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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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

2016

 351.9 351.6 355.5 359.4 359.9 360.1 357.4 355.6 358.0 360.2 363.2 363.6 358.0

2017

 352.5 354.6 355.8 360.8 363.5 363.5 362.8 (p)362.6          

Mining, Logging, & Construction

2016

 15.6 15.9 16.8 16.7 16.6 16.8 17.0 17.2 17.2 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.6

2017

 15.7 15.9 16.2 16.9 17.5 17.3 17.5 (p)17.4          

Manufacturing

2016

 17.5 17.3 17.3 17.6 17.6 17.7 17.7 17.7 17.6 17.3 17.2 17.1 17.5

2017

 16.9 16.8 16.8 17.1 17.1 17.3 17.3 (p)17.1          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

2016

 64.9 64.3 64.8 65.4 65.3 65.0 64.9 65.2 65.7 65.9 66.7 67.4 65.5

2017

 65.1 64.6 64.6 65.3 64.8 65.1 64.4 (p)64.6          

Information

2016

 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

2017

 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 (p)3.9          

Financial Activities

2016

 43.4 43.4 43.4 43.4 43.2 43.7 43.7 43.7 43.2 43.3 43.1 43.3 43.4

2017

 43.5 43.3 43.2 43.6 43.9 44.4 44.5 (p)44.9          

Professional & Business Services

2016

 52.8 51.7 51.6 52.6 52.8 54.2 53.7 52.7 52.0 52.4 55.2 55.0 53.1

2017

 51.8 50.4 50.9 52.0 52.6 54.0 52.9 (p)53.0          

Educational & Health Services

2016

 61.0 61.2 61.5 61.8 61.9 61.8 61.8 61.6 62.1 63.0 63.6 64.0 62.1

2017

 62.8 64.1 64.1 64.6 64.7 63.4 64.4 (p)64.2          

Leisure & Hospitality

2016

 31.6 32.0 33.0 34.2 35.1 35.2 35.6 35.5 34.7 34.7 34.0 33.3 34.1

2017

 31.9 33.0 32.9 33.9 35.5 37.2 38.2 (p)38.4          

Other Services

2016

 14.2 14.3 14.5 14.6 14.6 14.6 14.5 14.6 14.4 14.5 14.4 14.5 14.5

2017

 14.3 14.3 14.4 14.6 14.6 14.8 14.7 (p)14.6          

Government

2016

 47.0 47.6 48.8 49.2 49.1 47.1 44.5 43.5 47.2 48.4 48.5 48.6 47.5

2017

 46.6 48.3 48.8 48.9 48.9 46.1 45.0 (p)44.5          

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

2016

 (r)380,280 (r)380,606 (r)381,758 (r)380,047 (r)376,892 (r)378,502 (r)379,408 (r)375,308 (r)372,672 (r)376,322 (r)377,903 (r)379,765 (r)378,289

2017

 377,265 380,776 381,392 381,140 378,753 380,171 (p)380,442            

Employment

2016

 (r)361,227 (r)361,933 (r)364,048 (r)363,331 (r)360,724 (r)359,502 (r)360,741 (r)357,248 (r)355,759 (r)359,962 (r)363,035 (r)364,943 (r)361,038

2017

 359,163 362,094 363,683 364,159 361,990 360,867 (p)360,392            

Unemployment

2016

 (r)19,053 (r)18,673 (r)17,710 (r)16,716 (r)16,168 (r)19,000 (r)18,667 (r)18,060 (r)16,913 (r)16,360 (r)14,868 (r)14,822 (r)17,251

2017

 18,102 18,682 17,709 16,981 16,763 19,304 (p)20,050            

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)5.0 (r)4.9 (r)4.6 (r)4.4 (r)4.3 (r)5.0 (r)4.9 (r)4.8 (r)4.5 (r)4.3 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 (r)4.6

2017

 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.4 5.1 (p)5.3            

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

 

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

2016

 (r)297,182 (r)297,380 (r)298,107 (r)296,900 (r)293,837 (r)294,655 (r)295,302 (r)292,611 (r)290,106 (r)293,481 (r)294,935 (r)296,600 (r)295,092

2017

 294,371 297,475 297,985 297,724 295,299 296,341 (p)295,975            

Employment

2016

 (r)283,325 (r)283,953 (r)285,331 (r)284,595 (r)281,998 (r)280,539 (r)281,563 (r)279,280 (r)277,571 (r)281,315 (r)284,047 (r)285,845 (r)282,447

2017

 281,021 283,650 284,782 284,578 282,478 281,291 (p)280,496            

Unemployment

2016

 (r)13,857 (r)13,427 (r)12,776 (r)12,305 (r)11,839 (r)14,116 (r)13,739 (r)13,331 (r)12,535 (r)12,166 (r)10,888 (r)10,755 (r)12,645

2017

 13,350 13,825 13,203 13,146 12,821 15,050 (p)15,479            

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)4.7 (r)4.5 (r)4.3 (r)4.1 (r)4.0 (r)4.8 (r)4.7 (r)4.6 (r)4.3 (r)4.1 (r)3.7 (r)3.6 (r)4.3

2017

 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.3 5.1 (p)5.2            

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

 

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

2016

 (r)52,385 (r)52,311 (r)52,546 (r)52,501 (r)52,285 (r)53,143 (r)53,297 (r)52,374 (r)52,245 (r)52,529 (r)52,605 (r)52,753 (r)52,581

2017

 52,537 52,781 53,070 53,172 52,997 53,611 (p)53,920            

Employment

2016

 (r)49,319 (r)49,227 (r)49,732 (r)50,013 (r)49,867 (r)50,341 (r)50,530 (r)49,614 (r)49,750 (r)50,043 (r)50,233 (r)50,348 (r)49,918

2017

 49,674 49,903 50,263 50,804 50,639 51,074 (p)51,225            

Unemployment

2016

 (r)3,066 (r)3,084 (r)2,814 (r)2,488 (r)2,418 (r)2,802 (r)2,767 (r)2,760 (r)2,495 (r)2,486 (r)2,372 (r)2,405 (r)2,663

2017

 2,863 2,878 2,807 2,368 2,358 2,537 (p)2,695            

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)5.9 (r)5.9 (r)5.4 (r)4.7 (r)4.6 (r)5.3 (r)5.2 (r)5.3 (r)4.8 (r)4.7 (r)4.5 (r)4.6 (r)5.1

2017

 5.4 5.5 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.7 (p)5.0            

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

 

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

2016

 (r)30,713 (r)30,915 (r)31,105 (r)30,646 (r)30,770 (r)30,704 (r)30,809 (r)30,323 (r)30,321 (r)30,312 (r)30,363 (r)30,412 (r)30,616

2017

 30,357 30,520 30,337 30,244 30,457 30,219 (p)30,547            

Employment

2016

 (r)28,583 (r)28,753 (r)28,985 (r)28,723 (r)28,859 (r)28,622 (r)28,648 (r)28,354 (r)28,438 (r)28,604 (r)28,755 (r)28,750 (r)28,673

2017

 28,468 28,541 28,638 28,777 28,873 28,502 (p)28,671            

Unemployment

2016

 (r)2,130 (r)2,162 (r)2,120 (r)1,923 (r)1,911 (r)2,082 (r)2,161 (r)1,969 (r)1,883 (r)1,708 (r)1,608 (r)1,662 (r)1,943

2017

 1,889 1,979 1,699 1,467 1,584 1,717 (p)1,876            

Unemployment Rate

2016

 (r)6.9 (r)7.0 (r)6.8 (r)6.3 (r)6.2 (r)6.8 (r)7.0 (r)6.5 (r)6.2 (r)5.6 (r)5.3 (r)5.5 (r)6.3

2017

 6.2 6.5 5.6 4.9 5.2 5.7 (p)6.1            

Footnotes
 (p) Preliminary
(r) Revised

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.