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

1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 205,220 207,753 171,478 173,085 24,373 24,855 21,070 21,650

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 137,673 139,368 115,415 116,509 15,982 16,365 14,317 14,665

 Percent of population .............................................. 67.1 67.1 67.3 67.3 65.6 65.8 67.9 67.7

 Employed .................................................................. 131,463 133,488 110,931 112,235 14,556 15,056 13,291 13,720

 Agriculture .............................................................. 3,378 3,281 3,160 3,083 138 117 742 734

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 128,085 130,207 107,770 109,152 14,417 14,939 12,549 12,986

 Unemployed ............................................................. 6,210 5,880 4,484 4,273 1,426 1,309 1,026 945

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.7 8.9 8.0 7.2 6.4

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 67,547 68,385 56,064 56,577 8,391 8,490 6,753 6,985

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 98,758 99,722 83,352 83,930 10,927 11,143 10,734 10,713

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 73,959 74,512 63,034 63,413 7,542 7,652 8,571 8,546

 Percent of population .............................................. 74.9 74.7 75.6 75.6 69.0 68.7 79.8 79.8

 Employed .................................................................. 70,693 71,446 60,604 61,139 6,871 7,027 8,018 8,067

 Agriculture .............................................................. 2,553 2,432 2,376 2,273 118 99 651 642

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 68,140 69,014 58,228 58,866 6,752 6,928 7,367 7,425

 Unemployed ............................................................. 3,266 3,066 2,431 2,274 671 626 552 480

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.6 8.9 8.2 6.4 5.6

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 24,799 25,210 20,317 20,517 3,386 3,491 2,164 2,167

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 90,790 91,555 76,966 77,432 9,727 9,926 9,573 9,523

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 69,715 70,194 59,421 59,747 7,053 7,182 8,005 7,950

 Percent of population .............................................. 76.8 76.7 77.2 77.2 72.5 72.4 83.6 83.5

 Employed .................................................................. 67,135 67,761 57,500 57,934 6,530 6,702 7,570 7,576

 Agriculture .............................................................. 2,350 2,244 2,182 2,094 112 96 621 602

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 64,785 65,517 55,319 55,839 6,418 6,606 6,949 6,974

 Unemployed ............................................................. 2,580 2,433 1,920 1,813 524 480 436 374

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.0 7.4 6.7 5.4 4.7

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 21,075 21,362 17,545 17,685 2,673 2,743 1,568 1,573

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 106,462 108,031 88,126 89,156 13,446 13,711 10,335 10,937

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 63,714 64,855 52,380 53,096 8,441 8,713 5,746 6,119

 Percent of population .............................................. 59.8 60.0 59.4 59.6 62.8 63.5 55.6 55.9

 Employed .................................................................. 60,771 62,042 50,327 51,096 7,685 8,029 5,273 5,653

 Agriculture .............................................................. 825 849 784 810 20 18 91 92

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 59,945 61,193 49,543 50,286 7,665 8,011 5,182 5,561

 Unemployed ............................................................. 2,944 2,814 2,053 1,999 756 684 473 466

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.6 4.3 3.9 3.8 9.0 7.8 8.2 7.6

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 42,748 43,175 35,746 36,060 5,005 4,999 4,589 4,819

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 98,786 100,158 82,073 82,953 12,203 12,451 9,292 9,821

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 59,702 60,840 49,029 49,714 7,912 8,224 5,304 5,666

 Percent of population .............................................. 60.4 60.7 59.7 59.9 64.8 66.1 57.1 57.7

 Employed .................................................................. 57,278 58,555 47,342 48,098 7,290 7,663 4,928 5,290

 Agriculture .............................................................. 768 803 729 765 19 17 85 88

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 56,510 57,752 46,612 47,333 7,272 7,646 4,843 5,202

 Unemployed ............................................................. 2,424 2,285 1,688 1,616 622 561 376 376

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.3 7.9 6.8 7.1 6.6

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 39,084 39,318 33,044 33,239 4,291 4,226 3,988 4,155

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 15,644 16,040 12,439 12,700 2,443 2,479 2,204 2,307

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 8,256 8,333 6,965 7,048 1,017 959 1,007 1,049

 Percent of population .............................................. 52.8 52.0 56.0 55.5 41.6 38.7 45.7 45.5

 Employed .................................................................. 7,051 7,172 6,089 6,204 736 691 793 854

 Agriculture .............................................................. 261 234 250 224 8 4 36 45

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 6,790 6,938 5,839 5,980 728 687 757 809

 Unemployed ............................................................. 1,205 1,162 876 844 281 268 214 196

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 14.6 13.9 12.6 12.0 27.6 27.9 21.3 18.6

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 7,388 7,706 5,475 5,652 1,427 1,520 1,197 1,257

 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 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in

the household survey.

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