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Geographic Information > New York–New Jersey > New Jersey > Camden, NJ

Camden, NJ

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Camden, NJ, Division Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
New York-New Jersey - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Mid-Atlantic Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Consumer Expenditures for the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: 2017-18 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2019
Average Energy Prices - Philadelphia Average energy prices Table Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Summary of annual and semi-annual indexes Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index Historical Tables for Phila.-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-DE-NJ-MD, CMSA (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Average Earnings and Hours in New Jersey - March 2013 Pay News Release May 2014
Occupational Employment and Wages in Camden — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages for Emergency Responders in Selected Metropolitan Areas in New York and New Jersey – May 2014 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2015
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office CPI Announcement Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2019

Camden, NJ Economy at a Glance:

Camden, NJ
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2019		 Aug
2019		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 631.5 630.4 632.9 640.1 (p)639.0  

Employment(1)

 608.3 607.3 611.7 618.0 (p)617.0  

Unemployment(1)

 23.2 23.1 21.3 22.1 (p)22.0  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 (p)3.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 538.5 536.2 538.9 542.0 542.6 (p)542.8

12-month % change

 0.7 0.2 -0.3 -0.6 -1.0 (p)-1.0

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 26.4 25.5 25.6 24.9 24.8 (p)24.0

12-month % change

 11.9 7.1 9.4 1.2 -2.0 (p)-6.6

Manufacturing(3)

 40.6 40.2 39.8 39.8 39.9 (p)40.3

12-month % change

 3.3 2.3 1.8 1.3 0.3 (p)1.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 123.6 122.4 122.8 125.0 127.1 (p)128.1

12-month % change

 1.1 0.7 0.7 1.0 -0.5 (p)0.0

Information(3)

 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.4 (p)6.4

12-month % change

 -5.7 -7.0 -5.8 -5.8 -5.9 (p)-7.2

Financial Activities(3)

 28.8 28.6 29.2 29.2 29.6 (p)29.4

12-month % change

 -2.4 -2.7 -0.3 -0.3 1.4 (p)-1.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 73.4 72.8 71.7 70.8 71.8 (p)71.9

12-month % change

 -1.6 -2.0 -5.7 -7.0 -4.8 (p)-3.4

Education and Health Services(3)

 97.5 98.0 98.4 98.8 98.1 (p)98.5

12-month % change

 -1.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.5 -0.6 (p)-0.2

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 54.7 54.3 51.3 50.9 48.4 (p)48.2

12-month % change

 4.0 3.4 0.8 1.4 1.7 (p)-0.2

Other Services(3)

 19.1 19.0 18.8 18.9 18.9 (p)18.9

12-month % change

 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (p)0.0

Government(3)

 67.8 68.8 74.8 77.2 77.6 (p)77.1

12-month % change

 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.9 -1.1 (p)-1.3

Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

CPI-U, All items(4)

   258.877   257.966   257.194

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     2.3   1.9   2.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

   259.137   258.257   258.000

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     2.1   1.9   2.6

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary