HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Total Men Women White Black Hispanic origin

1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 170,327 171,983 81,173 81,986 89,153 89,997 143,829 144,900 19,076 19,384 15,577 16,134

 Civilian labor force .......................... 114,833 115,779 61,982 62,494 52,851 53,285 96,846 97,206 12,813 13,168 10,880 11,232

 Percent of population .................. 67.4 67.3 76.4 76.2 59.3 59.2 67.3 67.1 67.2 67.9 69.8 69.6

 Employed ...................................... 110,518 111,855 59,736 60,497 50,782 51,359 93,687 94,330 11,882 12,324 10,214 10,615

 Employment-population ratio ...... 64.9 65.0 73.6 73.8 57.0 57.1 65.1 65.1 62.3 63.6 65.6 65.8

 Unemployed ................................. 4,315 3,924 2,246 1,998 2,069 1,926 3,159 2,877 930 844 666 617

 Unemployment rate .................... 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.0 7.3 6.4 6.1 5.5

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 29,757 29,375 14,119 13,975 15,638 15,400 23,785 23,557 4,611 4,459 6,968 7,138

 Civilian labor force .......................... 12,564 12,561 7,766 7,711 4,798 4,850 10,144 10,146 1,816 1,785 4,084 4,191

 Percent of population .................. 42.2 42.8 55.0 55.2 30.7 31.5 42.6 43.1 39.4 40.0 58.6 58.7

 Employed ...................................... 11,546 11,673 7,210 7,238 4,336 4,435 9,414 9,510 1,578 1,579 3,738 3,889

 Employment-population ratio ...... 38.8 39.7 51.1 51.8 27.7 28.8 39.6 40.4 34.2 35.4 53.7 54.5

 Unemployed ................................. 1,018 887 557 472 461 415 730 635 238 207 346 303

 Unemployment rate .................... 8.1 7.1 7.2 6.1 9.6 8.6 7.2 6.3 13.1 11.6 8.5 7.2

High school graduates, no college

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 57,424 57,524 26,076 26,212 31,348 31,313 48,728 48,709 6,837 6,910 4,154 4,296

 Civilian labor force .......................... 37,769 37,465 19,967 19,961 17,802 17,504 31,699 31,313 4,798 4,864 3,123 3,195

 Percent of population .................. 65.8 65.1 76.6 76.2 56.8 55.9 65.1 64.3 70.2 70.4 75.2 74.4

 Employed ...................................... 36,163 35,976 19,124 19,188 17,039 16,788 30,552 30,249 4,409 4,504 2,945 3,018

 Employment-population ratio ...... 63.0 62.5 73.3 73.2 54.4 53.6 62.7 62.1 64.5 65.2 70.9 70.2

 Unemployed ................................. 1,606 1,489 844 773 763 717 1,147 1,064 389 360 178 177

 Unemployment rate .................... 4.3 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.4 8.1 7.4 5.7 5.5

Less than a bachelor’s degree1

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 41,946 42,261 19,387 19,488 22,560 22,773 35,552 35,643 4,890 5,042 2,830 2,934

 Civilian labor force .......................... 31,343 31,412 15,892 15,860 15,451 15,552 26,326 26,211 3,884 4,000 2,309 2,373

 Percent of population .................. 74.7 74.3 82.0 81.4 68.5 68.3 74.0 73.5 79.4 79.3 81.6 80.9

 Employed ...................................... 30,321 30,477 15,393 15,415 14,928 15,062 25,574 25,527 3,665 3,795 2,214 2,282

 Employment-population ratio ...... 72.3 72.1 79.4 79.1 66.2 66.1 71.9 71.6 74.9 75.3 78.2 77.8

 Unemployed ................................. 1,022 935 499 445 523 489 752 685 219 204 95 91

 Unemployment rate .................... 3.3 3.0 3.1 2.8 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.6 5.6 5.1 4.1 3.8

Some college, no degree

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 29,448 29,526 14,009 13,883 15,439 15,642 24,817 24,715 3,640 3,768 2,056 2,120

 Civilian labor force .......................... 21,430 21,311 11,252 11,018 10,178 10,293 17,845 17,592 2,855 2,938 1,672 1,689

 Percent of population .................. 72.8 72.2 80.3 79.4 65.9 65.8 71.9 71.2 78.4 78.0 81.3 79.7

 Employed ...................................... 20,678 20,626 10,876 10,684 9,802 9,943 17,302 17,101 2,681 2,776 1,603 1,622

 Employment-population ratio ...... 70.2 69.9 77.6 77.0 63.5 63.6 69.7 69.2 73.6 73.7 77.9 76.5

 Unemployed ................................. 752 684 377 335 376 350 543 491 175 162 69 68

 Unemployment rate .................... 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.8 6.1 5.5 4.1 4.0

Associate degree

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 12,498 12,735 5,378 5,604 7,121 7,131 10,735 10,928 1,250 1,273 773 814

 Civilian labor force .......................... 9,913 10,101 4,640 4,842 5,273 5,259 8,481 8,619 1,029 1,061 637 683

 Percent of population .................. 79.3 79.3 86.3 86.4 74.1 73.7 79.0 78.9 82.3 83.4 82.3 84.0

 Employed ...................................... 9,643 9,850 4,517 4,731 5,126 5,119 8,271 8,426 984 1,020 611 660

 Employment-population ratio ...... 77.2 77.3 84.0 84.4 72.0 71.8 77.1 77.1 78.7 80.1 79.0 81.1

 Unemployed ................................. 270 251 123 111 147 140 210 193 45 42 26 23

 Unemployment rate .................... 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.2 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.4

College graduates

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 41,200 42,822 21,592 22,312 19,608 20,510 35,764 36,991 2,738 2,973 1,625 1,766

 Civilian labor force .......................... 33,157 34,342 18,357 18,963 14,800 15,379 28,677 29,537 2,314 2,520 1,364 1,474

 Percent of population .................. 80.5 80.2 85.0 85.0 75.5 75.0 80.2 79.8 84.5 84.7 83.9 83.4

 Employed ...................................... 32,488 33,730 18,010 18,656 14,478 15,074 28,148 29,044 2,230 2,446 1,316 1,427

 Employment-population ratio ...... 78.9 78.8 83.4 83.6 73.8 73.5 78.7 78.5 81.4 82.3 81.0 80.8

 Unemployed ................................. 669 612 347 307 322 305 529 493 84 74 47 47

 Unemployment rate .................... 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.6 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7 3.6 2.9 3.5 3.2

1 Includes the categories, some college, no degree, and associate degree.

 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 1998,

data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls

used in the household survey.

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