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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                   HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                           Number of                                                             
                                                                           unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                            persons                                      rates                   
               Industry and class of worker                              (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                   Oct.                  Oct.                   Oct.                  Oct.       
                                                                   2008                  2009                   2008                  2009       
                                                                                                                                                 
         Total, 16 years and over (1) ...................          9,469                14,547                   6.1                   9.5       
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers........          7,641                11,929                   6.4                  10.1       
    Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction........             15                    84                   1.7                  10.8       
    Construction.........................................          1,078                 1,744                  10.8                  18.7       
    Manufacturing........................................          1,007                 1,884                   6.2                  12.2       
      Durable goods......................................            616                 1,265                   5.9                  12.9       
      Nondurable goods...................................            390                   618                   6.7                  10.9       
    Wholesale and retail trade...........................          1,313                 1,919                   6.3                   9.6       
    Transportation and utilities.........................            316                   480                   5.7                   8.6       
    Information..........................................            168                   261                   5.0                   8.2       
    Financial activities.................................            434                   646                   4.5                   7.0       
    Professional and business services...................          1,052                 1,488                   7.5                  10.3       
    Education and health services........................            797                 1,280                   3.9                   6.0       
    Leisure and hospitality..............................          1,126                 1,604                   8.9                  12.4       
    Other services.......................................            334                   541                   5.3                   8.5       
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers             97                   166                   7.1                  11.8       
  Government workers.....................................            552                   785                   2.5                   3.5       
  Self employed and unpaid family workers................            396                   610                   3.9                   5.9       

     1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
     NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.  Effective with January 2009 data, industries
  reflect the introduction of the 2007 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey.  This industry classification
  system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification System.  No historical data have been revised.