HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                                   ANNUAL AVERAGES

25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                              Thousands of                     Unemployment rates                 
                                                                persons                                                           
                                                                                                                                  
                        Occupation                                                                                                
                                                                 Total             Total              Men              Women      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                             1998     1999     1998     1999     1998     1999     1998     1999  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
      Total, 16 years and over(1).........................   6,210    5,880      4.5      4.2      4.4      4.1      4.6      4.3 
                                                                                                                                  
Managerial and professional specialty.....................     722      770      1.8      1.9      1.7      1.8      2.0      1.9 
  Executive, administrative, and managerial...............     343      376      1.8      1.9      1.6      1.7      2.0      2.0 
  Professional specialty..................................     380      394      1.9      1.9      1.8      1.8      2.0      1.9 
                                                                                                                                  
Technical, sales, and administrative support..............   1,550    1,477      3.9      3.7      3.3      3.2      4.2      3.9 
  Technicians and related support.........................      96      101      2.2      2.3      2.3      2.6      2.1      1.9 
  Sales occupations.......................................     745      714      4.5      4.2      3.3      3.0      5.6      5.4 
  Administrative support, including clerical..............     710      662      3.7      3.5      4.0      3.7      3.6      3.4 
                                                                                                                                  
Service occupations.......................................   1,216    1,081      6.4      5.7      6.3      5.5      6.4      5.8 
  Private household.......................................      74       67      8.0      7.4      8.7      6.0      8.0      7.5 
  Protective service......................................      85       72      3.4      2.9      3.1      2.4      5.0      4.9 
  Service, except private household and protective........   1,057      943      6.8      6.0      7.5      6.7      6.3      5.7 
                                                                                                                                  
Precision production, craft, and repair...................     630      607      4.2      4.0      4.1      3.9      4.8      5.2 
  Mechanics and repairers.................................     149      136      3.0      2.7      3.1      2.6      2.3      4.8 
  Construction trades.....................................     338      330      5.7      5.4      5.6      5.3     10.4      8.8 
  Other precision production, craft, and repair...........     143      142      3.4      3.5      3.1      3.1      4.6      4.7 
                                                                                                                                  
Operators, fabricators, and laborers......................   1,304    1,207      6.7      6.2      6.3      5.9      7.7      7.3 
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...........     494      440      6.0      5.6      5.0      4.7      7.6      7.2 
  Transportation and material moving occupations..........     279      235      4.9      4.1      4.8      4.0      6.3      5.3 
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.....     531      532      9.4      9.2      9.6      9.4      8.8      8.4 
    Construction laborers.................................     136      140     14.2     13.2     14.2     13.0     16.0     18.2 
    Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                                              
   laborers...............................................     395      392      8.4      8.3      8.4      8.4      8.5      8.0 
                                                                                                                                  
Farming, forestry, and fishing............................     244      249      6.5      6.8      6.1      6.2      8.0      9.0 
                                                                                                                                  
No previous work experience...............................     520      469      -        -        -        -        -        -   
   16 to 19 years.........................................     361      328      -        -        -        -        -        -   
   20 to 24 years.........................................      80       67      -        -        -        -        -        -   
   25 years and over......................................      80       74      -        -        -        -        -        -   

  1 Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.