Regional Economy
Snapshot, March 2019
March 18, 2019
Economic reports on the Fifth District were upbeat in recent months.
Data & Analysis
Employment Growth in the Fifth District
March 20, 2019
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 2009-01-01,-3.141119186,-2.924910813,1.017046268,-2.453449328,-4.009117083,-4.870810949,-2.173396361,-0.888828114 2009-02-01,-3.620066503,-3.397780165,0.744665616,-2.698370291,-4.667321561,-5.503506886,-2.553472406,-1.365001365 2009-03-01,-4.167269256,-3.869404029,-0.071367399,-2.925318343,-5.362798733,-5.986457371,-2.968543484,-1.384320175 2009-04-01,-4.506142435,-4.315059644,-0.968937019,-3.270920902,-5.752382786,-6.193050193,-3.575011882,-1.933891099 2009-05-01,-4.628205872,-4.311644672,-0.895649701,-3.040398239,-5.768210963,-6.415735544,-3.34725821,-3.285559762 2009-06-01,-4.850914267,-4.294924377,-0.907801418,-2.856484681,-5.991695635,-6.536116565,-3.425019836,-1.631477927 2009-07-01,-4.961893126,-4.456322849,-0.564095332,-3.308513088,-6.13266886,-6.055876385,-3.696060534,-2.570061517 2009-08-01,-4.902753791,-4.439796618,-1.093049327,-3.247501922,-6.112161311,-6.033583646,-3.644164305,-2.437688305 2009-09-01,-4.759850551,-4.534387215,-1.46851172,-3.190751445,-6.060753106,-6.322048928,-3.739285051,-3.078396497 2009-10-01,-4.569000939,-4.245669794,-0.255536627,-2.955265394,-5.893419992,-5.818467996,-3.501676334,-3.159190372 2009-11-01,-4.048361992,-3.833260458,0.0853121,-2.683314591,-5.371007371,-5.371464753,-3.087359453,-2.930302615 2009-12-01,-3.746931935,-3.55527583,0.270462633,-2.532187172,-5.056665268,-4.941288986,-2.878893476,-2.39010989 2010-01-01,-3.182570819,-2.789441448,0.056721497,-1.994914923,-3.916618761,-3.598128328,-2.367454918,-2.221302428 2010-02-01,-2.712777128,-2.799006708,-0.284292822,-2.992861065,-3.531126693,-2.800953516,-2.511990895,-1.992803764 2010-03-01,-1.987489531,-1.617968476,0.914155121,-1.197510439,-2.434015365,-2.007966388,-1.471109053,-0.84781098 2010-04-01,-1.291766223,-0.588835381,2.417266187,-0.331832188,-1.465856275,-0.834156514,-0.353231106,-0.195804196 2010-05-01,-0.627419367,0.020259775,2.40998422,-0.047391493,-0.792980841,0.121045392,0.11489222,1.635677338 2010-06-01,-0.378550822,0.081949342,2.447752648,0.059283851,-0.549535206,0.292995743,0.183486239,0.236933798 2010-07-01,-0.185943299,0.435805411,1.900439654,0.357256272,-0.211334759,0.714404386,0.634615385,1.066367335 2010-08-01,-0.04904177,0.413588027,0.410881269,0.425024826,-0.028394424,0.926799489,0.522221917,0.926445817 2010-09-01,0.087517945,0.618316393,2.393235884,0.593105644,-0.080066119,1.03569241,0.714049404,1.228119706 2010-10-01,0.446713465,1.079114883,1.964133219,0.895664981,0.911333247,1.32026071,0.987150499,1.624064398 2010-11-01,0.532008949,1.066989997,1.775820429,0.900506037,0.950303786,1.299208208,0.975555984,1.467061645 2010-12-01,0.797356014,1.272536879,1.817149347,1.189240961,1.126049983,1.83891342,1.142636344,1.055446102 2011-01-01,0.810433952,1.320114476,2.310090703,1.221313111,0.988502159,1.26645838,1.623026516,1.072386059 2011-02-01,1.046139614,2.094883664,2.96507484,2.697019934,1.628282618,1.610835516,2.34600845,1.60971477 2011-03-01,1.084722276,1.627896397,2.392073602,1.431305319,1.476053117,1.676039869,1.891226809,0.925147183 2011-04-01,1.147296591,1.290283636,1.966844619,0.864050733,1.360667634,1.444382955,1.299771922,1.303251121 2011-05-01,0.806636769,0.657934222,1.386748844,0.470188471,0.861202073,0.725394296,0.631182032,-0.522696011 2011-06-01,1.091703057,0.827085743,1.425178147,0.477939724,1.146457344,1.047293573,0.639658849,0.139043382 2011-07-01,1.206666564,1.01872288,1.419624217,1.056087335,1.265528552,1.000769823,0.788949251,0.374843815 2011-08-01,1.304077831,1.093598503,2.59630309,0.767344356,1.342663121,1.033762235,0.861291116,0.751043115 2011-09-01,1.534826996,1.485520873,2.323303009,1.00906177,1.563832812,1.295122623,1.628753661,1.659461721 2011-10-01,1.481912402,1.10508007,1.549413735,0.875877851,1.011166572,1.033648559,1.23416339,1.500833797 2011-11-01,1.487401063,1.186941395,1.39586823,0.860877463,1.152263374,1.183464524,1.299091182,1.751703045 2011-12-01,1.585918572,1.260293269,1.533742331,0.98990377,1.285809803,1.086717892,1.260710582,2.242027573 2012-01-01,1.841676919,1.625084289,0.983515722,1.293324396,1.921590851,1.999889813,1.297817925,2.568756108 2012-02-01,1.876068115,1.419223759,0.91374775,1.208756595,1.522725525,1.689522765,1.252036936,2.279043913 2012-03-01,1.877322854,1.535419853,0.995299972,1.324633466,1.710671208,1.774370208,1.313397194,2.402777778 2012-04-01,1.691927825,1.294705711,0.385781207,1.084564602,1.615996318,1.391086138,1.114908854,1.881311385 2012-05-01,1.693744306,1.469744285,1.2019895,1.112946358,1.825293351,1.423972939,1.105107388,3.042035398 2012-06-01,1.56720094,1.312034809,0.633696101,1.238304898,1.411722659,1.674667249,1.195132551,1.388503194 2012-07-01,1.636165313,1.034459695,0.123507616,0.845434264,1.451197429,1.43728223,0.712351029,0.982019364 2012-08-01,1.670980339,1.287713194,0.605143722,1.15402732,1.615327779,1.610972026,1.125027109,0.676421866 2012-09-01,1.632495807,1.265888457,0.547120777,1.253623756,1.717906953,1.670293798,0.856542585,0.658436214 2012-10-01,1.595287303,1.529015705,1.484536082,1.185075094,2.009730253,1.872006966,1.318912504,0.397042716 2012-11-01,1.613292141,1.547969263,1.638215859,1.229395873,2.06214402,2.17604178,1.239324299,-0.204946031 2012-12-01,1.635644101,1.525791199,1.469376545,1.206701293,2.015944752,2.074057987,1.331249326,-0.326886407 2013-01-01,1.511229168,1.305671673,1.289437586,1.132780568,1.726142337,1.66360592,1.101232844,-0.204164965 2013-02-01,1.520995125,1.319084374,1.399368912,1.100953122,1.795318536,1.623691876,1.110485234,-0.27173913 2013-03-01,1.44203814,1.176401431,1.218176841,0.931026457,1.707077574,1.436719759,0.972278023,-0.488268005 2013-04-01,1.522577175,1.257565618,2.072467746,1.034053802,1.718628117,1.684063273,0.898725687,-0.515953836 2013-05-01,1.61476958,1.114987697,1.433447099,1.092917428,1.488790138,1.807423346,0.856697819,-1.556629093 2013-06-01,1.695231416,1.284012355,1.464750171,1.11443327,1.721837634,1.867052953,0.810607687,0.246507806 2013-07-01,1.657524446,1.412231989,1.768092105,1.11003299,1.794962039,2.098540146,1.03004061,0.232844816 2013-08-01,1.709019993,1.327128323,1.736158578,1.008925107,1.787729108,2.121049813,0.780098115,0.287947347 2013-09-01,1.706619095,1.242745164,1.809277649,0.789290412,1.9290915,2.306416225,0.528789659,-0.531479967 2013-10-01,1.754359915,1.07946246,0.948124069,0.649375749,1.945165801,2.403846154,0.114468255,-0.436383472 2013-11-01,1.833134348,1.147110333,1.246105919,0.893444208,1.848576198,2.140347141,0.276765042,0.013691128 2013-12-01,1.704074381,1.045151416,1.163892272,0.497762,1.918865107,2.361702128,0.077123557,-0.341623394 2014-01-01,1.688312648,0.895859108,0.365655471,0.357967667,1.768900152,2.364254596,0.015940065,-0.709219858 2014-02-01,1.602956581,0.621515334,0.419429035,0.292442666,1.262588679,2.107330538,-0.230799841,-0.967302452 2014-03-01,1.685360138,0.859151452,0.473292765,0.269044508,1.663572224,2.716036285,-0.132633031,-0.763254736 2014-04-01,1.782323938,1.25138902,0.242033078,0.673335898,2.048288146,2.83083761,0.515820261,-0.368500068 2014-05-01,1.77718677,1.505851245,0.094212651,0.896429671,2.214031269,2.900771426,0.844095327,0.981461287 2014-06-01,1.879746139,1.410046033,1.079330815,0.848694316,2.316315672,2.659714542,0.825390063,-1.50273224 2014-07-01,1.967741935,1.341795104,0.875420875,0.687113738,2.311567717,2.428639016,0.745354842,-0.983875376 2014-08-01,1.924737636,1.410440301,0.765923139,1.087207069,2.209577298,2.480855974,0.758099697,-0.656275636 2014-09-01,2.011240143,1.429903637,0.601282737,1.166986564,2.074230448,2.615336332,0.738536741,0.082203042 2014-10-01,2.03201611,1.546987673,1.073393264,1.271170168,2.167683151,2.69170579,0.821633695,0.273935077 2014-11-01,2.041901211,1.56263527,0.882943144,1.226711646,2.255326435,2.971226022,0.735118495,0.150581793 2014-12-01,2.187932164,1.711639582,0.882943144,1.493568823,2.339381212,2.95156932,0.985889293,0.287947347 2015-01-01,2.211286137,1.854429786,2.104979085,1.319372531,2.499816908,2.735246795,1.282970755,0.508241758 2015-02-01,2.266671507,2.157171548,2.155753166,1.515500307,3.039952968,3.150343107,1.47574984,0.398954464 2015-03-01,2.137188825,1.71518682,1.99192463,1.307114382,2.36442886,2.597737954,1.166064598,-0.274687543 2015-04-01,2.112614957,1.595294455,1.448692153,1.372061915,2.053233783,2.320675105,1.314675696,-0.520547945 2015-05-01,2.179985996,1.784078548,2.178297701,1.548141087,2.306444977,2.598202824,1.579002957,-1.781857451 2015-06-01,2.063993893,1.931007819,1.681793914,1.469860249,2.367880034,2.724194541,1.655751558,0.665742025 2015-07-01,2.108078571,2.152800143,2.082777036,1.72321769,2.276238293,3.063895304,2.290862971,-0.096605023 2015-08-01,2.057843644,2.151597626,2.226963595,1.474556303,2.414865158,3.060545576,2.344306872,-0.426644646 2015-09-01,1.925735942,2.091098932,1.886040643,1.384988996,2.457735132,2.900397594,2.373417722,-0.876112252 2015-10-01,1.980105978,2.270544119,2.283286871,1.653394008,2.476505562,2.981814487,2.74283303,-1.051768884 2015-11-01,1.939669015,2.215545043,2.294125448,1.522381277,2.430447576,2.753872633,2.787291217,-1.011481684 2015-12-01,1.943787572,2.290585198,2.678689829,1.619126882,2.479181083,2.841712094,2.80248408,-0.916051408 2016-01-01,1.853366427,1.955924426,1.876569314,1.552030889,2.374544502,2.662422956,2.077104642,-1.448681153 2016-02-01,1.838744258,1.980085992,2.176206806,1.341698477,2.391593762,2.746698921,2.198464481,-1.507262264 2016-03-01,1.949139313,2.260386949,2.26972816,1.649702978,2.711832152,2.728279472,2.536298475,-0.867649084 2016-04-01,1.881983092,2.163322366,2.657675526,1.541999698,2.793415521,2.982147347,1.994725986,-1.087854586 2016-05-01,1.662981357,1.736635988,2.131859455,0.931245541,2.386922786,2.572443822,1.48427346,-0.46728972 2016-06-01,1.740013971,1.594493028,1.719611447,0.863136563,2.34146111,2.402237427,1.491102741,-1.887572334 2016-07-01,1.766702343,1.600190566,1.713314151,1.060640132,2.532392438,2.529628523,1.0229122,-1.478104711 2016-08-01,1.774331987,1.549639513,1.513175059,1.15351485,2.329685845,2.408501763,1.101452266,-1.520387008 2016-09-01,1.868968377,1.692927403,1.603441533,1.44092219,2.41286234,2.620498341,1.169500258,-1.298163237 2016-10-01,1.716569666,1.248869408,1.271901363,1.007237186,2.004912855,1.731366843,0.849654748,-1.546107123 2016-11-01,1.668241801,1.430884591,1.205600207,1.175022381,2.164926785,2.069169376,0.817613287,-0.207125104 2016-12-01,1.619563319,1.268007931,0.955701924,1.124264761,1.969823973,1.97791411,0.806307113,-1.531668277 2017-01-01,1.731662186,1.55583647,1.349072513,1.379207515,1.998418016,2.529403081,1.176712399,-0.901400638 2017-02-01,1.665423467,1.548457783,0.81321802,1.525322593,2.010680288,2.246529651,1.199938465,-0.431274346 2017-03-01,1.588240616,1.431617423,1.225806452,1.273031826,1.820371485,2.307918463,1.065219061,-0.583495415 2017-04-01,1.587301587,1.172096366,0.772797527,0.943080979,1.465049105,1.909366149,1.018814796,-0.570792148 2017-05-01,1.665659071,1.208024935,0.901945626,1.183079728,1.483329868,1.898023908,1.114213263,-1.463684065 2017-06-01,1.62564412,1.482352128,1.161440186,1.395245005,1.676093732,2.136168552,1.24651258,0.393203202 2017-07-01,1.53053105,1.335015895,0.848656294,1.127387354,1.625080563,1.826129189,1.160858115,0.420639372 2017-08-01,1.565049081,1.269823781,0.87381136,0.988559369,1.713234449,1.624478712,0.997601674,0.533333333 2017-09-01,1.3882564,1.037290277,0.872465999,0.741587957,1.427818394,1.134388878,0.92936803,0.265845809 2017-10-01,1.478029478,1.348909122,0.986799949,0.908553701,1.756800147,2.075252133,1.033394421,0.560852496 2017-11-01,1.510727959,1.109238401,0.845395158,0.800058991,1.506423444,1.819673714,0.935553578,-0.940916009 2017-12-01,1.480304999,1.077558174,0.844313675,0.500662642,1.452253733,1.670035615,0.964907826,0.126121076 2018-01-01,1.42214901,1.469079568,1.087930372,0.720667721,1.740300618,2.692584593,1.274758761,0.573747551 2018-02-01,1.55037165,1.49070274,1.280409731,0.855893913,1.76620539,2.700887503,1.203445655,0.503004052 2018-03-01,1.58670348,1.502866503,0.98151689,0.933583269,1.853789464,2.447435222,1.297220604,0.461151481 2018-04-01,1.572761602,1.621651161,1.265337423,0.886453084,2.152178369,2.362355647,1.31008793,1.106132736 2018-05-01,1.668443788,1.7316845,1.16204827,0.919219032,2.281264941,2.394177361,1.332455163,2.340246637 2018-06-01,1.688356889,1.593552211,1.275672917,0.788932922,2.107127449,2.373221278,1.223581758,1.60861659 2018-07-01,1.668290888,1.51068709,1.02001785,0.693094723,1.845979615,2.360965373,1.299193691,1.773247696 2018-08-01,1.730826822,1.470818232,0.98089172,0.65992081,1.754465295,2.514672902,1.1797398,1.898645819 2018-09-01,1.791863456,1.057895488,0.852200458,0.417505951,1.123011569,1.947401079,0.908196473,1.548981301 2018-10-01,1.800247279,1.179756997,0.748730964,0.512407584,1.386134151,2.327569827,0.773416637,1.798661461 2018-11-01,1.781280949,1.276638997,0.698590118,0.73518654,1.355703187,2.318084854,0.979774828,2.067327839 2018-12-01,1.81508984,1.310576044,0.608905239,1.087912088,1.276164754,2.556213018,0.814848348,2.2253324 2019-01-01,1.90773312,1.333225489,0.329197265,0.857883401,1.654485944,1.603103384,1.105761998,2.713232225 2019-02-01,1.694159909,,,,,,,
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