HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                             HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                           ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     26.  Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                   Thousands of                         Unemployment rates                    
                                                                     persons                                                                  
                                                                                                                                              
                   Industry and class of worker                                                                                               
                                                                       Total              Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                  2004      2005       2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                              
         Total, 16 years and over ............................    8,149     7,591       5.5       5.1       5.6       5.1       5.4       5.1 
                                                                                                                                              
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers..........    6,484     5,989       5.7       5.2       5.7       5.1       5.6       5.3 
                                                                                                                                              
       Mining.................................................       21        20       3.9       3.1       3.9       3.4       4.4       1.5 
                                                                                                                                              
       Construction...........................................      769       712       8.4       7.4       8.5       7.6       7.1       6.0 
                                                                                                                                              
       Manufacturing..........................................      966       812       5.7       4.9       5.2       4.4       6.8       6.0 
                                                                                                                                              
         Durable goods........................................      590       485       5.5       4.6       5.2       4.3       6.6       5.4 
           Nonmetallic mineral products.......................       26        25       5.0       4.9       4.9       4.6       5.5       6.1 
           Primary and fabricated metal products..............      108        86       5.5       4.4       5.3       4.1       6.1       5.8 
           Machinery manufacturing............................       80        52       6.3       4.2       6.0       4.4       7.2       3.5 
           Computer and electronic products...................       99        71       6.0       4.5       5.4       4.0       7.1       5.5 
           Electrical equipment and appliances................       33        26       6.4       5.1       5.9       4.7       7.4       6.0 
           Transportation equipment...........................      113       108       4.8       4.6       4.2       4.1       6.4       6.1 
           Wood products......................................       27        33       5.3       6.0       5.4       5.7       5.0       7.2 
           Furniture and fixtures.............................       31        34       4.8       5.2       4.8       4.6       4.9       6.6 
           Miscellaneous manufacturing........................       74        52       6.1       4.4       5.5       4.5       7.0       4.2 
                                                                                                                                              
         Nondurable goods.....................................      375       326       5.9       5.3       5.2       4.6       7.0       6.6 
           Food manufacturing.................................      110        95       6.7       6.1       6.3       5.5       7.4       7.1 
           Beverage and tobacco products......................       15        11       5.7       3.7       6.0       3.1       5.0       5.4 
           Textile, apparel, and leather......................       85        70       8.6       7.8       7.1       6.0       9.9       9.4 
           Paper and printing.................................       67        55       4.9       4.4       4.5       3.7       5.8       5.9 
           Petroleum and coal products........................        9         7       5.2       4.6       2.9       4.8      12.3     (1)   
           Chemicals..........................................       43        50       3.5       4.0       3.4       3.9       3.5       4.1 
           Plastic and rubber products........................       47        37       6.3       5.4       5.5       4.8       7.9       6.5 
                                                                                                                                              
       Wholesale and retail trade.............................    1,197     1,137       5.8       5.4       5.2       4.8       6.5       6.1 
         Wholesale trade......................................      210       182       4.6       4.0       4.0       3.6       5.9       5.1 
         Retail trade.........................................      987       954       6.1       5.7       5.6       5.2       6.6       6.3 
                                                                                                                                              
       Transportation and utilities...........................      236       232       4.4       4.1       4.3       4.0       5.0       4.8 
         Transportation and warehousing.......................      219       216       4.9       4.5       4.8       4.3       5.4       5.4 
         Utilities............................................       17        16       1.9       1.9       1.6       1.9       3.0       1.7 
                                                                                                                                              
       Information (2)........................................      189       163       5.7       5.0       5.4       4.8       6.0       5.3 
         Publishing, except Internet..........................       38        35       4.6       4.2       4.4       3.7       4.8       4.7 
         Motion picture and sound recording industries........       35        29       8.7       8.5       9.1       8.7       8.1       8.1 
         Broadcasting, except Internet........................       22        26       4.2       4.6       3.7       5.0       5.0       4.1 
         Telecommunications...................................       80        62       6.0       5.2       5.5       4.6       6.8       6.2 
         Internet service providers and data processing                                                                                       
          services............................................        8         8       5.2       4.6       4.4       4.5       6.1       4.9 
         Other information services...........................        5         3       5.5       2.2     (1)         2.5       5.3       2.0 
                                                                                                                                              
       Financial activities...................................      332       272       3.6       2.9       3.6       2.5       3.5       3.1 
         Finance and insurance................................      228       183       3.4       2.7       3.3       2.2       3.5       3.0 
            Finance...........................................      156       127       3.6       2.9       3.5       2.2       3.6       3.4 
            Insurance.........................................       73        56       3.1       2.4       2.7       2.3       3.3       2.5 
         Real estate and rental and leasing...................      104        89       4.1       3.3       4.4       3.2       3.7       3.4 
            Real estate.......................................       72        65       3.5       3.0       3.9       2.7       3.1       3.2 
            Rental and leasing services.......................       32        23       6.1       4.7       5.6       4.5       7.2       5.2 
                                                                                                                                              
       Professional and business services.....................      861       792       6.8       6.2       6.6       5.8       7.1       6.8 
         Professional and technical services..................      298       259       4.1       3.5       3.8       2.9       4.4       4.2 
         Management, administrative, and waste services (2)...      563       533      10.6      10.2      10.1       9.5      11.3      11.0 
            Administrative and support services...............      534       520      10.8      10.7      10.5      10.2      11.4      11.3 
            Waste management and remediation services.........       26        10       7.6       3.2       7.5       3.3       8.3       2.9 
                                                                                                                                              
       Education and health services..........................      617       627       3.4       3.4       3.1       2.9       3.5       3.6 
          Educational services................................      128       129       3.7       3.7       3.4       3.1       3.9       4.0 
          Health care and social assistance...................      489       498       3.4       3.3       3.0       2.8       3.4       3.5 
            Hospitals.........................................       90        94       1.8       1.9       2.3       2.1       1.7       1.8 
            Health services, except hospitals.................      279       285       3.7       3.7       2.4       2.5       4.0       3.9 
            Social assistance.................................      120       118       6.1       5.9       8.8       7.0       5.5       5.6 
       Leisure and hospitality................................      972       921       8.3       7.8       8.0       7.3       8.6       8.2 
          Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................      149       145       7.2       6.9       7.5       7.3       6.9       6.5 
          Accomodation and food services......................      823       776       8.6       8.0       8.2       7.3       8.9       8.5 
             Accomodation.....................................      114       117       7.2       7.3       6.6       5.8       7.6       8.3 
             Food services and drinking places................      709       659       8.8       8.1       8.4       7.5       9.2       8.6 
                                                                                                                                              
       Other services.........................................      324       301       5.3       4.8       5.3       4.9       5.3       4.8 
          Other services, except private households...........      256       230       4.8       4.3       5.0       4.7       4.6       3.8 
             Repair and maintenance...........................      105        90       6.1       5.1       6.2       5.3       5.6       3.2 
             Personal and laundry services....................       77        65       4.8       4.1       4.3       4.9       5.0       3.7 
             Membership associations and organizations........       74        75       3.7       3.7       3.3       3.4       4.0       4.0 
          Private households..................................       69        71       8.1       8.1      16.7      12.2       7.3       7.7 
                                                                                                                                              
     Agricultural and related private wage and salary                                                                                         
        workers...............................................      129       104       9.9       8.3       9.5       7.4      11.2      11.4 
     Government workers.......................................      548       534       2.7       2.6       2.9       2.6       2.5       2.5 
     Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................      303       298       2.8       2.7       2.9       2.9       2.6       2.5 
     No previous work experience..............................      686       666        -         -         -         -         -         -    

       1 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.
       2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Dash indicates no data or
     data that do not meet publication criteria.