HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES 

32.  Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment

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                                                    |                                     1995
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                                                    |                   Thousands of persons                    |       Weeks
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              Occupation and industry               |         |         |         |                             |         |
                                                    |         |         |         |      15 weeks and over      |         |
                                                    |         |  Less   | 5 to 14 |                             | Average | Median
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                                                    |  Total  |  than   |  weeks  |         |         |         | (mean)  |duration
                                                    |         | 5 weeks |         |  Total  |15 to 26 |27 weeks |duration |
                                                    |         |         |         |         |  weeks  | and over|         |
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                     OCCUPATION
                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Managerial and professional specialty...............|    880  |    299  |    261  |    320  |    139  |    181  |   18.9  |    9.4
Technical, sales, and administrative support........|  1,744  |    645  |    545  |    553  |    264  |    289  |   16.1  |    8.1
Service occupations.................................|  1,378  |    538  |    433  |    407  |    179  |    228  |   16.2  |    7.5
Precision production, craft, and repair.............|    860  |    308  |    264  |    287  |    131  |    156  |   17.0  |    8.6
Operators, fabricators, and laborers................|  1,618  |    574  |    527  |    517  |    242  |    276  |   16.7  |    8.5
Farming, forestry, and fishing......................|    311  |    127  |    103  |     81  |     40  |     41  |   14.4  |    7.0
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                     INDUSTRY
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Agriculture.........................................|    225  |     92  |     76  |     58  |     31  |     27  |   13.2  |    7.1
Construction........................................|    756  |    274  |    249  |    233  |    108  |    125  |   15.8  |    8.2
Manufacturing.......................................|  1,039  |    351  |    317  |    371  |    168  |    203  |   18.4  |    9.1
  Durable goods.....................................|    539  |    177  |    164  |    198  |     90  |    108  |   18.9  |    9.4
  Nondurable goods..................................|    500  |    175  |    153  |    172  |     78  |     95  |   17.8  |    8.8
Transportation and public utilities.................|    355  |    115  |    106  |    135  |     58  |     77  |   19.4  |    9.8
Wholesale and retail trade..........................|  1,694  |    652  |    549  |    493  |    234  |    259  |   15.3  |    7.6
Finance, insurance, and real estate.................|    249  |     73  |     78  |     99  |     45  |     53  |   19.9  |   10.8
Services............................................|  2,001  |    758  |    631  |    612  |    285  |    327  |   16.0  |    7.9
Public administration...............................|    145  |     44  |     44  |     57  |     25  |     32  |   20.1  |    9.8
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No previous work experience.........................|    579  |    199  |    196  |    185  |     85  |    100  |   16.5  |    8.3
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   1/  Includes wage and salary workers only.