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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                                                                    | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995
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      Total, 16 years and over 1/...................................|  7,996|  7,404|   6.1 |   5.6 |   6.2 |   5.6 |   6.0 |   5.6
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Managerial and professional specialty...............................|    907|    880|   2.6 |   2.4 |   2.4 |   2.3 |   2.8 |   2.6
  Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................|    454|    420|   2.7 |   2.4 |   2.4 |   2.2 |   3.1 |   2.6
  Professional specialty............................................|    453|    460|   2.5 |   2.5 |   2.5 |   2.4 |   2.6 |   2.6
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Technical, sales, and administrative support........................|  1,962|  1,744|   5.0 |   4.5 |   4.3 |   3.8 |   5.4 |   4.8
  Technicians and related support...................................|    127|    113|   3.2 |   2.8 |   3.2 |   2.7 |   3.1 |   2.9
  Sales occupations.................................................|    907|    795|   5.8 |   5.0 |   4.3 |   3.6 |   7.3 |   6.4
  Administrative support, including clerical........................|    928|    836|   4.7 |   4.3 |   5.0 |   4.8 |   4.7 |   4.2
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Service occupations.................................................|  1,471|  1,378|   8.0 |   7.5 |   8.4 |   7.5 |   7.7 |   7.6
  Private household.................................................|     91|     99|  10.0 |  10.7 |  19.2 |  17.4 |   9.6 |  10.4
  Protective service................................................|     96|     86|   4.1 |   3.7 |   3.9 |   3.3 |   4.8 |   5.8
  Service, except private household and protective..................|  1,285|  1,193|   8.5 |   7.9 |   9.9 |   8.9 |   7.7 |   7.4
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Precision production, craft, and repair.............................|    910|    860|   6.3 |   6.0 |   6.4 |   6.0 |   6.0 |   5.6
  Mechanics and repairers...........................................|    201|    182|   4.3 |   4.0 |   4.3 |   4.0 |   5.2 |   4.0
  Construction trades...............................................|    518|    501|   9.4 |   9.0 |   9.3 |   8.9 |  11.2 |   9.9
  Other precision production, craft, and repair.....................|    191|    177|   4.5 |   4.2 |   4.2 |   3.9 |   5.6 |   5.4
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Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................|  1,761|  1,618|   9.0 |   8.2 |   8.7 |   7.8 |   9.9 |   9.6
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................|    672|    629|   8.0 |   7.4 |   6.9 |   6.1 |   9.6 |   9.4
  Transportation and material moving occupations....................|    364|    329|   6.6 |   6.0 |   6.7 |   6.0 |   6.1 |   6.1
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............|    725|    660|  12.7 |  11.7 |  12.7 |  11.7 |  12.5 |  11.8
    Construction laborers...........................................|    172|    179|  18.9 |  18.7 |  18.9 |  18.1 |  19.8 |  32.7
    Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......|    552|    481|  11.5 |  10.3 |  11.3 |  10.0 |  12.2 |  11.0
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Farming, forestry, and fishing......................................|    333|    311|   8.4 |   7.9 |   8.3 |   7.5 |   9.0 |   9.4
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No previous work experience.........................................|    604|    579|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
   16 to 19 years...................................................|    416|    415|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
   20 to 24 years...................................................|     93|     75|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
   25 years and over................................................|     95|     90|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
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   1/  Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.