New Hampshire Economy at a Glance

New Hampshire

Data Series	Apr 2004	May 2004	June 2004	July 2004	Aug 2004	Sept 2004
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force ⁽¹⁾	726.0	726.9	729.0	731.7
Employment ⁽¹⁾	697.1	697.7	700.6	702.9
Unemployment ⁽¹⁾	28.9	29.1	28.4	28.8
Unemployment Rate ⁽²⁾	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm ⁽³⁾	620.8	626.6	626.6	626.6	628.0	628.4 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Total Nonfarm	1.1	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.4	1.4 ^(P)
Natural Resources and Mining (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0 ^(P)
12-month % change -- NR & Mining	0.0	11.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0 ^(P)
Construction ⁽³⁾	29.3	29.9	30.4	30.5	30.4	30.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Construction	3.9	4.9	5.6	3.0	2.0	3.7 ^(P)
Manufacturing ⁽³⁾	77.2	77.5	78.3	78.6	78.3	78.3 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Manufacturing	-4.1	-3.4	-2.2	-0.8	-2.1	-1.6 ^(P)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities ⁽³⁾	141.4	142.3	142.3	141.2	141.9	142.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- TTU	2.6	3.1	3.0	1.8	1.6	1.6 ^(P)
Information (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	11.5	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Information	-5.0	-5.8	-6.5	-2.5	-0.9	0.0 ^(P)
Financial Activities (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	37.6	37.8	38.5	38.7	38.9	39.0 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Financial Activities	1.6	1.6	2.9	2.9	3.2	4.8 ^(P)
Professional & Business Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	53.8	54.2	54.3	54.6	55.0	54.4 ^(P)
12-month % change -- PBS	-0.2	-0.2	-1.5	-0.4	-0.4	-0.4 ^(P)
Educational & Health Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	95.6	95.7	95.4	94.9	94.8	94.9 ^(P)
12-month % change -- EHS	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.4	2.5	1.9 ^(P)
Leisure & Hospitality ⁽³⁾	63.4	65.1	65.9	65.7	66.4	64.5 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Leisure & Hospitality	4.8	6.5	8.6	5.0	4.7	1.7 ^(P)
Other Services (Not Seasonally Adjusted) ⁽⁴⁾	19.4	19.6	20.2	20.1	19.9	19.6 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Other Services	-4.9	-5.3	-2.9	-2.0	-1.5	-1.0 ^(P)
Government ⁽³⁾	90.7	91.6	90.0	89.7	90.6	92.3 ^(P)
12-month % change -- Government	1.3	2.6	-0.1	0.8	1.2	2.7 ^(P)
Mass layoffs
Layoff events, all industries	- ⁽⁵⁾	-	4	6	- ⁽⁵⁾ ^(P)	- ^(P)
12-month net change -- Layoff events, all industries			1	-2
12-month % change -- Layoff events, all industries			33.3	-25.0
Initial claimants, all industries	- ⁽⁵⁾	-	391	530	- ⁽⁵⁾ ^(P)	- ^(P)
12-month net change -- Initial claimants, all industries			95	-414
12-month % change -- Initial claimants, all industries			32.1	-43.9

Footnotes:

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

Data extracted on: October 22, 2004

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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