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     
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                 2006    2007     2006    2007    2006    2007    2006    2007 
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
         Total, 16 years and over ............................   7,001   7,078     4.6     4.6     4.6     4.7     4.6     4.5
                                                                                                                              
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers..........   5,523   5,559     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.7     4.7     4.6
                                                                                                                              
       Mining.................................................      22      25     3.2     3.4     3.1     3.3     4.0     4.1
                                                                                                                              
       Construction...........................................     671     757     6.7     7.4     6.8     7.5     5.7     6.6
                                                                                                                              
       Manufacturing..........................................     699     706     4.2     4.3     3.7     3.8     5.3     5.4
                                                                                                                              
         Durable goods........................................     410     436     3.9     4.2     3.6     3.8     4.7     5.2
           Nonmetallic mineral products.......................      21      17     4.1     3.1     4.0     3.3     4.3     2.3
           Primary and fabricated metal products..............      70      66     3.6     3.4     3.5     3.4     4.1     3.5
           Machinery manufacturing............................      39      46     3.1     3.4     2.8     3.0     4.0     5.0
           Computer and electronic products...................      43      52     2.8     3.4     2.3     3.1     3.8     3.9
           Electrical equipment and appliances................      25      16     4.4     3.1     3.5     1.8     6.2     5.8
           Transportation equipment...........................      91     120     3.9     5.3     3.5     4.8     5.1     6.5
           Wood products......................................      28      28     5.1     5.5     4.8     4.8     6.3     8.3
           Furniture and fixtures.............................      40      32     5.5     5.0     6.0     4.6     4.1     6.3
           Miscellaneous manufacturing........................      53      62     4.3     4.9     3.6     4.2     5.4     5.8
                                                                                                                              
         Nondurable goods.....................................     289     270     4.8     4.5     4.0     3.8     6.1     5.6
           Food manufacturing.................................      82      74     5.1     4.5     3.9     4.1     7.0     5.2
           Beverage and tobacco products......................      10      10     4.2     4.0     4.2     3.9     4.2     4.5
           Textile, apparel, and leather......................      58      52     6.9     6.5     6.5     5.1     7.3     7.6
           Paper and printing.................................      52      51     4.4     4.4     3.8     3.5     5.5     6.5
           Petroleum and coal products........................       6       5     4.3     2.5     3.4     2.9   (1)     (1)  
           Chemicals..........................................      44      36     3.5     2.9     3.1     2.9     4.2     3.0
           Plastic and rubber products........................      37      41     5.0     5.4     4.3     4.7     6.6     7.0
                                                                                                                              
       Wholesale and retail trade.............................   1,039     975     4.9     4.7     4.4     4.2     5.6     5.4
         Wholesale trade......................................     145     141     3.2     3.3     3.1     2.6     3.6     4.9
         Retail trade.........................................     894     835     5.4     5.1     4.9     4.8     5.9     5.4
                                                                                                                              
       Transportation and utilities...........................     229     233     4.0     3.9     3.8     3.8     4.6     4.5
         Transportation and warehousing.......................     212     220     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.2     5.0     4.8
         Utilities............................................      17      13     2.0     1.5     1.8     1.4     2.5     2.0
                                                                                                                              
       Information (2)........................................     126     120     3.7     3.6     3.5     3.4     4.1     3.9
         Publishing, except Internet..........................      29      27     3.2     3.2     3.2     2.8     3.3     3.6
         Motion picture and sound recording industries........      22      25     5.9     6.9     6.5     8.5     5.0     4.2
         Broadcasting, except Internet........................      18      19     3.1     3.1     2.8     2.0     3.6     4.9
         Telecommunications...................................      44      39     3.6     3.1     3.0     3.1     4.7     3.3
         Internet service providers and data processing                                                                       
        services..............................................       8       8     4.4     4.4     3.7     3.2     5.3     6.3
         Other information services...........................       3       2     3.3     2.6     4.4   (1)       2.8     2.8
                                                                                                                              
       Financial activities...................................     264     289     2.7     3.0     2.6     2.9     2.8     3.1
         Finance and insurance................................     178     190     2.6     2.7     2.5     2.5     2.6     2.8
            Finance...........................................     128     132     2.8     2.9     2.6     2.8     2.9     3.0
            Insurance.........................................      49      57     2.1     2.4     2.2     2.0     2.1     2.6
         Real estate and rental and leasing...................      87     100     3.2     3.7     2.9     3.6     3.5     3.8
            Real estate.......................................      62      82     2.8     3.7     2.4     3.5     3.2     3.9
            Rental and leasing services.......................      25      18     4.8     3.7     4.3     3.9     5.6     3.2
                                                                                                                              
       Professional and business services.....................     746     740     5.6     5.3     5.4     5.2     6.0     5.5
         Professional and technical services..................     225     243     3.0     3.0     2.6     2.7     3.4     3.4
         Management, administrative, and waste services (2)...     521     497     9.3     8.5     8.9     8.5     9.9     8.5
            Administrative and support services...............     501     475     9.8     8.9     9.5     9.0    10.3     8.8
            Waste management and remediation services.........      16      17     4.7     4.9     4.5     4.7     5.7     5.7
                                                                                                                              
       Education and health services..........................     568     575     3.0     3.0     2.8     3.0     3.1     3.0
          Educational services................................     116     142     3.1     3.8     3.2     4.3     3.1     3.5
          Health care and social assistance...................     452     433     3.0     2.8     2.6     2.5     3.1     2.9
            Hospitals.........................................      81      76     1.6     1.5     1.5     1.7     1.6     1.4
            Health services, except hospitals.................     267     249     3.3     3.1     2.8     2.6     3.4     3.2
            Social assistance.................................     104     108     4.9     4.8     5.4     4.6     4.8     4.8
       Leisure and hospitality................................     865     896     7.3     7.4     7.0     7.2     7.6     7.5
          Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................     148     160     7.2     7.3     7.2     8.2     7.2     6.2
          Accommodation and food services.....................     717     736     7.3     7.4     6.9     7.0     7.6     7.7
             Accommodation....................................     102      94     6.6     6.2     5.5     5.2     7.3     7.0
             Food services and drinking places................     615     642     7.4     7.6     7.1     7.3     7.7     7.8
                                                                                                                              
       Other services.........................................     293     241     4.7     3.9     4.6     3.6     4.8     4.2
          Other services, except private households...........     217     178     4.0     3.4     4.3     3.5     3.8     3.3
             Repair and maintenance...........................      92      77     5.1     4.5     5.3     4.6     4.2     3.8
             Personal and laundry services....................      67      57     4.1     3.4     3.7     3.6     4.2     3.3
             Membership associations and organizations........      58      45     3.0     2.4     2.7     1.5     3.2     3.1
          Private households..................................      75      62     8.6     7.1    16.6     7.5     7.9     7.1
                                                                                                                              
     Agricultural and related private wage and salary                                                                         
        workers...............................................      95      78     7.2     6.3     6.6     5.4     8.9     9.4
     Government workers.......................................     473     505     2.3     2.3     2.2     2.3     2.4     2.4
     Self-employed and unpaid family workers..................     293     309     2.7     2.8     2.9     3.2     2.3     2.3
     No previous work experience..............................     616     627    –       –       –       –       –       –   

       1 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.
       2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.  Dash indicates no data
     or data that do not meet publication criteria.