HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      
ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    

40. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by selected characteristics

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                     1996                                    1997                 
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                              Members of     Represented              Members of     Represented  
                                                              unions(1)       by unions(2)            unions(1)       by unions(2)
                  Characteristic                    Total                                   Total                                 
                                                     em-                                     em-                                  
                                                    ployed         Percent         Percent  ployed         Percent         Percent
                                                            Total     of    Total     of            Total     of    Total     of  
                                                                     em-             em-                     em-             em-  
                                                                    ployed          ployed                  ployed          ployed
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                   SEX AND AGE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
 Total, 16 years and over......................... 111,960  16,269   14.5   18,158   16.2  114,533  16,110   14.1   17,923   15.6 
  16 to 24 years..................................  18,106     991    5.5    1,146    6.3   18,571     968    5.2    1,140    6.1 
  25 years and over...............................  93,854  15,278   16.3   17,012   18.1   95,962  15,142   15.8   16,783   17.5 
   25 to 34 years.................................  29,564   3,536   12.0    3,994   13.5   29,408   3,434   11.7    3,870   13.2 
   35 to 44 years.................................  30,619   5,132   16.8    5,716   18.7   31,461   4,987   15.9    5,571   17.7 
   45 to 54 years.................................  21,641   4,626   21.4    5,106   23.6   22,714   4,645   20.5    5,092   22.4 
   55 to 64 years.................................   9,527   1,795   18.8    1,984   20.8    9,871   1,894   19.2    2,045   20.7 
   65 years and over..............................   2,503     189    7.5      211    8.4    2,509     182    7.3      205    8.2 
                                                                                                                                  
  Men, 16 years and over..........................  58,473   9,859   16.9   10,761   18.4   59,825   9,763   16.3   10,619   17.7 
   16 to 24 years.................................   9,392     627    6.7      709    7.5    9,666     612    6.3      691    7.1 
   25 years and over..............................  49,080   9,232   18.8   10,052   20.5   50,159   9,150   18.2    9,928   19.8 
    25 to 34 years................................  15,930   2,205   13.8    2,434   15.3   15,832   2,132   13.5    2,359   14.9 
    35 to 44 years................................  15,921   3,100   19.5    3,368   21.2   16,430   3,068   18.7    3,346   20.4 
    45 to 54 years................................  10,936   2,739   25.0    2,960   27.1   11,471   2,718   23.7    2,908   25.4 
    55 to 64 years................................   4,978   1,079   21.7    1,166   23.4    5,101   1,130   22.1    1,198   23.5 
    65 years and over.............................   1,315     109    8.3      124    9.5    1,324     103    7.8      118    8.9 
                                                                                                                                  
  Women, 16 years and over........................  53,488   6,410   12.0    7,397   13.8   54,708   6,347   11.6    7,304   13.4 
   16 to 24 years.................................   8,714     364    4.2      437    5.0    8,906     355    4.0      449    5.0 
   25 years and over..............................  44,773   6,046   13.5    6,960   15.5   45,802   5,992   13.1    6,855   15.0 
    25 to 34 years................................  13,634   1,331    9.8    1,560   11.4   13,575   1,302    9.6    1,512   11.1 
    35 to 44 years................................  14,698   2,032   13.8    2,349   16.0   15,030   1,919   12.8    2,225   14.8 
    45 to 54 years................................  10,705   1,887   17.6    2,146   20.0   11,242   1,927   17.1    2,184   19.4 
    55 to 64 years................................   4,549     716   15.7      818   18.0    4,770     764   16.0      847   17.8 
    65 years and over.............................   1,187      80    6.7       87    7.3    1,184      80    6.7       87    7.3 
                                                                                                                                  
          RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                  
  White, 16 years and over........................  94,306  13,232   14.0   14,761   15.7   96,104  13,088   13.6   14,538   15.1 
    Men...........................................  49,961   8,216   16.4    8,961   17.9   50,941   8,171   16.0    8,859   17.4 
    Women.........................................  44,345   5,016   11.3    5,800   13.1   45,163   4,917   10.9    5,679   12.6 
                                                                                                                                  
  Black, 16 years and over........................  12,909   2,441   18.9    2,733   21.2   13,346   2,394   17.9    2,688   20.1 
    Men...........................................   6,031   1,303   21.6    1,428   23.7    6,201   1,251   20.2    1,378   22.2 
    Women.........................................   6,878   1,138   16.5    1,305   19.0    7,145   1,143   16.0    1,309   18.3 
                                                                                                                                  
  Hispanic origin, 16 years and over..............  10,800   1,394   12.9    1,573   14.6   11,881   1,407   11.8    1,602   13.5 
    Men...........................................   6,455     881   13.7      971   15.0    7,153     904   12.6    1,023   14.3 
    Women.........................................   4,345     513   11.8      602   13.9    4,728     503   10.6      579   12.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(3)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                  
  Full-time workers...............................  90,918  14,762   16.2   16,429   18.1   93,578  14,619   15.6   16,227   17.3 
  Part-time workers...............................  20,810   1,477    7.1    1,697    8.2   20,710   1,449    7.0    1,653    8.0 


   1 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.
   2 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union as well as workers who report no union
affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.
   3 The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked. Beginning in 1994, these data will not
sum to totals because full- or part-time status on the principal job is not identifiable for a small number of multiple
jobholders.
     NOTE:    Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers.  Excluded are self-employed workers whose
businesses are incorporated although they technically qualify as wage and salary workers.  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 1997, data reflect revised population controls used
in the household survey.