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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
2018	68.3	68.5	69.1	69.8	70.5	70.1	68.7	68.1	69.4	70.0	70.3	70.0	69.4
2019	69.2	69.6	69.4	70.2	70.7	71.1	69.9	69.7	70.6	71.3	71.8	(p)71.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2018	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6
2019	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
Manufacturing
2018	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
2019	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	(p)5.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	13.5	13.4	13.5	13.6	13.7	13.6	13.2	13.2	13.4	13.4	13.8	13.8	13.5
2019	13.4	13.5	13.2	13.4	13.6	13.7	13.2	13.5	13.5	13.7	14.4	(p)14.3
Information
2018	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
2019	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	(p)0.3
Financial Activities
2018	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
2019	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	(p)1.7
Professional & Business Services
2018	5.0	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3
2019	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	(p)5.3
Educational & Health Services
2018	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.3	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.2
2019	11.6	11.7	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.7	11.9	11.9	(p)12.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	8.0	8.1	8.0	8.2	8.7	8.8	8.1	8.1	8.1	7.9	7.7	7.6	8.1
2019	7.6	7.7	7.7	8.0	8.4	8.7	8.5	8.5	8.3	8.2	7.8	(p)7.7
Other Services
2018	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
2019	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
Government
2018	18.8	18.9	19.1	19.2	19.3	18.8	18.6	18.2	19.1	19.3	19.5	19.2	19.0
2019	19.2	19.4	19.5	19.5	19.2	19.3	19.0	18.6	19.5	19.7	19.9	(p)19.4
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
2018	78,731	78,239	78,786	78,342	78,094	78,556	77,705	77,287	77,118	78,126	78,215	78,287	78,124
2019	79,180	79,401	79,516	79,386	79,254	79,678	79,415	79,021	78,316	80,094	(p)80,169
Employment
2018	74,950	74,514	75,305	75,134	75,090	74,799	74,070	73,802	74,080	75,330	75,764	75,781	74,885
2019	76,147	76,497	76,756	76,814	76,651	76,327	75,822	75,217	75,013	76,692	(p)76,987
Unemployment
2018	3,781	3,725	3,481	3,208	3,004	3,757	3,635	3,485	3,038	2,796	2,451	2,506	3,239
2019	3,033	2,904	2,760	2,572	2,603	3,351	3,593	3,804	3,303	3,402	(p)3,182
Unemployment Rate
2018	4.8	4.8	4.4	4.1	3.8	4.8	4.7	4.5	3.9	3.6	3.1	3.2	4.1
2019	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.2	3.3	4.2	4.5	4.8	4.2	4.2	(p)4.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.