HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

6. Employment status of the Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-origin population by sex and age

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                Total Hispanic      Mexican origin   Puerto Rican origin     Cuban origin   
                                                  origin(1)                                                                 
      Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
                                                1997      1998      1997      1998      1997      1998      1997      1998  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                   TOTAL                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   20,321    21,070    12,443    13,216     2,139     2,080     1,025     1,062 
    Civilian labor force....................   13,796    14,317     8,546     9,096     1,293     1,249       646       651 
        Percent of population...............     67.9      67.9      68.7      68.8      60.4      60.0      63.0      61.3 
      Employed..............................   12,726    13,291     7,884     8,431     1,166     1,145       603       612 
        Agriculture.........................      660       742       572       662         8        10         5         6 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   12,067    12,549     7,312     7,769     1,158     1,135       599       606 
      Unemployed............................    1,069     1,026       662       664       127       104        43        39 
        Unemployment rate...................      7.7       7.2       7.7       7.3       9.8       8.3       6.6       6.0 
    Not in labor force......................    6,526     6,753     3,897     4,121       846       832       379       411 
                                                                                                                            
           Men, 16 years and over                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,368    10,734     6,529     6,937     1,010       975       520       527 
    Civilian labor force....................    8,309     8,571     5,316     5,660       723       672       387       387 
        Percent of population...............     80.1      79.8      81.4      81.6      71.6      68.9      74.4      73.5 
      Employed..............................    7,728     8,018     4,941     5,291       654       615       364       371 
        Agriculture.........................      571       651       492       579         6         8         4         5 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    7,157     7,367     4,450     4,712       648       607       360       366 
      Unemployed............................      582       552       374       369        69        57        23        16 
        Unemployment rate...................      7.0       6.4       7.0       6.5       9.6       8.5       6.0       4.1 
    Not in labor force......................    2,059     2,164     1,214     1,276       287       303       133       140 
                                                                                                                            
           Men, 20 years and over                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,250     9,573     5,795     6,139       889       872       500       499 
    Civilian labor force....................    7,779     8,005     4,965     5,244       669       632       375       372 
        Percent of population...............     84.1      83.6      85.7      85.4      75.3      72.4      74.9      74.6 
      Employed..............................    7,307     7,570     4,659     4,959       619       586       352       359 
        Agriculture.........................      544       621       466       551         6         8         4         5 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    6,763     6,949     4,193     4,408       614       578       348       354 
      Unemployed............................      471       436       306       285        50        46        22        13 
        Unemployment rate...................      6.1       5.4       6.2       5.4       7.4       7.3       6.0       3.6 
    Not in labor force......................    1,471     1,568       831       895       220       241       125       127 
                                                                                                                            
          Women, 16 years and over                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,953    10,335     5,913     6,280     1,129     1,105       504       535 
    Civilian labor force....................    5,486     5,746     3,231     3,435       570       576       259       264 
        Percent of population...............     55.1      55.6      54.6      54.7      50.5      52.2      51.3      49.2 
      Employed..............................    4,999     5,273     2,943     3,140       512       529       239       241 
        Agriculture.........................       89        91        80        83         3         2         1         1 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    4,910     5,182     2,863     3,057       510       528       239       240 
      Unemployed............................      488       473       288       296        58        47        20        23 
        Unemployment rate...................      8.9       8.2       8.9       8.6      10.1       8.2       7.6       8.6 
    Not in labor force......................    4,466     4,589     2,683     2,844       559       529       246       272 
                                                                                                                            
          Women, 20 years and over                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,950     9,292     5,280     5,555       997     1,003       484       509 
    Civilian labor force....................    5,106     5,304     2,984     3,119       521       530       251       252 
        Percent of population...............     57.0      57.1      56.5      56.1      52.3      52.8      51.8      49.6 
      Employed..............................    4,705     4,928     2,752     2,897       476       493       232       231 
        Agriculture.........................       83        85        75        77         2         2         1         1 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    4,622     4,843     2,677     2,820       474       491       232       230 
      Unemployed............................      401       376       232       221        45        37        19        22 
        Unemployment rate...................      7.9       7.1       7.8       7.1       8.7       7.0       7.4       8.6 
    Not in labor force......................    3,845     3,988     2,296     2,436       475       473       233       257 
                                                                                                                            
         Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                         
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......    2,121     2,204     1,368     1,523       254       205        40        54 
    Civilian labor force....................      911     1,007       598       733       103        87        20        26 
        Percent of population...............     43.0      45.7      43.7      48.1      40.4      42.5      49.7      48.1 
      Employed..............................      714       793       473       575        71        66        18        22 
        Agriculture.........................       33        36        31        34      -            1      -         -    
        Nonagricultural industries..........      682       757       442       541        70        65        18        22 
      Unemployed............................      197       214       125       158        32        21         2         4 
        Unemployment rate...................     21.6      21.3      20.9      21.5      31.2      24.1     (2)       (2)   
    Not in labor force......................    1,210     1,197       770       790       151       118        20        28 

  1 Includes persons of Central or South American origin and of other Hispanic origin, not shown separately.
  2 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used
in the household survey.