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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
2021	345.5	346.2	348.9	350.9	350.7	349.4	351.8	349.4	349.9	356.3	357.7	358.3	351.3
2022	348.3	351.9	353.3	357.6	359.4	(p)361.8
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	16.1	15.8	16.7	16.9	16.7	16.8	17.2	17.0	16.9	17.7	17.4	17.3	16.9
2022	16.5	16.6	16.8	17.7	17.7	(p)17.6
Manufacturing
2021	16.1	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.1	16.1	16.3	16.4	16.8	16.1
2022	16.2	16.2	16.3	16.6	17.0	(p)17.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	71.1	69.7	68.8	67.8	67.2	66.7	67.9	67.6	68.7	70.6	71.8	73.0	69.2
2022	69.9	69.9	69.4	69.9	69.4	(p)70.0
Information
2021	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7
2022	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	(p)2.8
Financial Activities
2021	43.1	43.2	43.2	43.1	43.1	43.3	43.3	43.1	42.7	43.5	43.6	43.4	43.2
2022	43.6	43.5	43.4	43.4	43.5	(p)43.6
Professional & Business Services
2021	49.1	49.7	50.1	50.8	50.5	50.5	51.1	50.8	49.9	51.8	51.6	51.8	50.6
2022	50.2	51.3	51.1	51.3	51.3	(p)52.6
Educational & Health Services
2021	61.1	61.3	61.6	62.0	61.8	60.8	60.7	60.3	60.0	60.4	60.5	60.1	60.9
2022	59.6	60.0	60.0	60.5	60.3	(p)60.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	25.9	26.4	27.4	28.7	30.2	31.6	32.4	32.2	31.2	30.2	30.1	29.3	29.6
2022	27.7	28.2	29.5	31.3	33.4	(p)35.9
Other Services
2021	13.6	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.8	13.9	14.0	14.0	13.8
2022	14.0	14.1	14.0	14.1	14.2	(p)14.0
Government
2021	46.8	47.9	48.9	49.3	48.9	47.3	46.5	45.5	47.7	49.0	49.5	49.8	48.1
2022	47.8	49.3	50.0	50.0	49.8	(p)48.1
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
2021	(1)385,701	(1)388,170	(1)389,659	(1)388,622	(1)384,134	(1)385,465	(1)386,199	(1)382,866	(1)380,321	(1)385,797	(1)387,943	(1)388,908	(1)386,149
2022	(2)389,315	(2)388,511	388,556	387,244	386,357	(p)386,822
Employment
2021	(1)361,975	(1)364,517	(1)366,582	(1)366,637	(1)363,334	(1)361,394	(1)362,842	(1)360,303	(1)361,137	(1)367,523	(1)371,597	(1)372,759	(1)365,050
2022	(2)369,776	(2)370,708	371,061	371,237	370,371	(p)367,993
Unemployment
2021	(1)23,726	(1)23,653	(1)23,077	(1)21,985	(1)20,800	(1)24,071	(1)23,357	(1)22,563	(1)19,184	(1)18,274	(1)16,346	(1)16,149	(1)21,099
2022	(2)19,539	(2)17,803	17,495	16,007	15,986	(p)18,829
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)6.2	(1)6.1	(1)5.9	(1)5.7	(1)5.4	(1)6.2	(1)6.0	(1)5.9	(1)5.0	(1)4.7	(1)4.2	(1)4.2	(1)5.5
2022	(2)5.0	(2)4.6	4.5	4.1	4.1	(p)4.9
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (2) Corrected. (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
2021	(1)302,826	(1)305,165	(1)306,590	(1)306,115	(1)301,556	(1)302,763	(1)302,524	(1)300,084	(1)298,316	(1)302,906	(1)305,689	(1)306,584	(1)303,427
2022	307,602	306,804	306,578	305,721	304,082	(p)303,882
Employment
2021	(1)284,537	(1)287,010	(1)288,786	(1)288,908	(1)285,763	(1)284,447	(1)284,697	(1)282,874	(1)283,786	(1)288,944	(1)293,413	(1)294,409	(1)287,298
2022	292,204	292,989	292,845	292,676	291,293	(p)289,036
Unemployment
2021	(1)18,289	(1)18,155	(1)17,804	(1)17,207	(1)15,793	(1)18,316	(1)17,827	(1)17,210	(1)14,530	(1)13,962	(1)12,276	(1)12,175	(1)16,129
2022	15,398	13,815	13,733	13,045	12,789	(p)14,846
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)6.0	(1)5.9	(1)5.8	(1)5.6	(1)5.2	(1)6.0	(1)5.9	(1)5.7	(1)4.9	(1)4.6	(1)4.0	(1)4.0	(1)5.3
2022	5.0	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.2	(p)4.9
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (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
2021	(1)52,317	(1)52,321	(1)52,500	(1)52,090	(1)51,896	(1)52,131	(1)52,808	(1)51,916	(1)52,046	(1)52,685	(1)52,575	(1)52,760	(1)52,338
2022	(2)51,997	(2)52,282	52,639	52,153	52,539	(p)53,661
Employment
2021	(1)49,488	(1)49,487	(1)49,721	(1)49,519	(1)49,149	(1)48,938	(1)49,843	(1)48,913	(1)49,405	(1)50,132	(1)50,147	(1)50,392	(1)49,595
2022	(2)49,699	(2)49,944	50,386	50,467	50,613	(p)51,006
Unemployment
2021	(1)2,829	(1)2,834	(1)2,779	(1)2,571	(1)2,747	(1)3,193	(1)2,965	(1)3,003	(1)2,641	(1)2,553	(1)2,428	(1)2,368	(1)2,743
2022	(2)2,298	(2)2,338	2,253	1,686	1,926	(p)2,655
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)5.4	(1)5.4	(1)5.3	(1)4.9	(1)5.3	(1)6.1	(1)5.6	(1)5.8	(1)5.1	(1)4.8	(1)4.6	(1)4.5	(1)5.2
2022	(2)4.4	(2)4.5	4.3	3.2	3.7	(p)4.9
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (2) Corrected. (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
2021	(1)30,558	(1)30,684	(1)30,569	(1)30,417	(1)30,682	(1)30,571	(1)30,867	(1)30,866	(1)29,959	(1)30,206	(1)29,679	(1)29,564	(1)30,386
2022	29,716	29,425	29,339	29,370	29,736	(p)29,279
Employment
2021	(1)27,950	(1)28,020	(1)28,075	(1)28,210	(1)28,422	(1)28,009	(1)28,302	(1)28,516	(1)27,946	(1)28,447	(1)28,037	(1)27,958	(1)28,158
2022	27,873	27,775	27,830	28,094	28,465	(p)27,951
Unemployment
2021	(1)2,608	(1)2,664	(1)2,494	(1)2,207	(1)2,260	(1)2,562	(1)2,565	(1)2,350	(1)2,013	(1)1,759	(1)1,642	(1)1,606	(1)2,228
2022	1,843	1,650	1,509	1,276	1,271	(p)1,328
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)8.5	(1)8.7	(1)8.2	(1)7.3	(1)7.4	(1)8.4	(1)8.3	(1)7.6	(1)6.7	(1)5.8	(1)5.5	(1)5.4	(1)7.3
2022	6.2	5.6	5.1	4.3	4.3	(p)4.5
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (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.