Description of chart 1 – Employment

The title of the graph is "Employment."
This is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "thousands."

Employment
  thousands
October 2009 16,811.9
November 2009 16,892.3
December 2009 16,858.6
January 2010 16,887.9
February 2010 16,916.1
March 2010 16,933.1
April 2010 16,989.5
May 2010 17,026.4
June 2010 17,083.9
July 2010 17,086.7
August 2010 17,116.6
September 2010 17,081.6
October 2010 17,127.1
November 2010 17,140.0
December 2010 17,167.5
January 2011 17,238.1
February 2011 17,235.2
March 2011 17,244.2
April 2011 17,277.4
May 2011 17,287.1
June 2011 17,318.5
July 2011 17,335.5
August 2011 17,344.5
September 2011 17,375.3
October 2011 17,346.5
November 2011 17,334.4
December 2011 17,361.0
January 2012 17,366.5
February 2012 17,354.0
March 2012 17,450.2
April 2012 17,501.5
May 2012 17,495.9
June 2012 17,505.3
July 2012 17,483.9
August 2012 17,520.0
September 2012 17,562.1
October 2012 17,571.4
November 2012 17,628.3
December 2012 17,668.9
January 2013 17,651.4
February 2013 17,695.6
March 2013 17,643.2
April 2013 17,655.1
May 2013 17,744.6
June 2013 17,748.4
July 2013 17,705.6
August 2013 17,770.1
September 2013 17,775.1
October 2013 17,786.8
November 2013 17,811.9
December 2013 17,767.9
January 2014 17,797.3
February 2014 17,790.3
March 2014 17,833.2
April 2014 17,804.3
May 2014 17,830.1
June 2014 17,820.7
July 2014 17,862.4
August 2014 17,851.4
September 2014 17,925.5
October 2014 17,968.6