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Lancaster, PA: 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	Lancaster, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	254.7	255.3	257.0	259.5	260.4	260.3	259.1	259.7	261.3	262.3	263.6	262.0	259.6
2020	256.9	258.5	257.6	215.9	234.7	(p)247.0
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	17.5	17.3	17.6	18.0	18.3	18.7	18.9	18.8	18.6	18.7	18.6	18.4	18.3
2020	18.0	17.9	17.9	12.1	18.2	(p)18.6
Manufacturing
2019	37.3	37.3	37.4	37.4	37.4	37.6	37.4	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.2	37.3
2020	36.9	37.1	36.6	33.6	35.3	(p)36.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	60.0	59.2	59.5	59.6	59.8	60.1	59.9	60.4	60.1	60.4	61.5	62.1	60.2
2020	60.3	60.1	60.5	52.4	55.0	(p)56.1
Information
2019	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8
2020	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.5	(p)2.6
Financial Activities
2019	8.4	8.4	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.6	8.7	8.6	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5
2020	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.4	8.4	(p)8.5
Professional & Business Services
2019	26.4	26.7	26.6	27.1	27.1	27.3	27.1	27.2	27.0	27.2	27.3	27.0	27.0
2020	26.5	26.6	26.7	25.9	26.4	(p)27.1
Educational & Health Services
2019	47.1	47.6	47.6	47.7	46.7	45.7	45.9	46.3	47.8	48.2	49.1	48.6	47.4
2020	47.9	48.4	47.5	39.8	41.5	(p)43.6
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	23.2	22.9	23.8	25.2	26.4	27.4	27.8	27.7	26.1	25.7	24.9	24.8	25.5
2020	23.7	23.6	23.8	11.4	18.1	(p)24.4
Other Services
2019	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
2020	12.5	12.6	12.6	9.5	9.6	(p)10.9
Government
2019	19.7	20.7	20.8	20.8	20.8	19.4	17.8	18.0	20.6	21.0	21.1	20.0	20.1
2020	19.8	20.9	20.8	20.2	19.7	(p)19.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Lancaster, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(1)280,179	(1)281,378	(1)280,334	(1)279,779	(1)283,772	(1)288,734	(1)292,146	(1)290,354	(1)287,049	(1)286,906	(1)286,594	(1)285,807	(1)285,253
2020	284,386	287,319	283,179	277,205	292,827	(p)290,201
Employment
2019	(1)270,277	(1)271,509	(1)271,145	(1)272,105	(1)274,746	(1)278,302	(1)280,307	(1)279,104	(1)277,601	(1)276,812	(1)276,970	(1)276,305	(1)275,432
2020	273,058	276,102	270,919	236,422	259,302	(p)257,712
Unemployment
2019	(1)9,902	(1)9,869	(1)9,189	(1)7,674	(1)9,026	(1)10,432	(1)11,839	(1)11,250	(1)9,448	(1)10,094	(1)9,624	(1)9,502	(1)9,821
2020	11,328	11,217	12,260	40,783	33,525	(p)32,489
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)3.5	(1)3.5	(1)3.3	(1)2.7	(1)3.2	(1)3.6	(1)4.1	(1)3.9	(1)3.3	(1)3.5	(1)3.4	(1)3.3	(1)3.4
2020	4.0	3.9	4.3	14.7	11.4	(p)11.2
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary
The Lancaster, Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Lancaster County in Pennsylvania.