HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Employment status, sex, and age

Total White Black Hispanic origin

2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 215,092 217,570 178,111 179,783 25,138 25,578 24,942 25,963

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 143,734 144,863 119,399 120,150 16,421 16,565 17,328 17,943

 Percent of population .............................................. 66.8 66.6 67.0 66.8 65.3 64.8 69.5 69.1

 Employed .................................................................. 136,933 136,485 114,430 114,013 15,006 14,872 16,190 16,590

 Agriculture .............................................................. 3,231 3,340 3,047 3,104 111 131 715 779

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 133,702 133,415 111,383 110,909 14,894 14,742 15,475 15,811

 Unemployed ............................................................. 6,801 8,378 4,969 6,137 1,416 1,693 1,138 1,353

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.7 5.8 4.2 5.1 8.6 10.2 6.6 7.5

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 71,359 72,707 58,713 59,633 8,717 9,013 7,614 8,020

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 103,282 104,585 86,452 87,361 11,172 11,391 12,695 13,221

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 76,886 77,500 64,966 65,308 7,647 7,794 10,279 10,609

 Percent of population .............................................. 74.4 74.1 75.1 74.8 68.4 68.4 81.0 80.2

 Employed .................................................................. 73,196 72,903 62,212 61,849 6,938 6,959 9,668 9,845

 Agriculture .............................................................. 2,353 2,473 2,201 2,276 100 117 618 675

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 70,843 70,430 60,011 59,573 6,838 6,842 9,050 9,170

 Unemployed ............................................................. 3,690 4,597 2,754 3,459 709 835 611 764

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.8 5.9 4.2 5.3 9.3 10.7 5.9 7.2

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 26,396 27,085 21,486 22,053 3,525 3,597 2,416 2,613

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 95,181 96,439 80,029 80,922 9,993 10,196 11,386 11,928

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 72,816 73,630 61,519 62,067 7,200 7,347 9,595 9,977

 Percent of population .............................................. 76.5 76.3 76.9 76.7 72.1 72.1 84.3 83.6

 Employed .................................................................. 69,776 69,734 59,245 59,124 6,627 6,652 9,100 9,341

 Agriculture .............................................................. 2,188 2,313 2,041 2,121 98 112 585 642

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 67,588 67,421 57,204 57,002 6,529 6,540 8,516 8,699

 Unemployed ............................................................. 3,040 3,896 2,275 2,943 573 695 495 636

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.2 5.3 3.7 4.7 8.0 9.5 5.2 6.4

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 22,365 22,809 18,510 18,855 2,792 2,848 1,791 1,951

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 111,811 112,985 91,660 92,422 13,966 14,187 12,247 12,742

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 66,848 67,363 54,433 54,842 8,774 8,772 7,049 7,334

 Percent of population .............................................. 59.8 59.6 59.4 59.3 62.8 61.8 57.6 57.6

 Employed .................................................................. 63,737 63,582 52,218 52,164 8,068 7,914 6,522 6,744

 Agriculture .............................................................. 878 867 846 827 12 14 97 103

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 62,859 62,715 51,372 51,336 8,056 7,900 6,425 6,641

 Unemployed ............................................................. 3,111 3,781 2,215 2,678 706 858 527 590

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.7 5.6 4.1 4.9 8.1 9.8 7.5 8.0

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 44,962 45,621 37,227 37,581 5,192 5,415 5,198 5,408

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 103,983 105,136 85,526 86,266 12,758 12,966 11,049 11,528

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 63,016 63,648 51,218 51,717 8,323 8,348 6,557 6,863

 Percent of population .............................................. 60.6 60.5 59.9 60.0 65.2 64.4 59.3 59.5

 Employed .................................................................. 60,417 60,420 49,369 49,448 7,741 7,610 6,121 6,367

 Agriculture .............................................................. 828 815 799 780 11 12 92 101

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 59,589 59,605 48,570 48,668 7,730 7,598 6,029 6,266

 Unemployed ............................................................. 2,599 3,228 1,849 2,269 582 738 436 496

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.1 5.1 3.6 4.4 7.0 8.8 6.6 7.2

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 40,967 41,488 34,308 34,548 4,434 4,618 4,492 4,666

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 15,929 15,994 12,556 12,596 2,388 2,416 2,508 2,507

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 7,902 7,585 6,661 6,366 898 870 1,176 1,103

 Percent of population .............................................. 49.6 47.4 53.1 50.5 37.6 36.0 46.9 44.0

 Employed .................................................................. 6,740 6,332 5,817 5,441 637 611 969 882

 Agriculture .............................................................. 214 212 207 202 3 7 39 36

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 6,526 6,120 5,610 5,239 635 604 930 846

 Unemployed ............................................................. 1,162 1,253 845 925 260 260 208 221

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 14.7 16.5 12.7 14.5 29.0 29.8 17.7 20.1

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 8,027 8,409 5,894 6,230 1,490 1,546 1,331 1,404

 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.