HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                              ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     26.  Unemployed persons by industry and sex
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                      Thousands of                         Unemployment rates                    
                                                                        persons                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                 
                               Industry                                                                                                          
                                                                          Total              Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                    2002(1)     2003      2002      2003      2002      2003      2002      2003  
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
         Total, 16 years and over ...............................    8,378     8,774       5.8       6.0       5.9       6.3       5.6       5.7 
                                                                                                                                                 
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.............    6,926     7,131       6.2       6.3       6.3       6.6       6.0       6.0 
                                                                                                                                                 
       Mining....................................................       33        37       6.3       6.7       6.3       6.3       6.3       9.1 
                                                                                                                                                 
       Construction..............................................      800       810       9.2       9.3       9.4       9.6       7.2       6.7 
                                                                                                                                                 
       Manufacturing.............................................    1,205     1,166       6.7       6.6       5.9       6.1       8.4       7.7 
                                                                                                                                                 
         Durable goods...........................................      789       762       6.9       6.9       6.2       6.6       8.8       7.7 
           Nonmetallic mineral products..........................       31        31       5.4       5.7       4.6       5.4       8.8       6.8 
           Primary and fabricated metal products.................      144       126       6.8       6.1       6.9       5.9       6.6       7.2 
           Machinery manufacturing...............................       97        84       7.1       6.2       6.6       6.3       8.7       5.6 
           Computer and electronic products......................      154       154       9.0       8.9       7.7       8.3      11.6       9.9 
           Electrical equipment and appliances...................       41        40       6.9       7.0       5.5       5.7       9.4      10.0 
           Transportation equipment..............................      136       151       5.3       6.4       4.8       6.1       6.7       7.2 
           Wood products.........................................       41        43       7.9       8.0       8.6       8.0       4.2       8.0 
           Furniture and fixtures................................       53        52       7.3       8.2       5.6       8.2      11.3       8.0 
           Miscellaneous manufacturing...........................       93        81       7.7       6.6       6.3       6.5       9.6       6.8 
                                                                                                                                                 
         Nondurable goods........................................      416       404       6.2       6.1       5.3       5.2       7.8       7.7 
           Food manufacturing....................................      108       106       6.6       6.3       5.2       6.0       8.9       6.8 
           Beverage and tobacco products.........................        5        11       2.0       4.4       2.2       3.6       1.4       6.7 
           Textile, apparel, and leather.........................      110        99       9.7       9.1       8.1       7.0      11.0      10.8 
           Paper and printing....................................       67        80       5.0       5.8       4.1       5.1       6.8       7.3 
           Petroleum and coal products...........................       13         9       6.9       5.4       7.6       6.0       4.1     (2)   
           Chemicals.............................................       60        47       4.9       3.5       5.3       3.0       4.2       4.4 
           Plastic and rubber products...........................       52        52       6.0       7.0       5.3       5.8       7.4       9.7 
                                                                                                                                                 
       Wholesale and retail trade................................    1,202     1,237       6.1       6.0       5.5       5.6       6.7       6.5 
         Wholesale trade.........................................      205       226       5.0       5.1       4.5       4.3       6.1       6.8 
         Retail trade............................................      997     1,011       6.4       6.3       5.9       6.1       6.8       6.4 
                                                                                                                                                 
       Transportation and utilities..............................      274       283       4.9       5.3       4.6       5.3       5.8       5.1 
         Transportation and warehousing..........................      250       256       5.4       5.7       5.1       5.9       6.3       5.2 
         Utilities...............................................       24        27       2.5       3.1       2.3       2.6       3.2       4.6 
                                                                                                                                                 
       Information (3)...........................................      253       246       6.9       6.8       6.8       6.6       7.1       7.1 
         Publishing, except Internet.............................       36        40       4.2       4.7       3.7       4.4       4.6       5.1 
         Motion picture and sound recording industries...........       38        47      10.3      11.2      10.5      12.2      10.1       9.2 
         Broadcasting, except Internet...........................       27        27       5.0       5.1       5.1       5.2       4.7       5.1 
         Telecommunications......................................      122       113       7.9       7.5       7.3       6.7       8.8       8.6 
         Internet service providers and data processing                                                                                          
          services...............................................        -        13         -       6.8         -       6.5         -       7.1 
         Other information services..............................       24         5      10.2       4.8      12.5       4.3       7.3       5.2 
                                                                                                                                                 
       Financial activities......................................      320       319       3.5       3.5       3.2       3.6       3.8       3.4 
         Finance and insurance...................................      216       217       3.3       3.3       2.9       3.3       3.5       3.2 
            Finance..............................................      144       151       3.4       3.5       3.3       3.7       3.5       3.3 
            Insurance............................................       72        67       3.0       2.9       2.0       2.6       3.6       3.0 
         Real estate and rental and leasing......................      104       101       4.3       4.1       4.0       4.1       4.6       4.1 
            Real estate..........................................       68        71       3.6       3.6       2.9       3.6       4.2       3.7 
            Rental and leasing services..........................       36        30       7.0       5.9       6.8       5.4       7.2       6.9 
                                                                                                                                                 
       Professional and business services........................    1,009     1,042       7.9       8.2       7.3       7.9       8.5       8.7 
         Professional and technical services.....................      419       396       5.5       5.4       5.4       5.1       5.8       5.8 
         Management, administrative, and waste services (3)......      589       645      11.2      12.1      10.1      11.5      12.8      12.9 
            Administrative and support services..................      571       626      11.7      12.6      10.6      12.2      13.1      13.2 
            Waste management and remediation services............       16        17       4.9       5.2       5.4       4.9       3.1       6.5 
                                                                                                                                                 
       Education and health services.............................      570       640       3.4       3.6       3.1       3.8       3.4       3.6 
          Educational services...................................      126       145       3.9       4.5       3.7       4.5       3.9       4.5 
          Health care and social assistance......................      444       494       3.2       3.4       2.9       3.5       3.3       3.4 
            Hospitals............................................       92        92       1.9       1.8       2.5       2.4       1.8       1.6 
            Health services, except hospitals....................      240       278       3.4       3.8       2.5       3.4       3.6       3.9 
            Social assistance....................................      112       125       5.8       6.3       5.7       7.9       5.9       5.9 
       Leisure and hospitality...................................      961     1,006       8.4       8.7       8.1       8.6       8.6       8.8 
          Arts, entertainment, and recreation....................      171       155       8.2       7.8       8.7       8.2       7.6       7.4 
          Accomodation and food services.........................      789       851       8.4       8.9       7.9       8.7       8.8       9.1 
             Accomodation........................................      115       126       7.5       7.9       6.4       6.7       8.3       8.7 
             Food services and drinking places...................      674       725       8.6       9.1       8.2       9.0       8.9       9.2 
       Other services............................................      301       347       5.1       5.7       5.6       6.4       4.7       5.1 
          Other services, except private households..............      239       273       4.7       5.3       5.4       6.1       3.9       4.2 
             Repair and maintenance..............................      113       133       6.9       7.8       6.9       8.0       7.1       5.9 
             Personal and laundry services.......................       63        69       4.2       4.5       4.8       4.8       3.9       4.3 
             Membership associations and organizations...........       63        71       3.3       3.7       3.2       3.5       3.3       3.8 
          Private households.....................................       62        74       7.6       8.8      10.3      17.7       7.3       8.0 
                                                                                                                                                 
     Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers....      139       140      10.1      10.2       9.4       9.3      12.6      13.0 
     Government workers..........................................      512       568       2.5       2.8       2.7       3.0       2.4       2.7 
     Self-employed and unpaid family workers.....................      265       294       2.6       2.7       2.7       2.9       2.4       2.5 
     No previous work experience.................................      536       641         -         -         -         -         -         - 

       1 Industry detail will not sum to total because of minor changes in the industry classification system between 2002 and 2003.
       2 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.
       3 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry
     Classification System into the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the
     household survey.