Virginia: 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
Sector	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Total Nonfarm
2012	3,653.1	3,670.3	3,697.7	3,722.7	3,733.7	3,754.1	3,719.6	3,731.9	3,743.7	3,761.9	3,772.3	3,762.6	3,727.0
2013	3,688.7	3,707.8	3,729.8	(P) 3,762.8
Mining & Logging
2012	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.8	10.8	10.6	10.5	10.9
2013	10.5	10.6	10.6	(P) 10.6
Construction
2012	169.7	169.0	172.3	175.2	177.6	180.7	181.6	181.0	179.4	177.8	176.1	170.1	175.9
2013	167.3	170.4	173.5	(P) 175.7
Manufacturing
2012	230.6	230.7	231.2	230.9	230.7	230.9	233.4	233.5	233.9	233.5	233.0	232.8	232.1
2013	232.6	232.1	232.9	(P) 232.4
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities
2012	626.8	619.9	623.9	625.6	631.2	633.0	631.2	631.1	628.6	632.5	647.4	649.7	631.7
2013	630.3	622.1	622.5	(P) 628.9
Information
2012	71.3	72.0	72.6	71.2	71.9	72.9	71.8	73.2	71.2	71.3	71.5	71.0	71.8
2013	70.8	71.0	70.8	(P) 70.3
Financial Activities
2012	183.2	184.0	184.8	185.7	186.5	188.7	190.4	190.9	190.3	191.0	190.7	191.7	188.2
2013	189.8	191.5	192.5	(P) 193.2
Professional & Business Services
2012	664.4	666.9	671.0	676.4	676.0	679.2	680.8	683.8	680.2	687.6	687.2	683.6	678.1
2013	669.6	670.7	672.9	(P) 680.9
Educational & Health Services
2012	470.9	474.2	475.9	477.9	471.2	470.2	470.3	475.3	481.1	487.0	490.3	490.8	477.9
2013	482.1	489.8	489.4	(P) 491.4
Leisure & Hospitality
2012	330.2	335.2	344.8	355.7	368.5	379.2	379.3	380.3	366.7	356.3	347.1	346.6	357.5
2013	335.3	338.1	350.4	(P) 362.1
Other Services
2012	186.8	187.8	189.0	190.1	191.0	192.7	193.1	192.0	190.5	191.1	191.0	189.7	190.4
2013	185.9	186.9	187.9	(P) 190.1
Government
2012	708.1	719.5	721.1	723.0	718.1	715.5	676.7	679.8	711.0	723.0	727.4	726.1	712.4
2013	714.5	724.6	726.4	(P) 727.2
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)
	Virginia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Avg
Labor Force
2012	(1) 4,174,333	(1) 4,191,119	(1) 4,201,976	(1) 4,192,968	(1) 4,221,716	(1) 4,250,102	(1) 4,253,419	(1) 4,205,436	(1) 4,206,161	(1) 4,227,195	(1) 4,197,297	(1) 4,192,652	(1) 4,209,532
2013	4,209,805	4,189,555	4,210,457	(P) 4,217,840
Employment
2012	(1) 3,906,831	(1) 3,925,011	(1) 3,951,406	(1) 3,961,986	(1) 3,978,470	(1) 3,987,262	(1) 3,990,362	(1) 3,952,398	(1) 3,968,343	(1) 3,995,180	(1) 3,972,348	(1) 3,960,351	(1) 3,962,496
2013	3,950,167	3,948,958	3,992,313	(P) 4,007,266
Unemployment
2012	(1) 267,502	(1) 266,108	(1) 250,570	(1) 230,982	(1) 243,246	(1) 262,840	(1) 263,057	(1) 253,038	(1) 237,818	(1) 232,015	(1) 224,949	(1) 232,301	(1) 247,036
2013	259,638	240,597	218,144	(P) 210,574
Unemployment Rate
2012	(1) 6.4	(1) 6.3	(1) 6.0	(1) 5.5	(1) 5.8	(1) 6.2	(1) 6.2	(1) 6.0	(1) 5.7	(1) 5.5	(1) 5.4	(1) 5.5	(1) 5.9
2013	6.2	5.7	5.2	(P) 5.0
Footnotes (1) Reflects revised population controls and model reestimation. (P) Preliminary

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