HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex

Industry

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

20021 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003

 Total, 16 years and over .................................................................... 8,378 8,774 5.8 6.0 5.9 6.3 5.6 5.7

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ................................... 6,926 7,131 6.2 6.3 6.3 6.6 6.0 6.0

 Mining ................................................................................................... 33 37 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.3 9.1

 Construction ......................................................................................... 800 810 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.6 7.2 6.7

 Manufacturing ....................................................................................... 1,205 1,166 6.7 6.6 5.9 6.1 8.4 7.7

 Durable goods .................................................................................... 789 762 6.9 6.9 6.2 6.6 8.8 7.7

 Nonmetallic mineral products ........................................................... 31 31 5.4 5.7 4.6 5.4 8.8 6.8

 Primary and fabricated metal products ............................................. 144 126 6.8 6.1 6.9 5.9 6.6 7.2

 Machinery manufacturing ................................................................. 97 84 7.1 6.2 6.6 6.3 8.7 5.6

 Computer and electronic products .................................................... 154 154 9.0 8.9 7.7 8.3 11.6 9.9

 Electrical equipment and appliances ................................................ 41 40 6.9 7.0 5.5 5.7 9.4 10.0

 Transportation equipment ................................................................. 136 151 5.3 6.4 4.8 6.1 6.7 7.2

 Wood products ................................................................................. 41 43 7.9 8.0 8.6 8.0 4.2 8.0

 Furniture and fixtures ........................................................................ 53 52 7.3 8.2 5.6 8.2 11.3 8.0

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ........................................................... 93 81 7.7 6.6 6.3 6.5 9.6 6.8

 Nondurable goods .............................................................................. 416 404 6.2 6.1 5.3 5.2 7.8 7.7

 Food manufacturing .......................................................................... 108 106 6.6 6.3 5.2 6.0 8.9 6.8

 Beverage and tobacco products ....................................................... 5 11 2.0 4.4 2.2 3.6 1.4 6.7

 Textile, apparel, and leather ............................................................. 110 99 9.7 9.1 8.1 7.0 11.0 10.8

 Paper and printing ............................................................................ 67 80 5.0 5.8 4.1 5.1 6.8 7.3

 Petroleum and coal products ............................................................ 13 9 6.9 5.4 7.6 6.0 4.1 2 ( )

 Chemicals ......................................................................................... 60 47 4.9 3.5 5.3 3.0 4.2 4.4

 Plastic and rubber products .............................................................. 52 52 6.0 7.0 5.3 5.8 7.4 9.7

 Wholesale and retail trade .................................................................... 1,202 1,237 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.6 6.7 6.5

 Wholesale trade .................................................................................. 205 226 5.0 5.1 4.5 4.3 6.1 6.8

 Retail trade ......................................................................................... 997 1,011 6.4 6.3 5.9 6.1 6.8 6.4

 Transportation and utilities ................................................................... 274 283 4.9 5.3 4.6 5.3 5.8 5.1

 Transportation and warehousing ........................................................ 250 256 5.4 5.7 5.1 5.9 6.3 5.2

 Utilities ................................................................................................ 24 27 2.5 3.1 2.3 2.6 3.2 4.6

 Information 3 ......................................................................................... 253 246 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.6 7.1 7.1

 Publishing, except Internet ................................................................. 36 40 4.2 4.7 3.7 4.4 4.6 5.1

 Motion picture and sound recording industries ................................... 38 47 10.3 11.2 10.5 12.2 10.1 9.2

 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................................................. 27 27 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.2 4.7 5.1

 Telecommunications ........................................................................... 122 113 7.9 7.5 7.3 6.7 8.8 8.6

 Internet service providers and data processing services .................... – 13 – 6.8 – 6.5 – 7.1

 Other information services .................................................................. 24 5 10.2 4.8 12.5 4.3 7.3 5.2

 Financial activities ................................................................................ 320 319 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.4

 Finance and insurance ....................................................................... 216 217 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.2

 Finance ............................................................................................ 144 151 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.3

 Insurance ......................................................................................... 72 67 3.0 2.9 2.0 2.6 3.6 3.0

 Real estate and rental and leasing ..................................................... 104 101 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.1

 Real estate ...................................................................................... 68 71 3.6 3.6 2.9 3.6 4.2 3.7

 Rental and leasing services ............................................................. 36 30 7.0 5.9 6.8 5.4 7.2 6.9

 Professional and business services ..................................................... 1,009 1,042 7.9 8.2 7.3 7.9 8.5 8.7

 Professional and technical services ................................................... 419 396 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.8 5.8

 Management, administrative, and waste services 3 ........................... 589 645 11.2 12.1 10.1 11.5 12.8 12.9

 Administrative and support services ................................................ 571 626 11.7 12.6 10.6 12.2 13.1 13.2

 Waste management and remediation services ............................... 16 17 4.9 5.2 5.4 4.9 3.1 6.5

 Education and health services .............................................................. 570 640 3.4 3.6 3.1 3.8 3.4 3.6

 Educational services .......................................................................... 126 145 3.9 4.5 3.7 4.5 3.9 4.5

 Health care and social assistance ..................................................... 444 494 3.2 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.4

 Hospitals .......................................................................................... 92 92 1.9 1.8 2.5 2.4 1.8 1.6

 Health services, except hospitals .................................................... 240 278 3.4 3.8 2.5 3.4 3.6 3.9

 Social assistance ............................................................................. 112 125 5.8 6.3 5.7 7.9 5.9 5.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex — Continued

Industry

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

20021 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003

 Leisure and hospitality .......................................................................... 961 1,006 8.4 8.7 8.1 8.6 8.6 8.8

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................................................... 171 155 8.2 7.8 8.7 8.2 7.6 7.4

 Accomodation and food services ....................................................... 789 851 8.4 8.9 7.9 8.7 8.8 9.1

 Accomodation ................................................................................. 115 126 7.5 7.9 6.4 6.7 8.3 8.7

 Food services and drinking places ................................................. 674 725 8.6 9.1 8.2 9.0 8.9 9.2

 Other services ...................................................................................... 301 347 5.1 5.7 5.6 6.4 4.7 5.1

 Other services, except private households ........................................ 239 273 4.7 5.3 5.4 6.1 3.9 4.2

 Repair and maintenance ................................................................ 113 133 6.9 7.8 6.9 8.0 7.1 5.9

 Personal and laundry services ....................................................... 63 69 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.8 3.9 4.3

 Membership associations and organizations .................................. 63 71 3.3 3.7 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.8

 Private households ............................................................................ 62 74 7.6 8.8 10.3 17.7 7.3 8.0

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers ...................... 139 140 10.1 10.2 9.4 9.3 12.6 13.0

Government workers .............................................................................. 512 568 2.5 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.4 2.7

Self-employed and unpaid family workers .............................................. 265 294 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.5

No previous work experience ................................................................. 536 641 ––––––

1 Industry detail will not sum to total because of minor changes in the industry

classification system between 2002 and 2003. 2 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000. 3 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 NOTE: Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry

classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification

System into the Current Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data

reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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