HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


 47. Employment status of male Vietnam-era veterans and nonveterans by age, race, and Hispanic origin

 (Numbers in thousands)

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           Employment status and age           |    White    |    Black    |  Hispanic   |    White    |    Black    |  Hispanic
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                                               | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997
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             Total, 40 to 54 years
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..........| 5,735| 5,603|   601|   560|   259|   262|15,490|16,403| 1,915| 2,050| 1,753| 1,969
  Civilian labor force.........................| 5,233| 5,102|   501|   469|   227|   229|14,212|15,081| 1,525| 1,653| 1,564| 1,772
    Employed...................................| 5,070| 4,951|   474|   444|   219|   218|13,751|14,648| 1,413| 1,547| 1,473| 1,684
    Unemployed.................................|   163|   151|    28|    25|     8|    11|   461|   433|   113|   106|    91|    88
      Unemployment rate........................|   3.1|   3.0|   5.5|   5.3|   3.6|   4.8|   3.2|   2.9|   7.4|   6.4|   5.8|   4.9
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                 40 to 44 years
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..........| 1,055|   851|   154|   121|    75|    66| 7,260| 7,585|   885|   941|   835|   922
  Civilian labor force.........................|   955|   770|   136|   102|    67|    56| 6,795| 7,099|   729|   779|   760|   852
    Employed...................................|   925|   739|   127|    97|    63|    52| 6,564| 6,891|   672|   724|   714|   811
    Unemployed.................................|    30|    31|     8|     5|     4|     4|   231|   208|    57|    55|    46|    41
      Unemployment rate........................|   3.1|   4.1|   6.1|   4.9|   5.3|   6.9|   3.4|   2.9|   7.8|   7.1|   6.1|   4.8
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                 45 to 49 years
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..........| 2,694| 2,375|   291|   264|   108|    97| 4,906| 5,251|   604|   664|   528|   600
  Civilian labor force.........................| 2,474| 2,178|   243|   222|    91|    84| 4,513| 4,826|   489|   545|   478|   525
    Employed...................................| 2,396| 2,120|   230|   210|    88|    81| 4,369| 4,689|   454|   515|   450|   500
    Unemployed.................................|    78|    58|    13|    11|     4|     3|   144|   137|    35|    29|    28|    25
      Unemployment rate........................|   3.2|   2.6|   5.3|   5.1|   4.1|   3.0|   3.2|   2.8|   7.2|   5.4|   5.9|   4.7
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                 50 to 54 years
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 Civilian noninstitutional population..........| 1,987| 2,378|   156|   175|    76|    99| 3,324| 3,567|   426|   445|   391|   447
  Civilian labor force.........................| 1,804| 2,154|   123|   145|    69|    90| 2,904| 3,156|   307|   328|   325|   395
    Employed...................................| 1,749| 2,092|   116|   137|    68|    85| 2,818| 3,068|   287|   307|   310|   373
    Unemployed.................................|    55|    62|     7|     9|     1|     5|    87|    88|    20|    21|    16|    22
      Unemployment rate........................|   3.0|   2.9|   5.4|   5.9|   1.4|   5.2|   3.0|   2.8|   6.6|   6.5|   4.9|   5.5
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    NOTE:  Male Vietnam-era veterans are men who served in the Armed Forces between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975. Nonveterans are
 men who have never served in the Armed Forces.  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 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.