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ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

26. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex

Industry and class of worker

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007

 Total, 16 years and over .................................................................... 7,001 7,078 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.5

Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ................................... 5,523 5,559 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6

 Mining ................................................................................................... 22 25 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.3 4.0 4.1

 Construction ......................................................................................... 671 757 6.7 7.4 6.8 7.5 5.7 6.6

 Manufacturing ....................................................................................... 699 706 4.2 4.3 3.7 3.8 5.3 5.4

 Durable goods .................................................................................... 410 436 3.9 4.2 3.6 3.8 4.7 5.2

 Nonmetallic mineral products ........................................................... 21 17 4.1 3.1 4.0 3.3 4.3 2.3

 Primary and fabricated metal products ............................................. 70 66 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.4 4.1 3.5

 Machinery manufacturing ................................................................. 39 46 3.1 3.4 2.8 3.0 4.0 5.0

 Computer and electronic products .................................................... 43 52 2.8 3.4 2.3 3.1 3.8 3.9

 Electrical equipment and appliances ................................................ 25 16 4.4 3.1 3.5 1.8 6.2 5.8

 Transportation equipment ................................................................. 91 120 3.9 5.3 3.5 4.8 5.1 6.5

 Wood products ................................................................................. 28 28 5.1 5.5 4.8 4.8 6.3 8.3

 Furniture and fixtures ........................................................................ 40 32 5.5 5.0 6.0 4.6 4.1 6.3

 Miscellaneous manufacturing ........................................................... 53 62 4.3 4.9 3.6 4.2 5.4 5.8

 Nondurable goods .............................................................................. 289 270 4.8 4.5 4.0 3.8 6.1 5.6

 Food manufacturing .......................................................................... 82 74 5.1 4.5 3.9 4.1 7.0 5.2

 Beverage and tobacco products ....................................................... 10 10 4.2 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.5

 Textile, apparel, and leather ............................................................. 58 52 6.9 6.5 6.5 5.1 7.3 7.6

 Paper and printing ............................................................................ 52 51 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.5 5.5 6.5

 Petroleum and coal products ............................................................ 6 5 4.3 2.5 3.4 2.9 1 ( ) 1 ( )

 Chemicals ......................................................................................... 44 36 3.5 2.9 3.1 2.9 4.2 3.0

 Plastic and rubber products .............................................................. 37 41 5.0 5.4 4.3 4.7 6.6 7.0

 Wholesale and retail trade .................................................................... 1,039 975 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.2 5.6 5.4

 Wholesale trade .................................................................................. 145 141 3.2 3.3 3.1 2.6 3.6 4.9

 Retail trade ......................................................................................... 894 835 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 5.9 5.4

 Transportation and utilities ................................................................... 229 233 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 4.6 4.5

 Transportation and warehousing ........................................................ 212 220 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 5.0 4.8

 Utilities ................................................................................................ 17 13 2.0 1.5 1.8 1.4 2.5 2.0

 Information 2 ......................................................................................... 126 120 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 4.1 3.9

 Publishing, except Internet ................................................................. 29 27 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.8 3.3 3.6

 Motion picture and sound recording industries ................................... 22 25 5.9 6.9 6.5 8.5 5.0 4.2

 Broadcasting, except Internet ............................................................. 18 19 3.1 3.1 2.8 2.0 3.6 4.9

 Telecommunications ........................................................................... 44 39 3.6 3.1 3.0 3.1 4.7 3.3

 Internet service providers and data processing services .................... 8 8 4.4 4.4 3.7 3.2 5.3 6.3

 Other information services .................................................................. 3 2 3.3 2.6 4.4 1 ( ) 2.8 2.8

 Financial activities ................................................................................ 264 289 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.9 2.8 3.1

 Finance and insurance ....................................................................... 178 190 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8

 Finance ............................................................................................ 128 132 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0

 Insurance ......................................................................................... 49 57 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.6

 Real estate and rental and leasing ..................................................... 87 100 3.2 3.7 2.9 3.6 3.5 3.8

 Real estate ...................................................................................... 62 82 2.8 3.7 2.4 3.5 3.2 3.9

 Rental and leasing services ............................................................. 25 18 4.8 3.7 4.3 3.9 5.6 3.2

 Professional and business services ..................................................... 746 740 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.2 6.0 5.5

 Professional and technical services ................................................... 225 243 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.7 3.4 3.4

 Management, administrative, and waste services 2 ........................... 521 497 9.3 8.5 8.9 8.5 9.9 8.5

 Administrative and support services ................................................ 501 475 9.8 8.9 9.5 9.0 10.3 8.8

 Waste management and remediation services ............................... 16 17 4.7 4.9 4.5 4.7 5.7 5.7

 Education and health services .............................................................. 568 575 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.0

 Educational services .......................................................................... 116 142 3.1 3.8 3.2 4.3 3.1 3.5

 Health care and social assistance ..................................................... 452 433 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.5 3.1 2.9

 Hospitals .......................................................................................... 81 76 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.4

 Health services, except hospitals .................................................... 267 249 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.6 3.4 3.2

 Social assistance ............................................................................. 104 108 4.9 4.8 5.4 4.6 4.8 4.8

See footnotes at end of table.

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26. Unemployed persons by industry, class of worker, and sex—Continued

Industry and class of worker

Thousands of

persons Unemployment rates

 Total Total Men Women

2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007

 Leisure and hospitality .......................................................................... 865 896 7.3 7.4 7.0 7.2 7.6 7.5

 Arts, entertainment, and recreation ................................................... 148 160 7.2 7.3 7.2 8.2 7.2 6.2

 Accommodation and food services .................................................... 717 736 7.3 7.4 6.9 7.0 7.6 7.7

 Accommodation .............................................................................. 102 94 6.6 6.2 5.5 5.2 7.3 7.0

 Food services and drinking places ................................................. 615 642 7.4 7.6 7.1 7.3 7.7 7.8

 Other services ...................................................................................... 293 241 4.7 3.9 4.6 3.6 4.8 4.2

 Other services, except private households ........................................ 217 178 4.0 3.4 4.3 3.5 3.8 3.3

 Repair and maintenance ................................................................ 92 77 5.1 4.5 5.3 4.6 4.2 3.8

 Personal and laundry services ....................................................... 67 57 4.1 3.4 3.7 3.6 4.2 3.3

 Membership associations and organizations .................................. 58 45 3.0 2.4 2.7 1.5 3.2 3.1

 Private households ............................................................................ 75 62 8.6 7.1 16.6 7.5 7.9 7.1

Agricultural and related private wage and salary workers ...................... 95 78 7.2 6.3 6.6 5.4 8.9 9.4

Government workers .............................................................................. 473 505 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4

Self-employed and unpaid family workers .............................................. 293 309 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.2 2.3 2.3

No previous work experience ................................................................. 616 627 ––––––

1 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000. 2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.

 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not

meet publication criteria.

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