HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
 
26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex
 
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                                                                    | Thousands of  |              Unemployment rates
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                                                                    | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996
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      Total, 16 years and over......................................|  7,404|  7,236|   5.6 |   5.4 |   5.6 |   5.4 |   5.6 |   5.4
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Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.....................|  5,755|  5,629|   5.8 |   5.5 |   5.7 |   5.5 |   5.8 |   5.6
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  Mining............................................................|     34|     30|   5.2 |   5.1 |   5.3 |   5.2 |   4.9 |   4.2
  Construction......................................................|    737|    666|  11.5 |  10.1 |  11.9 |  10.5 |   7.5 |   6.3
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  Manufacturing.....................................................|  1,030|  1,013|   4.9 |   4.8 |   4.2 |   4.2 |   6.5 |   6.2
    Durable goods...................................................|    534|    563|   4.4 |   4.5 |   3.9 |   4.2 |   5.7 |   5.4
      Lumber and wood products......................................|     50|     50|   6.5 |   6.6 |   6.7 |   6.7 |   5.1 |   5.9
      Funiture and fixtures.........................................|     29|     37|   4.5 |   5.5 |   4.2 |   4.9 |   5.3 |   7.1
      Stone, clay, and glass products...............................|     22|     26|   3.7 |   4.2 |   3.4 |   4.3 |   5.1 |   4.0
      Primary metal industries......................................|     25|     29|   3.1 |   3.6 |   2.4 |   3.7 |   6.5 |   2.8
      Fabricated metal products.....................................|     67|     73|   4.9 |   5.5 |   4.1 |   5.1 |   7.8 |   6.8
      Machinery, except electrical..................................|     78|     85|   3.2 |   3.4 |   2.8 |   3.1 |   4.7 |   4.6
      Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.................|     78|     78|   4.1 |   4.0 |   3.8 |   3.4 |   4.5 |   4.8
      Transportation equipment......................................|    103|    102|   4.5 |   4.3 |   4.2 |   4.0 |   5.9 |   5.3
         Automobiles................................................|     55|     56|   4.2 |   4.1 |   3.7 |   4.1 |   6.2 |   4.3
         Other transportation equipment.............................|     48|     46|   4.9 |   4.6 |   4.8 |   3.9 |   5.5 |   6.7
      Professional and photographic equipment.......................|     26|     26|   3.5 |   3.3 |   2.6 |   3.2 |   4.9 |   3.5
      Other durable goods industries................................|     56|     57|   8.3 |   8.4 |   7.6 |   8.0 |   9.3 |   9.4
    Nondurable goods................................................|    496|    450|   5.7 |   5.2 |   4.6 |   4.1 |   7.2 |   6.9
      Food and kindred products.....................................|    116|    132|   6.5 |   7.2 |   5.2 |   5.5 |   9.0 |  10.6
      Textile mill products.........................................|     44|     34|   6.2 |   5.3 |   4.8 |   4.8 |   8.0 |   5.8
      Apparel and other textile products............................|    112|     86|  10.3 |   8.6 |   8.9 |   6.8 |  10.9 |   9.3
      Paper and allied products.....................................|     24|     20|   3.2 |   2.9 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   4.2 |   3.9
      Printing and publishing.......................................|     81|     77|   4.4 |   4.2 |   4.7 |   3.8 |   4.1 |   4.8
      Chemicals and allied products.................................|     53|     42|   3.9 |   3.1 |   3.0 |   2.5 |   5.8 |   4.5
      Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products....................|     46|     38|   5.3 |   4.3 |   5.0 |   3.5 |   6.0 |   6.0
      Other nondurable goods industries.............................|     20|     21|   5.1 |   5.7 |   4.7 |   5.3 |   5.7 |   6.5
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  Transportation and public utilities...............................|    314|    291|   4.5 |   4.1 |   4.4 |   4.1 |   4.5 |   4.2
    Transportation..................................................|    231|    213|   5.4 |   4.9 |   5.5 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   4.4
    Communications and other public utilities.......................|     83|     78|   3.0 |   2.9 |   2.5 |   2.3 |   4.0 |   3.9
  Wholesale and retail trade........................................|  1,682|  1,679|   6.5 |   6.4 |   5.9 |   5.7 |   7.2 |   7.1
    Wholesale trade.................................................|    212|    184|   4.4 |   3.8 |   3.7 |   3.2 |   5.9 |   5.1
    Retail trade....................................................|  1,471|  1,495|   7.0 |   7.0 |   6.6 |   6.5 |   7.4 |   7.4
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...............................|    240|    201|   3.3 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   2.9 |   3.4 |   2.6
  Service industries................................................|  1,718|  1,751|   5.4 |   5.4 |   5.7 |   5.6 |   5.3 |   5.2
    Professional services...........................................|    656|    663|   3.5 |   3.4 |   3.4 |   3.3 |   3.5 |   3.5
    Other service industries........................................|  1,062|  1,087|   8.4 |   8.2 |   7.7 |   7.5 |   9.1 |   8.9
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Agricultural wage and salary workers................................|    225|    213|  11.1 |  10.2 |  10.6 |  10.2 |  12.7 |  10.3
Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers.................|    845|    813|   2.8 |   2.7 |   2.8 |   2.8 |   2.9 |   2.7
No previous work experience.........................................|    579|    580|   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -   |   -
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