1996 - 2004 Annual Average Employment by Industry by Place of Work for the West Piedmont Planning District
		% of		% of		% of		% of		% of		% of		% of		% of		% of
	1996	Total	1997	Total	1998	Total	1999	Total	2000	Total	2001	Total	2002	Total	2003	Total	2004	Total
Agriculture	530	0.5%	503	0.5%	540	0.5%	518	0.5%	542	0.5%	560	0.6%	578	0.6%	575	0.6%	602	0.7%
Mining	67	0.1%	92	0.1%	117	0.1%	92	0.1%	74	0.1%	73	0.1%	143	0.2%	130	0.1%	123	0.1%
Utilities	290	0.3%	279	0.3%	252	0.2%	274	0.3%	266	0.3%	254	0.3%	258	0.3%	245	0.3%	226	0.3%
Construction	3,618	3.6%	4,174	4.1%	4,604	4.5%	4,311	4.3%	4,484	4.5%	4,726	4.9%	4,668	5.0%	4,631	5.0%	4,333	4.8%
Manufacturing	37,147	37.1%	38,121	37.6%	37,898	37.2%	36,831	36.6%	34,308	34.5%	31,099	32.3%	28,179	30.4%	26,965	29.4%	25,188	27.9%
Transportation	1,624	1.6%	2,529	2.5%	4,456	4.4%	4,080	4.1%	3,614	3.6%	3,449	3.6%	2,535	2.7%	2,105	2.3%	2,157	2.4%
Wholesale Trade	1,517	1.5%	1,835	1.8%	2,157	2.1%	2,228	2.2%	2,141	2.2%	2,020	2.1%	1,969	2.1%	2,171	2.4%	2,325	2.6%
Retail Trade	10,392	10.4%	11,784	11.6%	12,044	11.8%	12,144	12.1%	12,781	12.9%	12,420	12.9%	12,519	13.5%	12,625	13.8%	12,427	13.8%
Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate	2,123	2.1%	2,450	2.4%	2,690	2.6%	2,660	2.6%	2,563	2.6%	2,679	2.8%	2,675	2.9%	2,806	3.1%	2,802	3.1%
Services	20,483	20.4%	22,753	22.4%	24,828	24.4%	25,383	25.2%	26,223	26.4%	26,556	27.5%	26,306	28.4%	26,796	29.2%	27,112	30.1%
State Government	1,702	1.7%	1,786	1.8%	1,857	1.8%	1,855	1.8%	1,913	1.9%	1,999	2.1%	1,979	2.1%	2,007	2.2%	2,022	2.2%
Local Government	9,040	9.0%	9,202	9.1%	9,507	9.3%	9,557	9.5%	9,815	9.9%	9,997	10.4%	10,302	11.1%	10,194	11.1%	10,246	11.4%
Federal Government	567	0.6%	584	0.6%	566	0.6%	581	0.6%	706	0.7%	599	0.6%	590	0.6%	573	0.6%	568	0.6%
Nonclassifiable	11,151	11.1%	5,409	5.3%	267	0.3%	92	0.1%	60	0.1%	1	0.0%	5	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Total Employment	100,251	100.0%	101,501	100.0%	101,783	100.0%	100,605	100.0%	99,457	100.0%	96,428	100.0%	92,699	100.0%	91,818	100.0%	90,131	100.0%
"D" indicates disclosure suppression.  Data is included only in the total.  Figures may not always total correctly due to the rounding process.
Source:  Virginia's Electronic Labor Market Access (VELMA), ES202 - Covered Employment & Wages (NAICS), Virginia Employment Commission, Economic Information Services, Richmond, VA.