HOUSEHOLD DATA
   ANNUAL AVERAGES
   
   25.  Unemployed persons by occupation and sex
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                  Thousands of                 Unemployment rates              
                                                                    persons                                                    
                                                                                                                               
                            Occupation                                                                                         
                                                                     Total           Total            Men            Women     
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                  2001    2002    2001    2002    2001    2002    2001    2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                               
       Total, 16 years and over(1).............................   6,801   8,378    4.7     5.8     4.8     5.9     4.7     5.6 
                                                                                                                               
   Managerial and professional specialty.......................     981   1,357    2.3     3.1     2.3     3.2     2.3     3.0 
     Executive, administrative, and managerial.................     497     717    2.4     3.4     2.3     3.2     2.5     3.6 
     Professional specialty....................................     484     640    2.2     2.8     2.3     3.2     2.1     2.5 
                                                                                                                               
   Technical, sales, and administrative support................   1,701   2,144    4.1     5.2     3.8     5.0     4.3     5.4 
     Technicians and related support...........................     132     175    2.8     3.7     3.3     4.5     2.4     3.1 
     Sales occupations.........................................     790   1,001    4.6     5.8     3.6     4.7     5.7     6.9 
     Administrative support, including clerical................     780     968    4.0     5.1     4.7     5.7     3.8     4.9 
                                                                                                                               
   Service occupations.........................................   1,150   1,369    5.8     6.7     5.9     6.8     5.7     6.6 
     Private household.........................................      53      63    6.7     7.7     (2)    13.3     6.5     7.4 
     Protective service........................................      74     102    2.9     3.8     2.7     3.3     3.8     5.8 
     Service, except private household and protective..........   1,023   1,205    6.2     7.1     7.1     8.0     5.8     6.6 
                                                                                                                               
   Precision production, craft, and repair.....................     722     955    4.6     6.1     4.4     6.0     6.2     7.5 
     Mechanics and repairers...................................     154     225    3.1     4.5     3.0     4.5     3.7     5.3 
     Construction trades.......................................     399     509    5.9     7.5     5.8     7.4     9.7    10.9 
     Other precision production, craft, and repair.............     170     221    4.2     5.8     3.5     5.3     6.2     7.5 
                                                                                                                               
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers........................   1,509   1,720    7.7     8.9     7.3     8.3     9.0    10.6 
     Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.............     588     624    7.8     8.8     7.1     7.5     9.2    10.9 
     Transportation and material moving occupations............     303     377    5.0     6.1     4.9     6.0     6.1     6.8 
     Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.......     618     719   10.2    11.8    10.3    11.7    10.0    12.0 
       Construction laborers...................................     159     178   13.1    14.1    12.9    13.8    16.9    21.0 
       Other handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and                                                                        
        laborers...............................................     459     541    9.5    11.2     9.4    11.0     9.7    11.6 
                                                                                                                               
   Farming, forestry, and fishing..............................     262     275    7.3     7.3     6.7     7.2     9.4     7.8 
                                                                                                                               
   No previous work experience.................................     459     536    -       -       -       -       -       -   
     16 to 19 years............................................     311     368    -       -       -       -       -       -   
     20 to 24 years............................................      71      83    -       -       -       -       -       -   
     25 years and over.........................................      77      85    -       -       -       -       -       -   

     1 Includes a small number of persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces.
     2 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.










































































































































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