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Virginia: 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	Virginia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2020	4,089.1	4,091.0	4,069.6	3,611.0	3,633.2	3,703.8	3,758.7	3,830.7	3,856.0	3,878.2	3,888.1	3,881.1
2021	3,897.4	3,886.8	3,887.3	(p)3,889.7
Mining and Logging
2020	7.7	7.6	7.6	6.8	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9
2021	6.8	6.8	7.4	(p)7.5
Construction
2020	207.5	207.8	207.2	196.4	197.7	198.5	198.6	200.0	201.2	203.4	205.3	207.1
2021	207.5	205.7	206.0	(p)204.6
Manufacturing
2020	243.3	243.5	242.8	224.9	222.6	227.1	229.8	231.6	233.0	234.6	234.1	235.9
2021	235.0	234.7	236.4	(p)237.7
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	660.2	659.9	658.5	589.1	596.3	618.8	630.4	636.8	643.0	648.7	649.2	649.7
2021	655.3	655.6	654.0	(p)656.4
Information
2020	68.1	68.5	68.7	64.0	63.8	63.8	63.7	64.2	65.9	65.8	64.2	64.5
2021	65.2	64.4	64.5	(p)65.6
Financial Activities
2020	214.5	214.3	214.1	208.3	207.6	206.8	207.6	208.3	208.9	207.3	208.1	208.4
2021	207.7	207.2	206.2	(p)205.9
Professional & Business Services
2020	776.1	776.4	775.6	739.4	742.8	742.6	747.1	752.5	757.2	759.3	766.2	766.1
2021	766.8	766.3	767.9	(p)767.2
Educational & Health Services
2020	556.4	557.9	554.6	493.0	503.2	512.0	516.8	521.9	524.7	529.4	530.0	528.5
2021	530.8	532.8	531.4	(p)531.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	421.4	421.6	407.1	216.8	228.7	263.2	296.2	310.4	325.6	332.6	337.0	335.6
2021	337.7	331.8	329.8	(p)330.8
Other Services
2020	196.8	196.3	194.4	159.0	164.1	171.4	175.9	178.7	180.4	180.1	179.8	179.6
2021	179.5	179.3	180.5	(p)180.6
Government
2020	737.1	737.2	739.0	713.3	699.5	692.8	685.8	719.4	709.3	710.1	707.3	698.8
2021	705.1	702.2	703.2	(p)702.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2020	(r)4,453,855	(r)4,448,623	(r)4,447,482	(r)4,391,242	(r)4,274,171	(r)4,320,856	(r)4,313,312	(r)4,376,496	(r)4,302,424	(r)4,290,462	(r)4,271,293	(r)4,255,079
2021	4,254,052	4,236,621	4,238,036	(p)4,225,614
Employment
2020	(r)4,343,866	(r)4,337,089	(r)4,333,184	(r)3,895,532	(r)3,912,282	(r)3,939,193	(r)3,972,148	(r)4,068,442	(r)4,020,210	(r)4,027,562	(r)4,023,075	(r)4,018,875
2021	4,026,838	4,016,894	4,023,601	(p)4,028,276
Unemployment
2020	(r)109,989	(r)111,534	(r)114,298	(r)495,710	(r)361,889	(r)381,663	(r)341,164	(r)308,054	(r)282,214	(r)262,900	(r)248,218	(r)236,204
2021	227,214	219,727	214,435	(p)197,338
Unemployment Rate
2020	(r)2.5	(r)2.5	(r)2.6	(r)11.3	(r)8.5	(r)8.8	(r)7.9	(r)7.0	(r)6.6	(r)6.1	(r)5.8	(r)5.6
2021	5.3	5.2	5.1	(p)4.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised