HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


25. Unemployed persons by occupation and sex

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                                                                    | Thousands of  |              Unemployment rates
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                             Occupation                             |               |               |               |
                                                                    |     Total     |     Total     |      Men      |     Women
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                                                                    | 1996  | 1997  | 1996  | 1997  | 1996  | 1997  | 1996  | 1997
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      Total, 16 years and over 1/...................................|  7,236|  6,739|   5.4 |   4.9 |   5.4 |   4.9 |   5.4 |   5.0
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Managerial and professional specialty...............................|    869|    761|   2.3 |   2.0 |   2.2 |   1.9 |   2.4 |   2.1
  Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................|    431|    359|   2.4 |   1.9 |   2.3 |   1.8 |   2.5 |   2.0
  Professional specialty............................................|    438|    403|   2.3 |   2.0 |   2.2 |   2.0 |   2.3 |   2.1
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Technical, sales, and administrative support........................|  1,766|  1,646|   4.5 |   4.1 |   3.8 |   3.6 |   4.8 |   4.4
  Technicians and related support...................................|    114|    104|   2.8 |   2.4 |   2.7 |   2.2 |   2.9 |   2.6
  Sales occupations.................................................|    843|    814|   5.2 |   4.9 |   3.7 |   3.6 |   6.7 |   6.2
  Administrative support, including clerical........................|    810|    728|   4.2 |   3.8 |   4.6 |   4.2 |   4.1 |   3.7
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Service occupations.................................................|  1,334|  1,255|   7.2 |   6.7 |   7.3 |   6.5 |   7.2 |   6.8
  Private household.................................................|     79|     73|   9.0 |   8.4 |  14.1 |  12.6 |   8.7 |   8.2
  Protective service................................................|     84|     89|   3.7 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.4 |   5.2 |   5.2
  Service, except private household and protective..................|  1,170|  1,093|   7.6 |   7.0 |   8.5 |   7.6 |   7.1 |   6.7
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Precision production, craft, and repair.............................|    795|    719|   5.5 |   4.8 |   5.5 |   4.8 |   5.3 |   5.1
  Mechanics and repairers...........................................|    174|    167|   3.7 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.1 |   4.5
  Construction trades...............................................|    456|    406|   8.2 |   7.0 |   8.2 |   7.0 |   8.5 |   7.2
  Other precision production, craft, and repair.....................|    165|    145|   4.0 |   3.4 |   3.6 |   3.0 |   5.3 |   5.0
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Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................|  1,570|  1,490|   7.9 |   7.5 |   7.5 |   7.1 |   9.3 |   8.8
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................|    654|    551|   7.7 |   6.5 |   6.5 |   5.1 |   9.5 |   8.6
  Transportation and material moving occupations....................|    292|    306|   5.2 |   5.4 |   5.2 |   5.3 |   5.7 |   6.0
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............|    625|    633|  11.1 |  11.1 |  11.2 |  11.3 |  10.6 |  10.5
    Construction laborers...........................................|    158|    167|  16.3 |  17.1 |  16.3 |  16.9 |  16.1 |  20.8
    Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......|    467|    467|  10.0 |   9.9 |   9.9 |   9.9 |  10.4 |  10.1
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Farming, forestry, and fishing......................................|    293|    267|   7.6 |   7.1 |   7.4 |   6.9 |   8.5 |   7.8
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No previous work experience.........................................|    580|    569|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
   16 to 19 years...................................................|    409|    388|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
   20 to 24 years...................................................|     75|     85|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
   25 years and over................................................|     96|     96|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
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   1/  Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.