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Northern Virginia, VA: 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	Northern Virginia, Va.
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2019	1,484.6	1,489.2	1,496.1	1,508.4	1,518.6	1,536.8	1,523.2	1,519.5	1,516.3	1,528.8	1,543.9	1,537.5	1,516.9
2020	1,513.3	1,520.2	1,513.5	1,381.6	1,387.1	(p)1,420.2
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	76.2	76.3	77.6	78.9	80.0	81.4	81.7	82.1	81.1	79.5	80.2	78.4	79.5
2020	76.2	76.3	76.4	74.8	76.5	(p)77.5
Manufacturing
2019	26.4	26.5	26.9	27.0	27.1	27.5	27.4	27.3	27.1	27.2	27.4	27.4	27.1
2020	27.0	27.1	27.1	26.4	26.5	(p)26.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	217.9	213.5	214.5	215.1	216.7	219.3	218.7	218.5	216.4	217.7	221.4	226.5	218.0
2020	216.7	213.4	214.1	197.7	197.9	(p)204.1
Information
2019	39.7	40.1	40.0	40.3	40.6	41.1	41.6	41.6	41.0	41.4	41.3	41.4	40.8
2020	41.1	41.9	41.7	41.9	41.7	(p)41.6
Financial Activities
2019	78.0	78.2	78.2	78.7	79.1	80.0	80.2	80.1	79.4	80.0	79.3	80.2	79.3
2020	79.9	79.7	80.6	79.2	79.6	(p)78.6
Professional & Business Services
2019	413.9	416.6	417.3	422.0	424.2	428.6	432.9	432.6	426.1	430.9	435.7	432.7	426.1
2020	429.3	431.7	429.0	417.7	418.6	(p)428.3
Educational & Health Services
2019	172.7	174.1	174.7	175.6	173.2	174.0	171.3	171.3	174.1	175.2	176.5	174.9	174.0
2020	173.4	175.3	171.5	148.3	146.7	(p)150.9
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	141.7	142.5	145.1	147.4	152.6	158.2	158.0	156.1	148.5	150.2	149.2	149.4	149.9
2020	145.8	147.8	142.4	83.5	90.6	(p)103.4
Other Services
2019	77.3	77.7	77.8	78.1	78.5	79.5	79.6	79.3	78.4	78.5	78.8	78.0	78.5
2020	78.0	77.5	77.2	68.9	69.7	(p)72.0
Government
2019	240.8	243.7	244.0	245.3	246.6	247.2	231.8	230.6	244.2	248.2	254.1	248.6	243.8
2020	245.9	249.5	253.5	243.2	239.3	(p)237.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Northern Virginia, Va.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2019	(1)1,646,798	(1)1,654,100	(1)1,662,078	(1)1,656,637	(1)1,670,122	(1)1,685,807	(1)1,701,878	(1)1,678,425	(1)1,677,552	(1)1,689,122	(1)1,688,054	(1)1,682,979	(1)1,674,463
2020	1,691,018	1,702,625	1,689,438	1,639,485	1,638,310	(p)1,655,073
Employment
2019	(1)1,597,838	(1)1,610,480	(1)1,620,014	(1)1,622,529	(1)1,631,875	(1)1,644,151	(1)1,660,101	(1)1,636,903	(1)1,640,914	(1)1,653,342	(1)1,653,303	(1)1,650,363	(1)1,635,151
2020	1,649,036	1,664,792	1,643,263	1,475,823	1,501,588	(p)1,522,908
Unemployment
2019	(1)48,960	(1)43,620	(1)42,064	(1)34,108	(1)38,247	(1)41,656	(1)41,777	(1)41,522	(1)36,638	(1)35,780	(1)34,751	(1)32,616	(1)39,312
2020	41,982	37,833	46,175	163,662	136,722	(p)132,165
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)3.0	(1)2.6	(1)2.5	(1)2.1	(1)2.3	(1)2.5	(1)2.5	(1)2.5	(1)2.2	(1)2.1	(1)2.1	(1)1.9	(1)2.3
2020	2.5	2.2	2.7	10.0	8.3	(p)8.0
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary
Northern Virginia, Va. includes Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia.