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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
26. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of workerTotal unemployedUnemployment rates
20102011TotalMenWomen
201020112010201120102011

Total, 16 years and over(1)

14,82513,7479.68.910.59.48.68.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

11,80810,6559.99.010.99.48.98.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

73529.46.19.56.18.46.8

Construction

1,8011,38320.616.421.117.016.011.3

Manufacturing

1,6221,37310.69.09.98.412.410.2

Durable goods

1,07488711.29.210.68.713.210.6

Nonmetallic mineral products

644613.611.013.411.414.69.0

Primary metals and fabricated metal products

19616911.79.412.09.310.310.4

Machinery manufacturing

124959.97.98.97.513.19.1

Computers and electronic products

1301119.58.17.67.313.49.7

Electrical equipment and appliances

38368.99.18.37.610.212.4

Transportation equipment

24619411.59.010.38.315.311.1

Wood products

615214.412.814.011.816.818.9

Furniture and fixtures

835915.611.615.612.115.99.9

Miscellaneous manufacturing

13212710.29.19.38.011.710.9

Nondurable goods

5484859.68.58.67.911.59.7

Food manufacturing

1551528.68.47.57.710.59.7

Beverage and tobacco products

28169.16.17.96.812.84.0

Textiles, apparel, and leather

907314.211.413.511.514.711.3

Paper manufacturing and printing

10910011.010.69.88.913.814.6

Petroleum and coal products

14126.76.16.86.16.26.4

Chemicals

95817.66.16.96.08.86.2

Plastics and rubber products

575111.310.110.89.312.711.8

Wholesale and retail trade

1,9631,8349.58.99.38.19.89.9

Wholesale trade

2872687.36.97.26.37.78.4

Retail trade

1,6751,56610.09.410.08.810.110.1

Transportation and utilities

4924848.48.28.38.08.88.8

Transportation and warehousing

4604389.48.89.38.79.89.1

Utilities

32463.44.93.34.03.77.4

Information(3)

3032229.77.39.47.010.27.8

Publishing, except Internet

704510.87.310.77.410.87.2

Motion pictures and sound recording industries

574313.010.712.010.714.710.8

Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming

51388.36.28.95.67.27.3

Telecommunications

109859.27.38.36.710.88.4

Libraries, archives, and other information services

424.52.57.84.52.81.5

Financial activities

6265826.96.47.06.66.86.2

Finance and insurance

4423946.65.96.65.96.65.9

Finance

2952566.96.06.85.76.96.2

Insurance

1471386.25.96.26.46.25.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

1841887.67.77.88.07.37.3

Real estate

1271486.47.26.37.56.57.0

Rental and leasing services

574012.89.812.79.612.910.2

Professional and business services

1,5611,43010.89.710.69.211.110.4

Professional and technical services

5434986.55.85.74.87.57.1

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

1,01893216.815.016.714.717.015.5

Administrative and support services

96488317.415.817.415.517.416.2

Waste management and remediation services

483811.19.312.010.16.55.9

Education and health services

1,2431,2175.85.65.95.35.75.7

Educational services

2792846.46.46.96.46.26.5

Health care and social assistance

9649335.65.45.44.95.75.6

Hospitals

1701673.02.93.33.62.92.7

Health services, except hospitals

5825326.45.96.44.76.46.2

Social assistance

2132348.69.37.79.38.89.3

Leisure and hospitality

1,5921,52712.211.612.411.311.911.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

29128211.611.513.412.19.410.7

Accommodation and food services

1,3011,24612.311.612.111.112.512.1

Accommodation

17415611.210.311.08.111.412.1

Food services and drinking places

1,1271,08912.511.912.311.612.612.1

Other services

5335518.58.89.39.37.88.3

Other services, except private households

4384458.08.29.19.16.77.1

Repair and maintenance

18919510.710.911.110.97.810.3

Personal and laundry services

1311407.48.08.89.06.97.6

Membership associations and organizations

1181106.15.85.75.66.35.9

Private households

9610612.512.818.816.311.812.4

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

21119013.912.513.211.516.415.6

Government workers

9691,0134.44.74.54.64.34.7

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

6176055.96.06.76.54.65.0

No previous work experience

1,2201,284------

Footnotes
(1) Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.
(2) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(3) Includes other industries, not shown separately.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012