HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                              Thousands of                     Unemployment rates                 
                                                                persons                                                           
                                                                                                                                  
                         Industry                                                                                                 
                                                                 Total             Total              Men              Women      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                             1997     1998     1997     1998     1997     1998     1997     1998  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
      Total, 16 years and over............................   6,739    6,210      4.9      4.5      4.9      4.4      5.0      4.6 
                                                                                                                                  
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...........   5,225    4,873      5.0      4.6      4.9      4.5      5.1      4.8 
                                                                                                                                  
  Mining..................................................      24       20      3.8      3.2      3.7      3.4      4.1      1.8 
  Construction............................................     623      532      9.0      7.5      9.2      7.7      6.9      5.9 
                                                                                                                                  
  Manufacturing...........................................     885      816      4.2      3.9      3.5      3.3      5.5      5.2 
    Durable goods.........................................     445      426      3.5      3.4      3.3      3.0      4.2      4.2 
      Lumber and wood products............................      47       43      5.9      5.2      5.7      5.3      7.0      4.8 
      Funiture and fixtures...............................      31       26      4.7      3.8      4.5      3.5      5.1      4.6 
      Stone, clay, and glass products.....................      26       18      4.2      3.1      4.4      2.4      3.4      5.4 
      Primary metal industries............................      29       27      3.8      3.6      3.6      3.4      5.1      4.8 
      Fabricated metal products...........................      42       49      3.1      3.5      2.9      3.4      3.7      3.7 
      Machinery, except electrical........................      77       78      3.0      3.1      2.7      2.9      3.7      3.8 
      Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.......      58       54      2.9      2.7      2.5      2.4      3.6      3.3 
      Transportation equipment............................      77       72      3.3      3.0      3.1      2.6      3.8      4.4 
         Automobiles......................................      49       47      3.7      3.4      3.6      3.0      4.0      4.9 
         Other transportation equipment...................      28       25      2.7      2.4      2.5      2.1      3.5      3.5 
      Professional and photographic equipment.............      19       20      2.6      2.5      2.4      2.0      2.8      3.4 
      Other durable goods industries......................      38       38      5.4      5.6      3.6      4.2      8.0      7.5 
    Nondurable goods......................................     440      390      5.1      4.7      4.0      3.7      6.7      6.2 
      Food and kindred products...........................     133      111      7.4      6.4      5.5      5.2     10.9      8.6 
      Textile mill products...............................      31       29      4.6      4.7      3.0      3.7      6.8      5.9 
      Apparel and other textile products..................      92       76      9.1      8.8      7.0      6.0     10.0     10.1 
      Paper and allied products...........................      23       18      3.2      2.6      3.3      2.4      3.2      3.3 
      Printing and publishing.............................      69       67      3.8      3.8      3.9      3.5      3.7      4.2 
      Chemicals and allied products.......................      38       34      2.8      2.5      2.6      2.1      3.1      3.3 
      Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products..........      40       38      4.3      3.8      3.6      3.1      5.9      5.5 
      Other nondurable goods industries...................      16       16      4.2      4.6      3.2      4.0      6.1      5.9 
                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and public utilities.....................     260      254      3.5      3.4      3.4      3.3      3.8      3.5 
    Transportation........................................     194      185      4.2      4.0      4.2      4.0      4.3      4.0 
    Communications and other public utilities.............      66       69      2.3      2.4      1.9      2.1      3.1      2.9 
  Wholesale and retail trade..............................   1,645    1,493      6.2      5.5      5.6      5.1      6.9      6.0 
    Wholesale trade.......................................     176      185      3.7      3.7      3.2      3.4      4.8      4.6 
    Retail trade..........................................   1,469    1,308      6.8      6.0      6.3      5.7      7.2      6.2 
  Finance, insurance, and real estate.....................     229      197      3.0      2.5      3.0      2.3      3.0      2.6 
  Service industries......................................   1,559    1,562      4.6      4.5      4.8      4.7      4.5      4.4 
    Professional services.................................     589      593      2.9      2.9      2.7      2.5      3.1      3.1 
    Other service industries..............................     970      968      7.1      6.9      6.6      6.5      7.6      7.3 
                                                                                                                                  
Agricultural wage and salary workers......................     190      180      9.1      8.3      9.1      7.9      9.1      9.3 
Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers.......     755      636      2.6      2.2      2.7      2.0      2.4      2.3 
No previous work experience...............................     569      520      -        -        -        -        -        -   

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the
household survey.