HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)

Educational attainment

Total Men Women White Black Hispanic origin

2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 180,287 182,228 85,813 86,813 94,474 95,415 150,554 151,827 20,065 20,382 19,018 19,948

 Civilian labor force .......................... 121,275 122,497 65,176 65,861 56,099 56,636 100,854 101,711 13,646 13,787 13,536 14,162

 Percent of population .................. 67.3 67.2 76.0 75.9 59.4 59.4 67.0 67.0 68.0 67.6 71.2 71.0

 Employed ...................................... 116,846 116,802 62,824 62,756 54,021 54,046 97,560 97,476 12,797 12,719 12,817 13,294

 Employment-population ratio ...... 64.8 64.1 73.2 72.3 57.2 56.6 64.8 64.2 63.8 62.4 67.4 66.6

 Unemployed ................................. 4,429 5,695 2,351 3,105 2,078 2,590 3,295 4,235 849 1,068 718 868

 Unemployment rate .................... 3.7 4.6 3.6 4.7 3.7 4.6 3.3 4.2 6.2 7.7 5.3 6.1

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 28,602 28,382 13,618 13,700 14,984 14,682 22,908 22,610 4,211 4,238 8,119 8,386

 Civilian labor force .......................... 12,581 12,599 7,680 7,833 4,901 4,766 10,217 10,162 1,691 1,728 4,971 5,141

 Percent of population .................. 44.0 44.4 56.4 57.2 32.7 32.5 44.6 44.9 40.2 40.8 61.2 61.3

 Employed ...................................... 11,669 11,535 7,188 7,220 4,480 4,315 9,550 9,394 1,492 1,498 4,601 4,744

 Employment-population ratio ...... 40.8 40.6 52.8 52.7 29.9 29.4 41.7 41.5 35.4 35.3 56.7 56.6

 Unemployed ................................. 912 1,064 491 613 421 451 668 769 200 231 370 397

 Unemployment rate .................... 7.2 8.4 6.4 7.8 8.6 9.5 6.5 7.6 11.8 13.3 7.4 7.7

High school graduates, no college

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 58,621 58,861 27,018 27,156 31,603 31,704 49,299 49,360 7,034 7,141 5,285 5,622

 Civilian labor force .......................... 37,644 37,764 20,132 20,241 17,512 17,523 31,257 31,290 4,850 4,883 3,974 4,167

 Percent of population .................. 64.2 64.2 74.5 74.5 55.4 55.3 63.4 63.4 68.9 68.4 75.2 74.1

 Employed ...................................... 36,078 35,779 19,274 19,154 16,804 16,624 30,126 29,836 4,492 4,453 3,796 3,921

 Employment-population ratio ...... 61.5 60.8 71.3 70.5 53.2 52.4 61.1 60.4 63.9 62.4 71.8 69.7

 Unemployed ................................. 1,566 1,985 858 1,087 708 898 1,131 1,454 358 430 178 247

 Unemployment rate .................... 4.2 5.3 4.3 5.4 4.0 5.1 3.6 4.6 7.4 8.8 4.5 5.9

Less than a bachelor’s degree1

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 45,709 45,968 20,858 20,963 24,851 25,005 38,264 38,349 5,466 5,582 3,452 3,569

 Civilian labor force .......................... 33,696 33,616 16,857 16,802 16,839 16,814 27,893 27,786 4,302 4,342 2,804 2,880

 Percent of population .................. 73.7 73.1 80.8 80.2 67.8 67.2 72.9 72.5 78.7 77.8 81.2 80.7

 Employed ...................................... 32,586 32,094 16,302 16,032 16,284 16,062 27,063 26,650 4,086 4,053 2,697 2,723

 Employment-population ratio ...... 71.3 69.8 78.2 76.5 65.5 64.2 70.7 69.5 74.8 72.6 78.1 76.3

 Unemployed ................................. 1,110 1,523 555 770 555 752 829 1,136 215 289 107 157

 Unemployment rate .................... 3.3 4.5 3.3 4.6 3.3 4.5 3.0 4.1 5.0 6.7 3.8 5.4

Some college, no degree

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 30,955 30,890 14,531 14,493 16,424 16,397 25,809 25,648 3,880 3,954 2,462 2,498

 Civilian labor force .......................... 22,238 21,990 11,466 11,346 10,772 10,644 18,257 17,995 3,023 3,055 1,992 2,014

 Percent of population .................. 71.8 71.2 78.9 78.3 65.6 64.9 70.7 70.2 77.9 77.2 80.9 80.6

 Employed ...................................... 21,459 20,928 11,076 10,811 10,383 10,117 17,671 17,209 2,871 2,843 1,916 1,900

 Employment-population ratio ...... 69.3 67.7 76.2 74.6 63.2 61.7 68.5 67.1 74.0 71.9 77.8 76.1

 Unemployed ................................. 779 1,062 390 536 390 527 586 786 153 212 76 114

 Unemployment rate .................... 3.5 4.8 3.4 4.7 3.6 4.9 3.2 4.4 5.1 6.9 3.8 5.7

Associate degree

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 14,755 15,078 6,328 6,470 8,427 8,608 12,454 12,701 1,587 1,628 990 1,072

 Civilian labor force .......................... 11,458 11,626 5,391 5,456 6,067 6,171 9,636 9,790 1,278 1,288 812 866

 Percent of population .................. 77.7 77.1 85.2 84.3 72.0 71.7 77.4 77.1 80.6 79.1 82.0 80.8

 Employed ...................................... 11,127 11,166 5,226 5,221 5,901 5,945 9,393 9,440 1,216 1,210 781 823

 Employment-population ratio ...... 75.4 74.1 82.6 80.7 70.0 69.1 75.4 74.3 76.6 74.4 78.9 76.8

 Unemployed ................................. 331 460 165 235 166 226 243 350 62 77 31 43

 Unemployment rate .................... 2.9 4.0 3.1 4.3 2.7 3.7 2.5 3.6 4.9 6.0 3.8 4.9

College graduates

Civilian noninstitutional population ... 47,354 49,017 24,318 24,994 23,036 24,024 40,083 41,508 3,353 3,421 2,162 2,371

 Civilian labor force .......................... 37,354 38,518 20,508 20,985 16,847 17,533 31,487 32,473 2,803 2,833 1,787 1,973

 Percent of population .................. 78.9 78.6 84.3 84.0 73.1 73.0 78.6 78.2 83.6 82.8 82.7 83.2

 Employed ...................................... 36,514 37,395 20,060 20,350 16,453 17,045 30,821 31,597 2,727 2,715 1,723 1,906

 Employment-population ratio ...... 77.1 76.3 82.5 81.4 71.4 71.0 76.9 76.1 81.3 79.4 79.7 80.4

 Unemployed ................................. 841 1,123 447 635 394 488 667 876 76 118 64 67

 Unemployment rate .................... 2.3 2.9 2.2 3.0 2.3 2.8 2.1 2.7 2.7 4.2 3.6 3.4

1 Includes the categories, some college, no degree, and associate degree.

 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.