HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


31.  Unemployed persons by selected demographic characteristics and duration of unemployment

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                                            |                                         1997
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                                            |                      Thousands of persons                       |        Weeks
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               Characteristic               |          |          |          |                                |          |
                                            |          |          |          |       15 weeks and over        |          |
                                            |          |   Less   | 5 to 14  |                                | Average  |  Median
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                                            |  Total   |   than   |  weeks   |          |          |          |  (mean)  | duration
                                            |          | 5 weeks  |          |  Total   | 15 to 26 | 27 weeks | duration |
                                            |          |          |          |          |  weeks   | and over |          |
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                   TOTAL
                                            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  Total, 16 years and over..................|   6,739  |   2,538  |   2,138  |   2,062  |     995  |   1,067  |   15.8   |    8.0
16 to 19 years..............................|   1,271  |     598  |     432  |     241  |     139  |     102  |   10.3   |    5.3
20 to 24 years..............................|   1,152  |     472  |     381  |     300  |     158  |     142  |   13.1   |    6.9
25 to 34 years..............................|   1,571  |     574  |     504  |     494  |     258  |     235  |   15.3   |    8.4
35 to 44 years..............................|   1,418  |     475  |     434  |     510  |     234  |     276  |   18.3   |    9.3
45 to 54 years..............................|     830  |     257  |     251  |     323  |     130  |     193  |   20.7   |   10.2
55 to 64 years..............................|     369  |     115  |     106  |     148  |      60  |      88  |   21.9   |   10.2
65 years and over...........................|     127  |      49  |      30  |      48  |      17  |      31  |   22.5   |    9.0
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  Men, 16 years and over....................|   3,577  |   1,314  |   1,121  |   1,142  |     547  |     595  |   16.4   |    8.3
16 to 19 years..............................|     694  |     321  |     240  |     134  |      80  |      54  |   10.3   |    5.4
20 to 24 years..............................|     636  |     252  |     209  |     175  |      94  |      81  |   13.3   |    7.3
25 to 34 years..............................|     772  |     281  |     242  |     249  |     130  |     119  |   15.4   |    8.6
35 to 44 years..............................|     732  |     238  |     221  |     272  |     126  |     147  |   18.8   |    9.6
45 to 54 years..............................|     457  |     133  |     126  |     198  |      75  |     122  |   23.4   |   11.8
55 to 64 years..............................|     217  |      62  |      68  |      87  |      34  |      53  |   22.8   |   10.4
65 years and over...........................|      69  |      26  |      16  |      27  |       7  |      20  |   24.7   |    9.5
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  Women, 16 years and over..................|   3,162  |   1,224  |   1,017  |     921  |     449  |     472  |   15.1   |    7.6
16 to 19 years..............................|     577  |     278  |     193  |     107  |      58  |      49  |   10.3   |    5.0
20 to 24 years..............................|     516  |     220  |     172  |     124  |      63  |      61  |   12.8   |    6.5
25 to 34 years..............................|     800  |     293  |     262  |     245  |     129  |     116  |   15.3   |    8.1
35 to 44 years..............................|     686  |     236  |     213  |     237  |     108  |     129  |   17.8   |    8.9
45 to 54 years..............................|     373  |     123  |     125  |     125  |      55  |      70  |   17.4   |    8.9
55 to 64 years..............................|     152  |      53  |      38  |      62  |      26  |      36  |   20.6   |    9.7
65 years and over...........................|      58  |      22  |      15  |      21  |       9  |      11  |   19.8   |    8.3
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          Race and Hispanic origin
                                            |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  White, 16 years and over..................|   4,836  |   1,937  |   1,542  |   1,357  |     674  |     683  |   14.5   |    7.3
Men.........................................|   2,641  |   1,029  |     833  |     780  |     383  |     397  |   15.2   |    7.6
Women.......................................|   2,195  |     909  |     709  |     577  |     291  |     285  |   13.7   |    6.8
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  Black, 16 years and over..................|   1,560  |     481  |     494  |     586  |     270  |     316  |   19.0   |    9.9
Men.........................................|     747  |     223  |     233  |     291  |     134  |     157  |   19.6   |   10.4
Women.......................................|     813  |     257  |     261  |     295  |     136  |     159  |   18.5   |    9.6
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  Hispanic origin, 16 years and over........|   1,069  |     408  |     332  |     328  |     154  |     174  |   16.1   |    7.9
Men.........................................|     582  |     221  |     179  |     181  |      87  |      94  |   16.2   |    8.0
Women.......................................|     488  |     187  |     153  |     147  |      68  |      80  |   15.9   |    7.8
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               Marital status
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   Men, 16 years and over:                  |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Married, spouse present.....................|   1,167  |     393  |     350  |     424  |     181  |     243  |   18.9   |    9.5
Widowed, divorced, or  separated............|     504  |     166  |     162  |     176  |      85  |      91  |   18.4   |    9.3
Single (never married)......................|   1,906  |     755  |     609  |     541  |     281  |     260  |   14.3   |    7.4
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   Women, 16 years and over:                |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Married, spouse present.....................|   1,047  |     409  |     336  |     302  |     153  |     149  |   14.8   |    7.5
Widowed, divorced, or  separated............|     660  |     232  |     204  |     223  |     111  |     113  |   16.8   |    8.7
Single (never married)......................|   1,455  |     583  |     477  |     395  |     185  |     210  |   14.6   |    7.2
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   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 1997, data reflect
revised population controls used in the household survey.