HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex

Industry

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

 Total, 16 years and over ......................................................................... 6,210 5,880 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.6 4.3

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ......................................... 4,873 4,590 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.1 4.8 4.5

 Mining ......................................................................................................... 20 33 3.2 5.7 3.4 5.8 1.8 5.4

 Construction ............................................................................................... 532 520 7.5 7.0 7.7 7.1 5.9 5.8

 Manufacturing ............................................................................................. 816 739 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 5.2 4.7

 Durable goods .......................................................................................... 426 434 3.4 3.5 3.0 3.2 4.2 4.3

 Lumber and wood products .................................................................... 43 41 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.4 4.8 4.4

 Funiture and fixtures ............................................................................... 26 26 3.8 4.0 3.5 3.2 4.6 5.7

 Stone, clay, and glass products .............................................................. 18 19 3.1 2.9 2.4 2.8 5.4 3.5

 Primary metal industries ......................................................................... 27 20 3.6 2.5 3.4 2.7 4.8 1.5

 Fabricated metal products ...................................................................... 49 53 3.5 4.0 3.4 3.8 3.7 4.8

 Machinery, except electrical ................................................................... 78 77 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.8 3.1

 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies ...................................... 54 65 2.7 3.3 2.4 2.7 3.3 4.3

 Transportation equipment ....................................................................... 72 69 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.4 4.4 4.5

 Automobiles ......................................................................................... 47 39 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.1 4.9 5.2

 Other transportation equipment ........................................................... 25 30 2.4 3.0 2.1 2.9 3.5 3.5

 Professional and photographic equipment ............................................. 20 24 2.5 3.2 2.0 2.8 3.4 3.7

 Other durable goods industries .............................................................. 38 40 5.6 5.6 4.2 5.3 7.5 6.4

 Nondurable goods .................................................................................... 390 305 4.7 3.9 3.7 3.0 6.2 5.2

 Food and kindred products ..................................................................... 111 74 6.4 4.4 5.2 3.2 8.6 6.6

 Textile mill products ................................................................................ 29 26 4.7 4.8 3.7 3.6 5.9 6.4

 Apparel and other textile products .......................................................... 76 66 8.8 8.6 6.0 6.7 10.1 9.5

 Paper and allied products ....................................................................... 18 18 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.8 3.3 2.6

 Printing and publishing ........................................................................... 67 48 3.8 2.8 3.5 2.9 4.2 2.6

 Chemicals and allied products ................................................................ 34 28 2.5 2.2 2.1 1.7 3.3 3.1

 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products ......................................... 38 33 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.8 5.5 5.3

 Other nondurable goods industries ........................................................ 16 12 4.6 3.7 4.0 2.5 5.9 6.6

 Transportation and public utilities ............................................................... 254 235 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.5 3.2

 Transportation .......................................................................................... 185 164 4.0 3.4 4.0 3.5 4.0 3.3

 Communications and other public utilities ................................................ 69 71 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.9 3.1

 Wholesale and retail trade .......................................................................... 1,493 1,422 5.5 5.2 5.1 4.5 6.0 6.0

 Wholesale trade ........................................................................................ 185 156 3.7 3.1 3.4 2.6 4.6 4.1

 Retail trade ............................................................................................... 1,308 1,266 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.1 6.2 6.2

 Finance, insurance, and real estate ........................................................... 197 191 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.3

 Service industries ....................................................................................... 1,562 1,450 4.5 4.1 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.0

 Professional services ................................................................................ 593 546 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.3 3.1 2.7

 Other service industries ............................................................................ 968 903 6.9 6.2 6.5 5.7 7.3 6.8

Agricultural wage and salary workers ........................................................... 180 189 8.3 8.9 7.9 8.6 9.3 9.6

Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers .............................. 636 631 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.1

No previous work experience ....................................................................... 520 469 ––––––

 NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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