HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex

Industry

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002

 Total, 16 years and over ......................................................................... 6,801 8,378 4.7 5.8 4.8 5.9 4.7 5.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ......................................... 5,519 6,881 5.0 6.2 5.0 6.2 4.9 6.1

Mining ....................................................................................................... 26 33 4.7 6.2 4.7 6.1 4.2 6.8

Construction ............................................................................................. 611 781 7.3 9.2 7.5 9.5 5.1 7.3

Manufacturing ........................................................................................... 1,044 1,266 5.2 6.7 4.7 6.0 6.4 8.2

 Durable goods ........................................................................................ 644 806 5.3 7.0 4.8 6.4 6.5 8.8

 Lumber and wood products .................................................................. 43 49 6.4 6.9 6.6 7.0 5.2 6.8

 Furniture and fixtures ............................................................................ 32 46 5.0 7.2 4.5 6.1 6.0 9.8

 Stone, clay, and glass products ............................................................ 30 32 5.4 5.6 5.3 4.8 5.7 8.8

 Primary metal industries ....................................................................... 42 56 5.3 7.8 4.3 7.7 9.5 8.2

 Fabricated metal products .................................................................... 66 86 4.9 6.7 4.4 6.7 6.6 6.8

 Machinery, except electrical ................................................................. 123 170 5.0 7.8 4.9 7.2 5.3 9.5

 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies .................................... 116 142 6.0 8.4 4.8 7.2 7.8 10.4

 Transportation equipment ..................................................................... 99 114 4.5 5.1 4.1 4.7 5.8 6.4

 Automobiles ........................................................................................ 66 70 5.1 5.4 4.7 4.8 6.5 7.4

 Other transportation equipment .......................................................... 34 43 3.6 4.6 3.3 4.6 4.6 4.6

 Professional and photographic equipment ........................................... 30 43 3.9 6.1 3.3 5.4 4.9 7.5

 Other durable goods industries ............................................................ 62 68 8.3 9.2 8.6 7.0 7.7 12.6

 Nondurable goods .................................................................................. 400 460 5.2 6.1 4.4 5.2 6.3 7.6

 Food and kindred products ................................................................... 91 107 5.2 6.2 4.7 5.0 6.2 8.5

 Textile mill products .............................................................................. 45 44 8.3 9.3 7.4 7.9 9.3 11.0

 Apparel and other textile products ........................................................ 61 63 9.7 10.6 7.6 7.9 10.9 12.3

 Paper and allied products ..................................................................... 25 21 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.1 6.5 4.8

 Printing and publishing ......................................................................... 72 94 4.1 5.5 4.1 5.2 4.1 6.0

 Chemicals and allied products .............................................................. 50 64 3.9 4.9 3.6 4.7 4.4 5.2

 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products ....................................... 41 48 4.8 6.1 4.1 5.7 6.2 6.9

 Other nondurable goods industries ...................................................... 15 17 4.6 6.1 4.2 6.3 5.5 5.5

Transportation and public utilities ............................................................. 333 444 4.1 5.5 3.9 5.0 4.5 6.6

 Transportation ........................................................................................ 224 267 4.5 5.4 4.4 5.1 5.0 6.3

 Communications and other public utilities .............................................. 108 177 3.4 5.7 3.1 4.9 3.9 7.0

Wholesale and retail trade ........................................................................ 1,552 1,938 5.5 6.8 5.1 6.2 6.0 7.5

 Wholesale trade ...................................................................................... 198 255 3.9 5.0 3.5 4.2 4.8 6.8

 Retail trade ............................................................................................. 1,355 1,684 5.9 7.2 5.6 6.8 6.2 7.6

Finance, insurance, and real estate ......................................................... 226 279 2.7 3.3 2.7 2.9 2.8 3.5

Service industries ..................................................................................... 1,726 2,141 4.6 5.5 4.9 6.1 4.4 5.1

 Professional services .............................................................................. 641 815 2.9 3.5 2.7 3.3 2.9 3.6

 Other service industries .......................................................................... 1,080 1,317 7.0 8.6 6.6 8.5 7.5 8.7

Agricultural wage and salary workers ........................................................... 204 204 9.5 9.1 9.4 9.0 9.7 9.4

Government, self-employed, and unpaid family workers .............................. 619 756 2.1 2.5 2.0 2.6 2.1 2.4

No previous work experience ....................................................................... 459 536 ––––––