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Delaware Employment

Date Employment Unemployment
Total % Change
Year Ago
Rate Unit Change
Year Ago
1978 257,000-7.6-
1979 259,0000.88.20.6
1980 262,0001.27.7-0.4
1981 264,0000.88.00.3
1982 272,0003.08.40.4
1983 273,0000.48.1-0.3
1984 289,0005.96.2-1.9
1985 300,0003.85.4-0.8
1986 310,0003.34.3-1.0
1987 321,0003.53.3-1.0
1988 338,0005.33.2-0.2
1989 349,0003.33.60.4
1990 340,244-2.55.21.6
1991 336,709-1.06.31.1
1992 346,2652.85.3-0.9
1993 354,3522.35.30.0
1994 363,6802.64.9-0.5
1995 366,2000.74.4-0.5
1996 371,9751.64.3-0.1
1997 378,1171.73.9-0.3
1998 383,3601.43.5-0.4
1999 387,8081.23.3-0.2
2000 402,7773.93.30.0
2001 404,1350.33.50.2
2002 401,301-0.74.00.5
2003 403,5040.54.20.2
2004 408,2661.23.9-0.3
2005 415,4911.84.00.1
2006 423,2671.93.5-0.5
2007 425,7070.63.4-0.1
2008 421,838-0.94.81.3
Monthly Data
1995-Jan361,4932.04.7-1.4
Feb362,1151.34.8-1.5
Mar365,7302.14.6-1.2
Apr365,8261.84.5-0.5
May365,6320.94.1-0.4
Jun367,4490.04.7-0.2
Jul370,4510.44.7-0.2
Aug368,4770.04.6-0.1
Sep362,438-0.14.4-0.1
Oct367,2590.64.0-0.1
Nov369,763-0.23.8-0.2
Dec367,762-0.33.80.1
1996-Jan364,0420.74.80.1
Feb365,3290.94.80.1
Mar369,0750.94.60.1
Apr369,5811.04.2-0.3
May371,0731.54.0-0.1
Jun373,6211.74.5-0.2
Jul376,9071.74.6-0.1
Aug375,0611.84.3-0.3
Sep369,8362.04.1-0.3
Oct374,9952.13.8-0.2
Nov377,6992.13.6-0.2
Dec376,4832.43.6-0.2
1997-Jan370,9001.94.80.0
Feb370,8191.54.7-0.1
Mar376,3332.04.5-0.2
Apr376,5151.93.9-0.3
May378,0711.93.6-0.5
Jun379,7061.64.2-0.2
Jul382,8111.64.0-0.6
Aug380,9981.64.0-0.3
Sep374,5261.33.7-0.4
Oct379,5891.23.3-0.5
Nov384,1221.73.0-0.6
Dec383,0101.73.1-0.5
1998-Jan377,4091.84.2-0.6
Feb377,8941.94.2-0.6
Mar381,8081.54.1-0.4
Apr382,5151.63.3-0.6
May383,5321.43.1-0.5
Jun384,5251.33.8-0.4
Jul386,4711.03.8-0.2
Aug384,5990.93.7-0.3
Sep380,2411.53.3-0.4
Oct384,4171.33.2-0.1
Nov388,3011.12.8-0.2
Dec388,6041.52.7-0.5
1999-Jan384,2711.83.7-0.5
Feb382,9171.34.0-0.2
Mar386,3921.23.6-0.5
Apr386,2321.03.30.0
May387,9441.22.9-0.2
Jun389,6121.33.5-0.4
Jul391,0621.23.6-0.2
Aug389,0041.13.6-0.1
Sep383,7450.93.3-0.1
Oct388,4251.03.0-0.2
Nov392,2011.02.80.0
Dec391,8950.82.70.0
2000-Jan388,4941.13.6-0.1
Feb387,5061.23.7-0.3
Mar404,5994.73.4-0.2
Apr405,9615.13.1-0.3
May404,0234.13.10.2
Jun406,1114.23.50.1
Jul406,4393.93.5-0.1
Aug405,0324.13.60.0
Sep400,5654.43.20.0
Oct405,6484.43.00.0
Nov408,9534.32.80.0
Dec409,9914.63.10.4
2001-Jan406,3214.64.10.5
Feb405,5354.73.90.3
Mar408,9521.13.70.3
Apr402,982-0.73.40.3
May402,890-0.32.9-0.1
Jun403,788-0.63.50.0
Jul405,531-0.23.4-0.1
Aug400,773-1.13.70.1
Sep397,985-0.63.50.2
Oct403,616-0.53.10.2
Nov405,881-0.83.10.2
Dec405,368-1.13.40.3
2002-Jan397,279-2.24.30.2
Feb398,620-1.74.30.4
Mar400,502-2.14.30.6
Apr400,562-0.64.20.8
May401,428-0.43.70.8
Jun402,050-0.44.30.7
Jul404,121-0.34.00.6
Aug402,2190.44.00.3
Sep399,4070.43.70.3
Oct402,619-0.23.50.4
Nov403,785-0.53.60.5
Dec403,015-0.63.70.3
2003-Jan400,0180.74.60.3
Feb399,7960.34.70.4
Mar402,2670.44.60.4
Apr403,3390.74.40.2
May402,8420.43.90.1
Jun404,2600.54.60.3
Jul405,5350.34.40.4
Aug403,7920.44.30.3
Sep399,4640.04.00.2
Oct404,5650.53.70.1
Nov408,4431.23.5-0.1
Dec407,7271.23.5-0.2
2004-Jan403,9301.04.2-0.4
Feb403,6841.04.2-0.6
Mar405,9250.94.2-0.4
Apr406,9130.93.9-0.5
May407,1721.13.5-0.4
Jun408,8961.14.2-0.4
Jul411,6601.54.1-0.3
Aug409,8811.54.0-0.3
Sep405,4841.53.7-0.2
Oct410,2251.43.80.1
Nov413,2011.23.60.0
Dec412,2171.13.80.3
2005-Jan407,9731.04.50.2
Feb407,6221.04.50.3
Mar411,5901.44.1-0.1
Apr413,9621.73.90.0
May415,0081.93.60.1
Jun416,8952.04.20.0
Jul419,7042.04.10.0
Aug418,3702.13.9-0.1
Sep413,5262.03.80.1
Oct419,0312.13.80.1
Nov421,1551.93.60.1
Dec421,0502.13.6-0.1
2006-Jan417,1182.24.0-0.5
Feb416,9472.34.1-0.4
Mar420,7352.23.7-0.4
Apr421,5621.83.6-0.3
May422,2091.73.2-0.4
Jun424,5221.83.7-0.5
Jul426,5031.63.7-0.4
Aug424,9811.63.6-0.3
Sep420,7311.73.3-0.5
Oct426,4101.83.2-0.7
Nov428,7531.82.9-0.7
Dec428,7341.83.0-0.7
2007-Jan423,3021.53.8-0.3
Feb422,0971.23.8-0.3
Mar425,8871.23.5-0.1
Apr425,2150.93.5-0.1
May425,5300.83.0-0.3
Jun427,2990.73.6-0.1
Jul429,5010.73.6-0.1
Aug425,7000.23.3-0.3
Sep422,4290.43.2-0.1
Oct425,931-0.13.40.2
Nov429,1500.13.10.2
Dec426,442-0.53.60.6
2008-Jan423,033-0.14.20.5
Feb420,815-0.34.20.4
Mar424,182-0.44.10.5
Apr425,7620.13.90.4
May424,283-0.34.01.0
Jun425,077-0.54.71.1
Jul425,925-0.84.91.3
Aug421,916-0.95.31.9
Sep416,261-1.55.11.9
Oct418,915-1.65.52.1
Nov419,758-2.25.32.2
Dec416,125-2.45.92.3
2009-Jan406,810-3.87.33.1
Feb403,530-4.17.93.7
Mar401,164-5.47.93.8
Apr405,278-4.87.43.5
May401,940-5.37.83.8
Jun402,940-5.28.63.9
Jul403,194-5.38.13.2
Aug400,402-5.18.02.8
Sep391,663-5.98.23.0
Oct391,281-6.68.53.1
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.


 
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