District of Columbia: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector	District of Columbia
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Nonfarm
2012	729.8	730.2	731.4	730.1	730.1	730.7	727.5	728.5	734.1	736.4	733.4	733.0
2013	734.7	733.6	734.3	(P) 732.7
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	12.8	13.0	13.2	13.6	13.4	13.5	13.7	13.6	13.8	13.9	13.6	13.7
2013	14.0	13.8	13.8	(P) 13.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
2012	27.6	27.6	27.8	27.8	28.0	28.1	28.0	28.0	28.1	27.8	27.3	27.2
2013	27.4	27.4	27.4	(P) 27.4
Information
2012	17.7	17.8	17.6	17.4	17.3	17.3	17.0	17.2	17.1	16.9	16.9	17.0
2013	16.8	16.9	16.8	(P) 16.6
Financial Activities
2012	28.3	28.2	28.2	28.1	28.0	28.1	27.9	28.1	28.1	28.0	27.9	28.2
2013	29.0	28.5	28.4	(P) 28.5
Professional & Business Services
2012	152.5	152.5	153.0	152.4	152.3	152.5	152.5	152.7	153.0	154.6	154.4	154.6
2013	155.4	155.0	155.4	(P) 155.2
Education and Health Services
2012	113.3	113.1	113.4	113.1	112.8	113.6	112.6	114.0	116.2	118.8	117.8	116.5
2013	116.8	116.8	117.1	(P) 116.5
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	64.3	64.7	65.0	65.1	65.9	65.7	66.0	66.0	66.1	65.2	65.0	64.9
2013	64.2	64.9	66.1	(P) 67.3
Other Services
2012	67.9	68.0	68.1	68.1	68.2	68.1	67.7	68.0	68.3	68.2	67.9	68.7
2013	68.7	68.1	68.2	(P) 68.0
Government
2012	244.4	244.3	244.0	243.5	243.2	242.8	241.1	239.9	242.5	242.1	241.7	241.3
2013	241.5	241.3	240.2	(P) 238.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(seasonally adjusted data)
	District of Columbia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Labor Force
2012	(1) 352,010	(1) 353,889	(1) 355,857	(1) 357,681	(1) 359,301	(1) 360,713	(1) 362,211	(1) 363,923	(1) 365,952	(1) 367,771	(1) 369,320	(1) 370,717
2013	372,240	373,130	373,138	(P) 372,406
Employment
2012	(1) 318,751	(1) 321,018	(1) 323,171	(1) 325,009	(1) 326,547	(1) 327,919	(1) 329,503	(1) 331,461	(1) 333,841	(1) 336,010	(1) 337,835	(1) 339,422
2013	340,227	340,941	341,229	(P) 340,923
Unemployment
2012	(1) 33,259	(1) 32,871	(1) 32,686	(1) 32,672	(1) 32,754	(1) 32,794	(1) 32,708	(1) 32,462	(1) 32,111	(1) 31,761	(1) 31,485	(1) 31,295
2013	32,013	32,189	31,909	(P) 31,483
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 9.4	(1) 9.3	(1) 9.2	(1) 9.1	(1) 9.1	(1) 9.1	(1) 9.0	(1) 8.9	(1) 8.8	(1) 8.6	(1) 8.5	(1) 8.4
2013	8.6	8.6	8.6	(P) 8.5
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal adjustment. (P) Preliminary

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