Economic Brief

April 2020, No. 20-04

Huberto M. Ennis and David A. Price

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April 6, 2020

Sonya Ravindranath Waddell and Jacob Crouse

Data & Analysis

Employment Growth in the Fifth District

April 3, 2020

For more information on the regional economy, see our latest report on the Fifth District and our economic indicator charts.

        Month,United States,Fifth District,District of Columbia,Maryland,North Carolina,South Carolina,Virginia,West Virginia
2010-02-01,-2.7,-2.8,-0.3,-3.0,-3.5,-2.8,-2.5,-2.0
2010-03-01,-2.0,-1.6, 0.9,-1.2,-2.4,-2.0,-1.5,-0.9
2010-04-01,-1.3,-0.6, 2.4,-0.3,-1.5,-0.8,-0.4,-0.2
2010-05-01,-0.6, 0.0, 2.4, 0.0,-0.8, 0.1, 0.1, 1.6
2010-06-01,-0.4, 0.1, 2.4, 0.1,-0.6, 0.3, 0.2, 0.2
2010-07-01,-0.2, 0.4, 1.9, 0.4,-0.2, 0.7, 0.6, 1.1
2010-08-01, 0.0, 0.4, 0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 0.9, 0.5, 0.9
2010-09-01, 0.1, 0.6, 2.4, 0.6,-0.1, 1.0, 0.7, 1.2
2010-10-01, 0.4, 1.1, 2.0, 0.9, 0.9, 1.3, 1.0, 1.6
2010-11-01, 0.5, 1.1, 1.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.3, 1.0, 1.5
2010-12-01, 0.8, 1.3, 1.8, 1.2, 1.1, 1.8, 1.1, 1.0
2011-01-01, 0.8, 1.3, 2.3, 1.2, 1.0, 1.3, 1.6, 1.0
2011-02-01, 1.0, 2.1, 3.0, 2.7, 1.6, 1.6, 2.3, 1.6
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, 0.8, 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, 1.1, 1.3, 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, 1.3, 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, 1.6, 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, 1.4, 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, 1.7, 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, 0.9,-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, 1.9, 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, 1.1, 1.2, 0.9, 1.9, 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,-0.2,-1.0
2014-03-01, 1.7, 0.9, 0.5, 0.3, 1.7, 2.7,-0.1,-0.8
2014-04-01, 1.8, 1.3, 0.2, 0.7, 2.0, 2.8, 0.5,-0.4
2014-05-01, 1.8, 1.5, 0.1, 0.9, 2.2, 2.9, 0.8, 1.0
2014-06-01, 1.9, 1.4, 1.1, 0.8, 2.3, 2.7, 0.8,-1.5
2014-07-01, 2.0, 1.3, 0.9, 0.7, 2.3, 2.4, 0.7,-1.0
2014-08-01, 1.9, 1.4, 0.8, 1.1, 2.2, 2.5, 0.8,-0.6
2014-09-01, 2.0, 1.4, 0.6, 1.2, 2.1, 2.6, 0.7, 0.1
2014-10-01, 2.0, 1.5, 1.1, 1.3, 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, 1.4, 2.5, 2.8, 1.3, 0.3
2015-02-01, 2.3, 2.2, 2.2, 1.6, 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, 1.4, 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, 1.6, 2.4, 3.0, 2.8,-1.2
2015-11-01, 1.9, 2.2, 2.3, 1.6, 2.4, 2.7, 2.8,-1.1
2015-12-01, 1.9, 2.3, 2.6, 1.7, 2.5, 2.8, 2.8,-0.9
2016-01-01, 1.9, 2.0, 1.9, 1.6, 2.4, 2.6, 2.1,-1.4
2016-02-01, 1.8, 2.0, 2.1, 1.3, 2.4, 2.7, 2.2,-1.4
2016-03-01, 2.0, 2.3, 2.2, 1.7, 2.7, 2.7, 2.5,-0.8
2016-04-01, 1.9, 2.2, 2.6, 1.5, 2.8, 3.0, 2.0,-1.1
2016-05-01, 1.7, 1.8, 2.2, 0.9, 2.4, 2.6, 1.5,-0.5
2016-06-01, 1.7, 1.6, 2.0, 1.0, 2.4, 2.4, 1.5,-1.9
2016-07-01, 1.8, 1.6, 1.5, 1.1, 2.4, 2.6, 1.1,-1.6
2016-08-01, 1.8, 1.5, 1.5, 1.1, 2.3, 2.4, 1.1,-1.6
2016-09-01, 1.9, 1.6, 1.6, 1.4, 2.3, 2.5, 1.1,-1.4
2016-10-01, 1.7, 1.3, 1.2, 1.1, 2.0, 1.8, 0.8,-1.6
2016-11-01, 1.7, 1.4, 1.3, 1.2, 2.1, 2.1, 0.9,-0.2
2016-12-01, 1.6, 1.3, 1.1, 1.1, 2.0, 2.0, 0.8,-1.4
2017-01-01, 1.7, 1.5, 1.2, 1.2, 2.0, 2.3, 1.2,-0.7
2017-02-01, 1.7, 1.5, 0.8, 1.4, 1.9, 2.1, 1.2,-0.4
2017-03-01, 1.6, 1.4, 1.2, 1.3, 1.8, 2.3, 1.1,-0.5
2017-04-01, 1.6, 1.2, 0.7, 1.0, 1.5, 1.9, 1.1,-0.7
2017-05-01, 1.7, 1.3, 0.9, 1.2, 1.5, 1.9, 1.2,-1.4
2017-06-01, 1.6, 1.5, 1.1, 1.4, 1.7, 2.2, 1.3, 0.3
2017-07-01, 1.5, 1.4, 0.9, 1.1, 1.6, 1.9, 1.2, 0.3
2017-08-01, 1.6, 1.3, 0.9, 1.0, 1.7, 1.7, 1.0, 0.3
2017-09-01, 1.4, 1.1, 0.9, 0.8, 1.5, 1.3, 1.0, 0.3
2017-10-01, 1.5, 1.4, 1.0, 0.9, 1.7, 2.2, 1.1, 0.6
2017-11-01, 1.5, 1.1, 0.8, 0.8, 1.5, 1.9, 0.9,-0.9
2017-12-01, 1.5, 1.2, 0.7, 0.6, 1.5, 1.9, 1.1, 0.2
2018-01-01, 1.4, 1.5, 1.1, 0.7, 1.7, 2.8, 1.3, 0.5
2018-02-01, 1.6, 1.5, 1.3, 0.9, 1.7, 2.8, 1.3, 0.5
2018-03-01, 1.6, 1.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.9, 2.6, 1.3, 0.4
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, 1.1, 0.9, 2.1, 3.0, 1.4, 2.4
2018-06-01, 1.6, 1.7, 1.2, 0.9, 2.0, 3.0, 1.3, 1.7
2018-07-01, 1.6, 1.7, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 2.7, 1.4, 2.0
2018-08-01, 1.6, 1.7, 1.2, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 1.3, 2.1
2018-09-01, 1.6, 1.4, 1.0, 0.9, 1.3, 2.8, 1.2, 1.9
2018-10-01, 1.6, 1.6, 1.0, 0.9, 1.9, 2.7, 1.3, 1.8
2018-11-01, 1.5, 1.7, 1.0, 0.9, 2.0, 2.7, 1.5, 1.5
2018-12-01, 1.6, 1.5, 0.8, 1.0, 1.7, 2.6, 1.2, 1.3
2019-01-01, 1.7, 1.6, 0.5, 1.1, 2.4, 1.7, 1.3, 0.8
2019-02-01, 1.4, 1.4, 0.7, 0.8, 2.1, 1.5, 1.2, 0.5
2019-03-01, 1.4, 1.3, 0.6, 0.8, 2.0, 1.5, 1.2, 0.4
2019-04-01, 1.4, 1.3, 0.5, 0.8, 2.1, 1.3, 1.2, 0.2
2019-05-01, 1.3, 1.2, 0.5, 0.8, 1.9, 1.4, 1.1,-1.3
2019-06-01, 1.3, 1.2, 0.6, 0.5, 1.9, 1.2, 1.2,-0.7
2019-07-01, 1.3, 1.1, 0.8, 0.4, 1.8, 1.6, 1.1,-1.3
2019-08-01, 1.3, 1.1, 0.6, 0.3, 1.8, 1.7, 1.2,-1.2
2019-09-01, 1.4, 1.3, 0.7, 0.4, 2.3, 2.1, 1.2,-1.7
2019-10-01, 1.3, 1.0, 0.7, 0.3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.0,-1.6
2019-11-01, 1.4, 1.2, 1.2, 0.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.4,-1.6
2019-12-01, 1.4, 1.3, 1.0, 0.9, 1.7, 1.8, 1.5,-1.7
2020-01-01, 1.4, 1.1, 1.1, 1.0, 1.1, 1.9, 1.3,-1.3
2020-02-01, 1.6, 1.3, 0.9, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 1.6,-1.5

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