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District of Columbia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2020	804.7	803.4	798.3	720.8	718.2	720.2	725.6	734.0	735.4	736.4	733.6	733.9
2021	732.5	731.4	732.0	737.6	741.3	(p)745.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	15.3	15.7	15.5	13.7	14.1	14.5	14.9	15.3	15.4	15.5	15.5	15.7
2021	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.6	15.5	(p)15.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
2020	33.3	33.1	33.1	26.3	26.5	26.8	27.9	28.1	28.2	28.8	29.1	29.3
2021	29.3	29.3	29.2	29.1	29.1	(p)29.2
Information
2020	20.6	20.7	20.8	19.7	19.6	19.4	19.5	19.6	19.6	19.5	19.4	19.2
2021	19.2	19.1	19.2	19.4	19.3	(p)18.9
Financial Activities
2020	29.9	29.8	29.8	29.1	29.0	28.8	28.6	28.8	28.9	28.4	27.9	27.9
2021	28.2	28.0	27.9	28.3	28.4	(p)28.2
Professional & Business Services
2020	174.4	174.5	174.4	165.1	164.1	162.0	164.6	164.7	164.8	164.6	163.9	164.2
2021	165.0	165.0	165.3	166.9	165.9	(p)167.0
Education and Health Services
2020	131.4	130.1	130.1	124.4	122.7	123.2	122.8	123.1	123.0	122.9	122.2	122.9
2021	123.9	122.8	123.0	124.0	126.5	(p)126.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	82.5	82.3	77.2	31.3	32.3	34.9	36.7	38.0	38.9	39.9	40.3	39.4
2021	37.6	39.5	39.7	41.9	43.5	(p)48.6
Other Services
2020	77.9	77.9	77.9	72.8	71.7	71.6	72.1	72.3	72.6	71.9	71.8	71.6
2021	71.0	70.3	70.2	69.9	70.2	(p)70.0
Government
2020	238.1	238.1	238.3	237.5	237.3	238.0	237.5	243.1	243.0	243.9	242.5	242.7
2021	241.7	240.8	241.0	241.5	241.9	(p)240.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2020	(r)420,360	(r)420,448	(r)420,581	(r)406,769	(r)397,922	(r)399,915	(r)402,618	(r)405,503	(r)407,913	(r)409,507	(r)409,612	(r)409,328
2021	409,154	408,389	406,901	406,223	405,366	(p)405,828
Employment
2020	(r)399,827	(r)399,437	(r)398,895	(r)361,647	(r)362,414	(r)364,192	(r)366,931	(r)369,909	(r)372,267	(r)373,663	(r)373,627	(r)373,290
2021	374,800	375,159	375,385	375,667	376,136	(p)377,365
Unemployment
2020	(r)20,533	(r)21,011	(r)21,686	(r)45,122	(r)35,508	(r)35,723	(r)35,687	(r)35,594	(r)35,646	(r)35,844	(r)35,985	(r)36,038
2021	34,354	33,230	31,516	30,556	29,230	(p)28,463
Unemployment Rate
2020	(r)4.9	(r)5.0	(r)5.2	(r)11.1	(r)8.9	(r)8.9	(r)8.9	(r)8.8	(r)8.7	(r)8.8	(r)8.8	(r)8.8
2021	8.4	8.1	7.7	7.5	7.2	(p)7.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised