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Virginia | |||||||||||
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Total Nonfarm |
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2007 |
3,752.9 | 3,753.2 | 3,755.1 | 3,755.3 | 3,758.3 | 3,761.5 | 3,761.3 | 3,762.9 | 3,766.7 | 3,758.0 | 3,763.6 | 3,774.7 |
2008 |
3,767.2 | 3,771.1 | 3,772.0 | 3,773.3 | 3,777.3 | 3,780.2 | 3,782.7 | 3,781.5 | (P) 3,782.8 | |||
Construction |
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2007 |
244.7 | 242.7 | 242.4 | 241.8 | 241.4 | 240.8 | 238.7 | 238.4 | 238.1 | 238.1 | 239.6 | 240.4 |
2008 |
238.3 | 237.4 | 237.2 | 237.4 | 235.2 | 236.5 | 235.7 | 234.6 | (P) 233.3 | |||
Manufacturing |
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2007 |
281.0 | 281.9 | 281.4 | 280.5 | 279.6 | 279.9 | 279.5 | 277.2 | 276.7 | 275.4 | 275.1 | 274.8 |
2008 |
274.3 | 273.1 | 272.4 | 276.3 | 275.8 | 274.8 | 275.0 | 273.3 | (P) 273.8 | |||
Trade, Transportation, & Utilities |
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2007 |
666.9 | 667.0 | 667.8 | 667.1 | 668.0 | 668.6 | 669.8 | 669.3 | 670.1 | 665.9 | 667.4 | 670.0 |
2008 |
667.9 | 666.7 | 666.8 | 664.7 | 665.4 | 667.5 | 667.3 | 666.4 | (P) 667.2 | |||
Information |
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2007 |
92.5 | 91.6 | 90.7 | 91.0 | 91.0 | 90.5 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 90.4 | 90.4 | 90.1 | 89.6 |
2008 |
89.0 | 89.7 | 90.5 | 90.5 | 90.4 | 90.5 | 90.9 | 89.9 | (P) 90.1 | |||
Financial Activities |
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2007 |
195.5 | 195.4 | 195.6 | 194.6 | 194.6 | 194.1 | 193.7 | 193.3 | 193.4 | 193.0 | 192.4 | 192.7 |
2008 |
191.6 | 192.6 | 192.6 | 192.8 | 193.5 | 193.2 | 191.8 | 192.2 | (P) 191.4 | |||
Professional & Business Services |
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2007 |
638.3 | 639.1 | 641.1 | 642.3 | 643.4 | 644.7 | 644.6 | 646.2 | 645.9 | 645.7 | 645.4 | 649.5 |
2008 |
646.5 | 649.0 | 650.1 | 652.8 | 649.9 | 651.3 | 653.3 | 653.5 | (P) 652.6 | |||
Educational & Health Services |
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2007 |
411.6 | 412.2 | 413.5 | 413.5 | 416.2 | 418.2 | 419.6 | 420.7 | 419.7 | 418.7 | 419.5 | 420.9 |
2008 |
421.4 | 422.1 | 423.5 | 423.1 | 426.0 | 429.4 | 431.1 | 431.7 | (P) 430.8 | |||
Leisure & Hospitality |
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2007 |
344.9 | 344.1 | 344.4 | 343.0 | 344.0 | 344.6 | 345.1 | 345.6 | 346.1 | 347.7 | 350.5 | 351.3 |
2008 |
350.1 | 350.6 | 349.3 | 346.7 | 348.4 | 345.7 | 344.9 | 345.2 | (P) 345.9 | |||
Government |
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2007 |
682.0 | 683.2 | 682.3 | 683.5 | 684.3 | 685.2 | 685.9 | 686.9 | 688.9 | 687.0 | 687.0 | 688.3 |
2008 |
690.2 | 692.0 | 693.1 | 693.5 | 695.0 | 694.6 | 694.0 | 698.5 | (P) 699.3 | |||
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Footnotes |
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Labor Force |
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2007 |
4,022,320 | 4,028,343 | 4,032,490 | 4,038,804 | 4,045,215 | 4,051,667 | 4,053,829 | 4,063,841 | 4,067,506 | 4,076,293 | 4,082,525 | 4,087,557 |
2008 |
4,093,068 | 4,090,813 | 4,114,709 | 4,116,639 | 4,125,326 | 4,124,453 | 4,148,319 | 4,144,496 | (P) 4,143,269 | |||
Employment |
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2007 |
3,907,961 | 3,911,803 | 3,915,747 | 3,919,794 | 3,923,943 | 3,928,196 | 3,932,554 | 3,937,016 | 3,941,583 | 3,946,256 | 3,951,035 | 3,955,922 |
2008 |
3,952,334 | 3,947,645 | 3,961,198 | 3,972,888 | 3,964,207 | 3,958,294 | 3,964,636 | 3,953,818 | (P) 3,965,487 | |||
Unemployment |
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2007 |
114,359 | 116,540 | 116,743 | 119,010 | 121,272 | 123,471 | 121,275 | 126,825 | 125,923 | 130,037 | 131,490 | 131,635 |
2008 |
140,734 | 143,168 | 153,511 | 143,751 | 161,119 | 166,159 | 183,683 | 190,678 | (P) 177,782 | |||
Unemployment Rate |
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2007 |
2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
2008 |
3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.6 | (P) 4.3 | |||
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Footnotes |
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