HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

8. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by age, sex, and race

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                 1998                                            
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                      Employed(1)                                    Unemployed  
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                               Full-time workers                     Part-time workers                           
                                                                                                                                 
         Age, sex, and race                                                                                                      
                                                    At work                              At work(2)               Looking Looking
                                                                                                                    for     for  
                                                                                                                  full-t- part-t-
                                                        1 to 34     Not                                     Not     ime     ime  
                                       Total     35    hours for     at    Total   Part time   Part time     at     work    work 
                                               hours    economic    work              for         for       work                 
                                                 or        or                       economic  noneconomic                        
                                                more  noneconomic                   reasons     reasons                          
                                                        reasons                                                                  
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
               TOTAL                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                 
          Total, 16 years and over.. 108,202   91,880    12,260     4,062  23,261     2,497      19,239     1,524   4,916   1,293
16 to 19 years......................   2,320    1,914       344        61   4,731       300       4,233       198     584     621
  16 to 17 years....................     353      271        70        12   2,409        60       2,242       107     164     409
  18 to 19 years....................   1,967    1,643       275        49   2,322       240       1,990        91     420     212
20 years and over................... 105,882   89,966    11,915     4,001  18,530     2,197      15,007     1,326   4,332     672
  20 to 24 years....................   9,273    7,926     1,106       240   3,285       466       2,667       151     910     171
  25 years and over.................  96,609   82,040    10,810     3,760  15,246     1,731      12,339     1,175   3,423     501
    25 to 54 years..................  84,274   71,912     9,240     3,121  10,985     1,513       8,665       806   3,097     362
    55 years and over...............  12,336   10,127     1,570       639   4,261       218       3,674       369     325     139
                                                                                                                                 
    Men, 16 years and over..........  63,189   55,080     6,136     1,973   7,504     1,063       6,026       416   2,707     559
16 to 19 years......................   1,351    1,133       186        32   2,207       137       1,976        94     340     345
20 years and over...................  61,837   53,947     5,950     1,940   5,297       925       4,050       322   2,366     214
  20 to 24 years....................   5,294    4,627       557       110   1,344       218       1,074        51     509      73
  25 years and over.................  56,543   49,320     5,393     1,830   3,953       708       2,975       271   1,857     141
    25 to 54 years..................  49,092   43,061     4,555     1,476   2,182       612       1,440       130   1,648      80
    55 years and over...............   7,451    6,259       838       355   1,772        96       1,535       141     209      61
                                                                                                                                 
    Women, 16 years and over........  45,014   36,800     6,124     2,090  15,757     1,435      13,214     1,108   2,210     734
16 to 19 years......................     969      781       158        29   2,524       163       2,257       104     244     276
20 years and over...................  44,045   36,019     5,965     2,061  13,233     1,272      10,957     1,004   1,966     458
  20 to 24 years....................   3,979    3,299       549       131   1,941       248       1,593       100     400      98
  25 years and over.................  40,066   32,720     5,416     1,930  11,292     1,024       9,364       905   1,566     360
    25 to 54 years..................  35,181   28,851     4,685     1,646   8,803       901       7,225       677   1,449     282
    55 years and over...............   4,885    3,868       732       284   2,490       122       2,139       228     116      78
                                                                                                                                 
               White                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                 
       Men, 16 years and over.......  54,206   47,239     5,257     1,709   6,398       829       5,209       360   1,999     432
16 to 19 years......................   1,188      999       162        27   1,915       113       1,723        80     242     268
20 years and over...................  53,017   46,240     5,095     1,682   4,483       716       3,487       280   1,756     164
  20 to 24 years....................   4,540    3,971       475        95   1,118       172         902        44     349      56
  25 years and over.................  48,477   42,269     4,620     1,588   3,365       544       2,585       236   1,408     108
    25 to 54 years..................  41,872   36,733     3,876     1,264   1,763       466       1,190       107   1,237      57
    55 years and over...............   6,605    5,536       745       324   1,602        78       1,395       128     170      51
                                                                                                                                 
    Women, 16 years and over........  36,553   29,792     5,039     1,722  13,774     1,089      11,695       990   1,481     572
16 to 19 years......................     816      663       129        24   2,170       136       1,945        88     163     202
20 years and over...................  35,738   29,130     4,910     1,698  11,604       953       9,749       902   1,318     370
  20 to 24 years....................   3,241    2,698       443       100   1,612       188       1,342        83     255      72
  25 years and over.................  32,497   26,431     4,467     1,599   9,992       765       8,407       819   1,063     298
    25 to 54 years..................  28,310   23,118     3,838     1,353   7,766       672       6,483       611     974     232
    55 years and over...............   4,187    3,313       629       246   2,226        93       1,925       208      89      66
                                                                                                                                 
               Black                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                 
       Men, 16 years and over.......   6,148    5,322       637       189     723       168         520        34     572      99
16 to 19 years......................     125      104        17         3     216        21         185        10      85      62
20 years and over...................   6,023    5,218       620       185     507       147         334        25     487      37
  20 to 24 years....................     550      478        62        10     136        37          94         4     140      11
  25 years and over.................   5,473    4,740       558       175     371       110         240        21     347      26
    25 to 54 years..................   4,922    4,279       489       153     256       100         142        13     323      18
    55 years and over...............     551      460        69        22     115        10          98         7      25       8
                                                                                                                                 
    Women, 16 years and over........   6,281    5,166       828       288   1,404       278       1,045        81     624     131
16 to 19 years......................     122       92        25         5     273        22         237        13      69      65
20 years and over...................   6,159    5,073       803       283   1,131       256         807        68     555      66
  20 to 24 years....................     579      466        87        25     231        49         170        12     129      21
  25 years and over.................   5,581    4,607       715       258     900       207         637        56     426      45
    25 to 54 years..................   5,065    4,200       634       230     701       184         476        41     407      36
    55 years and over...............     516      407        81        28     199        23         161        15      19       9

  1  Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of
the number of hours they are at work during the reference week.  Persons absent from work also are classified according to their
usual status.
  2 Includes some persons at work 35 hours or more classified by their reason for working part time.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the
household survey.