Delaware’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February 2013 was 7.2%, up from a revised 7.1% in January 2013.
It added up to 32,000 unemployed Delawareans in February 2013, compared to 31,200 in February 2012.
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The national unemployment rate was 7.7% in February 2013, down from 7.9% in January 2013. In February 2012, the U.S. unemployment rate was 8.3%.
In February 2013, seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment was 425,000, down from 425,600 in January 2013. The decrease of 600 jobs was mainly due to decreases in construction, manufacturing, and education and health.
Since February of last year, nonfarm employment in the state increased by 6,600, up 1.6%. Nationally, jobs during that period increased 1.5%. Over the past year, the job gains in Delaware were in Professional and Business Services, up 2,700, Education and Health, up 18,800 and financial activities at 1,700.
The largest over- the-year job loss was in state government at 700.
