Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC: 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	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2012	725.5	728.8	735.2	741.5	744.1	750.5	749.1	750.9	746.9	747.9	751.0	754.5	743.8
2013	737.9	743.0	747.5	(P) 755.3
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	33.4	33.5	33.8	34.3	34.8	35.3	35.5	35.3	34.7	35.3	36.4	36.6	34.9
2013	36.4	37.0	37.7	(P) 38.3
Manufacturing
2012	53.0	53.2	53.3	52.4	51.5	51.1	54.0	54.2	55.1	54.9	55.0	55.0	53.6
2013	55.2	55.2	55.4	(P) 54.8
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	126.5	125.3	126.2	127.0	128.3	129.0	128.7	127.9	126.8	126.8	130.1	130.5	127.8
2013	125.4	124.7	124.6	(P) 125.9
Information
2012	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.6	11.8	11.5	11.4	11.5	11.4	11.6
2013	11.4	11.5	11.5	(P) 11.4
Financial Activities
2012	36.4	36.7	36.8	37.1	37.1	37.7	38.4	38.4	38.2	37.7	37.8	38.4	37.6
2013	38.1	38.3	38.5	(P) 39.2
Professional & Business Services
2012	97.7	98.3	98.9	99.7	99.4	99.7	99.2	99.9	99.4	101.0	101.4	101.7	99.7
2013	99.3	99.9	99.6	(P) 101.2
Educational & Health Services
2012	98.2	99.0	99.3	99.7	98.7	98.7	98.1	99.0	100.1	101.2	101.6	103.0	99.7
2013	100.6	102.3	102.2	(P) 102.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	75.0	76.1	80.3	83.8	87.5	91.1	91.4	91.4	86.3	82.9	79.5	80.0	83.8
2013	76.2	77.5	80.7	(P) 84.7
Other Services
2012	34.0	34.3	34.7	35.1	35.2	35.5	35.4	35.5	35.0	34.9	34.8	34.7	34.9
2013	34.2	34.4	34.8	(P) 35.1
Government
2012	159.7	160.8	160.2	160.7	159.8	160.6	156.8	157.5	159.8	161.8	162.9	163.2	160.3
2013	161.1	162.2	162.5	(P) 162.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C.Metropolitan Statistical Area
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 817,931	(1) 818,833	(1) 821,940	(1) 821,474	(1) 827,133	(1) 835,993	(1) 841,781	(1) 832,729	(1) 824,149	(1) 825,989	(1) 820,725	(1) 824,175	(1) 826,071
2013	826,297	822,471	(P) 827,282
Employment
2012	(1) 758,394	(1) 760,838	(1) 767,378	(1) 770,930	(1) 773,617	(1) 778,710	(1) 783,721	(1) 777,004	(1) 772,451	(1) 775,309	(1) 771,177	(1) 773,629	(1) 771,930
2013	770,337	771,239	(P) 780,462
Unemployment
2012	(1) 59,537	(1) 57,995	(1) 54,562	(1) 50,544	(1) 53,516	(1) 57,283	(1) 58,060	(1) 55,725	(1) 51,698	(1) 50,680	(1) 49,548	(1) 50,546	(1) 54,141
2013	55,960	51,232	(P) 46,820
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.1	(1) 6.6	(1) 6.2	(1) 6.5	(1) 6.9	(1) 6.9	(1) 6.7	(1) 6.3	(1) 6.1	(1) 6.0	(1) 6.1	(1) 6.6
2013	6.8	6.2	(P) 5.7
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary
The Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Gloucester, Isle of Wright, James City, Mathews, Surry, and York Counties and Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg Cities in Virginia; and Currituck County in North Carolina.

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