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Camden, NJ: 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	Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2018	535.3	537.4	538.8	538.1	541.7	548.2	534.6	534.9	540.6	545.2	547.9	548.5	540.9
2019	531.1	534.0	537.6	542.5	544.4	551.4	538.5	536.2	538.9	(p)542.6
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2018	21.8	22.3	22.6	22.6	23.0	23.3	23.6	23.8	23.4	24.6	25.3	25.7	23.5
2019	24.4	23.6	24.1	25.3	25.6	26.7	26.4	25.5	25.6	(p)25.3
Manufacturing
2018	38.5	38.6	38.9	39.0	39.1	39.4	39.3	39.3	39.1	39.3	39.8	39.7	39.2
2019	39.9	39.7	39.7	39.8	39.5	40.1	40.6	40.2	39.8	(p)39.9
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2018	121.8	120.4	120.4	121.1	122.6	123.3	122.3	121.6	121.9	123.8	127.8	128.1	122.9
2019	124.0	122.7	122.7	122.3	122.9	124.0	123.6	122.4	122.8	(p)124.9
Information
2018	6.8	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.1	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.9	6.9
2019	6.7	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.5	(p)6.5
Financial Activities
2018	29.9	29.9	29.9	29.8	29.9	30.0	29.5	29.4	29.3	29.3	29.2	29.7	29.7
2019	28.7	28.5	28.4	28.0	28.2	28.4	28.8	28.6	29.2	(p)29.2
Professional & Business Services
2018	77.7	77.8	77.6	74.1	75.0	76.7	74.6	74.3	76.0	76.1	75.4	74.4	75.8
2019	68.6	71.0	73.0	74.9	74.9	76.5	73.4	72.8	71.7	(p)71.0
Educational & Health Services
2018	98.9	99.2	99.0	99.3	99.5	99.5	98.5	98.7	99.1	98.3	98.7	98.7	99.0
2019	99.0	98.7	99.0	98.4	99.3	99.1	97.5	98.0	98.4	(p)98.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2018	45.8	46.1	47.2	48.8	50.4	53.2	52.6	52.5	50.9	50.2	47.6	48.3	49.5
2019	46.2	46.8	47.3	50.2	51.7	54.2	54.7	54.3	51.3	(p)51.0
Other Services
2018	18.2	18.2	18.3	18.6	18.8	19.3	18.9	18.9	18.7	18.8	18.8	18.9	18.7
2019	18.5	18.4	18.6	18.9	19.0	19.5	19.1	19.0	18.8	(p)18.9
Government
2018	75.9	77.9	78.0	77.9	76.5	76.5	68.3	69.3	75.3	77.9	78.5	78.1	75.8
2019	75.1	77.8	78.1	78.0	76.7	76.3	67.8	68.8	74.8	(p)77.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2018	627,347	631,077	627,669	621,552	620,223	627,334	627,095	621,019	618,847	623,232	623,304	626,077	624,565
2019	624,742	630,323	629,470	622,667	623,287	628,305	631,503	630,389	(p)633,304
Employment
2018	596,418	600,259	599,250	596,814	595,743	599,029	596,587	593,385	594,690	600,777	602,028	603,103	598,174
2019	595,648	600,521	603,517	604,098	604,063	608,812	608,322	607,275	(p)612,000
Unemployment
2018	30,929	30,818	28,419	24,738	24,480	28,305	30,508	27,634	24,157	22,455	21,276	22,974	26,391
2019	29,094	29,802	25,953	18,569	19,224	19,493	23,181	23,114	(p)21,304
Unemployment Rate
2018	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.0	3.9	4.5	4.9	4.4	3.9	3.6	3.4	3.7	4.2
2019	4.7	4.7	4.1	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.7	3.7	(p)3.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
The Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Burlington County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2018	228,157	229,442	228,359	226,346	226,106	228,280	228,178	226,191	225,558	227,275	227,305	228,141	227,445
2019	227,294	229,397	229,105	227,132	227,636	229,100	230,127	229,875	(p)230,989
Employment
2018	218,250	219,586	219,216	218,394	218,118	219,075	218,154	217,130	217,655	219,897	220,388	220,655	218,877
2019	217,838	219,639	220,644	221,133	221,371	222,840	222,565	222,269	(p)224,096
Unemployment
2018	9,907	9,856	9,143	7,952	7,988	9,205	10,024	9,061	7,903	7,378	6,917	7,486	8,568
2019	9,456	9,758	8,461	5,999	6,265	6,260	7,562	7,606	(p)6,893
Unemployment Rate
2018	4.3	4.3	4.0	3.5	3.5	4.0	4.4	4.0	3.5	3.2	3.0	3.3	3.8
2019	4.2	4.3	3.7	2.6	2.8	2.7	3.3	3.3	(p)3.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Camden County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2018	251,070	252,733	251,380	248,769	248,042	251,219	251,110	248,564	247,576	249,258	249,200	250,417	249,945
2019	250,144	252,311	252,012	248,893	248,835	251,123	252,505	251,993	(p)253,170
Employment
2018	237,633	239,238	238,843	237,806	237,280	238,790	237,846	236,452	236,926	239,340	239,800	240,332	238,357
2019	237,422	239,377	240,632	240,624	240,381	242,509	242,409	241,931	(p)243,747
Unemployment
2018	13,437	13,495	12,537	10,963	10,762	12,429	13,264	12,112	10,650	9,918	9,400	10,085	11,588
2019	12,722	12,934	11,380	8,269	8,454	8,614	10,096	10,062	(p)9,423
Unemployment Rate
2018	5.4	5.3	5.0	4.4	4.3	4.9	5.3	4.9	4.3	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.6
2019	5.1	5.1	4.5	3.3	3.4	3.4	4.0	4.0	(p)3.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Gloucester County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2018	148,120	148,902	147,930	146,437	146,075	147,835	147,807	146,264	145,713	146,699	146,799	147,519	147,175
2019	147,304	148,615	148,353	146,642	146,816	148,082	148,871	148,521	(p)149,145
Employment
2018	140,535	141,435	141,191	140,614	140,345	141,164	140,587	139,803	140,109	141,540	141,840	142,116	140,940
2019	140,388	141,505	142,241	142,341	142,311	143,463	143,348	143,075	(p)144,157
Unemployment
2018	7,585	7,467	6,739	5,823	5,730	6,671	7,220	6,461	5,604	5,159	4,959	5,403	6,235
2019	6,916	7,110	6,112	4,301	4,505	4,619	5,523	5,446	(p)4,988
Unemployment Rate
2018	5.1	5.0	4.6	4.0	3.9	4.5	4.9	4.4	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.7	4.2
2019	4.7	4.8	4.1	2.9	3.1	3.1	3.7	3.7	(p)3.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Schedule of Upcoming Releases for Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

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Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data