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Occupation and industry | 2020 | |||||||
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Unemployed | Weeks | |||||||
Total | Less than 5 weeks | 5 to 14 weeks | 15 weeks and over | Average (mean) duration | Median duration | |||
Total | 15 to 26 weeks | 27 weeks and over | ||||||
Total unemployed(1) | 12,947 | 3,708 | 4,728 | 4,511 | 2,516 | 1,995 | 16.5 | 9.7 |
No previous work experience | 526 | 161 | 166 | 198 | 80 | 118 | 24.2 | 10.2 |
OCCUPATION | ||||||||
Management, professional, and related occupations | 3,029 | 837 | 1,098 | 1,094 | 602 | 493 | 17.1 | 10.0 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations | 1,149 | 312 | 377 | 460 | 244 | 216 | 18.1 | 10.9 |
Professional and related occupations | 1,880 | 525 | 720 | 634 | 357 | 277 | 16.5 | 9.6 |
Service occupations | 3,407 | 932 | 1,292 | 1,183 | 690 | 493 | 15.4 | 9.8 |
Sales and office occupations | 2,591 | 755 | 948 | 889 | 498 | 391 | 16.3 | 9.6 |
Sales and related occupations | 1,367 | 399 | 504 | 465 | 257 | 208 | 15.8 | 9.6 |
Office and administrative support occupations | 1,224 | 356 | 445 | 424 | 241 | 183 | 16.9 | 9.7 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations | 1,298 | 415 | 456 | 427 | 228 | 199 | 16.1 | 9.0 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 120 | 43 | 35 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 14.7 | 9.6 |
Construction and extraction occupations | 862 | 274 | 303 | 285 | 151 | 134 | 16.4 | 9.0 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 316 | 98 | 118 | 100 | 53 | 47 | 15.7 | 8.6 |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations | 2,076 | 602 | 763 | 711 | 414 | 297 | 16.0 | 9.7 |
Production occupations | 747 | 238 | 267 | 242 | 141 | 101 | 15.6 | 9.1 |
Transportation and material moving occupations | 1,329 | 364 | 496 | 469 | 273 | 196 | 16.2 | 10.0 |
INDUSTRY(2) | ||||||||
Agriculture and related industries | 138 | 46 | 41 | 51 | 28 | 24 | 17.0 | 10.2 |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction | 86 | 21 | 25 | 40 | 21 | 19 | 18.1 | 12.8 |
Construction | 857 | 267 | 303 | 287 | 158 | 129 | 15.9 | 9.2 |
Manufacturing | 1,035 | 341 | 368 | 326 | 180 | 145 | 15.6 | 8.8 |
Durable goods | 644 | 217 | 234 | 193 | 105 | 88 | 15.6 | 8.5 |
Nondurable goods | 390 | 124 | 133 | 133 | 76 | 57 | 15.5 | 9.3 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 1,658 | 510 | 612 | 536 | 305 | 231 | 15.2 | 9.2 |
Transportation and utilities | 726 | 190 | 264 | 272 | 159 | 113 | 16.7 | 10.4 |
Information | 205 | 47 | 70 | 88 | 43 | 45 | 19.9 | 12.2 |
Financial activities | 403 | 106 | 130 | 168 | 82 | 86 | 19.3 | 11.4 |
Professional and business services | 1,194 | 338 | 419 | 437 | 234 | 203 | 18.0 | 10.0 |
Education and health services | 2,004 | 593 | 802 | 609 | 353 | 256 | 15.4 | 8.9 |
Leisure and hospitality | 2,613 | 662 | 993 | 958 | 574 | 384 | 15.4 | 10.3 |
Other services | 628 | 181 | 246 | 201 | 123 | 77 | 15.0 | 9.2 |
Public administration | 211 | 69 | 65 | 76 | 42 | 35 | 17.0 | 8.9 |
Footnotes | ||||||||
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. |
Last Modified Date: January 22, 2021