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676. Unemployment Rates, by Industry, and by Sex
[In percent. For civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. Annual averages of monthly figures. Rate represents unemployment as a percent of labor force in each
specified group.Data for 1985-91 not strictly comparable with earlier years due to changes in industrial classification]
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MALE
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FEMALE
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Industry
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1975
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1980
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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1990 1
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994 1
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1995 1
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1996 1
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1997 1
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1998 1
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1999 1
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1980
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1995 1
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1996 1
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1997 1
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1998 1
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1999 1
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1980
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1995 1
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1996 1
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1997 1
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1998 1
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1999 1
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All unemployed 2
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8.5
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7.1
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7.2
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7.0
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6.2
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5.5
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5.3
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5.6
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6.8
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7.5
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6.9
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6.1
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5.6
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5.4
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4.9
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4.5
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4.2
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6.9
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5.6
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5.4
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4.9
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4.4
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4.1
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7.4
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5.6
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5.4
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5.0
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4.6
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4.3
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Industry: 3
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Agriculture
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10.4
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11.0
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13.2
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12.5
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10.5
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10.6
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9.6
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9.8
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11.8
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12.5
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11.7
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11.3
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11.1
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10.2
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9.1
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8.3
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8.9
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9.7
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10.6
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10.2
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9.1
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7.9
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8.6
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15.1
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12.7
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10.3
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9.1
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9.3
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9.6
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Mining
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4.1
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6.4
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9.5
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13.5
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10.0
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7.9
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5.8
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4.8
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7.8
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8.0
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7.4
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5.4
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5.2
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5.1
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3.8
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3.2
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5.7
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6.7
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5.3
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5.2
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3.7
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3.4
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5.8
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4.5
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4.9
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4.2
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4.1
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1.8
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5.4
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Construction
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18.0
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14.1
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13.1
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13.1
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11.6
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10.6
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10.0
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11.1
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15.5
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16.8
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14.4
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11.8
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11.5
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10.1
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9.0
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7.5
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7.0
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14.6
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11.9
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10.5
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9.2
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7.7
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7.1
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8.9
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7.5
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6.3
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6.9
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5.9
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5.8
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Manufacturing
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10.9
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8.5
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7.7
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7.1
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6.0
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5.3
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5.1
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5.8
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7.3
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7.8
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7.2
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5.6
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4.9
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4.8
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4.2
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3.9
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3.6
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7.4
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4.2
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4.2
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3.5
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3.3
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3.1
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10.8
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6.5
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6.2
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5.5
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5.2
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4.7
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Transportation and public utilities
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5.6
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4.9
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5.1
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5.1
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4.5
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3.9
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3.9
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3.9
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5.3
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5.5
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5.1
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4.8
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4.5
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4.1
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3.5
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3.4
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3.0
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5.1
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4.4
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4.1
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3.4
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3.3
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3.0
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4.4
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4.5
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4.2
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3.0
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3.5
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3.2
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Wholesale and retail trade
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8.7
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7.4
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7.6
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7.6
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6.9
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6.2
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6.0
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6.4
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7.6
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8.4
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7.8
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7.4
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6.5
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6.4
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6.2
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5.5
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5.2
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6.6
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5.9
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5.7
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5.6
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5.1
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4.5
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8.3
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7.2
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7.1
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6.9
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6.0
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6.0
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Finance, insurance, and real estate
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4.9
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3.4
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3.5
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3.5
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3.1
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3.0
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3.1
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3.0
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4.0
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4.6
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4.1
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3.6
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3.3
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2.7
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3.0
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2.5
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2.3
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3.2
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3.0
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2.9
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3.0
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2.3
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2.4
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3.5
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3.4
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2.6
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3.0
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2.6
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2.3
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Services
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7.1
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5.9
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6.2
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6.1
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5.4
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4.9
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4.8
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5.0
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5.8
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6.6
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6.1
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5.9
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5.4
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5.4
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4.6
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4.5
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4.1
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6.3
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5.7
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5.6
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4.8
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4.7
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4.2
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5.8
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5.3
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5.2
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4.5
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4.4
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4.0
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Government
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4.1
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4.1
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3.9
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3.6
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3.5
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2.8
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2.7
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2.7
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3.3
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3.6
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3.3
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3.4
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2.9
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2.9
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2.6
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2.1
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2.1
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3.9
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2.9
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2.9
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2.8
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1.9
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2.1
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4.3
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3.0
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2.9
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2.5
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2.3
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2.1
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1 See footnote 2, Table 643.
2 Includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and persons with no previous work experience, not shown separately.
3 Covers unemployed wage and salary workers.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics,Employment and Earnings, monthly, January issues.
http://stats.bls.gov/newsrels.htm
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/676_unemployment_rates_by_industry_and_by.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
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