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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
Dec.
2018		 Dec.
2019		 Dec.
2018		 Dec.
2019

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 6,029 5,503 3.7 3.4

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

 4,605 4,207 3.6 3.2

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 21 31 2.6 3.8

Construction

 493 489 5.1 5.0

Manufacturing

 441 422 2.8 2.7

Durable goods

 231 246 2.3 2.5

Nondurable goods

 210 175 3.5 3.1

Wholesale and retail trade

 753 726 3.7 3.6

Transportation and utilities

 280 196 3.9 2.6

Information

 103 48 3.9 1.9

Financial activities

 248 236 2.4 2.3

Professional and business services

 723 546 4.3 3.1

Education and health services

 519 604 2.1 2.4

Leisure and hospitality

 814 685 6.0 5.0

Other services

 211 225 3.0 3.2

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

 151 185 8.6 9.6

Government workers

 526 393 2.5 1.8

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 251 266 2.5 2.7

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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Last Modified Date: January 10, 2020