HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                    Total               White               Black          Hispanic origin  
      Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
                                                1997      1998      1997      1998      1997      1998      1997      1998  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                   TOTAL                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......  203,133   205,220   169,993   171,478    24,003    24,373    20,321    21,070 
    Civilian labor force....................  136,297   137,673   114,693   115,415    15,529    15,982    13,796    14,317 
        Percent of population...............     67.1      67.1      67.5      67.3      64.7      65.6      67.9      67.9 
      Employed..............................  129,558   131,463   109,856   110,931    13,969    14,556    12,726    13,291 
        Agriculture.........................    3,399     3,378     3,208     3,160       117       138       660       742 
        Nonagricultural industries..........  126,159   128,085   106,648   107,770    13,852    14,417    12,067    12,549 
      Unemployed............................    6,739     6,210     4,836     4,484     1,560     1,426     1,069     1,026 
        Unemployment rate...................      4.9       4.5       4.2       3.9      10.0       8.9       7.7       7.2 
    Not in labor force......................   66,837    67,547    55,301    56,064     8,474     8,391     6,526     6,753 
                                                                                                                            
           Men, 16 years and over                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   97,715    98,758    82,577    83,352    10,763    10,927    10,368    10,734 
    Civilian labor force....................   73,261    73,959    62,639    63,034     7,354     7,542     8,309     8,571 
        Percent of population...............     75.0      74.9      75.9      75.6      68.3      69.0      80.1      79.8 
      Employed..............................   69,685    70,693    59,998    60,604     6,607     6,871     7,728     8,018 
        Agriculture.........................    2,552     2,553     2,389     2,376       103       118       571       651 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   67,133    68,140    57,608    58,228     6,504     6,752     7,157     7,367 
      Unemployed............................    3,577     3,266     2,641     2,431       747       671       582       552 
        Unemployment rate...................      4.9       4.4       4.2       3.9      10.2       8.9       7.0       6.4 
    Not in labor force......................   24,454    24,799    19,938    20,317     3,409     3,386     2,059     2,164 
                                                                                                                            
           Men, 20 years and over                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   89,879    90,790    76,320    76,966     9,575     9,727     9,250     9,573 
    Civilian labor force....................   69,166    69,715    59,126    59,421     6,910     7,053     7,779     8,005 
        Percent of population...............     77.0      76.8      77.5      77.2      72.2      72.5      84.1      83.6 
      Employed..............................   66,284    67,135    56,986    57,500     6,325     6,530     7,307     7,570 
        Agriculture.........................    2,356     2,350     2,201     2,182       101       112       544       621 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   63,927    64,785    54,785    55,319     6,224     6,418     6,763     6,949 
      Unemployed............................    2,882     2,580     2,140     1,920       585       524       471       436 
        Unemployment rate...................      4.2       3.7       3.6       3.2       8.5       7.4       6.1       5.4 
    Not in labor force......................   20,713    21,075    17,194    17,545     2,665     2,673     1,471     1,568 
                                                                                                                            
          Women, 16 years and over                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......  105,418   106,462    87,417    88,126    13,241    13,446     9,953    10,335 
    Civilian labor force....................   63,036    63,714    52,054    52,380     8,175     8,441     5,486     5,746 
        Percent of population...............     59.8      59.8      59.5      59.4      61.7      62.8      55.1      55.6 
      Employed..............................   59,873    60,771    49,859    50,327     7,362     7,685     4,999     5,273 
        Agriculture.........................      847       825       819       784        14        20        89        91 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   59,026    59,945    49,040    49,543     7,348     7,665     4,910     5,182 
      Unemployed............................    3,162     2,944     2,195     2,053       813       756       488       473 
        Unemployment rate...................      5.0       4.6       4.2       3.9       9.9       9.0       8.9       8.2 
    Not in labor force......................   42,382    42,748    35,363    35,746     5,066     5,005     4,466     4,589 
                                                                                                                            
          Women, 20 years and over                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   97,889    98,786    81,492    82,073    12,016    12,203     8,950     9,292 
    Civilian labor force....................   59,198    59,702    48,847    49,029     7,686     7,912     5,106     5,304 
        Percent of population...............     60.5      60.4      59.9      59.7      64.0      64.8      57.0      57.1 
      Employed..............................   56,613    57,278    47,063    47,342     7,013     7,290     4,705     4,928 
        Agriculture.........................      798       768       771       729        13        19        83        85 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   55,815    56,510    46,292    46,612     7,000     7,272     4,622     4,843 
      Unemployed............................    2,585     2,424     1,784     1,688       673       622       401       376 
        Unemployment rate...................      4.4       4.1       3.7       3.4       8.8       7.9       7.9       7.1 
    Not in labor force......................   38,691    39,084    32,645    33,044     4,330     4,291     3,845     3,988 
                                                                                                                            
         Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                         
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   15,365    15,644    12,181    12,439     2,412     2,443     2,121     2,204 
    Civilian labor force....................    7,932     8,256     6,720     6,965       933     1,017       911     1,007 
        Percent of population...............     51.6      52.8      55.2      56.0      38.7      41.6      43.0      45.7 
      Employed..............................    6,661     7,051     5,807     6,089       631       736       714       793 
        Agriculture.........................      244       261       236       250         3         8        33        36 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    6,417     6,790     5,571     5,839       628       728       682       757 
      Unemployed............................    1,271     1,205       912       876       302       281       197       214 
        Unemployment rate...................     16.0      14.6      13.6      12.6      32.4      27.6      21.6      21.3 
    Not in labor force......................    7,433     7,388     5,462     5,475     1,479     1,427     1,210     1,197 

   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
1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.