HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex

Industry

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998

 Total, 16 years and over ......................................................................... 6,739 6,210 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.4 5.0 4.6

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ......................................... 5,225 4,873 5.0 4.6 4.9 4.5 5.1 4.8

 Mining ......................................................................................................... 24 20 3.8 3.2 3.7 3.4 4.1 1.8

 Construction ............................................................................................... 623 532 9.0 7.5 9.2 7.7 6.9 5.9

 Manufacturing ............................................................................................. 885 816 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.3 5.5 5.2

 Durable goods .......................................................................................... 445 426 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.0 4.2 4.2

 Lumber and wood products .................................................................... 47 43 5.9 5.2 5.7 5.3 7.0 4.8

 Funiture and fixtures ............................................................................... 31 26 4.7 3.8 4.5 3.5 5.1 4.6

 Stone, clay, and glass products .............................................................. 26 18 4.2 3.1 4.4 2.4 3.4 5.4

 Primary metal industries ......................................................................... 29 27 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.4 5.1 4.8

 Fabricated metal products ...................................................................... 42 49 3.1 3.5 2.9 3.4 3.7 3.7

 Machinery, except electrical ................................................................... 77 78 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.9 3.7 3.8

 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies ...................................... 58 54 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 3.6 3.3

 Transportation equipment ....................................................................... 77 72 3.3 3.0 3.1 2.6 3.8 4.4

 Automobiles ......................................................................................... 49 47 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.0 4.0 4.9

 Other transportation equipment ........................................................... 28 25 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.1 3.5 3.5

 Professional and photographic equipment ............................................. 19 20 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.0 2.8 3.4

 Other durable goods industries .............................................................. 38 38 5.4 5.6 3.6 4.2 8.0 7.5

 Nondurable goods .................................................................................... 440 390 5.1 4.7 4.0 3.7 6.7 6.2

 Food and kindred products ..................................................................... 133 111 7.4 6.4 5.5 5.2 10.9 8.6

 Textile mill products ................................................................................ 31 29 4.6 4.7 3.0 3.7 6.8 5.9

 Apparel and other textile products .......................................................... 92 76 9.1 8.8 7.0 6.0 10.0 10.1

 Paper and allied products ....................................................................... 23 18 3.2 2.6 3.3 2.4 3.2 3.3

 Printing and publishing ........................................................................... 69 67 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.2

 Chemicals and allied products ................................................................ 38 34 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.1 3.1 3.3

 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products ......................................... 40 38 4.3 3.8 3.6 3.1 5.9 5.5

 Other nondurable goods industries ........................................................ 16 16 4.2 4.6 3.2 4.0 6.1 5.9

 Transportation and public utilities ............................................................... 260 254 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.8 3.5

 Transportation .......................................................................................... 194 185 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.0

 Communications and other public utilities ................................................ 66 69 2.3 2.4 1.9 2.1 3.1 2.9

 Wholesale and retail trade .......................................................................... 1,645 1,493 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.1 6.9 6.0

 Wholesale trade ........................................................................................ 176 185 3.7 3.7 3.2 3.4 4.8 4.6

 Retail trade ............................................................................................... 1,469 1,308 6.8 6.0 6.3 5.7 7.2 6.2

 Finance, insurance, and real estate ........................................................... 229 197 3.0 2.5 3.0 2.3 3.0 2.6

 Service industries ....................................................................................... 1,559 1,562 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.4

 Professional services ................................................................................ 589 593 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.5 3.1 3.1

 Other service industries ............................................................................ 970 968 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.5 7.6 7.3

Agricultural wage and salary workers ........................................................... 190 180 9.1 8.3 9.1 7.9 9.1 9.3

Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers .............................. 755 636 2.6 2.2 2.7 2.0 2.4 2.3

No previous work experience ....................................................................... 569 520 ––––––

 NOTE: Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.

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