4.7	13.5	14.0	(p)12.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	New Castle County, Del.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(1)300,932	(1)301,679	(1)302,554	(1)302,106	(1)298,507	(1)298,263	(1)299,148	(1)298,079	(1)297,006	(1)300,235	(1)301,843	(1)301,422	(1)300,148
2020	299,783	302,963	295,841	285,481	289,260	(p)300,227
Employment
2019	(1)290,053	(1)291,042	(1)292,146	(1)292,119	(1)288,526	(1)286,113	(1)286,785	(1)285,618	(1)285,272	(1)288,693	(1)291,497	(1)291,335	(1)289,100
2020	287,848	291,572	281,765	245,241	245,981	(p)261,849
Unemployment
2019	(1)10,879	(1)10,637	(1)10,408	(1)9,987	(1)9,981	(1)12,150	(1)12,363	(1)12,461	(1)11,734	(1)11,542	(1)10,346	(1)10,087	(1)11,048
2020	11,935	11,391	14,076	40,240	43,279	(p)38,378
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)3.6	(1)3.5	(1)3.4	(1)3.3	(1)3.3	(1)4.1	(1)4.1	(1)4.2	(1)4.0	(1)3.8	(1)3.4	(1)3.3	(1)3.7
2020	4.0	3.8	4.8	14.1	15.0	(p)12.8
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Cecil County, Md.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(1)53,455	(1)53,502	(1)53,746	(1)53,416	(1)53,266	(1)53,436	(1)54,108	(1)53,433	(1)53,095	(1)53,501	(1)53,266	(1)53,208	(1)53,453
2020	53,675	54,090	54,082	49,074	49,177	(p)51,509
Employment
2019	(1)51,024	(1)50,987	(1)51,397	(1)51,518	(1)51,309	(1)51,161	(1)51,693	(1)51,104	(1)51,198	(1)51,608	(1)51,425	(1)51,451	(1)51,323
2020	51,532	51,871	51,957	44,369	45,008	(p)47,859
Unemployment
2019	(1)2,431	(1)2,515	(1)2,349	(1)1,898	(1)1,957	(1)2,275	(1)2,415	(1)2,329	(1)1,897	(1)1,893	(1)1,841	(1)1,757	(1)2,130
2020	2,143	2,219	2,125	4,705	4,169	(p)3,650
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)4.5	(1)4.7	(1)4.4	(1)3.6	(1)3.7	(1)4.3	(1)4.5	(1)4.4	(1)3.6	(1)3.5	(1)3.5	(1)3.3	(1)4.0
2020	4.0	4.1	3.9	9.6	8.5	(p)7.1
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Salem County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(1)28,876	(1)28,926	(1)28,834	(1)28,971	(1)29,366	(1)28,929	(1)29,409	(1)29,312	(1)29,154	(1)29,551	(1)29,501	(1)29,328	(1)29,180
2020	29,369	29,831	29,909	29,409	29,772	(p)29,699
Employment
2019	(1)27,203	(1)27,315	(1)27,388	(1)27,875	(1)28,226	(1)27,641	(1)27,885	(1)27,849	(1)27,814	(1)28,174	(1)28,104	(1)27,777	(1)27,771
2020	27,543	28,107	28,389	25,170	25,811	(p)25,353
Unemployment
2019	(1)1,673	(1)1,611	(1)1,446	(1)1,096	(1)1,140	(1)1,288	(1)1,524	(1)1,463	(1)1,340	(1)1,377	(1)1,397	(1)1,551	(1)1,409
2020	1,826	1,724	1,520	4,239	3,961	(p)4,346
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)5.8	(1)5.6	(1)5.0	(1)3.8	(1)3.9	(1)4.5	(1)5.2	(1)5.0	(1)4.6	(1)4.7	(1)4.7	(1)5.3	(1)4.8
2020	6.2	5.8	5.1	14.4	13.3	(p)14.6
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary
The Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J Metropolitan Division (MD) includes New Castle County in Delaware; Cecil County in Maryland; and Salem County in New Jersey.