HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 26. Unemployed persons by industry and sex ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Thousands of | Unemployment rates | persons | | | _______________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | Total | Total | Men | Women | | | | _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ | | | | | | | | | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over......................................| 7,404| 7,236| 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.....................| 5,755| 5,629| 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | | | | | | | | Mining............................................................| 34| 30| 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.2 Construction......................................................| 737| 666| 11.5 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 6.3 | | | | | | | | Manufacturing.....................................................| 1,030| 1,013| 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 6.2 Durable goods...................................................| 534| 563| 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 5.4 Lumber and wood products......................................| 50| 50| 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 5.9 Funiture and fixtures.........................................| 29| 37| 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 7.1 Stone, clay, and glass products...............................| 22| 26| 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.0 Primary metal industries......................................| 25| 29| 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 2.8 Fabricated metal products.....................................| 67| 73| 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 6.8 Machinery, except electrical..................................| 78| 85| 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 Electrical machinery, equipment, and supplies.................| 78| 78| 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 Transportation equipment......................................| 103| 102| 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 5.3 Automobiles................................................| 55| 56| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 4.3 Other transportation equipment.............................| 48| 46| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 6.7 Professional and photographic equipment.......................| 26| 26| 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 3.5 Other durable goods industries................................| 56| 57| 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 9.4 Nondurable goods................................................| 496| 450| 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 6.9 Food and kindred products.....................................| 116| 132| 6.5 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 9.0 | 10.6 Textile mill products.........................................| 44| 34| 6.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 5.8 Apparel and other textile products............................| 112| 86| 10.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 10.9 | 9.3 Paper and allied products.....................................| 24| 20| 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 Printing and publishing.......................................| 81| 77| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 Chemicals and allied products.................................| 53| 42| 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 4.5 Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products....................| 46| 38| 5.3 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 Other nondurable goods industries.............................| 20| 21| 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.5 | | | | | | | | Transportation and public utilities...............................| 314| 291| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 Transportation..................................................| 231| 213| 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 Communications and other public utilities.......................| 83| 78| 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 Wholesale and retail trade........................................| 1,682| 1,679| 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 7.1 Wholesale trade.................................................| 212| 184| 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 5.1 Retail trade....................................................| 1,471| 1,495| 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 Finance, insurance, and real estate...............................| 240| 201| 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 Service industries................................................| 1,718| 1,751| 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.2 Professional services...........................................| 656| 663| 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 Other service industries........................................| 1,062| 1,087| 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 8.9 | | | | | | | | Agricultural wage and salary workers................................| 225| 213| 11.1 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 10.3 Government, self-employed, and unpaid famiy workers.................| 845| 813| 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 No previous work experience.........................................| 579| 580| - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | | | | | ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________