HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                              Thousands of                     Unemployment rates                 
                                                                persons                                                           
                                                                                                                                  
                         Industry                                                                                                 
                                                                 Total             Total              Men              Women      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                             1998     1999     1998     1999     1998     1999     1998     1999  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
      Total, 16 years and over............................   6,210    5,880      4.5      4.2      4.4      4.1      4.6      4.3 
                                                                                                                                  
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...........   4,873    4,590      4.6      4.3      4.5      4.1      4.8      4.5 
                                                                                                                                  
  Mining..................................................      20       33      3.2      5.7      3.4      5.8      1.8      5.4 
  Construction............................................     532      520      7.5      7.0      7.7      7.1      5.9      5.8 
                                                                                                                                  
  Manufacturing...........................................     816      739      3.9      3.6      3.3      3.1      5.2      4.7 
    Durable goods.........................................     426      434      3.4      3.5      3.0      3.2      4.2      4.3 
      Lumber and wood products............................      43       41      5.2      5.2      5.3      5.4      4.8      4.4 
      Funiture and fixtures...............................      26       26      3.8      4.0      3.5      3.2      4.6      5.7 
      Stone, clay, and glass products.....................      18       19      3.1      2.9      2.4      2.8      5.4      3.5 
      Primary metal industries............................      27       20      3.6      2.5      3.4      2.7      4.8      1.5 
      Fabricated metal products...........................      49       53      3.5      4.0      3.4      3.8      3.7      4.8 
      Machinery, except electrical........................      78       77      3.1      3.1      2.9      3.1      3.8      3.1 
      Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.......      54       65      2.7      3.3      2.4      2.7      3.3      4.3 
      Transportation equipment............................      72       69      3.0      2.9      2.6      2.4      4.4      4.5 
         Automobiles......................................      47       39      3.4      2.9      3.0      2.1      4.9      5.2 
         Other transportation equipment...................      25       30      2.4      3.0      2.1      2.9      3.5      3.5 
      Professional and photographic equipment.............      20       24      2.5      3.2      2.0      2.8      3.4      3.7 
      Other durable goods industries......................      38       40      5.6      5.6      4.2      5.3      7.5      6.4 
    Nondurable goods......................................     390      305      4.7      3.9      3.7      3.0      6.2      5.2 
      Food and kindred products...........................     111       74      6.4      4.4      5.2      3.2      8.6      6.6 
      Textile mill products...............................      29       26      4.7      4.8      3.7      3.6      5.9      6.4 
      Apparel and other textile products..................      76       66      8.8      8.6      6.0      6.7     10.1      9.5 
      Paper and allied products...........................      18       18      2.6      2.8      2.4      2.8      3.3      2.6 
      Printing and publishing.............................      67       48      3.8      2.8      3.5      2.9      4.2      2.6 
      Chemicals and allied products.......................      34       28      2.5      2.2      2.1      1.7      3.3      3.1 
      Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products..........      38       33      3.8      3.6      3.1      2.8      5.5      5.3 
      Other nondurable goods industries...................      16       12      4.6      3.7      4.0      2.5      5.9      6.6 
                                                                                                                                  
  Transportation and public utilities.....................     254      235      3.4      3.0      3.3      3.0      3.5      3.2 
    Transportation........................................     185      164      4.0      3.4      4.0      3.5      4.0      3.3 
    Communications and other public utilities.............      69       71      2.4      2.4      2.1      2.0      2.9      3.1 
  Wholesale and retail trade..............................   1,493    1,422      5.5      5.2      5.1      4.5      6.0      6.0 
    Wholesale trade.......................................     185      156      3.7      3.1      3.4      2.6      4.6      4.1 
    Retail trade..........................................   1,308    1,266      6.0      5.7      5.7      5.1      6.2      6.2 
  Finance, insurance, and real estate.....................     197      191      2.5      2.3      2.3      2.4      2.6      2.3 
  Service industries......................................   1,562    1,450      4.5      4.1      4.7      4.2      4.4      4.0 
    Professional services.................................     593      546      2.9      2.6      2.5      2.3      3.1      2.7 
    Other service industries..............................     968      903      6.9      6.2      6.5      5.7      7.3      6.8 
                                                                                                                                  
Agricultural wage and salary workers......................     180      189      8.3      8.9      7.9      8.6      9.3      9.6 
Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers.......     636      631      2.2      2.1      2.0      2.1      2.3      2.1 
No previous work experience...............................     520      469      -        -        -        -        -        -   

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.