Between June 2011 and September 2012, the District???s jobless rate fell from 11.3 percent to 8.7 percent. 2% Of the nine categories of employment that the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) identifies, the District experienced job 0% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 growth or held steady in all but three between 2011 and 2012. 2010 2011 2012 Some categories, such as leisure and hospitality and cons