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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
2020	1,519.2	1,522.2	1,519.6	1,353.7	1,365.8	1,403.8	1,408.8	1,435.0	1,442.6	1,456.5	1,467.2	1,459.7	1,446.2
2021	1,444.0	1,443.8	1,452.0	1,467.1	1,473.1	(p)1,480.4
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2020	78.8	79.1	79.4	76.6	77.8	79.1	79.4	79.7	79.4	81.0	81.0	82.3	79.5
2021	79.6	78.0	81.1	82.0	83.1	(p)84.8
Manufacturing
2020	27.0	27.2	27.1	24.4	24.8	25.9	26.3	26.5	26.7	27.0	26.9	27.2	26.4
2021	26.9	27.0	27.2	27.3	27.5	(p)27.5
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2020	220.4	216.9	216.4	187.6	188.5	199.5	204.7	206.2	206.3	207.8	214.2	218.0	207.2
2021	211.3	206.3	206.5	209.3	208.9	(p)210.1
Information
2020	41.3	41.5	41.6	40.0	40.2	40.4	40.6	40.7	41.0	41.2	40.3	40.2	40.8
2021	40.7	40.2	40.6	41.7	40.7	(p)41.1
Financial Activities
2020	79.2	79.4	79.2	77.0	77.0	77.4	78.0	78.2	77.5	78.0	77.8	78.1	78.1
2021	76.9	77.3	76.8	76.4	76.2	(p)76.0
Professional & Business Services
2020	428.5	429.6	429.3	420.6	421.2	423.3	429.7	430.6	426.3	431.0	430.3	428.3	427.4
2021	425.4	428.1	428.0	432.2	434.8	(p)435.1
Educational & Health Services
2020	176.2	178.0	177.0	151.5	152.7	156.5	158.3	160.8	164.2	167.0	166.5	165.3	164.5
2021	165.0	167.9	167.7	169.0	168.6	(p)165.2
Leisure & Hospitality
2020	144.6	144.5	141.9	72.9	80.2	96.2	108.8	112.2	111.3	113.6	114.2	111.8	112.7
2021	110.7	108.2	111.1	115.2	118.7	(p)123.1
Other Services
2020	77.9	77.9	76.9	61.2	63.7	68.5	70.4	70.8	70.3	69.7	69.5	69.5	70.5
2021	68.8	69.4	69.6	69.8	70.0	(p)71.7
Government
2020	245.3	248.1	250.8	241.9	239.7	237.0	212.6	229.3	239.6	240.2	246.5	239.0	239.2
2021	238.7	241.4	243.4	244.2	244.6	(p)245.8
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
2020	(1)1,689,630	(1)1,697,926	(1)1,690,709	(1)1,650,545	(1)1,617,995	(1)1,654,956	(1)1,649,053	(1)1,667,435	(1)1,623,422	(1)1,617,038	(1)1,610,579	(1)1,601,730	(1)1,647,585
2021	1,595,360	1,600,535	1,610,879	1,603,612	1,616,234	(p)1,628,119
Employment
2020	(1)1,651,080	(1)1,663,630	(1)1,652,191	(1)1,484,336	(1)1,488,338	(1)1,517,292	(1)1,526,358	(1)1,558,727	(1)1,526,906	(1)1,529,719	(1)1,526,518	(1)1,516,397	(1)1,553,458
2021	1,513,898	1,523,783	1,537,056	1,546,696	1,556,868	(p)1,562,105
Unemployment
2020	(1)38,550	(1)34,296	(1)38,518	(1)166,209	(1)129,657	(1)137,664	(1)122,695	(1)108,708	(1)96,516	(1)87,319	(1)84,061	(1)85,333	(1)94,127
2021	81,462	76,752	73,823	56,916	59,366	(p)66,014
Unemployment Rate
2020	(1)2.3	(1)2.0	(1)2.3	(1)10.1	(1)8.0	(1)8.3	(1)7.4	(1)6.5	(1)5.9	(1)5.4	(1)5.2	(1)5.3	(1)5.7
2021	5.1	4.8	4.6	3.5	3.7	(p)4.1
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 16, 2021. (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.