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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-31. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex [Numbers in thousands]
Industry and class of worker Total unemployed Unemployment rates
Apr.
2020		 Apr.
2021		 Total Men Women
Apr.
2020		 Apr.
2021		 Apr.
2020		 Apr.
2021		 Apr.
2020		 Apr.
2021

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 22,504 9,220 14.4 5.7 13.3 6.0 15.7 5.4

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

 19,166 7,550 15.6 6.0 14.3 6.0 17.1 5.8

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 77 97 10.2 14.3 10.5 14.8 8.2 10.4

Construction

 1,531 768 16.6 7.7 17.1 7.9 12.6 6.1

Manufacturing

 1,992 861 13.2 5.8 12.8 5.3 14.2 6.9

Durable goods

 1,416 505 15.1 5.5 14.7 5.4 16.1 5.7

Nonmetallic mineral products

 38 31 10.0 7.6 7.6 8.4 - 5.9

Primary and fabricated metal products

 198 59 11.3 3.8 12.2 4.1 6.4 2.4

Machinery manufacturing

 166 35 13.3 2.7 15.3 3.4 7.2 0.2

Computer and electronic products

 35 45 3.5 4.6 2.2 3.9 6.0 6.2

Electrical equipment and appliances

 34 18 8.3 4.1 3.6 0.6 17.8 13.5

Transportation equipment

 588 145 24.9 5.9 22.8 6.1 32.2 5.5

Wood products

 16 36 4.1 9.0 2.1 8.7 11.8 10.3

Furniture and related products

 86 33 20.7 9.7 24.4 10.7 11.1 7.1

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 255 103 17.6 7.6 17.8 7.4 17.2 7.8

Nondurable goods

 576 357 10.2 6.3 9.1 5.1 12.1 8.4

Food manufacturing

 173 147 10.1 7.8 8.4 6.6 12.5 9.6

Beverage and tobacco products

 39 18 12.0 5.4 8.5 1.5 - 17.4

Textile, apparel, and leather

 122 35 26.3 7.5 31.2 8.1 19.9 6.7

Paper and printing

 75 48 9.9 6.0 7.9 3.6 14.8 13.4

Petroleum and coal products

 20 33 10.6 13.9 8.1 11.5 - -

Chemicals

 77 35 4.8 2.4 4.6 2.3 5.1 2.6

Plastics and rubber products

 69 40 11.4 7.7 8.9 7.4 17.4 8.4

Wholesale and retail trade

 3,223 1,222 17.1 6.2 14.3 6.1 20.5 6.4

Wholesale trade

 334 112 9.9 3.3 9.8 3.4 10.0 3.0

Retail trade

 2,889 1,111 18.6 6.8 15.6 6.8 21.9 6.8

Transportation and utilities

 988 530 13.6 6.8 12.5 6.4 17.4 7.8

Transportation and warehousing

 956 503 15.3 7.5 14.0 7.0 19.8 9.0

Utilities

 33 28 3.1 2.5 3.4 3.2 2.0 0.2

Information(3)

 279 154 11.0 5.9 11.1 5.9 10.7 5.8

Publishing, except Internet

 16 6 4.4 1.6 2.2 1.6 6.0 1.5

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 183 70 31.3 14.3 31.0 16.7 31.7 10.3

Broadcasting (except internet)

 13 24 2.8 5.6 1.1 5.8 5.8 5.3

Telecommunications

 45 40 6.0 4.3 8.4 3.5 0.3 6.5

Financial activities

 545 269 5.4 2.7 5.0 2.6 5.8 2.8

Finance and insurance

 289 141 3.8 2.0 3.3 2.1 4.3 1.9

Finance

 181 89 3.8 1.9 3.2 1.8 4.5 2.1

Insurance

 108 53 3.9 2.0 3.5 2.7 4.1 1.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

 256 127 9.9 4.8 9.4 3.9 10.6 5.8

Real estate

 177 110 7.7 4.6 5.5 3.2 10.1 6.0

Rental and leasing services

 79 17 27.2 6.4 30.0 8.1 - -

Professional and business services

 1,697 1,036 9.8 5.9 8.4 4.9 11.9 7.3

Professional and technical services

 673 423 5.8 3.6 5.2 3.1 6.8 4.3

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

 1,024 613 17.9 10.7 15.1 8.7 21.9 13.4

Administrative and support services

 972 575 18.7 10.9 15.8 8.9 22.6 13.4

Waste management and remediation services

 49 33 11.4 8.8 11.8 7.4 - -

Education and health services

 2,555 846 10.9 3.4 7.9 3.2 11.8 3.5

Educational services

 638 177 12.8 3.5 12.6 3.7 12.9 3.4

Health care and social assistance

 1,917 669 10.3 3.4 6.0 3.0 11.6 3.6

Hospitals

 243 121 3.8 1.8 2.6 1.9 4.2 1.8

Health services, except hospitals

 1,142 376 11.7 3.6 7.4 3.3 12.9 3.7

Social assistance

 532 171 22.9 6.8 13.9 5.0 24.4 7.1

Leisure and hospitality

 4,857 1,372 39.3 10.8 38.2 10.6 40.3 10.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 1,192 247 47.2 10.9 44.6 9.5 50.2 12.6

Accommodation and food services

 3,665 1,125 37.3 10.7 36.4 10.9 38.1 10.6

Accommodation

 660 169 48.9 13.8 48.7 15.1 49.0 12.9

Food services and drinking places

 3,005 956 35.4 10.3 34.7 10.4 36.1 10.3

Other services

 1,421 395 23.0 6.2 17.2 6.0 28.3 6.4

Other services, except private households

 1,277 346 23.1 6.0 17.2 6.0 29.3 6.1

Repair and maintenance

 254 136 15.9 6.9 16.5 6.1 12.0 13.5

Personal and laundry services

 801 158 47.5 8.8 34.5 10.6 52.2 8.0

Membership associations and organizations

 222 51 9.8 2.6 10.7 3.0 9.1 2.3

Private households

 144 49 22.6 7.6 - - 23.5 7.5

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

 163 139 9.6 8.9 9.0 8.8 11.5 9.0

Government wage and salary workers

 2,018 492 9.3 2.3 7.4 2.2 10.7 2.4

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 886 582 9.7 5.6 8.7 6.7 11.1 4.0

No previous work experience

 271 457 - - - - - -

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 75,000). Effective with January 2020 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system, derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised.

 

Last Modified Date: May 07, 2021