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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
2019	784.2	793.6	796.6	797.7	793.4	798.9	808.2	793.7	797.8	804.2	807.0	804.5	798.3
2020	794.3	800.1	799.8	738.2	727.6	(p)740.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.8	15.0	15.2	15.1	15.1	14.8	14.9	14.7	14.5	14.9
2020	14.4	14.6	14.5	13.4	13.9	(p)14.9
Manufacturing
2019	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
2020	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	(p)1.2
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	32.6	32.6	32.5	32.7	33.2	33.4	33.0	33.0	33.4	33.5	34.2	34.6	33.2
2020	33.5	34.0	34.4	30.1	29.6	(p)30.2
Information
2019	19.5	19.8	19.7	19.6	19.6	20.3	20.2	20.1	20.2	20.5	20.7	20.4	20.1
2020	20.8	20.9	21.0	20.4	19.0	(p)18.7
Financial Activities
2019	29.4	29.7	29.6	29.7	29.6	30.1	30.2	30.1	29.7	29.9	29.6	30.0	29.8
2020	29.4	29.7	29.7	29.2	29.4	(p)29.3
Professional & Business Services
2019	166.6	168.5	168.7	169.3	169.5	172.1	172.4	171.2	171.1	174.6	174.7	174.0	171.1
2020	172.3	172.3	173.2	169.2	165.4	(p)165.2
Educational & Health Services
2019	131.0	133.7	134.2	133.0	128.5	127.3	125.7	125.7	128.9	131.5	132.7	130.7	130.2
2020	127.9	131.4	130.8	122.7	119.5	(p)118.1
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	77.4	79.5	81.8	83.6	83.4	83.6	82.5	81.4	82.7	82.4	81.6	80.4	81.7
2020	77.9	79.5	78.0	36.7	34.5	(p)44.2
Other Services
2019	75.8	76.6	76.9	77.0	77.1	78.2	78.7	77.8	77.3	77.8	78.1	79.1	77.5
2020	78.1	77.8	78.3	76.6	76.7	(p)77.1
Government
2019	236.0	237.2	237.1	236.6	236.1	237.3	249.1	238.0	238.3	237.7	239.3	239.4	238.5
2020	238.7	238.5	238.6	238.7	238.4	(p)241.4
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
2019	(r)405,356	(r)409,166	(r)409,447	(r)409,186	(r)408,260	(r)412,636	(r)416,468	(r)407,817	(r)407,988	(r)409,726	(r)412,346	(r)411,233	(r)409,969
2020	414,238	419,329	421,750	403,629	386,742	(p)397,766
Employment
2019	(r)380,285	(r)384,629	(r)386,482	(r)388,445	(r)386,959	(r)388,574	(r)392,330	(r)385,399	(r)386,102	(r)388,209	(r)391,565	(r)390,807	(r)387,482
2020	393,157	397,669	396,915	358,839	354,062	(p)362,093
Unemployment
2019	(r)25,071	(r)24,537	(r)22,965	(r)20,741	(r)21,301	(r)24,062	(r)24,138	(r)22,418	(r)21,886	(r)21,517	(r)20,781	(r)20,426	(r)22,487
2020	21,081	21,660	24,835	44,790	32,680	(p)35,673
Unemployment Rate
2019	(r)6.2	(r)6.0	(r)5.6	(r)5.1	(r)5.2	(r)5.8	(r)5.8	(r)5.5	(r)5.4	(r)5.3	(r)5.0	(r)5.0	(r)5.5
2020	5.1	5.2	5.9	11.1	8.5	(p)9.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised