44.  Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by
     selected characteristics

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                    2002                                     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                         Workers paid hourly rates                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                  Characteristic                                                              Total at or below prevailing   
                                                                   Below           At              Federal minimum wage       
                                                                prevailing     prevailing                                     
                                                   Total          Federal        Federal                                      
                                                                  minimum        minimum                        Percent of    
                                                                   wage           wage          Number         hourly-paid    
                                                                                                                 workers      
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                   SEX AND AGE                                                                                               
                                                                                                                             
     Total, 16 years and over................     72,720          1,598            570          2,168              3.0       
       16 to 24 years........................     16,191            818            340          1,158              7.1       
       25 years and over.....................     56,529            780            230          1,010              1.8       
                                                                                                                             
     Men, 16 years and over..................     36,135            582            218            800              2.2       
       16 to 24 years........................      8,242            307            146            453              5.5       
       25 years and over.....................     27,893            275             72            347              1.2       
                                                                                                                             
     Women, 16 years and over................     36,585          1,016            352          1,368              3.7       
       16 to 24 years........................      7,949            511            194            705              8.9       
       25 years and over.....................     28,636            505            158            663              2.3       
                                                                                                                             
          RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                                     
                                                                                                                             
     White, 16 years and over................     59,199          1,329            452          1,781              3.0       
       Men...................................     29,829            464            162            625              2.1       
       Women.................................     29,370            865            290          1,155              3.9       
                                                                                                                             
     Black, 16 years and over................      9,692            187             89            276              2.8       
       Men...................................      4,469             85             44            129              2.9       
       Women.................................      5,224            102             45            147              2.8       
                                                                                                                             
     Hispanic origin, 16 years and over......     11,206            195            110            305              2.7       
       Men...................................      6,624             97             47            143              2.2       
       Women.................................      4,582             98             64            162              3.5       
                                                                                                                             
            FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                       
                    AND SEX(1)                                                                                               
                                                                                                                             
     Full-time workers.......................     55,029            682            169            851              1.5       
       Men...................................     30,472            285             82            367              1.2       
       Women.................................     24,557            396             87            483              2.0       
                                                                                                                             
     Part-time workers.......................     17,568            908            401          1,308              7.4       
       Men...................................      5,599            294            136            430              7.7       
       Women.................................     11,969            614            265            879              7.3       

       1 The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked.  These data will not sum to
     totals because full- or part-time status on the principal job is not identifiable for a small number of multiple
     jobholders.
       NOTE:  The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour in 2002.  Data are for wage and salary workers,
     excluding the incorporated self-employed.  They refer to a person's earnings on their sole or principal job, and pertain
     only to workers who are paid hourly rates.  Salaried workers and other nonhourly workers are not included.  The presence
     of workers with hourly earnings below the minimum wage does not necessarily indicate violations of the Fair Labor
     Standards Act, as there are exceptions to the minimum wage provisions of the law.  In addition, some survey respondents
     might have rounded hourly earnings to the nearest dollar, and, as a result, reported hourly earnings below the minimum
     wage even though they earned the minimum wage or higher.  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.