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Employment Growth in the Fifth District

May 7, 2021

Learn more about your state’s labor and housing markets in this month's Snapshot and economic indicators of the Fifth District.

Month,United States,Fifth District,District of Columbia,Maryland,North Carolina,South Carolina,Virginia,West Virginia
2011-03-01,  1.1,  1.6, 2.4,  1.4,  1.5,  1.7,  1.9,  0.9
2011-04-01,  1.1,  1.3, 2.0,  0.9,  1.3,  1.4,  1.3,  1.3
2011-05-01,  0.8,  0.7, 1.4,  0.5,  0.9,  0.7,  0.6, -0.5
2011-06-01,  1.1,  0.8, 1.4,  0.5,  1.2,  1.0,  0.6,  0.2
2011-07-01,  1.2,  1.0, 1.4,  1.0,  1.2,  1.0,  0.8,  0.4
2011-08-01,  1.3,  1.1, 2.6,  0.8,  1.3,  1.0,  0.9,  0.7
2011-09-01,  1.5,  1.5, 2.3,  1.0,  1.6,  1.3,  1.6,  1.7
2011-10-01,  1.5,  1.1, 1.5,  0.9,  1.0,  1.0,  1.2,  1.5
2011-11-01,  1.5,  1.2, 1.4,  0.9,  1.2,  1.2,  1.3,  1.8
2011-12-01,  1.6,  1.3, 1.5,  1.0,  1.3,  1.1,  1.3,  2.2
2012-01-01,  1.8,  1.6, 1.0,  1.3,  1.9,  2.0,  1.3,  2.6
2012-02-01,  1.9,  1.4, 0.9,  1.2,  1.5,  1.7,  1.2,  2.3
2012-03-01,  1.9,  1.5, 1.0,  1.3,  1.7,  1.8,  1.3,  2.4
2012-04-01,  1.7,  1.3, 0.4,  1.1,  1.7,  1.4,  1.1,  1.9
2012-05-01,  1.7,  1.5, 1.2,  1.1,  1.8,  1.4,  1.1,  3.0
2012-06-01,  1.6,  1.3, 0.6,  1.2,  1.4,  1.7,  1.2,  1.4
2012-07-01,  1.6,  1.0, 0.1,  0.8,  1.5,  1.4,  0.7,  1.0
2012-08-01,  1.7,  1.3, 0.6,  1.2,  1.6,  1.6,  1.1,  0.7
2012-09-01,  1.6,  1.3, 0.5,  1.3,  1.8,  1.7,  0.9,  0.7
2012-10-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.5,  1.2,  2.0,  1.9,  1.3,  0.4
2012-11-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.6,  1.2,  2.1,  2.2,  1.2, -0.2
2012-12-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.5,  1.2,  2.0,  2.1,  1.3, -0.3
2013-01-01,  1.5,  1.3, 1.3,  1.1,  1.7,  1.7,  1.1, -0.2
2013-02-01,  1.5,  1.3, 1.4,  1.1,  1.8,  1.6,  1.1, -0.3
2013-03-01,  1.4,  1.2, 1.2,  0.9,  1.7,  1.4,  1.0, -0.5
2013-04-01,  1.5,  1.3, 2.1,  1.0,  1.7,  1.7,  0.9, -0.5
2013-05-01,  1.6,  1.1, 1.4,  1.1,  1.5,  1.8,  0.8, -1.6
2013-06-01,  1.7,  1.3, 1.5,  1.1,  1.7,  1.9,  0.8,  0.2
2013-07-01,  1.7,  1.4, 1.8,  1.1,  1.8,  2.1,  1.0,  0.2
2013-08-01,  1.7,  1.3, 1.7,  1.0,  1.8,  2.1,  0.8,  0.3
2013-09-01,  1.7,  1.2, 1.8,  0.8,  2.0,  2.3,  0.5, -0.5
2013-10-01,  1.8,  1.1, 0.9,  0.6,  1.9,  2.4,  0.1, -0.4
2013-11-01,  1.8,  1.2, 1.2,  0.9,  1.8,  2.1,  0.3,  0.0
2013-12-01,  1.7,  1.0, 1.2,  0.5,  1.9,  2.4,  0.1, -0.3
2014-01-01,  1.7,  0.9, 0.4,  0.4,  1.8,  2.4,  0.0, -0.7
2014-02-01,  1.6,  0.6, 0.4,  0.3,  1.3,  2.1, -0.3, -1.0
2014-03-01,  1.7,  0.9, 0.5,  0.3,  1.7,  2.7, -0.2, -0.8
2014-04-01,  1.8,  1.3, 0.2,  0.7,  2.1,  2.8,  0.5, -0.4
2014-05-01,  1.8,  1.5, 0.1,  0.9,  2.2,  2.9,  0.9,  1.0
2014-06-01,  1.9,  1.4, 1.1,  0.8,  2.3,  2.7,  0.9, -1.5
2014-07-01,  2.0,  1.3, 0.9,  0.7,  2.3,  2.4,  0.8, -1.0
2014-08-01,  1.9,  1.4, 0.8,  1.1,  2.2,  2.5,  0.7, -0.6
2014-09-01,  2.0,  1.4, 0.6,  1.2,  2.1,  2.6,  0.8,  0.1
2014-10-01,  2.0,  1.5, 1.1,  1.2,  2.2,  2.7,  0.8,  0.3
2014-11-01,  2.0,  1.6, 0.9,  1.2,  2.3,  3.0,  0.7,  0.2
2014-12-01,  2.2,  1.7, 0.9,  1.5,  2.3,  3.0,  1.0,  0.3
2015-01-01,  2.2,  1.9, 2.2,  1.3,  2.5,  2.8,  1.3,  0.3
2015-02-01,  2.3,  2.2, 2.2,  1.5,  3.1,  3.2,  1.5,  0.4
2015-03-01,  2.1,  1.7, 2.0,  1.3,  2.3,  2.6,  1.2, -0.2
2015-04-01,  2.1,  1.6, 1.5,  1.3,  2.0,  2.3,  1.3, -0.4
2015-05-01,  2.2,  1.8, 2.2,  1.6,  2.3,  2.6,  1.5, -1.7
2015-06-01,  2.1,  1.9, 1.6,  1.5,  2.4,  2.8,  1.7,  0.7
2015-07-01,  2.1,  2.2, 2.2,  1.7,  2.4,  3.1,  2.2, -0.1
2015-08-01,  2.1,  2.2, 2.2,  1.5,  2.4,  3.1,  2.4, -0.4
2015-09-01,  1.9,  2.1, 1.8,  1.4,  2.5,  2.9,  2.5, -1.0
2015-10-01,  2.0,  2.3, 2.2,  1.7,  2.5,  3.0,  2.8, -1.2
2015-11-01,  1.9,  2.2, 2.3,  1.5,  2.4,  2.7,  2.8, -1.1
2015-12-01,  1.9,  2.3, 2.6,  1.6,  2.5,  2.8,  2.8, -0.9
2016-01-01,  1.9,  1.9, 1.9,  1.6,  2.4,  2.6,  2.1, -1.5
2016-02-01,  1.8,  1.9, 2.1,  1.3,  2.3,  2.6,  2.1, -1.6
2016-03-01,  1.9,  2.3, 2.2,  1.7,  2.7,  2.7,  2.5, -0.8
2016-04-01,  1.9,  2.2, 2.5,  1.5,  2.9,  3.0,  2.1, -1.1
2016-05-01,  1.7,  1.8, 2.2,  1.0,  2.4,  2.6,  1.6, -0.5
2016-06-01,  1.7,  1.6, 2.0,  0.9,  2.4,  2.4,  1.5, -1.9
2016-07-01,  1.8,  1.6, 1.6,  1.1,  2.4,  2.6,  1.2, -1.7
2016-08-01,  1.8,  1.5, 1.4,  1.2,  2.3,  2.4,  1.1, -1.6
2016-09-01,  1.9,  1.6, 1.5,  1.4,  2.4,  2.5,  1.0, -1.4
2016-10-01,  1.7,  1.3, 1.2,  1.1,  2.0,  1.8,  0.8, -1.5
2016-11-01,  1.7,  1.4, 1.2,  1.2,  2.1,  2.1,  0.8, -0.1
2016-12-01,  1.6,  1.2, 1.0,  1.1,  1.9,  2.0,  0.7, -1.4
2017-01-01,  1.7,  1.5, 1.2,  1.2,  1.9,  2.3,  1.2, -0.7
2017-02-01,  1.7,  1.6, 0.9,  1.5,  2.0,  2.3,  1.3, -0.2
2017-03-01,  1.6,  1.4, 1.1,  1.3,  1.8,  2.3,  1.1, -0.5
2017-04-01,  1.6,  1.2, 0.9,  1.1,  1.5,  2.0,  1.0, -0.6
2017-05-01,  1.7,  1.3, 0.9,  1.2,  1.6,  2.0,  1.2, -1.3
2017-06-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.1,  1.4,  1.7,  2.2,  1.3,  0.4
2017-07-01,  1.5,  1.4, 0.9,  1.1,  1.6,  1.9,  1.2,  0.4
2017-08-01,  1.6,  1.3, 0.9,  1.0,  1.7,  1.7,  1.1,  0.4
2017-09-01,  1.4,  1.1, 0.9,  0.8,  1.5,  1.2,  1.0,  0.3
2017-10-01,  1.5,  1.4, 1.0,  0.9,  1.8,  2.2,  1.1,  0.5
2017-11-01,  1.5,  1.1, 0.9,  0.8,  1.5,  1.8,  0.9, -0.9
2017-12-01,  1.5,  1.2, 0.8,  0.6,  1.5,  1.8,  1.2,  0.2
2018-01-01,  1.4,  1.5, 1.1,  0.7,  1.7,  2.8,  1.3,  0.4
2018-02-01,  1.5,  1.5, 1.2,  0.8,  1.7,  2.8,  1.2,  0.4
2018-03-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.0,  1.0,  1.8,  2.7,  1.3,  0.5
2018-04-01,  1.5,  1.7, 1.3,  0.9,  2.0,  3.1,  1.3,  1.1
2018-05-01,  1.6,  1.8, 1.2,  0.9,  2.1,  3.1,  1.4,  2.4
2018-06-01,  1.6,  1.7, 1.2,  0.9,  2.0,  3.0,  1.3,  1.8
2018-07-01,  1.6,  1.8, 1.2,  1.2,  2.0,  2.7,  1.4,  2.0
2018-08-01,  1.6,  1.8, 1.2,  1.1,  2.0,  3.0,  1.4,  2.1
2018-09-01,  1.6,  1.5, 1.1,  1.0,  1.3,  2.7,  1.3,  1.9
2018-10-01,  1.6,  1.6, 0.9,  0.9,  2.0,  2.7,  1.3,  1.9
2018-11-01,  1.5,  1.7, 1.0,  0.9,  2.0,  2.7,  1.4,  1.6
2018-12-01,  1.6,  1.5, 0.8,  1.0,  1.7,  2.5,  1.2,  1.4
2019-01-01,  1.7,  1.6, 0.5,  1.1,  2.4,  1.7,  1.3,  0.9
2019-02-01,  1.4,  1.4, 0.7,  0.8,  2.1,  1.4,  1.2,  0.5
2019-03-01,  1.4,  1.3, 0.6,  0.8,  2.0,  1.6,  1.2,  0.4
2019-04-01,  1.4,  1.3, 0.4,  0.7,  1.9,  1.5,  1.2,  0.3
2019-05-01,  1.3,  1.1, 0.2,  0.7,  1.8,  1.6,  1.1, -1.2
2019-06-01,  1.2,  1.2, 0.5,  0.6,  1.8,  1.4,  1.2, -0.6
2019-07-01,  1.3,  1.2, 0.6,  0.4,  1.9,  1.7,  1.1, -0.8
2019-08-01,  1.2,  1.2, 0.5,  0.4,  1.8,  1.8,  1.1, -1.0
2019-09-01,  1.3,  1.4, 0.7,  0.4,  2.4,  2.2,  1.1, -1.3
2019-10-01,  1.3,  1.2, 0.6,  0.7,  1.8,  1.6,  1.4, -1.7
2019-11-01,  1.4,  1.2, 0.7,  0.6,  1.9,  1.5,  1.3, -1.7
2019-12-01,  1.3,  1.3, 0.8,  0.7,  2.1,  1.5,  1.3, -1.4
2020-01-01,  1.4,  1.1, 1.4,  0.5,  1.5,  1.1,  1.2, -0.5
2020-02-01,  1.6,  1.1, 0.9,  0.5,  1.6,  1.0,  1.3, -0.6
2020-03-01,  0.4,  0.3, 0.3, -0.7,  0.8,  0.3,  0.5, -1.3
2020-04-01,-13.5,-12.0,-9.4,-14.0,-11.2,-13.6,-10.8,-14.8
2020-05-01,-11.7,-10.7,-9.7,-13.0, -9.7,-10.6,-10.3,-12.9
2020-06-01, -8.5, -8.5,-9.7,-11.3, -7.0, -7.6, -8.8, -8.0
2020-07-01, -7.5, -7.3,-9.1, -8.8, -6.0, -7.0, -7.5, -8.1
2020-08-01, -6.6, -6.2,-8.0, -8.2, -5.1, -5.9, -5.8, -7.8
2020-09-01, -6.3, -5.6,-8.0, -7.4, -4.6, -5.4, -5.1, -6.8
2020-10-01, -5.9, -5.3,-8.0, -6.8, -4.3, -4.9, -4.9, -6.2
2020-11-01, -5.9, -5.0,-8.3, -6.2, -4.2, -4.3, -4.7, -5.6
2020-12-01, -6.2, -4.9,-8.4, -6.2, -3.8, -3.8, -4.9, -6.1
2021-01-01, -6.2, -4.9,-9.0, -6.0, -4.0, -4.3, -4.7, -6.1
2021-02-01, -6.1, -4.8,-9.0, -5.9, -3.8, -3.8, -5.0, -5.4
2021-03-01, -4.5, -4.0,-8.3, -4.4, -2.8, -3.0, -4.5, -4.6

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