HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
 
32.  Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment
 
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                                                    |                                     1996
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                                                    |                   Thousands of persons                    |       Weeks
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              Occupation and industry               |         |         |         |                             |         |
                                                    |         |         |         |      15 weeks and over      |         |
                                                    |         |  Less   | 5 to 14 |                             | Average | Median
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                                                    |  Total  |  than   |  weeks  |         |         |         | (mean)  |duration
                                                    |         | 5 weeks |         |  Total  |15 to 26 |27 weeks |duration |
                                                    |         |         |         |         |  weeks  | and over|         |
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                     OCCUPATION
                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Managerial and professional specialty...............|    869  |    299  |    255  |    316  |    139  |    177  |   18.3  |    9.3
Technical, sales, and administrative support........|  1,766  |    655  |    553  |    558  |    263  |    295  |   15.9  |    8.1
Service occupations.................................|  1,334  |    507  |    431  |    396  |    176  |    220  |   16.1  |    7.7
Precision production, craft, and repair.............|    795  |    286  |    246  |    262  |    118  |    144  |   17.6  |    8.6
Operators, fabricators, and laborers................|  1,570  |    558  |    497  |    516  |    237  |    280  |   17.2  |    8.6
Farming, forestry, and fishing......................|    293  |    106  |     96  |     91  |     49  |     42  |   15.4  |    8.2
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                     INDUSTRY
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Agriculture.........................................|    213  |     75  |     73  |     65  |     36  |     29  |   14.7  |    8.4
Construction........................................|    684  |    255  |    221  |    208  |    103  |    105  |   15.6  |    8.0
Manufacturing.......................................|  1,020  |    335  |    311  |    374  |    168  |    207  |   18.4  |    9.6
  Durable goods.....................................|    568  |    188  |    173  |    207  |     90  |    116  |   18.5  |    9.6
  Nondurable goods..................................|    453  |    147  |    138  |    168  |     77  |     90  |   18.4  |    9.7
Transportation and public utilities.................|    329  |    106  |    104  |    118  |     56  |     62  |   17.7  |    9.3
Wholesale and retail trade..........................|  1,692  |    656  |    549  |    486  |    235  |    251  |   14.9  |    7.6
Finance, insurance, and real estate.................|    211  |     68  |     63  |     80  |     34  |     46  |   19.0  |    9.5
Services............................................|  2,032  |    756  |    626  |    649  |    287  |    363  |   17.1  |    8.1
Public administration...............................|    151  |     44  |     43  |     63  |     26  |     37  |   20.7  |   10.9
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No previous work experience.........................|    580  |    214  |    200  |    166  |     66  |    100  |   17.0  |    7.7
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   1/  Includes wage and salary workers only.