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
Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 11,910 11,014 7.7 7.1

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers

 9,197 8,608 7.7 7.1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 43 73 4.2 6.1

Construction

 1,156 1,077 14.5 13.2

Manufacturing

 1,046 963 6.9 6.4

Durable goods

 620 583 6.5 6.2

Nondurable goods

 427 379 7.4 6.7

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,603 1,484 7.9 7.4

Transportation and utilities

 453 355 7.6 5.7

Information

 243 152 8.3 5.4

Financial activities

 505 515 5.5 5.4

Professional and business services

 1,322 1,259 8.5 8.1

Education and health services

 1,058 983 4.8 4.4

Leisure and hospitality

 1,290 1,327 9.8 9.6

Other services

 478 420 7.4 6.7

Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers

 233 110 16.0 9.1

Government workers

 786 715 3.7 3.3

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 484 447 4.9 4.5

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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