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
Industry and class of worker	Jan. 2011	Jan. 2012	Jan. 2011	Jan. 2012
Total, 16 years and over(1)	14,937	13,541	9.8	8.8
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	11,778	10,736	10.0	9.0
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	66	78	8.5	9.4
Construction	1,879	1,479	22.5	17.7
Manufacturing	1,519	1,283	9.9	8.4
Durable goods	955	796	9.9	8.3
Nondurable goods	564	487	9.9	8.6
Wholesale and retail trade	1,866	1,906	9.1	9.3
Transportation and utilities	498	400	8.8	7.0
Information	228	227	7.3	7.9
Financial activities	647	462	7.2	4.9
Professional and business services	1,511	1,441	10.2	9.5
Education and health services	1,264	1,214	5.8	5.5
Leisure and hospitality	1,788	1,647	13.8	12.6
Other services	513	601	8.8	9.3
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	236	259	16.0	17.6
Government workers	1,088	890	5.0	4.2
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	685	582	6.8	5.8
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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