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.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Total Men Women
Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013		 Apr.
2012		 Apr.
2013

Total, 16 years and over(1)

 11,910 11,014 7.7 7.1 8.0 7.5 7.4 6.7

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers(2)

 9,197 8,608 7.7 7.1 7.8 7.4 7.5 6.7

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 43 73 4.2 6.1 3.8 6.0 7.1 6.8

Construction

 1,156 1,077 14.5 13.2 14.9 13.5 10.4 10.4

Manufacturing

 1,046 963 6.9 6.4 6.4 5.9 7.9 7.4

Durable goods

 620 583 6.5 6.2 6.3 5.6 7.0 7.8

Nonmetallic mineral products

 46 31 11.0 6.9 12.2 6.6 - 8.0

Primary and fabricated metal products

 107 133 6.6 8.5 6.2 7.6 8.1 13.3

Machinery manufacturing

 68 57 5.0 4.8 4.1 4.4 7.9 6.0

Computer and electronic products

 58 59 4.4 4.3 4.8 4.0 3.7 5.1

Electrical equipment and appliances

 40 22 9.5 4.9 9.5 2.8 9.6 11.2

Transportation equipment

 118 121 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.1 6.1 6.0

Wood products

 54 31 14.8 8.7 16.5 8.3 - -

Furniture and fixtures

 19 35 5.1 9.1 4.7 9.8 5.8 8.0

Miscellaneous manufacturing

 110 95 7.4 6.6 6.2 5.2 9.2 9.0

Nondurable goods

 427 379 7.4 6.7 6.5 6.6 9.1 6.9

Food manufacturing

 186 147 9.9 8.4 9.7 8.0 10.2 9.0

Beverage and tobacco products

 22 26 8.8 9.7 12.1 11.0 - 8.0

Textile, apparel, and leather

 42 60 7.0 11.3 0.9 10.8 12.3 11.7

Paper and printing

 75 54 8.3 5.0 6.3 5.0 12.7 5.1

Petroleum and coal products

 4 2 1.5 0.7 1.6 0.7 - -

Chemicals

 78 58 5.7 4.5 5.3 5.3 6.7 2.8

Plastics and rubber products

 21 33 4.2 6.1 4.0 6.6 4.5 4.6

Wholesale and retail trade

 1,603 1,484 7.9 7.4 7.3 7.0 8.7 7.9

Wholesale trade

 223 231 6.0 6.3 5.1 5.6 8.2 8.1

Retail trade

 1,380 1,253 8.3 7.6 8.0 7.4 8.7 7.8

Transportation and utilities

 453 355 7.6 5.7 7.1 5.9 9.5 5.3

Transportation and warehousing

 427 327 8.4 6.2 7.8 6.2 10.5 6.0

Utilities

 26 28 3.0 3.2 2.2 3.7 5.1 1.6

Information(3)

 243 152 8.3 5.4 7.4 5.4 9.7 5.3

Publishing, except Internet

 35 29 5.3 4.9 4.7 7.7 5.9 2.2

Motion picture and sound recording industries

 55 36 16.7 8.2 16.9 7.1 16.5 10.0

Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming

 36 14 5.8 2.7 4.5 2.5 8.7 3.7

Telecommunications

 104 69 9.8 6.8 7.2 6.1 15.0 7.9

Financial activities

 505 515 5.5 5.4 4.8 5.4 6.1 5.5

Finance and insurance

 333 376 4.9 5.4 4.2 5.4 5.6 5.4

Finance

 222 227 5.1 5.2 4.5 6.1 5.6 4.4

Insurance

 111 149 4.6 5.8 3.3 4.0 5.4 6.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 172 140 7.0 5.6 6.2 5.3 8.1 5.9

Real estate

 125 117 6.1 5.5 4.1 5.2 8.2 5.9

Rental and leasing services

 47 23 11.9 6.0 13.4 5.9 7.0 6.5

Professional and business services

 1,322 1,259 8.5 8.1 7.6 8.3 9.6 7.8

Professional and technical services

 451 357 4.9 3.9 4.2 3.7 5.9 4.1

Management, administrative, and waste services(3)

 871 902 13.5 14.1 12.1 14.4 15.8 13.6

Administrative and support services

 804 872 13.9 15.0 12.5 15.4 16.0 14.4

Waste management and remediation services

 59 26 12.6 5.8 10.4 6.1 22.0 4.5

Education and health services

 1,058 983 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.0 4.8 4.5

Educational services

 216 227 4.9 4.9 5.9 5.0 4.3 4.8

Health care and social assistance

 842 757 4.8 4.3 4.1 3.6 4.9 4.5

Hospitals

 136 120 2.5 2.2 2.4 3.4 2.5 1.8

Health services, except hospitals

 525 466 5.4 4.7 3.9 3.5 5.8 5.0

Social assistance

 181 170 7.3 7.7 9.0 4.3 6.9 8.3

Leisure and hospitality

 1,290 1,327 9.8 9.6 9.4 9.4 10.1 9.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 210 241 8.7 9.1 9.3 10.7 8.0 7.2

Accommodation and food services

 1,080 1,086 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.0 10.4 10.3

Accommodation

 174 139 11.8 9.5 10.4 10.3 12.7 8.9

Food services and drinking places

 906 947 9.7 9.7 9.4 8.9 10.0 10.6

Other services

 478 420 7.4 6.7 7.3 6.1 7.4 7.3

Other services, except private households

 391 364 6.9 6.5 7.2 6.0 6.4 7.0

Repair and maintenance

 135 140 7.6 7.8 8.1 7.4 4.4 10.0

Personal and laundry services

 148 141 7.9 7.8 9.2 7.0 7.2 8.1

Membership associations and organizations

 107 83 5.3 4.2 4.5 3.0 5.9 5.1

Private households

 88 57 10.8 8.4 - - 10.8 8.4

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers(2)

 233 110 16.0 9.1 14.1 7.2 22.7 15.4

Government wage and salary workers

 786 715 3.7 3.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.1

Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 484 447 4.9 4.5 5.3 4.9 4.3 3.8

No previous work experience

 1,210 1,133 - - - - - -

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).

 

Last Modified Date: May 03, 2013