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| The economy added 103,000 jobs last month. While that's enough to calm recession fears, that level of hiring won't lower the unemployment rate, which remained 9.1 percent for a third straight month. |
| Here are some details from the report: |
| UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BY GROUP: |
| (Numbers in percentages) |
| Sept. 2011 Aug. 2011 Sept. 2010 |
| White: 8 8 8.7 |
| Black: 16 16.7 16.1 |
| Hispanic: 11.3 11.3 12.5 |
| Asian (not seasonally adjusted): 7.8 7.1 6.4 |
| Adult men: 8.8 8.9 9.7 |
| Adult women: 8.1 8 8 |
| Teenagers: 24.6 25.4 26 |
| 20-24 years old: 14.7 14.8 14.9 |
| 25-54 years old: 8.1 8.1 8.7 |
| 55 and over: 6.7 6.6 7.2 |
| Veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan: 11.7 9.8 10.2 |
| (not seasonally adjusted) |
| No high school diploma: 14 14.3 15.4 |
| High school graduates: 9.7 9.6 10 |
| Some college: 8.4 8.2 9.1 |
| College graduates: 4.2 4.3 4.5 |
| DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT: |
| Average length (weeks): 40.5 40.3 33.4 |
| Jobless 6 months or more (pct.): 44.6 42.9 41.8 |
| JOB CHANGES BY SECTOR: Sept. 2011 Aug. 2011 |
| (net number of jobs) |
| Total jobs added: 103,000 57,000 |
| Private employers: 137,000 42,000 |
| Construction: 26,000 -7,000 |
| Education and health care: 45,000 38,000 |
| Manufacturing: -13,000 -4,000 |
| Recreation, restaurants, hotels: -4,000 10,000 |
| Professional and business services 48,000 38,000 |
| Retail: 13,600 -800 |
| Government: -34,000 15,000 |
| includes engineering, accounting |
| and legal services |
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