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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                                                                    | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996
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      Total, 16 years and over 1/...................................|  7,404|  7,236|   5.6 |   5.4 |   5.6 |   5.4 |   5.6 |   5.4
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Managerial and professional specialty...............................|    880|    869|   2.4 |   2.3 |   2.3 |   2.2 |   2.6 |   2.4
  Executive, administrative, and managerial.........................|    420|    431|   2.4 |   2.4 |   2.2 |   2.3 |   2.6 |   2.5
  Professional specialty............................................|    460|    438|   2.5 |   2.3 |   2.4 |   2.2 |   2.6 |   2.3
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Technical, sales, and administrative support........................|  1,744|  1,766|   4.5 |   4.5 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   4.8 |   4.8
  Technicians and related support...................................|    113|    114|   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.7 |   2.9 |   2.9
  Sales occupations.................................................|    795|    843|   5.0 |   5.2 |   3.6 |   3.7 |   6.4 |   6.7
  Administrative support, including clerical........................|    836|    810|   4.3 |   4.2 |   4.8 |   4.6 |   4.2 |   4.1
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Service occupations.................................................|  1,378|  1,334|   7.5 |   7.2 |   7.5 |   7.3 |   7.6 |   7.2
  Private household.................................................|     99|     79|  10.7 |   9.0 |  17.4 |  14.1 |  10.4 |   8.7
  Protective service................................................|     86|     84|   3.7 |   3.7 |   3.3 |   3.4 |   5.8 |   5.2
  Service, except private household and protective..................|  1,193|  1,170|   7.9 |   7.6 |   8.9 |   8.5 |   7.4 |   7.1
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Precision production, craft, and repair.............................|    860|    795|   6.0 |   5.5 |   6.0 |   5.5 |   5.6 |   5.3
  Mechanics and repairers...........................................|    182|    174|   4.0 |   3.7 |   4.0 |   3.7 |   4.0 |   3.1
  Construction trades...............................................|    501|    456|   9.0 |   8.2 |   8.9 |   8.2 |   9.9 |   8.5
  Other precision production, craft, and repair.....................|    177|    165|   4.2 |   4.0 |   3.9 |   3.6 |   5.4 |   5.3
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Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................|  1,618|  1,570|   8.2 |   7.9 |   7.8 |   7.5 |   9.6 |   9.3
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.....................|    629|    654|   7.4 |   7.7 |   6.1 |   6.5 |   9.4 |   9.5
  Transportation and material moving occupations....................|    329|    292|   6.0 |   5.2 |   6.0 |   5.2 |   6.1 |   5.7
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers...............|    660|    625|  11.7 |  11.1 |  11.7 |  11.2 |  11.8 |  10.6
    Construction laborers...........................................|    179|    158|  18.7 |  16.3 |  18.1 |  16.3 |  32.7 |  16.1
    Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......|    481|    467|  10.3 |  10.0 |  10.0 |   9.9 |  11.0 |  10.4
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Farming, forestry, and fishing......................................|    311|    293|   7.9 |   7.6 |   7.5 |   7.4 |   9.4 |   8.5
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No previous work experience.........................................|    579|    580|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
   16 to 19 years...................................................|    415|    409|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
   20 to 24 years...................................................|     75|     75|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
   25 years and over................................................|     90|     96|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
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   1/  Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.