Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
Industry and class of worker Number of
unemployed
persons
(in thousands)		 Unemployment
rates
Aug.
2009		 Aug.
2010		 Aug.
2009		 Aug.
2010

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 14,823 14,759 9.6 9.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

 11,729 11,285 9.8 9.4

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 93 93 11.8 10.9

Construction

 1,542 1,483 16.5 17.0

Manufacturing

 1,866 1,463 11.8 9.5

Durable goods

 1,297 984 13.0 10.0

Nondurable goods

 569 479 9.7 8.6

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,794 1,909 8.8 9.3

Transportation and utilities

 547 440 9.8 7.3

Information

 358 302 10.7 9.7

Financial activities

 566 606 6.0 6.7

Professional and business services

 1,560 1,524 11.0 10.5

Education and health services

 1,239 1,430 6.0 6.7

Leisure and hospitality

 1,636 1,507 12.0 10.8

Other services

 528 530 8.2 8.3

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

 195 114 13.1 7.9

Government workers

 1,118 1,292 5.1 6.0

Self-employed and unpaid family workers

 569 638 5.3 6.1

Footnotes
 (1) Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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