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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
Feb.
2019		 Feb.
2020		 Feb.
2019		 Feb.
2020

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 6,625 6,218 4.1 3.8

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

 5,123 4,890 4.0 3.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 26 46 3.6 5.4

Construction

 588 531 6.2 5.5

Manufacturing

 464 613 2.9 3.9

Durable goods

 270 359 2.7 3.6

Nondurable goods

 194 254 3.3 4.3

Wholesale and retail trade

 978 821 5.0 4.2

Transportation and utilities

 297 256 4.1 3.4

Information

 107 68 4.1 2.6

Financial activities

 264 167 2.6 1.6

Professional and business services

 768 795 4.3 4.4

Education and health services

 621 608 2.5 2.4

Leisure and hospitality

 794 799 5.8 5.7

Other services

 215 187 3.2 2.8

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

 190 205 11.1 11.0

Government workers

 397 347 1.8 1.6

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 337 312 3.4 3.2

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. Effective with January 2020 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised.

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Last Modified Date: March 06, 2020