District Of Columbia Economy at a Glance

District Of Columbia

Data Series	Apr 2004	May 2004	June 2004	July 2004	Aug 2004	Sept 2004
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force ⁽¹⁾	303.8	299.8	298.6	297.5
Employment ⁽¹⁾	281.4	277.2	277.4	274.2
Unemployment ⁽¹⁾	22.4	22.6	21.3	23.2
Unemployment Rate ⁽²⁾	7.4	7.5	7.1	7.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm ⁽³⁾	671.3	670.7	669.1	672.0	674.9	669.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.4	2.4	1.0 ^(P)
Construction and Mining ⁽³⁾	13.0	13.5	13.7	13.7	13.5	13.1 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Construction and Mining	0.0	6.3	7.9	7.9	7.1	3.1 ^(P)
Manufacturing (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Manufacturing	-3.8	-3.8	-3.8	-3.8	0.0	0.0 ^(P)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	27.9	27.9	28.1	27.9	28.1	28.0 ^(P)
12-month % change -- TTU	0.7	0.4	-0.7	1.1	0.7	1.1 ^(P)
Information ⁽³⁾	24.3	24.5	24.5	24.6	24.6	24.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Information	-1.2	-0.8	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.0 ^(P)
Financial Activities (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	31.2	31.4	31.2	31.3	31.1	30.8 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Financial Activities	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.6	1.0	0.3 ^(P)
Professional & Business Services ⁽³⁾	144.7	144.3	144.5	145.6	145.6	146.1 ^(P)
12-month % change -- PBS	3.4	2.5	3.1	3.2	3.1	2.9 ^(P)
Educational & Health Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	90.8	87.6	84.8	86.2	84.7	88.8 ^(P)
12-month % change -- EHS	1.9	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.5 ^(P)
Leisure & Hospitality ⁽³⁾	51.2	51.5	50.4	50.4	50.3	50.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality	3.4	4.0	3.1	4.1	3.1	3.9 ^(P)
Other Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	55.3	55.5	55.8	56.3	55.8	55.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Other Services	-0.7	-0.9	-0.7	0.2	0.2	0.0 ^(P)
Government ⁽³⁾	232.4	230.2	229.8	230.0	236.4	230.2 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Government	0.0	-0.8	-0.5	0.0	3.0	-0.3 ^(P)
Mass layoffs
Layoff events, all industries	-	-	- ⁽⁵⁾	3	- ^(P)	- ^(P)
12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries
12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries
Initial claimants, all industries	-	-	- ⁽⁵⁾	470	- ^(P)	- ^(P)
12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries
12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries

Footnotes:

^(P) Preliminary
⁽¹⁾ Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽²⁾ In percent, seasonally adjusted
⁽³⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
⁽⁴⁾ Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted (see About the data)
⁽⁵⁾ Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.

Data extracted on: October 22, 2004

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Get Detailed Statistics" link at the top of this page

District Of Columbia includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

Washington, DC

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

Employment & Unemployment

Prices & Living Conditions

Compensation & Working Conditions

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