HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Thousands of | Unemployment rates | persons | | | _______________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | Total | Total | Men | Women | | | | _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ | | | | | | | | | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over......................................| 7,236| 6,739| 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.0 | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.....................| 5,629| 5,225| 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.1 | | | | | | | | Mining............................................................| 30| 24| 5.1 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 Construction......................................................| 666| 623| 10.1 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 6.3 | 6.9 | | | | | | | | Manufacturing.....................................................| 1,013| 885| 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 Durable goods...................................................| 563| 445| 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 Lumber and wood products......................................| 50| 47| 6.6 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.0 Funiture and fixtures.........................................| 37| 31| 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 5.1 Stone, clay, and glass products...............................| 26| 26| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 Primary metal industries......................................| 29| 29| 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 5.1 Fabricated metal products.....................................| 73| 42| 5.5 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 3.7 Machinery, except electrical..................................| 85| 77| 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.................| 78| 58| 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 Transportation equipment......................................| 102| 77| 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 3.8 Automobiles................................................| 56| 49| 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 Other transportation equipment.............................| 46| 28| 4.6 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 3.5 Professional and photographic equipment.......................| 26| 19| 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.8 Other durable goods industries................................| 57| 38| 8.4 | 5.4 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 9.4 | 8.0 Nondurable goods................................................| 450| 440| 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 6.7 Food and kindred products.....................................| 132| 133| 7.2 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 10.6 | 10.9 Textile mill products.........................................| 34| 31| 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 6.8 Apparel and other textile products............................| 86| 92| 8.6 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 10.0 Paper and allied products.....................................| 20| 23| 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 Printing and publishing.......................................| 77| 69| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.7 Chemicals and allied products.................................| 42| 38| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.1 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products....................| 38| 40| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 5.9 Other nondurable goods industries.............................| 21| 16| 5.7 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities...............................| 291| 260| 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 Transportation..................................................| 213| 194| 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 Communications and other public utilities.......................| 78| 66| 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3.1 Wholesale and retail trade........................................| 1,679| 1,645| 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 6.9 Wholesale trade.................................................| 184| 176| 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 Retail trade....................................................| 1,495| 1,469| 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.2 Finance, insurance, and real estate...............................| 201| 229| 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 Service industries................................................| 1,751| 1,559| 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.5 Professional services...........................................| 663| 589| 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 Other service industries........................................| 1,087| 970| 8.2 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 7.6 | | | | | | | | Agricultural wage and salary workers................................| 213| 190| 10.2 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 9.1 Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers.................| 813| 755| 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 No previous work experience.........................................| 580| 569| - | - | - | - | - | - ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.