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Table 19 ATPA Report 2001

Table 19

Nonagricultiral U.S. Employment by Industry Division and Major 2-Digit SIC industry, 1979-2000

 (All Employees, Annual Average, In Thousands)
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SIC       Industry 1979 1982 1990 1991 1997 1998 1999 2000
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Goods-producing................................................................... 26,461.0 23,812.0 24,905.0 23,745.0 24,962.0 25,414.0 25,507.0 25,709.0
 10-14    Mining....................................................................................... 958.0 1,128.0 709.0 689.0 596.0 590.0 539.0 543.0
 10         Metal mining.................................................................... 101.0 72.9 57.8 55.9 53.6 49.3 44.3 40.6
 12         Coal mining......................................................................... 258.8 236.6 146.5 135.5 96.0 91.8 84.6 77.2
 13         Oil and gas extraction........................................................ 474.2 708.3 394.7 392.9 339.0 339.1 297.4 311.1
 14         Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........................... 123.8 109.7 110.3 104.5 107.8 109.8 112.8 113.7
 15-17    Construction........................................................................ 4,463.0 3,904.0 5,120.0 4,650.0 5,691.0 6,020.0 6,415.0 6,698.0
 20-39    Manufacturing...................................................................... 21,040.0 18,780.0 19,076.0 18,406.0 18,675.0 18,805.0 18,552.0 18,469.0
 24,25,32-39       Durable goods................................................................... 12,730.0 11,014.0 11,109.0 10,569.0 11,010.0 11,205.0 11,111.0 11,138.0
 24          Lumber and wood products......................................... 781.8 610.3 733.3 675.2 796.0 813.5 834.3 831.8
 25          Furniture and fixtures....................................................... 497.8 432.0 505.8 474.7 512.2 532.9 548.2 558.2
 32          Stone, clay, and glass products................................... 673.5 547.5 556.2 521.5 552.4 561.5 566.4 578.9
 33          Primary metal industries............................................... 1,253.9 921.9 756.2 722.6 710.7 714.6 699.1 697.7
 34          Fabricated metal products........................................... 1,712.6 1,424.4 1,419.0 1,355.1 1,478.5 1,509.2 1,521.0 1,537.0
 35          Industrial machinery and equipment.......................... 2,507.7 2,264.3 2,094.6 1,999.6 2,167.8 2,205.8 2,136.3 2,120.2
 36          Electronic and other electrical equipment.............. 1,793.1 1,700.5 1,673.4 1,591.1 1,689.3 1,707.1 1,671.5 1,718.7
 37          Transportation equipment............................................... 2,058.9 1,717.6 1,988.9 1,890.0 1,845.2 1,892.5 1,887.6 1,849.0
 38          Instruments and related products.............................. 1,006.3 1,013.3 1,005.9 974.0 866.0 873.1 855.4 852.4
 39          Miscellaneous manufacturing industries................ 444.8 382.1 375.3 365.5 391.5 394.7 391.3 394.0
 20-23,26-31       Nondurable goods............................................................... 8,310.0 7,766.0 7,968.0 7,837.0 7,665.0 7,600.0 7,441.0 7,331.0
 20          Food and kindred products............................................ 1,732.5 1,635.8 1,660.5 1,666.9 1,685.3 1,683.2 1,682.3 1,683.8
 21          Tobacco products............................................................ 70.0 68.7 49.1 49.0 41.4 40.5 37.4 33.9
 22          Textile mill products......................................................... 885.1 749.4 691.4 670.0 616.1 597.6 558.9 528.4
 23          Apparel and other textile products................................... 1,304.3 1,161.1 1,036.2 1,006.0 823.6 765.8 690.1 633.2
 26          Paper and allied products............................................. 697.3 655.4 696.7 687.9 683.1 677.2 667.9 656.7
 27          Printing and publishing.................................................... 1,235.1 1,271.8 1,569.4 1,535.6 1,552.4 1,564.6 1,552.3 1,547.4
 28          Chemicals and allied products..................................... 1,109.3 1,075.1 1,086.1 1,075.9 1,035.8 1,042.9 1,035.2 1,037.8
 29          Petroleum and coal products........................................ 209.8 200.8 157.4 160.0 141.0 139.1 132.1 127.4
 30          Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products......... 820.6 729.3 887.6 861.9 996.1 1,004.9 1,008.6 1,010.5
 31          Leather and leather products..................................... 245.7 218.9 133.1 123.7 90.5 84.1 76.6 71.4
Service-producing.................................................................... 63,363.0 65,732.0 84,497.0 84,504.0 97,727.0 100,451.0 103,409.0 106,050.0
 40-42,44-49     Transportation and public utilities..................................... 5,136.0 5,081.0 5,777.0 5,755.0 6,408.0 6,611.0 6,834.0 7,019.0
 50-59       Wholesale and retail trade.................................................... 20,192.0 20,453.0 25,774.0 25,365.0 28,614.0 29,095.0 29,758.0 30,331.0
 60-65,67     Finance, insurance, and real estate................................ 4,975.0 5,340.0 6,709.0 6,646.0 7,109.0 7,389.0 7,555.0 7,560.0
 07,70-87,89,99     Services.................................................................................... 17,112.0 19,021.0 27,934.0 28,336.0 36,040.0 37,533.0 39,055.0 40,460.0
    Government............................................................................ 15,947.0 15,837.0 18,304.0 18,402.0 19,557.0 19,823.0 20,206.0 20,681.0
Total nonfarm............................................................................. 89,823.0 89,544.0 109,403.0 108,249.0 122,690.0 125,865.0 128,916.0 131,759.0
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Note: All years are on a SIC-87 basis.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.