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

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 171,983 173,746 81,986 82,657 89,997 91,089 144,900 145,992 19,384 19,761 16,134 16,644

 Civilian labor force .......................... 115,779 117,101 62,494 62,903 53,285 54,198 97,206 98,025 13,168 13,540 11,232 11,563

 Percent of population .................. 67.3 67.4 76.2 76.1 59.2 59.5 67.1 67.1 67.9 68.5 69.6 69.5

 Employed ...................................... 111,855 113,425 60,497 61,032 51,359 52,392 94,330 95,316 12,324 12,771 10,615 10,985

 Employment-population ratio ...... 65.0 65.3 73.8 73.8 57.1 57.5 65.1 65.3 63.6 64.6 65.8 66.0

 Unemployed ................................. 3,924 3,676 1,998 1,870 1,926 1,805 2,877 2,709 844 768 617 578

 Unemployment rate .................... 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.8 6.4 5.7 5.5 5.0

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 29,375 28,337 13,975 13,388 15,400 14,948 23,557 22,765 4,459 4,247 7,138 7,189

 Civilian labor force .......................... 12,561 12,110 7,711 7,347 4,850 4,763 10,146 9,815 1,785 1,684 4,191 4,226

 Percent of population .................. 42.8 42.7 55.2 54.9 31.5 31.9 43.1 43.1 40.0 39.6 58.7 58.8

 Employed ...................................... 11,673 11,294 7,238 6,921 4,435 4,372 9,510 9,235 1,579 1,488 3,889 3,926

 Employment-population ratio ...... 39.7 39.9 51.8 51.7 28.8 29.2 40.4 40.6 35.4 35.0 54.5 54.6

 Unemployed ................................. 887 817 472 426 415 391 635 580 207 196 303 300

 Unemployment rate .................... 7.1 6.7 6.1 5.8 8.6 8.2 6.3 5.9 11.6 11.6 7.2 7.1

High school graduates, no college

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 57,524 57,559 26,212 26,158 31,313 31,402 48,709 48,629 6,910 7,008 4,296 4,566

 Civilian labor force .......................... 37,465 37,327 19,961 19,785 17,504 17,542 31,313 31,145 4,864 4,944 3,195 3,370

 Percent of population .................. 65.1 64.8 76.2 75.6 55.9 55.9 64.3 64.0 70.4 70.5 74.4 73.8

 Employed ...................................... 35,976 36,017 19,188 19,125 16,788 16,893 30,249 30,211 4,504 4,631 3,018 3,213

 Employment-population ratio ...... 62.5 62.6 73.2 73.1 53.6 53.8 62.1 62.1 65.2 66.1 70.2 70.4

 Unemployed ................................. 1,489 1,310 773 661 717 649 1,064 934 360 313 177 158

 Unemployment rate .................... 4.0 3.5 3.9 3.3 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.0 7.4 6.3 5.5 4.7

Less than a bachelor’s degree1

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 42,261 43,358 19,488 19,997 22,773 23,360 35,643 36,349 5,042 5,318 2,934 3,049

 Civilian labor force .......................... 31,412 32,115 15,860 16,212 15,552 15,903 26,211 26,621 4,000 4,219 2,373 2,437

 Percent of population .................. 74.3 74.1 81.4 81.1 68.3 68.1 73.5 73.2 79.3 79.3 80.9 79.9

 Employed ...................................... 30,477 31,209 15,415 15,778 15,062 15,430 25,527 25,944 3,795 4,032 2,282 2,356

 Employment-population ratio ...... 72.1 72.0 79.1 78.9 66.1 66.1 71.6 71.4 75.3 75.8 77.8 77.3

 Unemployed ................................. 935 906 445 434 489 473 685 677 204 187 91 81

 Unemployment rate .................... 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.5 5.1 4.4 3.8 3.3

Some college, no degree

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 29,526 30,111 13,883 14,192 15,642 15,919 24,715 25,077 3,768 3,895 2,120 2,205

 Civilian labor force .......................... 21,311 21,778 11,018 11,251 10,293 10,527 17,592 17,863 2,938 3,067 1,689 1,755

 Percent of population .................. 72.2 72.3 79.4 79.3 65.8 66.1 71.2 71.2 78.0 78.7 79.7 79.6

 Employed ...................................... 20,626 21,129 10,684 10,941 9,943 10,189 17,101 17,388 2,776 2,924 1,622 1,696

 Employment-population ratio ...... 69.9 70.2 77.0 77.1 63.6 64.0 69.2 69.3 73.7 75.1 76.5 76.9

 Unemployed ................................. 684 648 335 310 350 338 491 475 162 143 68 60

 Unemployment rate .................... 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.2 2.8 2.7 5.5 4.7 4.0 3.4

Associate degree

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 12,735 13,247 5,604 5,806 7,131 7,441 10,928 11,272 1,273 1,423 814 844

 Civilian labor force .......................... 10,101 10,337 4,842 4,961 5,259 5,376 8,619 8,758 1,061 1,152 683 682

 Percent of population .................. 79.3 78.0 86.4 85.4 73.7 72.2 78.9 77.7 83.4 81.0 84.0 80.8

 Employed ...................................... 9,850 10,079 4,731 4,838 5,119 5,242 8,426 8,556 1,020 1,108 660 660

 Employment-population ratio ...... 77.3 76.1 84.4 83.3 71.8 70.4 77.1 75.9 80.1 77.9 81.1 78.3

 Unemployed ................................. 251 258 111 123 140 134 193 202 42 44 23 21

 Unemployment rate .................... 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.3 3.9 3.8 3.4 3.1

College graduates

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 42,822 44,492 22,312 23,113 20,510 21,379 36,991 38,249 2,973 3,188 1,766 1,840

 Civilian labor force .......................... 34,342 35,548 18,963 19,558 15,379 15,990 29,537 30,444 2,520 2,693 1,474 1,530

 Percent of population .................. 80.2 79.9 85.0 84.6 75.0 74.8 79.8 79.6 84.7 84.5 83.4 83.2

 Employed ...................................... 33,730 34,905 18,656 19,208 15,074 15,697 29,044 29,925 2,446 2,621 1,427 1,491

 Employment-population ratio ...... 78.8 78.5 83.6 83.1 73.5 73.4 78.5 78.2 82.3 82.2 80.8 81.0

 Unemployed ................................. 612 643 307 350 305 293 493 519 74 73 47 39

 Unemployment rate .................... 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.9 2.7 3.2 2.6

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 1999,

data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

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