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Cedar Rapids

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemployment
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2020

Cedar Rapids, IA Economy at a Glance:

Cedar Rapids, IA

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		148.6	149.8	149.8	(p)147.7	(p)148.4
Employment(1)		144.9	146.2	145.9	(p)143.0	(p)142.8
Unemployment(1)		3.7	3.6	4.0	(p)4.7	(p)5.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.5	2.4	2.6	(p)3.1	(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		146.0	147.2	147.9	146.8	143.8	(p)143.6
12-month % change		0.6	0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.6	(p)-0.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		8.5	8.5	8.2	7.9	6.9	(p)6.8
12-month % change		0.0	-3.4	-3.5	-2.5	-8.0	(p)-5.6
Manufacturing(3)		20.3	20.3	20.6	20.5	20.3	(p)20.2
12-month % change		2.5	1.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	(p)1.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		31.8	32.1	32.3	32.5	31.7	(p)31.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.9	-0.3	-1.8	-0.9	(p)-0.6
Information(3)		3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	(p)3.3
12-month % change		-10.5	-8.1	-8.1	-8.1	-10.8	(p)-10.8
Financial Activities(3)		11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	(p)11.5
12-month % change		6.5	4.5	4.5	2.7	1.8	(p)0.9
Professional and Business Services(3)		15.0	15.2	15.6	15.1	15.4	(p)14.7
12-month % change		-3.8	-3.2	0.6	-0.7	2.7	(p)-1.3
Education and Health Services(3)		20.9	21.4	21.5	21.4	21.2	(p)21.6
12-month % change		1.0	-0.9	-1.4	-0.5	-1.4	(p)-1.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		12.4	12.3	12.1	12.0	11.7	(p)11.8
12-month % change		0.8	0.8	2.5	2.6	0.9	(p)2.6
Other Services(3)		5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	(p)5.2
12-month % change		2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	(p)4.0
Government(3)		17.0	17.3	17.5	17.3	16.6	(p)17.3
12-month % change		1.2	3.0	2.9	1.8	-1.2	(p)3.6
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary