Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ: 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	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2012	(1) 326.7	(1) 327.4	(1) 331.1	(1) 333.8	(1) 335.8	(1) 334.2	(1) 332.3	(1) 332.4	(1) 334.4	(1) 336.2	(1) 339.8	(1) 339.8	(1) 333.7
2013	331.2	332.6	333.9	(P) 336.1
Mining, Logging, & Construction
2012	14.0	13.7	13.9	15.0	14.8	15.1	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.2	15.4	15.6	15.0
2013	14.9	14.4	14.4	(P) 15.0
Manufacturing
2012	18.6	18.5	18.6	18.7	18.8	18.8	18.9	18.7	18.7	18.6	18.9	18.7	18.7
2013	18.8	18.8	19.0	(P) 19.1
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	59.2	58.8	59.5	59.6	60.2	59.9	59.3	59.3	59.6	60.2	62.2	62.3	60.0
2013	59.4	59.0	59.1	(P) 59.4
Information
2012	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8
2013	4.6	4.7	4.7	(P) 4.7
Financial Activities
2012	37.8	38.0	38.0	38.0	38.5	38.6	38.9	39.2	38.8	38.7	38.7	38.7	38.5
2013	38.9	39.1	39.2	(P) 39.4
Professional & Business Services
2012	49.9	49.8	50.3	51.0	50.6	50.2	50.3	50.5	50.3	51.2	53.0	53.8	50.9
2013	51.8	51.7	51.4	(P) 51.3
Educational & Health Services
2012	53.9	54.1	54.4	54.7	54.9	54.9	55.4	55.3	55.7	56.2	55.8	56.0	55.1
2013	56.2	55.9	56.0	(P) 55.7
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	27.8	28.2	29.3	29.9	30.9	31.4	31.5	31.5	30.6	29.5	28.8	27.9	29.8
2013	26.8	27.0	27.5	(P) 29.1
Other Services
2012	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.4	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1
2013	15.0	15.0	15.1	(P) 15.2
Government
2012	(1) 45.6	(1) 46.4	(1) 47.1	(1) 47.0	(1) 47.2	(1) 45.1	(1) 42.5	(1) 42.3	(1) 45.4	(1) 46.9	(1) 47.2	(1) 47.0	(1) 45.8
2013	44.8	47.0	47.5	(P) 47.2
Footnotes (1) Correction (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 358,791	(1) 358,698	(1) 359,629	(1) 358,197	(1) 356,557	(1) 357,055	(1) 357,846	(1) 355,020	(1) 354,081	(1) 360,142	(1) 361,244	(1) 362,666	(1) 358,327
2013	361,626	361,173	360,052	(P) 359,896
Employment
2012	(1) 330,248	(1) 329,922	(1) 332,428	(1) 332,567	(1) 331,200	(1) 328,450	(1) 328,242	(1) 326,838	(1) 328,104	(1) 333,976	(1) 336,642	(1) 336,182	(1) 331,233
2013	331,734	332,513	332,586	(P) 334,042
Unemployment
2012	(1) 28,543	(1) 28,776	(1) 27,201	(1) 25,630	(1) 25,357	(1) 28,605	(1) 29,604	(1) 28,182	(1) 25,977	(1) 26,166	(1) 24,602	(1) 26,484	(1) 27,094
2013	29,892	28,660	27,466	(P) 25,854
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 8.0	(1) 8.0	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.2	(1) 7.1	(1) 8.0	(1) 8.3	(1) 7.9	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.3	(1) 6.8	(1) 7.3	(1) 7.6
2013	8.3	7.9	7.6	(P) 7.2
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	New Castle County, Del.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 275,651	(1) 275,657	(1) 276,999	(1) 276,406	(1) 274,774	(1) 274,935	(1) 274,495	(1) 272,970	(1) 272,155	(1) 277,712	(1) 278,491	(1) 279,287	(1) 275,794
2013	277,691	277,768	277,204	(P) 277,767
Employment
2012	(1) 256,242	(1) 255,771	(1) 257,870	(1) 257,885	(1) 256,291	(1) 254,052	(1) 253,131	(1) 252,399	(1) 253,265	(1) 258,596	(1) 260,888	(1) 260,714	(1) 256,425
2013	257,182	257,676	257,601	(P) 258,952
Unemployment
2012	(1) 19,409	(1) 19,886	(1) 19,129	(1) 18,521	(1) 18,483	(1) 20,883	(1) 21,364	(1) 20,571	(1) 18,890	(1) 19,116	(1) 17,603	(1) 18,573	(1) 19,369
2013	20,509	20,092	19,603	(P) 18,815
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 7.0	(1) 7.2	(1) 6.9	(1) 6.7	(1) 6.7	(1) 7.6	(1) 7.8	(1) 7.5	(1) 6.9	(1) 6.9	(1) 6.3	(1) 6.7	(1) 7.0
2013	7.4	7.2	7.1	(P) 6.8
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Cecil County, Md.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 51,198	(1) 51,257	(1) 51,056	(1) 50,722	(1) 50,589	(1) 51,134	(1) 51,710	(1) 50,608	(1) 50,690	(1) 51,126	(1) 51,378	(1) 51,470	(1) 51,078
2013	51,821	51,573	51,310	(P) 51,078
Employment
2012	(1) 46,277	(1) 46,306	(1) 46,661	(1) 46,646	(1) 46,909	(1) 46,723	(1) 47,073	(1) 46,553	(1) 46,894	(1) 47,152	(1) 47,338	(1) 47,193	(1) 46,810
2013	46,624	46,727	46,823	(P) 46,847
Unemployment
2012	(1) 4,921	(1) 4,951	(1) 4,395	(1) 4,076	(1) 3,680	(1) 4,411	(1) 4,637	(1) 4,055	(1) 3,796	(1) 3,974	(1) 4,040	(1) 4,277	(1) 4,268
2013	5,197	4,846	4,487	(P) 4,231
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 9.6	(1) 9.7	(1) 8.6	(1) 8.0	(1) 7.3	(1) 8.6	(1) 9.0	(1) 8.0	(1) 7.5	(1) 7.8	(1) 7.9	(1) 8.3	(1) 8.4
2013	10.0	9.4	8.7	(P) 8.3
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Salem County, N.J.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 31,942	(1) 31,784	(1) 31,574	(1) 31,069	(1) 31,194	(1) 30,986	(1) 31,641	(1) 31,442	(1) 31,236	(1) 31,304	(1) 31,375	(1) 31,909	(1) 31,455
2013	32,114	31,832	31,538	(P) 31,051
Employment
2012	(1) 27,729	(1) 27,845	(1) 27,897	(1) 28,036	(1) 28,000	(1) 27,675	(1) 28,038	(1) 27,886	(1) 27,945	(1) 28,228	(1) 28,416	(1) 28,275	(1) 27,998
2013	27,928	28,110	28,162	(P) 28,243
Unemployment
2012	(1) 4,213	(1) 3,939	(1) 3,677	(1) 3,033	(1) 3,194	(1) 3,311	(1) 3,603	(1) 3,556	(1) 3,291	(1) 3,076	(1) 2,959	(1) 3,634	(1) 3,457
2013	4,186	3,722	3,376	(P) 2,808
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 13.2	(1) 12.4	(1) 11.6	(1) 9.8	(1) 10.2	(1) 10.7	(1) 11.4	(1) 11.3	(1) 10.5	(1) 9.8	(1) 9.4	(1) 11.4	(1) 11.0
2013	13.0	11.7	10.7	(P) 9.0
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and adjustment to new state control totals. (P) Preliminary
The Wilmington, Del.-Md.-N.J Metropolitan Division (MD) includes New Castle County in Delaware; Cecil County in Maryland; and Salem County in New Jersey.

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