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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
2019	533.8	535.2	539.5	543.7	546.3	551.7	540.5	541.6	546.8	548.8	549.7	550.8	544.0
2020	537.2	538.0	537.6	455.4	466.9	(p)487.9
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2019	22.0	21.8	22.1	23.2	23.7	23.8	24.1	24.4	24.1	23.6	23.8	22.9	23.3
2020	21.7	22.0	22.3	18.1	21.6	(p)22.5
Manufacturing
2019	39.4	39.3	39.5	39.4	39.5	39.7	39.9	39.7	39.6	39.7	39.8	40.1	39.6
2020	40.1	40.2	39.9	35.8	39.0	(p)39.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2019	125.5	123.3	123.7	123.3	124.6	125.7	125.1	125.0	125.5	126.9	128.5	130.3	125.6
2020	125.0	123.4	124.3	111.1	112.4	(p)119.9
Information
2019	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.8	6.9	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.4	6.7
2020	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.0	5.9	(p)6.0
Financial Activities
2019	28.9	28.9	29.1	29.1	29.3	29.3	29.4	29.4	29.3	29.2	29.8	29.2	29.2
2020	28.2	29.1	28.3	26.2	26.4	(p)25.9
Professional & Business Services
2019	71.8	71.8	73.1	75.3	75.0	76.6	75.0	74.5	76.4	75.5	76.4	76.7	74.8
2020	74.4	74.5	74.2	62.9	65.2	(p)68.7
Educational & Health Services
2019	98.9	99.1	99.4	99.5	99.7	99.8	98.6	99.4	99.4	99.7	99.0	99.4	99.3
2020	99.7	99.9	100.6	88.1	87.2	(p)90.0
Leisure & Hospitality
2019	47.5	47.7	49.0	50.3	52.0	54.4	53.2	53.1	50.5	49.7	47.4	47.1	50.2
2020	45.8	45.5	44.6	19.3	22.8	(p)27.6
Other Services
2019	18.7	18.8	18.9	19.3	19.6	20.0	19.6	19.4	19.3	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.3
2020	19.1	19.0	19.1	12.0	12.4	(p)13.6
Government
2019	74.3	77.7	78.1	77.7	76.2	75.5	68.8	69.8	76.1	78.5	79.1	79.3	75.9
2020	76.8	78.0	78.0	75.9	74.0	(p)73.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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
2019	(1)627,219	(1)629,927	(1)629,599	(1)625,719	(1)627,184	(1)632,427	(1)636,033	(1)635,863	(1)635,673	(1)640,430	(1)638,947	(1)641,644	(1)633,389
2020	642,710	647,023	651,257	644,345	647,702	(p)649,474
Employment
2019	(1)599,539	(1)603,501	(1)606,117	(1)607,765	(1)607,789	(1)610,910	(1)609,984	(1)611,055	(1)613,268	(1)617,537	(1)615,946	(1)617,767	(1)610,098
2020	614,286	619,833	627,620	547,042	556,289	(p)551,107
Unemployment
2019	(1)27,680	(1)26,426	(1)23,482	(1)17,954	(1)19,395	(1)21,517	(1)26,049	(1)24,808	(1)22,405	(1)22,893	(1)23,001	(1)23,877	(1)23,291
2020	28,424	27,190	23,637	97,303	91,413	(p)98,367
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)4.4	(1)4.2	(1)3.7	(1)2.9	(1)3.1	(1)3.4	(1)4.1	(1)3.9	(1)3.5	(1)3.6	(1)3.6	(1)3.7	(1)3.7
2020	4.4	4.2	3.6	15.1	14.1	(p)15.1
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (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
2019	(1)228,009	(1)229,134	(1)229,003	(1)228,031	(1)228,810	(1)230,268	(1)231,420	(1)231,562	(1)231,555	(1)233,313	(1)232,663	(1)233,300	(1)230,589
2020	233,388	235,262	236,872	230,986	233,012	(p)233,356
Employment
2019	(1)219,027	(1)220,494	(1)221,358	(1)222,237	(1)222,498	(1)223,370	(1)222,934	(1)223,409	(1)224,312	(1)225,930	(1)225,271	(1)225,747	(1)223,049
2020	224,376	226,480	229,286	200,040	203,531	(p)201,474
Unemployment
2019	(1)8,982	(1)8,640	(1)7,645	(1)5,794	(1)6,312	(1)6,898	(1)8,486	(1)8,153	(1)7,243	(1)7,383	(1)7,392	(1)7,553	(1)7,540
2020	9,012	8,782	7,586	30,946	29,481	(p)31,882
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)3.9	(1)3.8	(1)3.3	(1)2.5	(1)2.8	(1)3.0	(1)3.7	(1)3.5	(1)3.1	(1)3.2	(1)3.2	(1)3.2	(1)3.3
2020	3.9	3.7	3.2	13.4	12.7	(p)13.7
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (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
2019	(1)250,837	(1)251,788	(1)251,717	(1)249,834	(1)250,146	(1)252,607	(1)254,169	(1)253,992	(1)253,913	(1)255,811	(1)255,265	(1)256,556	(1)253,053
2020	257,095	258,589	260,261	259,701	260,938	(p)262,052
Employment
2019	(1)238,728	(1)240,316	(1)241,420	(1)241,837	(1)241,616	(1)243,096	(1)242,821	(1)243,189	(1)244,006	(1)245,660	(1)245,085	(1)245,963	(1)242,811
2020	244,660	246,814	249,933	217,661	221,249	(p)219,347
Unemployment
2019	(1)12,109	(1)11,472	(1)10,297	(1)7,997	(1)8,530	(1)9,511	(1)11,348	(1)10,803	(1)9,907	(1)10,151	(1)10,180	(1)10,593	(1)10,242
2020	12,435	11,775	10,328	42,040	39,689	(p)42,705
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)4.8	(1)4.6	(1)4.1	(1)3.2	(1)3.4	(1)3.8	(1)4.5	(1)4.3	(1)3.9	(1)4.0	(1)4.0	(1)4.1	(1)4.0
2020	4.8	4.6	4.0	16.2	15.2	(p)16.3
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary

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
2019	(1)148,373	(1)149,005	(1)148,879	(1)147,854	(1)148,228	(1)149,552	(1)150,444	(1)150,309	(1)150,205	(1)151,306	(1)151,019	(1)151,788	(1)149,747
2020	152,227	153,172	154,124	153,658	153,752	(p)154,066
Employment
2019	(1)141,784	(1)142,691	(1)143,339	(1)143,691	(1)143,675	(1)144,444	(1)144,229	(1)144,457	(1)144,950	(1)145,947	(1)145,590	(1)146,057	(1)144,238
2020	145,250	146,539	148,401	129,341	131,509	(p)130,286
Unemployment
2019	(1)6,589	(1)6,314	(1)5,540	(1)4,163	(1)4,553	(1)5,108	(1)6,215	(1)5,852	(1)5,255	(1)5,359	(1)5,429	(1)5,731	(1)5,509
2020	6,977	6,633	5,723	24,317	22,243	(p)23,780
Unemployment Rate
2019	(1)4.4	(1)4.2	(1)3.7	(1)2.8	(1)3.1	(1)3.4	(1)4.1	(1)3.9	(1)3.5	(1)3.5	(1)3.6	(1)3.8	(1)3.7
2020	4.6	4.3	3.7	15.8	14.5	(p)15.4
Footnotes (1) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (p) Preliminary