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Dover, DE: 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	Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2020	70.1	70.4	70.4	61.9	62.3	65.3	66.3	66.7	68.0	68.3	67.7	67.5	67.1
2021	66.3	66.3	67.1	68.1	68.0	(p)68.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
2021	2.7	2.7	2.7	3.0	2.9	(p)2.9
Manufacturing
2020	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.6	4.6	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
2021	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.7	(p)4.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	13.4	13.3	13.4	11.6	11.9	12.5	12.6	12.7	13.2	13.3	13.1	13.4	12.9
2021	12.7	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	(p)12.9
Information
2020	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
2021	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	(p)0.4
Financial Activities
2020	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
2021	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	(p)1.6
Professional & Business Services
2020	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.9	6.1	6.0	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9
2021	6.1	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.0	(p)6.0
Educational & Health Services
2020	11.5	11.6	11.5	10.4	10.2	10.4	10.6	10.7	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
2021	10.7	10.7	11.1	11.2	11.1	(p)11.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	7.9	7.9	7.7	4.0	4.3	6.0	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.3	6.1	6.4
2021	6.1	6.0	6.2	6.6	7.0	(p)7.2
Other Services
2020	2.6	2.6	2.5	1.9	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3
2021	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	(p)2.4
Government
2020	19.4	19.7	19.7	19.1	18.7	18.8	18.8	18.8	19.4	19.4	19.5	19.2	19.2
2021	19.0	19.3	19.3	19.4	19.2	(p)19.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2020	(1)81,339	(1)81,298	(1)79,448	(1)79,510	(1)79,298	(1)79,449	(1)80,601	(1)80,337	(1)79,657	(1)78,434	(1)78,349	(1)78,864	(1)79,715
2021	79,997	79,690	80,454	80,024	(p)78,181
Employment
2020	(1)77,280	(1)77,345	(1)74,816	(1)68,150	(1)67,479	(1)67,685	(1)72,830	(1)73,422	(1)73,295	(1)74,011	(1)73,950	(1)73,857	(1)72,843
2021	74,319	73,724	74,468	74,388	(p)73,335
Unemployment
2020	(1)4,059	(1)3,953	(1)4,632	(1)11,360	(1)11,819	(1)11,764	(1)7,771	(1)6,915	(1)6,362	(1)4,423	(1)4,399	(1)5,007	(1)6,872
2021	5,678	5,966	5,986	5,636	(p)4,846
Unemployment Rate
2020	(1)5.0	(1)4.9	(1)5.8	(1)14.3	(1)14.9	(1)14.8	(1)9.6	(1)8.6	(1)8.0	(1)5.6	(1)5.6	(1)6.3	(1)8.6
2021	7.1	7.5	7.4	7.0	(p)6.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (p) Preliminary
The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.