HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex

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                                                                    | Thousands of  |              Unemployment rates
                                                                    |    persons    |
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                              Industry                              |               |               |               |
                                                                    |     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......................................|  7,236|  6,739|   5.4 |   4.9 |   5.4 |   4.9 |   5.4 |   5.0
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Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.....................|  5,629|  5,225|   5.5 |   5.0 |   5.5 |   4.9 |   5.6 |   5.1
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  Mining............................................................|     30|     24|   5.1 |   3.8 |   5.2 |   3.7 |   4.2 |   4.1
  Construction......................................................|    666|    623|  10.1 |   9.0 |  10.5 |   9.2 |   6.3 |   6.9
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  Manufacturing.....................................................|  1,013|    885|   4.8 |   4.2 |   4.2 |   3.5 |   6.2 |   5.5
    Durable goods...................................................|    563|    445|   4.5 |   3.5 |   4.2 |   3.3 |   5.4 |   4.2
      Lumber and wood products......................................|     50|     47|   6.6 |   5.9 |   6.7 |   5.7 |   5.9 |   7.0
      Funiture and fixtures.........................................|     37|     31|   5.5 |   4.7 |   4.9 |   4.5 |   7.1 |   5.1
      Stone, clay, and glass products...............................|     26|     26|   4.2 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.4 |   4.0 |   3.4
      Primary metal industries......................................|     29|     29|   3.6 |   3.8 |   3.7 |   3.6 |   2.8 |   5.1
      Fabricated metal products.....................................|     73|     42|   5.5 |   3.1 |   5.1 |   2.9 |   6.8 |   3.7
      Machinery, except electrical..................................|     85|     77|   3.4 |   3.0 |   3.1 |   2.7 |   4.6 |   3.7
      Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.................|     78|     58|   4.0 |   2.9 |   3.4 |   2.5 |   4.8 |   3.6
      Transportation equipment......................................|    102|     77|   4.3 |   3.3 |   4.0 |   3.1 |   5.3 |   3.8
         Automobiles................................................|     56|     49|   4.1 |   3.7 |   4.1 |   3.6 |   4.3 |   4.0
         Other transportation equipment.............................|     46|     28|   4.6 |   2.7 |   3.9 |   2.5 |   6.7 |   3.5
      Professional and photographic equipment.......................|     26|     19|   3.3 |   2.6 |   3.2 |   2.4 |   3.5 |   2.8
      Other durable goods industries................................|     57|     38|   8.4 |   5.4 |   8.0 |   3.6 |   9.4 |   8.0
    Nondurable goods................................................|    450|    440|   5.2 |   5.1 |   4.1 |   4.0 |   6.9 |   6.7
      Food and kindred products.....................................|    132|    133|   7.2 |   7.4 |   5.5 |   5.5 |  10.6 |  10.9
      Textile mill products.........................................|     34|     31|   5.3 |   4.6 |   4.8 |   3.0 |   5.8 |   6.8
      Apparel and other textile products............................|     86|     92|   8.6 |   9.1 |   6.8 |   7.0 |   9.3 |  10.0
      Paper and allied products.....................................|     20|     23|   2.9 |   3.2 |   2.5 |   3.3 |   3.9 |   3.2
      Printing and publishing.......................................|     77|     69|   4.2 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   3.9 |   4.8 |   3.7
      Chemicals and allied products.................................|     42|     38|   3.1 |   2.8 |   2.5 |   2.6 |   4.5 |   3.1
      Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products....................|     38|     40|   4.3 |   4.3 |   3.5 |   3.6 |   6.0 |   5.9
      Other nondurable goods industries.............................|     21|     16|   5.7 |   4.2 |   5.3 |   3.2 |   6.5 |   6.1
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  Transportation and public utilities...............................|    291|    260|   4.1 |   3.5 |   4.1 |   3.4 |   4.2 |   3.8
    Transportation..................................................|    213|    194|   4.9 |   4.2 |   5.0 |   4.2 |   4.4 |   4.3
    Communications and other public utilities.......................|     78|     66|   2.9 |   2.3 |   2.3 |   1.9 |   3.9 |   3.1
  Wholesale and retail trade........................................|  1,679|  1,645|   6.4 |   6.2 |   5.7 |   5.6 |   7.1 |   6.9
    Wholesale trade.................................................|    184|    176|   3.8 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   3.2 |   5.1 |   4.8
    Retail trade....................................................|  1,495|  1,469|   7.0 |   6.8 |   6.5 |   6.3 |   7.4 |   7.2
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...............................|    201|    229|   2.7 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   3.0 |   2.6 |   3.0
  Service industries................................................|  1,751|  1,559|   5.4 |   4.6 |   5.6 |   4.8 |   5.2 |   4.5
    Professional services...........................................|    663|    589|   3.4 |   2.9 |   3.3 |   2.7 |   3.5 |   3.1
    Other service industries........................................|  1,087|    970|   8.2 |   7.1 |   7.5 |   6.6 |   8.9 |   7.6
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Agricultural wage and salary workers................................|    213|    190|  10.2 |   9.1 |  10.2 |   9.1 |  10.3 |   9.1
Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers.................|    813|    755|   2.7 |   2.6 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.7 |   2.4
No previous work experience.........................................|    580|    569|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
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   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.