HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                    Total               White               Black          Hispanic origin  
      Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
                                                1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                   TOTAL                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......  205,220   207,753   171,478   173,085    24,373    24,855    21,070    21,650 
    Civilian labor force....................  137,673   139,368   115,415   116,509    15,982    16,365    14,317    14,665 
        Percent of population...............     67.1      67.1      67.3      67.3      65.6      65.8      67.9      67.7 
      Employed..............................  131,463   133,488   110,931   112,235    14,556    15,056    13,291    13,720 
        Agriculture.........................    3,378     3,281     3,160     3,083       138       117       742       734 
        Nonagricultural industries..........  128,085   130,207   107,770   109,152    14,417    14,939    12,549    12,986 
      Unemployed............................    6,210     5,880     4,484     4,273     1,426     1,309     1,026       945 
        Unemployment rate...................      4.5       4.2       3.9       3.7       8.9       8.0       7.2       6.4 
    Not in labor force......................   67,547    68,385    56,064    56,577     8,391     8,490     6,753     6,985 
                                                                                                                            
           Men, 16 years and over                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   98,758    99,722    83,352    83,930    10,927    11,143    10,734    10,713 
    Civilian labor force....................   73,959    74,512    63,034    63,413     7,542     7,652     8,571     8,546 
        Percent of population...............     74.9      74.7      75.6      75.6      69.0      68.7      79.8      79.8 
      Employed..............................   70,693    71,446    60,604    61,139     6,871     7,027     8,018     8,067 
        Agriculture.........................    2,553     2,432     2,376     2,273       118        99       651       642 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   68,140    69,014    58,228    58,866     6,752     6,928     7,367     7,425 
      Unemployed............................    3,266     3,066     2,431     2,274       671       626       552       480 
        Unemployment rate...................      4.4       4.1       3.9       3.6       8.9       8.2       6.4       5.6 
    Not in labor force......................   24,799    25,210    20,317    20,517     3,386     3,491     2,164     2,167 
                                                                                                                            
           Men, 20 years and over                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   90,790    91,555    76,966    77,432     9,727     9,926     9,573     9,523 
    Civilian labor force....................   69,715    70,194    59,421    59,747     7,053     7,182     8,005     7,950 
        Percent of population...............     76.8      76.7      77.2      77.2      72.5      72.4      83.6      83.5 
      Employed..............................   67,135    67,761    57,500    57,934     6,530     6,702     7,570     7,576 
        Agriculture.........................    2,350     2,244     2,182     2,094       112        96       621       602 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   64,785    65,517    55,319    55,839     6,418     6,606     6,949     6,974 
      Unemployed............................    2,580     2,433     1,920     1,813       524       480       436       374 
        Unemployment rate...................      3.7       3.5       3.2       3.0       7.4       6.7       5.4       4.7 
    Not in labor force......................   21,075    21,362    17,545    17,685     2,673     2,743     1,568     1,573 
                                                                                                                            
          Women, 16 years and over                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......  106,462   108,031    88,126    89,156    13,446    13,711    10,335    10,937 
    Civilian labor force....................   63,714    64,855    52,380    53,096     8,441     8,713     5,746     6,119 
        Percent of population...............     59.8      60.0      59.4      59.6      62.8      63.5      55.6      55.9 
      Employed..............................   60,771    62,042    50,327    51,096     7,685     8,029     5,273     5,653 
        Agriculture.........................      825       849       784       810        20        18        91        92 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   59,945    61,193    49,543    50,286     7,665     8,011     5,182     5,561 
      Unemployed............................    2,944     2,814     2,053     1,999       756       684       473       466 
        Unemployment rate...................      4.6       4.3       3.9       3.8       9.0       7.8       8.2       7.6 
    Not in labor force......................   42,748    43,175    35,746    36,060     5,005     4,999     4,589     4,819 
                                                                                                                            
          Women, 20 years and over                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   98,786   100,158    82,073    82,953    12,203    12,451     9,292     9,821 
    Civilian labor force....................   59,702    60,840    49,029    49,714     7,912     8,224     5,304     5,666 
        Percent of population...............     60.4      60.7      59.7      59.9      64.8      66.1      57.1      57.7 
      Employed..............................   57,278    58,555    47,342    48,098     7,290     7,663     4,928     5,290 
        Agriculture.........................      768       803       729       765        19        17        85        88 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   56,510    57,752    46,612    47,333     7,272     7,646     4,843     5,202 
      Unemployed............................    2,424     2,285     1,688     1,616       622       561       376       376 
        Unemployment rate...................      4.1       3.8       3.4       3.3       7.9       6.8       7.1       6.6 
    Not in labor force......................   39,084    39,318    33,044    33,239     4,291     4,226     3,988     4,155 
                                                                                                                            
         Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                         
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   15,644    16,040    12,439    12,700     2,443     2,479     2,204     2,307 
    Civilian labor force....................    8,256     8,333     6,965     7,048     1,017       959     1,007     1,049 
        Percent of population...............     52.8      52.0      56.0      55.5      41.6      38.7      45.7      45.5 
      Employed..............................    7,051     7,172     6,089     6,204       736       691       793       854 
        Agriculture.........................      261       234       250       224         8         4        36        45 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    6,790     6,938     5,839     5,980       728       687       757       809 
      Unemployed............................    1,205     1,162       876       844       281       268       214       196 
        Unemployment rate...................     14.6      13.9      12.6      12.0      27.6      27.9      21.3      18.6 
    Not in labor force......................    7,388     7,706     5,475     5,652     1,427     1,520     1,197     1,257 

   NOTE:   Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.