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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	Feb 2020
New York-New Jersey - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2020
Camden, NJ: Nonfarm employment and labor force data	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mid-Atlantic	Consumer price indexes	Table	Mar 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	Feb 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	Feb 2020

Camden, NJ Economy at a Glance:

Camden, NJ
Data Series	Sept 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	632.9	640.1	639.1	(p)642.5	(p)642.7
Employment(1)	611.7	618.0	617.1	(p)618.5	(p)614.3
Unemployment(1)	21.3	22.1	21.9	(p)24.0	(p)28.4
Unemployment Rate(2)	3.4	3.4	3.4	(p)3.7	(p)4.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	546.8	548.8	549.7	550.8	537.2	(p)536.8
12-month % change	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.3	0.6	(p)0.3
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	24.1	23.6	23.8	22.9	21.7	(p)22.0
12-month % change	1.7	-0.4	1.7	-1.7	-1.4	(p)0.9
Manufacturing(3)	39.6	39.7	39.8	40.1	40.1	(p)40.2
12-month % change	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.8	(p)2.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	125.5	126.9	128.5	130.3	125.0	(p)123.4
12-month % change	2.8	3.0	0.0	0.9	-0.4	(p)0.1
Information(3)	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.4	6.4	(p)6.3
12-month % change	-4.3	-5.7	-8.5	-8.6	-5.9	(p)-7.4
Financial Activities(3)	29.3	29.2	29.8	29.2	28.2	(p)29.1
12-month % change	0.3	-0.3	2.1	0.0	-2.4	(p)0.7
Professional and Business Services(3)	76.4	75.5	76.4	76.7	74.4	(p)73.9
12-month % change	0.7	-0.7	0.0	1.3	3.6	(p)2.9
Education and Health Services(3)	99.4	99.7	99.0	99.4	99.7	(p)99.8
12-month % change	0.8	0.1	-0.6	-0.3	0.8	(p)0.7
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	50.5	49.7	47.4	47.1	45.8	(p)45.5
12-month % change	-1.2	0.0	-2.7	-3.1	-3.6	(p)-4.6
Other Services(3)	19.3	19.4	19.4	19.4	19.1	(p)19.0
12-month % change	2.7	2.6	2.1	2.1	2.1	(p)1.1
Government(3)	76.1	78.5	79.1	79.3	76.8	(p)77.6
12-month % change	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.7	3.4	(p)-0.1
Consumer Price Index: Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
CPI-U, All items(4)		257.966		257.194		259.694
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)		1.9		2.4		2.6
CPI-W, All items(5)		258.257		258.000		260.059
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)		1.9		2.6		2.7
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