HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation

Total unemployed Unemployment rates

2010 2011

Total Men Women

2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Total, 16 years and over1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,825 13,747 9.6 8.9 10.5 9.4 8.6 8.5

Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . 2,566 2,458 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.4 4.7 4.5

Management, business, and financial operations

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,117 1,067 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.5 5.6 5.0

Management occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 700 4.8 4.4 4.6 4.2 5.3 4.8

Business and financial operations occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 355 366 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.5 6.1 5.4

Professional and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,449 1,392 4.5 4.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.3

Computer and mathematical occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 155 5.2 4.1 5.1 3.8 5.7 5.0

Architecture and engineering occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 149 6.2 5.1 5.8 4.9 8.9 6.2

Life, physical, and social science occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 69 51 4.6 3.8 3.9 4.3 5.4 3.2

Community and social service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 122 4.6 4.9 4.2 3.9 4.9 5.5

Legal occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 68 2.7 3.7 1.9 2.6 3.6 4.7

Education, training, and library occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 410 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.1 4.5

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 225 8.9 7.5 9.8 8.1 7.8 6.7

Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations. . . . . . . . 203 212 2.5 2.7 1.9 2.0 2.8 2.9

Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,819 2,727 10.3 9.9 11.0 10.0 9.7 9.8

Healthcare support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 284 7.6 7.8 8.1 8.2 7.6 7.7

Protective service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 206 5.9 6.0 5.2 5.1 8.6 9.3

Food preparation and serving related occupations. . . . . . . . . 1,079 1,037 12.4 11.8 13.0 12.2 11.8 11.5

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 725 12.8 11.7 13.7 11.8 11.4 11.4

Personal care and service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 474 8.7 8.7 10.6 8.9 8.1 8.6

Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,315 3,135 9.0 8.7 9.0 8.2 9.1 8.9

Sales and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,596 1,481 9.4 8.8 8.3 7.2 10.5 10.4

Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,719 1,653 8.7 8.5 10.0 9.8 8.2 8.0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,504 2,000 16.1 13.3 16.0 13.1 17.0 17.5

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 181 16.3 15.3 15.4 13.4 19.1 21.8

Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,809 1,414 20.1 16.6 20.1 16.5 21.8 17.7

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . 503 406 9.3 7.7 9.3 7.5 8.6 11.4

Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,365 2,099 12.8 11.3 12.2 10.9 14.7 12.9

Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206 1,025 13.1 11.2 12.2 10.4 15.4 13.0

Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . 1,159 1,073 12.4 11.4 12.2 11.2 13.4 12.6

No previous work experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,220 1,284 – – – – – –

16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778 739 – – – – – –

20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 319 – – – – – –

25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 226 – – – – – –

1 Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.

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 35,000). Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the

Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been

revised. Data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

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