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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
2021	67.2	67.4	68.4	69.2	69.5	69.0	69.2	68.8	69.0	69.6	70.2	70.2	69.0
2022	68.7	69.4	69.9	70.3	(p)70.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2021	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
2022	2.8	2.8	2.8	3.0	(p)3.0
Manufacturing
2021	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	4.9	4.9
2022	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	(p)5.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2021	13.2	13.0	13.2	13.2	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.4	13.8	14.2	14.6	13.5
2022	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.1	(p)13.9
Information
2021	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
2022	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	(p)0.4
Financial Activities
2021	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
2022	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	(p)1.9
Professional & Business Services
2021	5.8	5.8	6.0	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.2
2022	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.5	(p)6.4
Educational & Health Services
2021	10.8	10.8	11.0	11.1	11.1	10.7	10.6	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.7
2022	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	(p)10.3
Leisure & Hospitality
2021	6.2	6.2	6.4	6.5	6.8	6.9	7.1	7.2	6.9	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7
2022	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.9	(p)7.5
Other Services
2021	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6
2022	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
Government
2021	18.8	19.1	19.3	19.5	19.3	19.2	19.0	18.8	19.4	19.6	19.7	19.5	19.3
2022	19.0	19.4	19.6	19.6	(p)19.3
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
2021	(1)81,006	(1)81,154	(1)81,814	(1)82,027	(1)81,224	(1)82,785	(1)81,713	(1)80,947	(1)80,091	(1)80,891	(1)81,330	(1)81,691	(1)81,389
2022	82,705	82,018	82,128	81,725	(p)81,220
Employment
2021	(1)75,572	(1)75,655	(1)76,407	(1)76,740	(1)76,241	(1)76,023	(1)75,754	(1)75,531	(1)75,651	(1)76,695	(1)77,622	(1)77,953	(1)76,320
2022	77,887	77,779	77,808	77,570	(p)77,170
Unemployment
2021	(1)5,434	(1)5,499	(1)5,407	(1)5,287	(1)4,983	(1)6,762	(1)5,959	(1)5,416	(1)4,440	(1)4,196	(1)3,708	(1)3,738	(1)5,069
2022	4,818	4,239	4,320	4,155	(p)4,050
Unemployment Rate
2021	(1)6.7	(1)6.8	(1)6.6	(1)6.4	(1)6.1	(1)8.2	(1)7.3	(1)6.7	(1)5.5	(1)5.2	(1)4.6	(1)4.6	(1)6.2
2022	5.8	5.2	5.3	5.1	(p)5.0
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (p) Preliminary
The Dover, Del. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Kent County in Delaware.