<ARTICLE>         5
<LEGEND>          This schedule contains summary financial information
                  extracted from the Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and Subsidiaries
                  Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Income and
                  is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
                  statements.

<MULTIPLIER>                                      1,000
<PERIOD-TYPE>                                     6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                           DEC-31-2000
<PERIOD-END>                                JUN-30-2000
<CASH>                                           15,897
<SECURITIES>                                          0
<RECEIVABLES>                                 1,224,305
<ALLOWANCES>                                    (38,946) 
<INVENTORY>                                   1,200,547
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                              2,847,041
<PP&E>                                        3,025,370  
<DEPRECIATION>                               (1,451,790) 
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                6,819,355
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                         1,530,825
<BONDS>                                       2,008,218
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                           500,000
<PREFERRED>                                           0
<COMMON>                                        282,122
<OTHER-SE>                                    2,061,142
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                  6,819,355
<SALES>                                       3,262,359
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                895,960
<CGS>                                         2,366,399
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                 2,861,851
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                 68,419
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                    713  
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                               61,837
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                 332,089
<INCOME-TAX>                                    127,854
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                             204,235
<DISCONTINUED>                                        0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                       0
<CHANGES>                                             0
<NET-INCOME>                                    204,235
<EPS-BASIC>                                      0.76
<EPS-DILUTED>                                      0.76


   <F1> Allowances for doubtful accounts are reported as contra
        accounts to accounts receivable. The corporate reserve for
        bad debts is a percentage of trade receivables based on the
        bad debts experienced in one or more past years, general
        economic conditions, the age of the receivables and other
        factors that indicate the element of uncollectibility in the
        receivables outstanding at the end of the period.

   <F2> See notes to consolidated financial statements.