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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
2019	69.4	69.8	70.2	70.9	71.0	70.6	70.0	70.0	71.0	71.8	72.9	72.1	70.8
2020	71.3	71.4	70.4	61.4	63.1	(p)65.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.7
2020	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.8	(p)2.7
Manufacturing
2019	4.8	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.8	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9
2020	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.1	4.4	(p)4.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.6	13.5	13.3	13.3	13.5	13.7	14.6	14.5	13.7
2020	14.0	13.8	13.5	12.4	12.7	(p)12.8
Information
2019	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5
2020	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	(p)0.4
Financial Activities
2019	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7
2020	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.7	(p)1.7
Professional & Business Services
2019	5.2	5.1	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.4
2020	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.1	5.5	(p)5.4
Educational & Health Services
2019	11.3	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.6	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.6
2020	11.9	11.9	11.8	10.4	10.6	(p)10.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.4	8.8	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.4	8.2	8.0	8.3
2020	8.0	8.1	7.5	3.8	4.6	(p)6.8
Other Services
2019	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
2020	2.8	2.8	2.8	1.9	1.9	(p)2.2
Government
2019	19.1	19.3	19.4	19.6	19.2	19.0	19.0	18.6	19.4	19.7	19.8	19.6	19.3
2020	19.4	19.7	19.7	18.9	18.5	(p)18.5
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
2019	(1)79,294	(1)79,061	(1)79,490	(1)79,157	(1)78,676	(1)79,134	(1)79,191	(1)78,973	(1)78,818	(1)80,257	(1)80,546	(1)80,327	(1)79,411
2020	80,865	80,309	78,164	77,949	79,530	(p)82,123
Employment
2019	(1)76,090	(1)75,826	(1)76,375	(1)76,232	(1)75,742	(1)75,389	(1)75,275	(1)75,120	(1)75,393	(1)76,861	(1)77,516	(1)77,341	(1)76,097
2020	77,207	76,804	73,760	65,615	66,148	(p)70,564
Unemployment
2019	(1)3,204	(1)3,235	(1)3,115	(1)2,925	(1)2,934	(1)3,745	(1)3,916	(1)3,853	(1)3,425	(1)3,396	(1)3,030	(1)2,986	(1)3,314
2020	3,658	3,505	4,404	12,334	13,382	(p)11,559
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)4.0	(1)4.1	(1)3.9	(1)3.7	(1)3.7	(1)4.7	(1)4.9	(1)4.9	(1)4.3	(1)4.2	(1)3.8	(1)3.7	(1)4.2
2020	4.5	4.4	5.6	15.8	16.8	(p)14.1
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary
The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.