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

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                  2006                               
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       Workers paid hourly rates        Total at or below prevailing 
                                                                                                            Federal minimum wage     
                            Characteristic                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                 Below        At                       Percent of    
                                                                               prevailing  prevailing                 hourly-paid    
                                                                     Total      Federal     Federal      Number         workers      
                                                                                minimum     minimum                                  
                                                                                  wage        wage                                   
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                             SEX AND AGE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                     
     Total, 16 years and over....................................    76,514       1,283         409       1,692            2.2       
       16 to 24 years............................................    16,649         619         247         866            5.2       
       25 years and over.........................................    59,865         664         162         826            1.4       
                                                                                                                                     
     Men, 16 years and over......................................    38,193         422         146         569            1.5       
       16 to 24 years............................................     8,583         198          98         296            3.4       
       25 years and over.........................................    29,609         224          49         273             .9       
                                                                                                                                     
     Women, 16 years and over....................................    38,321         861         263       1,124            2.9       
       16 to 24 years............................................     8,065         421         149         570            7.1       
       25 years and over.........................................    30,256         440         114         553            1.8       
                                                                                                                                     
             RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                             
                                                                                                                                     
     White, 16 years and over....................................    61,907       1,105         329       1,435            2.3       
       Men.......................................................    31,403         354         115         469            1.5       
       Women.....................................................    30,504         751         215         966            3.2       
                                                                                                                                     
     Black or African American, 16 years and over................     9,903         111          62         173            1.8       
       Men.......................................................     4,485          40          28          67            1.5       
       Women.....................................................     5,419          72          34         106            2.0       
                                                                                                                                     
     Asian, 16 years and over....................................     2,654          30           8          38            1.4       
       Men.......................................................     1,259          13           1          14            1.1       
       Women.....................................................     1,395          17           7          24            1.7       
                                                                                                                                     
     Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over.............    13,121         155          68         223            1.7       
       Men.......................................................     7,780          67          29          96            1.2       
       Women.....................................................     5,341          88          40         127            2.4       
                                                                                                                                     
                FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX (1)                                                                               
                                                                                                                                     
     Full-time workers...........................................    58,452         554          99         653            1.1       
       Men.......................................................    32,477         213          35         247             .8       
       Women.....................................................    25,975         341          64         406            1.6       
                                                                                                                                     
     Part-time workers...........................................    17,930         724         310       1,034            5.8       
       Men.......................................................     5,652         205         112         317            5.6       
       Women.....................................................    12,278         519         198         717            5.8       

       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 2006. 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. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.