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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
2007	691.5	693.3	693.0	692.6	692.4	692.1	695.5	694.4	694.0	698.5	698.7	701.5
2008	700.6	701.9	699.8	700.5	702.3	704.6	712.0	716.3	(P) 707.8
Natural Resources, Mining, & Construction
2007	12.7	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.5	12.6	12.5	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.8	12.8
2008	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.9	(P) 13.1
Information
2007	22.5	22.4	22.3	22.0	21.9	22.0	21.9	22.0	21.3	21.2	21.3	21.4
2008	21.5	21.5	21.3	21.2	21.3	21.0	20.9	20.8	(P) 20.9
Professional & Business Services
2007	153.6	153.7	153.6	153.6	154.2	154.1	153.9	154.4	154.1	155.5	155.8	156.3
2008	156.1	156.4	155.6	155.1	155.5	156.1	156.4	157.7	(P) 156.8
Leisure & Hospitality
2007	54.1	54.3	54.7	54.7	54.4	54.2	55.0	54.9	55.1	55.3	55.3	55.3
2008	54.8	55.0	54.3	54.7	54.8	55.3	56.0	56.5	(P) 56.4
Government
2007	230.1	231.2	230.7	230.9	231.0	231.0	233.7	232.2	231.6	233.9	233.4	233.9
2008	233.5	233.6	233.1	233.2	233.4	233.3	238.4	238.9	(P) 233.1
Footnotes (P) Preliminary