July 2010 Change from July 2007 July 2007

# of Unemploy- % of Total # of Unemploy- % of Total # of Unemploy- % of Total

Employed Unemployed ment Rate Unemployed Employed Unemployed ment Rate Unemployed Employed Unemployed ment Rate Unemployed
Total 138,960,000 14,599,000 9.5% --- -6,966,000 7,486,000 4.9% --- 145,926,000 7,113,000 4.6% ---

Sex (seasonally adjusted)

Male 73,454,000 8,507,000 10.4% 58.3% -4,707,000 4,646,000 5.7% 4.0% 78,161,000 3,861,000 4.7% 54.3%
Female 65,506,000 6,092,000 8.5% 41.7% -2,259,000 2,840,000 3.9% -4.0% 67,765,000 3,252,000 4.6% 45.7%

Age (seasonally adjusted)

16 to 19 4,315,000 1,528,000 26.2% 10.5% -1,580,000 466,000 10.9% -4.5% 5,895,000 1,062,000 15.3% 14.9%
20 to 24 12,670,000 2,345,000 15.6% 16.1% -1,223,000 1,088,000 7.3% -1.6% 13,893,000 1,257,000 8.3% 17.7%
25 to 54 94,062,000 8,684,000 8.5% 59.5% -6,200,000 4,704,000 4.6% 3.5% 100,262,000 3,980,000 3.8% 56.0%
55 and over 28,047,000 2,066,000 6.9% 14.2% 2,107,000 1,210,000 3.7% 2.1% 25,940,000 856,000 3.2% 12.0%

Race/Ethnicity (seasonally adjusted) 1

White 114,300,000 10,760,000 8.6% 73.7% -5,319,000 5,532,000 4.4% 0.2% 119,619,000 5,228,000 4.2% 73.5%
Black 14,896,000 2,755,000 15.6% 18.9% -1,243,000 1,345,000 7.6% -1.0% 16,139,000 1,410,000 8.0% 19.8%
Hispanic 19,987,000 2,751,000 12.1% 18.8% -358,000 1,476,000 6.2% 0.9% 20,345,000 1,275,000 5.9% 17.9%

Education [age 25 and over] (seasonally adjusted) 2

Less than a high school diploma 10,390,000 1,658,000 13.8% 15.6% -860,000 787,000 6.6% -2.5% 11,250,000 871,000 7.2% 18.1%
High school graduates, no college 34,113,000 3,829,000 10.1% 36.0% -2,526,000 2,104,000 5.6% 0.2% 36,639,000 1,725,000 4.5% 35.8%
Some college or associate degree 33,652,000 3,061,000 8.3% 28.8% -1,281,000 1,773,000 4.8% 2.1% 34,933,000 1,288,000 3.6% 26.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher 43,924,000 2,091,000 4.5% 19.7% 444,000 1,153,000 2.4% 0.2% 43,480,000 938,000 2.1% 19.5%

Industry (not seasonally adjusted) 3

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting 2,416,162 158,046 6.1% 1.0% 174,395 111,755 4.1% 0.4% 2,241,767 46,291 2.0% 0.6%
Mining 737,186 79,280 9.7% 0.5% -29,869 45,873 5.5% 0.1% 767,055 33,407 4.2% 0.4%
Construction 9,564,486 1,737,576 15.4% 11.5% -2,601,059 1,031,062 9.9% 2.1% 12,165,545 706,514 5.5% 9.4%
Manufacturing 14,473,279 1,593,288 9.9% 10.5% -1,953,144 966,568 6.2% 2.2% 16,426,423 626,720 3.7% 8.3%
Wholesale and retail trade 19,593,990 2,096,741 9.7% 13.9% -1,703,021 957,434 4.6% -1.2% 21,297,011 1,139,307 5.1% 15.1%
Transportation and utilities 7,112,467 613,397 7.9% 4.1% -600,507 260,856 3.6% -0.6% 7,712,974 352,541 4.4% 4.7%
Information 3,228,733 360,170 10.0% 2.4% -278,617 226,290 6.4% 0.6% 3,507,350 133,880 3.7% 1.8%
Financial activities 9,371,770 615,145 6.2% 4.1% -1,199,419 283,914 3.1% -0.3% 10,571,189 331,231 3.0% 4.4%
Professional and business services 15,488,561 1,618,482 9.5% 10.7% -590,659 796,569 4.6% -0.2% 16,079,220 821,913 4.9% 10.9%
Educational and health services 30,841,700 2,108,216 6.4% 14.0% 1,460,004 972,051 2.7% -1.1% 29,381,696 1,136,165 3.7% 15.0%
Leisure and hospitality 13,366,753 1,644,418 11.0% 10.9% 263,245 650,851 3.9% -2.3% 13,103,508 993,567 7.0% 13.2%
Other services 6,958,214 513,555 6.9% 3.4% -252,005 240,033 3.2% -0.2% 7,210,219 273,522 3.7% 3.6%
Public administration 6,980,236 318,885 4.4% 2.1% 129,461 192,119 2.6% 0.4% 6,850,775 126,766 1.8% 1.7%
Not previously employed --- 1,647,014 --- 10.9% --- 818,140 --- -0.1% --- 828,874 --- 11.0%

Duration (seasonally adjusted) July 2010 July 2007

Average number of weeks unemployed 34.2 17.2
Number unemployed 27 weeks or longer 6,572 1,298
Percentage unemployed 27 weeks or longer 44.9% 18.4%
1. Race data does not sum because white and black categories include Hispanics.
2. For education data, the % of total unemployed is based on the number of unemployed workers who are 25 and over, not the total population of unemployed workers.
3. For industry data, the % of total unemployed is based on the total number of unemployed workers according to the not seasonally adjusted data.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.
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