HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Age, sex, and race

1999

Employed1 Unemployed

Full-time workers Part-time workers

Looking

for

full-time

work

Looking

for

part-time

work Total

At work

Not

at

work

Total

At work2

Not

at

work

35

hours

or

more

1 to 34

hours for

economic

or

noneconomic

reasons

Part time for

economic

reasons

Part time

for

noneconomic

reasons

TOTAL

Total, 16 years and over ............. 110,302 96,276 10,079 3,947 23,186 2,216 19,509 1,461 4,669 1,211

16 to 19 years ............................................. 2,386 2,007 326 53 4,786 277 4,322 187 575 587

 16 to 17 years ........................................... 353 279 62 11 2,440 64 2,287 90 158 386

 18 to 19 years ........................................... 2,033 1,727 264 42 2,346 213 2,035 97 417 201

20 years and over ....................................... 107,917 94,270 9,754 3,893 18,399 1,939 15,187 1,273 4,094 624

 20 to 24 years ........................................... 9,568 8,424 909 235 3,323 419 2,753 152 876 167

 25 years and over ..................................... 98,349 85,846 8,845 3,658 15,076 1,520 12,434 1,122 3,218 458

 25 to 54 years ......................................... 85,529 74,991 7,515 3,023 10,699 1,336 8,605 758 2,867 319

 55 years and over ................................... 12,820 10,855 1,330 635 4,376 184 3,829 363 351 139

 Men, 16 years and over .......................... 63,930 57,034 4,971 1,924 7,516 946 6,178 392 2,548 518

16 to 19 years ............................................. 1,416 1,208 182 27 2,269 137 2,051 81 327 307

20 years and over ....................................... 62,514 55,827 4,790 1,897 5,247 809 4,127 311 2,222 211

 20 to 24 years ........................................... 5,371 4,823 441 107 1,357 211 1,091 55 488 74

 25 years and over ..................................... 57,142 51,004 4,348 1,790 3,890 598 3,036 256 1,733 137

 25 to 54 years ......................................... 49,428 44,351 3,636 1,441 2,068 511 1,441 116 1,526 71

 55 years and over ................................... 7,715 6,653 712 350 1,822 87 1,595 140 207 66

 Women, 16 years and over .................... 46,372 39,242 5,108 2,022 15,670 1,270 13,330 1,069 2,121 693

16 to 19 years ............................................. 969 799 144 26 2,517 139 2,271 107 248 280

20 years and over ....................................... 45,403 38,443 4,964 1,996 13,152 1,131 11,059 962 1,872 413

 20 to 24 years ........................................... 4,196 3,601 468 128 1,966 208 1,661 97 387 93

 25 years and over ..................................... 41,207 34,842 4,496 1,868 11,186 922 9,398 866 1,485 320

 25 to 54 years ......................................... 36,101 30,641 3,878 1,582 8,631 825 7,164 642 1,341 248

 55 years and over ................................... 5,106 4,202 618 286 2,555 97 2,234 224 145 72

White

Men, 16 years and over .............. 54,756 48,834 4,274 1,647 6,383 730 5,314 339 1,883 391

16 to 19 years ............................................. 1,242 1,070 151 22 1,963 111 1,780 71 232 228

20 years and over ....................................... 53,513 47,764 4,124 1,626 4,420 618 3,534 268 1,651 162

 20 to 24 years ........................................... 4,629 4,162 377 91 1,124 162 917 45 342 56

 25 years and over ..................................... 48,884 43,603 3,747 1,534 3,296 456 2,616 224 1,309 107

 25 to 54 years ......................................... 42,025 37,697 3,109 1,219 1,653 386 1,171 96 1,133 50

 55 years and over ................................... 6,859 5,905 638 316 1,643 70 1,446 128 176 57

 Women, 16 years and over .................... 37,417 31,577 4,157 1,684 13,679 947 11,768 964 1,469 530

16 to 19 years ............................................. 815 672 121 22 2,184 108 1,979 97 172 211

20 years and over ....................................... 36,602 30,905 4,036 1,662 11,496 839 9,789 867 1,297 319

 20 to 24 years ........................................... 3,357 2,885 369 103 1,606 161 1,367 78 255 67

 25 years and over ..................................... 33,245 28,020 3,666 1,559 9,890 679 8,422 789 1,042 252

 25 to 54 years ......................................... 28,888 24,447 3,132 1,309 7,601 602 6,418 581 925 195

 55 years and over ................................... 4,357 3,573 534 250 2,289 76 2,004 208 117 57

Black

Men, 16 years and over .............. 6,263 5,574 494 196 764 163 568 33 528 97

16 to 19 years ............................................. 123 96 23 3 202 21 176 6 83 63

20 years and over ....................................... 6,140 5,477 471 192 561 142 392 27 446 35

 20 to 24 years ........................................... 544 485 48 11 156 39 110 7 124 11

 25 years and over ..................................... 5,596 4,992 423 181 405 103 282 20 322 24

 25 to 54 years ......................................... 5,061 4,529 373 160 283 96 176 11 300 17

 55 years and over ................................... 535 463 50 22 122 7 106 9 21 7

 Women, 16 years and over .................... 6,641 5,651 734 256 1,388 257 1,059 72 554 130

16 to 19 years ............................................. 122 102 17 3 244 27 210 7 68 55

20 years and over ....................................... 6,519 5,549 717 252 1,145 230 850 65 486 75

 20 to 24 years ........................................... 643 549 74 20 250 40 196 14 117 21

 25 years and over ..................................... 5,876 5,000 643 233 894 190 653 51 369 54

 25 to 54 years ......................................... 5,326 4,543 579 204 696 176 479 41 349 43

 55 years and over ................................... 550 456 64 29 198 14 174 10 20 12

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 1999, data reflect revised population controls

used in the household survey.

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