HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


26.  Unemployed persons by industry and sex
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                              Thousands of                         Unemployment rates                    
                                                                persons                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
                        Industry                                                                                                         
                                                                  Total              Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                              2003      2004      2003      2004      2003      2004      2003      2004  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
    Total, 16 years and over ............................    8,774     8,149       6.0       5.5       6.3       5.6       5.7       5.4 
                                                                                                                                         
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers..........    7,131     6,484       6.3       5.7       6.6       5.7       6.0       5.6 
                                                                                                                                         
  Mining.................................................       37        21       6.7       3.9       6.3       3.9       9.1       4.4 
                                                                                                                                         
  Construction...........................................      810       769       9.3       8.4       9.6       8.5       6.7       7.1 
                                                                                                                                         
  Manufacturing..........................................    1,166       966       6.6       5.7       6.1       5.2       7.7       6.8 
                                                                                                                                         
    Durable goods........................................      762       590       6.9       5.5       6.6       5.2       7.7       6.6 
      Nonmetallic mineral products.......................       31        26       5.7       5.0       5.4       4.9       6.8       5.5 
      Primary and fabricated metal products..............      126       108       6.1       5.5       5.9       5.3       7.2       6.1 
      Machinery manufacturing............................       84        80       6.2       6.3       6.3       6.0       5.6       7.2 
      Computer and electronic products...................      154        99       8.9       6.0       8.3       5.4       9.9       7.1 
      Electrical equipment and appliances................       40        33       7.0       6.4       5.7       5.9      10.0       7.4 
      Transportation equipment...........................      151       113       6.4       4.8       6.1       4.2       7.2       6.4 
      Wood products......................................       43        27       8.0       5.3       8.0       5.4       8.0       5.0 
      Furniture and fixtures.............................       52        31       8.2       4.8       8.2       4.8       8.0       4.9 
      Miscellaneous manufacturing........................       81        74       6.6       6.1       6.5       5.5       6.8       7.0 
                                                                                                                                         
    Nondurable goods.....................................      404       375       6.1       5.9       5.2       5.2       7.7       7.0 
      Food manufacturing.................................      106       110       6.3       6.7       6.0       6.3       6.8       7.4 
      Beverage and tobacco products......................       11        15       4.4       5.7       3.6       6.0       6.7       5.0 
      Textile, apparel, and leather......................       99        85       9.1       8.6       7.0       7.1      10.8       9.9 
      Paper and printing.................................       80        67       5.8       4.9       5.1       4.5       7.3       5.8 
      Petroleum and coal products........................        9         9       5.4       5.2       6.0       2.9     (1)        12.3 
      Chemicals..........................................       47        43       3.5       3.5       3.0       3.4       4.4       3.5 
      Plastic and rubber products........................       52        47       7.0       6.3       5.8       5.5       9.7       7.9 
                                                                                                                                         
  Wholesale and retail trade.............................    1,237     1,197       6.0       5.8       5.6       5.2       6.5       6.5 
    Wholesale trade......................................      226       210       5.1       4.6       4.3       4.0       6.8       5.9 
    Retail trade.........................................    1,011       987       6.3       6.1       6.1       5.6       6.4       6.6 
                                                                                                                                         
  Transportation and utilities...........................      283       236       5.3       4.4       5.3       4.3       5.1       5.0 
    Transportation and warehousing.......................      256       219       5.7       4.9       5.9       4.8       5.2       5.4 
    Utilities............................................       27        17       3.1       1.9       2.6       1.6       4.6       3.0 
                                                                                                                                         
  Information (2)........................................      246       189       6.8       5.7       6.6       5.4       7.1       6.0 
    Publishing, except Internet..........................       40        38       4.7       4.6       4.4       4.4       5.1       4.8 
    Motion picture and sound recording industries........       47        35      11.2       8.7      12.2       9.1       9.2       8.1 
    Broadcasting, except Internet........................       27        22       5.1       4.2       5.2       3.7       5.1       5.0 
    Telecommunications...................................      113        80       7.5       6.0       6.7       5.5       8.6       6.8 
    Internet service providers and data processing                                                                                       
     services............................................       13         8       6.8       5.2       6.5       4.4       7.1       6.1 
    Other information services...........................        5         5       4.8       5.5       4.3     (1)         5.2       5.3 
                                                                                                                                         
  Financial activities...................................      319       332       3.5       3.6       3.6       3.6       3.4       3.5 
    Finance and insurance................................      217       228       3.3       3.4       3.3       3.3       3.2       3.5 
       Finance...........................................      151       156       3.5       3.6       3.7       3.5       3.3       3.6 
       Insurance.........................................       67        73       2.9       3.1       2.6       2.7       3.0       3.3 
    Real estate and rental and leasing...................      101       104       4.1       4.1       4.1       4.4       4.1       3.7 
       Real estate.......................................       71        72       3.6       3.5       3.6       3.9       3.7       3.1 
       Rental and leasing services.......................       30        32       5.9       6.1       5.4       5.6       6.9       7.2 
                                                                                                                                         
  Professional and business services.....................    1,042       861       8.2       6.8       7.9       6.6       8.7       7.1 
    Professional and technical services..................      396       298       5.4       4.1       5.1       3.8       5.8       4.4 
    Management, administrative, and waste services (2)...      645       563      12.1      10.6      11.5      10.1      12.9      11.3 
       Administrative and support services...............      626       534      12.6      10.8      12.2      10.5      13.2      11.4 
       Waste management and remediation services.........       17        26       5.2       7.6       4.9       7.5       6.5       8.3 
                                                                                                                                         
  Education and health services..........................      640       617       3.6       3.4       3.8       3.1       3.6       3.5 
     Educational services................................      145       128       4.5       3.7       4.5       3.4       4.5       3.9 
     Health care and social assistance...................      494       489       3.4       3.4       3.5       3.0       3.4       3.4 
       Hospitals.........................................       92        90       1.8       1.8       2.4       2.3       1.6       1.7 
       Health services, except hospitals.................      278       279       3.8       3.7       3.4       2.4       3.9       4.0 
       Social assistance.................................      125       120       6.3       6.1       7.9       8.8       5.9       5.5 
  Leisure and hospitality................................    1,006       972       8.7       8.3       8.6       8.0       8.8       8.6 
     Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................      155       149       7.8       7.2       8.2       7.5       7.4       6.9 
     Accomodation and food services......................      851       823       8.9       8.6       8.7       8.2       9.1       8.9 
        Accomodation.....................................      126       114       7.9       7.2       6.7       6.6       8.7       7.6 
        Food services and drinking places................      725       709       9.1       8.8       9.0       8.4       9.2       9.2 
                                                                                                                                         
  Other services.........................................      347       324       5.7       5.3       6.4       5.3       5.1       5.3 
     Other services, except private households...........      273       256       5.3       4.8       6.1       5.0       4.2       4.6 
        Repair and maintenance...........................      133       105       7.8       6.1       8.0       6.2       5.9       5.6 
        Personal and laundry services....................       69        77       4.5       4.8       4.8       4.3       4.3       5.0 
        Membership associations and organizations........       71        74       3.7       3.7       3.5       3.3       3.8       4.0 
     Private households..................................       74        69       8.8       8.1      17.7      16.7       8.0       7.3 
                                                                                                                                         
Agricultural and related private wage and salary                                                                                         
 workers.................................................      140       129      10.2       9.9       9.3       9.5      13.0      11.2 
Government workers.......................................      568       548       2.8       2.7       3.0       2.9       2.7       2.5 
Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................      294       303       2.7       2.8       2.9       2.9       2.5       2.6 
No previous work experience..............................      641       686      -         -         -         -         -         -    

  1 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  NOTE:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Dash indicates no data or
data that do not meet publication criteria.