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These figures encompass the entire Washington, D.C., Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA). Total labor force and complete employment numbers can be found below. The civilian labor force includes all those employed or seeking employment. The unemployment figures enumerate those seeking work but unable to find it; it does not include discouraged workers, who are workers who cannot find jobs and have stopped seeking them. These figures are not seasonally adjusted and are updated about 30 days after the end of a given month. Growth in employment in the metropolitan area since January 1994 can be tracked on a separate chart.

Washington-Area Employment Figures

	Civilian		Unemployment
Date	Labor Force	Employment	Number	(%)
1/94	2,543,983	2,432,403	111,580	4.4
2/94	2,538,930	2,423,699	115,231	4.5
3/94	2,552,156	2,447,110	105,046	4.1
4/94	2,568,333	2,472,495	95,838	3.7
5/94	2,572,478	2,469,527	102,951	4.0
6/94	2,617,080	2,499,072	118,008	4.5
7/94	2,642,642	2,533,815	108,827	4.1
8/94	2,608,399	2,503,608	104,791	4.0
9/94	2,587,053	2,483,730	103,323	4.0
10/94	2,595,862	2,490,729	105,133	4.1
11/94	2,601,906	2,497,873	104,033	4.0
12/94	2,594,869	2,494,373	100,496	3.9
8/94	2,585,308	2,479,036	106,272	4.1
1/95	2,601,288	2,491,561	109,727	4.2
2/95	2,601,579	2,494,131	107,448	4.1
3/95	2,612,611	2,511,818	100,793	3.9
4/95	2,595,946	2,498,335	97,611	3.8
5/95	2,604,614	2,499,861	104,753	4.0
6/95	2,644,369	2,525,720	118,649	4.5
7/95	2,672,836	2,562,998	109,838	4.1
8/95	2,638,309	2,531,267	107,042	4.1
9/95	2,612,439	2,504,710	107,729	4.1
10/95	2,607,873	2,505,389	102,484	3.9
11/95	2,604,187	2,501,058	103,129	4.0
12/95	2,594,416	2,500,157	94,259	3.6
1/96	2,527,452	2,427,528	99,924	4.0
2/96	2,546,407	2,445,597	100,810	4.0
3/96	2,542,407	2,447,657	94,750	3.7
4/96	2,529,403	2,439,698	89,705	3.5
5/96	2,553,600	2,454,400	99,200	3.9
6/96	2,592,300	2,481,900	110,400	4.3
7/96	2,621,942	2,520,156	101,786	3.9
8/96	2,591,984	2,494,170	97,814	3.8
9/96	2,577,312	2,477,876	99,436	3.9
10/96	2,575,520	2,480,840	94,680	3.7
11/96	2,586,758	2,498,845	87,913	3.4
12/96	2,567,223	2,480,625	86,598	3.4
1/97	2,548,537	2,455,180	93,357	3.7
2/97	2,549,386	2,454,658	94,728	3.7
3/97	2,563,366	3,474,993	88,373	3.4
4/97	2,564,630	2,479,805	84,825	3.3
5/97	2,560,909	2,473,483	87,426	3.4
6/97	2,593,014	2,495,020	97,994	3.8
7/97	2,630,818	2,538,992	91,826	3.5
8/97	2,589,410	2,499,333	90,077	3.5
9/97	2,562,002	2,471,558	90,444	3.5
10/97	2,559,918	2,471,414	88,504	3.5
11/97	2,568,576	2,482,655	85,921	3.3
12/97	2,550,830	2,470,362	80,468	3.2
1/98	2,544,491	2,456,751	87,740	3.4
2/98	2,552,456	2,458,940	93,516	3.7
3/98	2,561,715	2,477,677	84,038	3.3
4/98*	2,562,224	2,489,358	72,866	2.8

* Preliminary figures. The number will be revised in the next month.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics