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
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

  

2011

 718.3 720.3 728.3 738.3 743.6 750.6 747.0 743.9 736.1 738.3 738.9 738.2 736.8

2012

 723.4 723.8 731.5 739.3 745.5 757.0 754.1 (P) 746.1          

Mining, Logging, & Construction

  

2011

 34.8 34.9 35.1 35.7 35.7 35.9 36.6 36.3 35.2 34.8 34.4 34.0 35.3

2012

 34.0 33.1 32.5 32.4 32.7 32.7 32.3 (P) 32.3          

Manufacturing

  

2011

 50.8 50.6 51.3 50.9 51.5 51.8 51.8 51.7 52.1 51.9 52.0 52.0 51.5

2012

 52.0 52.4 52.5 52.6 52.7 52.9 52.7 (P) 52.8          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 127.2 126.2 126.7 128.3 128.9 129.6 129.9 130.2 129.5 130.1 133.7 133.7 129.5

2012

 130.5 129.0 130.1 131.6 131.9 132.6 132.1 (P) 130.9          

Information

  

2011

 11.6 11.5 11.6 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.7 10.8 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.5

2012

 11.0 10.9 11.0 10.9 10.9 11.0 10.8 (P) 10.8          

Financial Activities

  

2011

 36.0 36.1 36.1 36.7 36.9 37.4 37.2 37.7 37.5 37.4 37.2 37.4 37.0

2012

 36.5 36.6 36.8 36.7 36.7 37.4 37.9 (P) 37.6          

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 96.7 96.8 97.4 99.2 98.8 98.7 97.0 94.7 94.2 97.2 97.2 97.8 97.1

2012

 93.4 93.5 95.7 97.1 98.7 99.4 99.3 (P) 95.4          

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 95.6 96.5 97.0 97.4 97.8 97.5 95.6 95.7 97.3 98.4 98.2 98.1 97.1

2012

 97.6 98.3 98.9 99.0 99.7 98.9 99.0 (P) 99.1          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 74.0 75.0 79.1 83.9 87.5 92.1 94.6 93.7 83.9 80.3 76.4 76.1 83.1

2012

 72.5 72.7 76.8 81.0 84.6 93.6 95.3 (P) 92.1          

Other Services

  

2011

 33.5 33.7 34.2 34.6 34.9 35.2 35.2 35.1 34.8 34.7 34.7 34.6 34.6

2012

 33.9 34.1 34.5 34.7 35.0 35.3 35.4 (P) 35.2          

Government

  

2011

 158.1 159.0 159.8 160.0 159.9 160.6 157.4 158.0 160.2 162.1 163.7 163.1 160.2

2012

 162.0 163.2 162.7 163.3 162.6 163.2 159.3 (P) 159.9          

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

  

2011

 (1) 833,788 (1) 831,454 (1) 838,136 (1) 841,522 (1) 849,274 (1) 856,473 (1) 866,153 (1) 861,292 (1) 849,459 (1) 847,964 (1) 845,123 (1) 844,255 (1) 847,075

2012

 (2) 838,126 (2) 839,976 (2) 842,268 (2) 843,574 (2) 849,776 863,751 869,988 (P) 854,290          

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 771,357 (1) 771,140 (1) 780,261 (1) 787,103 (1) 792,704 (1) 795,409 (1) 804,783 (1) 798,801 (1) 789,110 (1) 789,415 (1) 788,536 (1) 786,755 (1) 787,948

2012

 (2) 780,157 (2) 781,722 (2) 787,857 (2) 792,325 (2) 796,547 805,942 810,742 (P) 798,877          

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 62,431 (1) 60,314 (1) 57,875 (1) 54,419 (1) 56,570 (1) 61,064 (1) 61,370 (1) 62,491 (1) 60,349 (1) 58,549 (1) 56,587 (1) 57,500 (1) 59,127

2012

 (2) 57,969 (2) 58,254 (2) 54,411 (2) 51,249 (2) 53,229 57,809 59,246 (P) 55,413          

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 7.5 (1) 7.3 (1) 6.9 (1) 6.5 (1) 6.7 (1) 7.1 (1) 7.1 (1) 7.3 (1) 7.1 (1) 6.9 (1) 6.7 (1) 6.8 (1) 7.0

2012

 (2) 6.9 (2) 6.9 (2) 6.5 (2) 6.1 (2) 6.3 6.7 6.8 (P) 6.5          

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(2) Corrected.
(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.