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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
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 (p)542.1            

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 (p)26.2            

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 (p)40.7            

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 (p)123.6            

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 (p)6.6            

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 (p)28.6            

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 (p)77.2            

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 (p)98.0            

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 (p)54.0            

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 (p)19.1            

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 (p)68.1            

Footnotes
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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 (p)633,281            

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 (p)609,965            

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 (p)23,316            

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 (p)3.7            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

The Camden, N.J. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties in New Jersey.

 

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 (p)230,772            

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 (p)223,163            

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 (p)7,609            

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 (p)3.3            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

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 (p)253,225            

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 (p)243,065            

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 (p)10,160            

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 (p)4.0            

Footnotes
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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 (p)149,284            

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 (p)143,737            

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 (p)5,547            

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 (p)3.7            

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary