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District of Columbia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data, not seasonally adjusted

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2020	796.6	801.9	799.5	723.1	714.1	719.4	735.4	729.7	733.2	739.7	738.2	735.9	747.2
2021	726.2	729.1	731.0	739.5	740.4	(p)746.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	15.0	15.2	15.3	13.7	14.1	14.6	15.4	15.6	15.5	15.7	15.5	15.5	15.1
2021	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.5	15.5	(p)15.9
Manufacturing
2020	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2021	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	33.0	32.7	32.7	26.1	26.3	26.9	27.8	27.9	28.1	29.0	29.6	29.7	29.2
2021	28.8	29.2	29.1	29.1	28.9	(p)29.2
Information
2020	20.3	20.7	20.7	19.9	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.6	19.5	19.6	19.5	19.2	19.8
2021	19.1	19.1	19.2	19.3	19.2	(p)18.9
Financial Activities
2020	29.7	29.7	29.8	29.1	29.0	29.0	29.0	29.0	28.8	28.8	27.9	27.8	29.0
2021	27.9	27.8	27.6	28.4	28.3	(p)28.4
Professional & Business Services
2020	173.1	174.2	173.9	165.4	163.4	163.0	165.6	164.6	163.7	165.5	164.9	164.9	166.9
2021	163.8	164.3	164.1	166.4	165.9	(p)168.2
Educational & Health Services
2020	131.1	133.5	133.6	126.6	120.1	120.1	118.3	119.5	122.8	124.4	125.2	124.4	125.0
2021	123.4	125.5	125.6	126.3	125.8	(p)123.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	78.9	79.7	77.2	32.8	33.2	35.6	37.4	38.1	39.1	40.7	40.4	38.8	47.7
2021	35.8	37.9	39.8	43.9	45.4	(p)50.3
Other Services
2020	77.4	77.7	77.6	72.4	71.6	72.2	72.8	72.4	72.4	71.9	71.9	71.7	73.5
2021	70.2	69.6	69.6	69.3	69.9	(p)70.7
Government
2020	236.8	237.3	237.5	236.2	236.0	237.5	248.6	242.0	242.3	243.1	242.3	242.9	240.2
2021	240.9	239.4	239.7	240.3	240.5	(p)240.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2020	(r)421,801	(r)425,308	(r)420,428	(r)405,479	(r)396,512	(r)400,830	(r)407,168	(r)406,441	(r)404,522	(r)405,870	(r)409,289	(r)413,158	(r)409,734
2021	407,077	407,673	403,594	401,023	403,110	(p)410,836
Employment
2020	(r)400,775	(r)404,594	(r)397,484	(r)362,532	(r)360,847	(r)364,052	(r)368,356	(r)370,306	(r)368,874	(r)372,532	(r)375,016	(r)376,699	(r)376,839
2021	374,869	376,724	375,619	374,506	377,564	(p)381,129
Unemployment
2020	(r)21,026	(r)20,714	(r)22,944	(r)42,947	(r)35,665	(r)36,778	(r)38,812	(r)36,135	(r)35,648	(r)33,338	(r)34,273	(r)36,459	(r)32,895
2021	32,208	30,949	27,975	26,517	25,546	(p)29,707
Unemployment Rate
2020	(r)5.0	(r)4.9	(r)5.5	(r)10.6	(r)9.0	(r)9.2	(r)9.5	(r)8.9	(r)8.8	(r)8.2	(r)8.4	(r)8.8	(r)8.0
2021	7.9	7.6	6.9	6.6	6.3	(p)7.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised