HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


15. Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker

(In thousands)

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                                      |                                            1997
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                                      |       Agriculture        |                    Nonagricultural industries
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                                      |        |        |        |            Wage and salary workers             |        |
             Age and sex              |        |        |        |                                                |        |
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                                      |Wage and| Self-  | Unpaid |        |     Private industries     |          | Self-  | Unpaid
                                      | salary |employed| family |        |                            |          |employed| family
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                                      |workers |workers |workers |        |        |          |        |          |workers |workers
                                      |        |        |        | Total  |        | Private  | Other  |Government|        |
                                      |        |        |        |        | Total  |household |private |          |        |
                                      |        |        |        |        |        | workers  | indu-  |          |        |
                                      |        |        |        |        |        |          | stries |          |        |
                                      |        |        |        |        |        |          |        |          |        |
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 Total, 16 years and over.............|   1,890|   1,457|      51| 116,983|  98,852|      915 |  97,937|   18,131 |   9,056|     120
16 to 19 years........................|     201|      27|      16|   6,329|   6,020|      104 |   5,916|      308 |      76|      12
  16 to 17 years......................|      90|      15|      11|   2,495|   2,385|       51 |   2,333|      110 |      31|       7
  18 to 19 years......................|     111|      12|       5|   3,834|   3,636|       53 |   3,583|      198 |      44|       6
20 to 24 years........................|     290|      29|       6|  11,797|  10,836|      111 |  10,726|      961 |     250|       7
25 to 34 years........................|     496|     212|      12|  29,488|  25,759|      148 |  25,611|    3,729 |   1,581|      21
35 to 44 years........................|     453|     346|       7|  32,364|  26,960|      200 |  26,760|    5,404 |   2,710|      28
45 to 54 years........................|     265|     300|       2|  23,779|  18,484|      162 |  18,322|    5,295 |   2,367|      30
55 to 64 years........................|     128|     282|       5|  10,475|   8,429|      121 |   8,307|    2,046 |   1,391|      15
65 years and over.....................|      57|     260|       4|   2,752|   2,364|       68 |   2,296|      388 |     681|       6
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 Men, 16 years and over...............|   1,439|   1,084|      29|  61,595|  53,580|       81 |  53,500|    8,015 |   5,506|      31
16 to 19 years........................|     159|      25|      11|   3,164|   3,036|       14 |   3,022|      128 |      33|       8
  16 to 17 years......................|      70|      14|       7|   1,249|   1,201|        7 |   1,194|       48 |      12|       4
  18 to 19 years......................|      89|      11|       5|   1,915|   1,835|        6 |   1,828|       80 |      22|       4
20 to 24 years........................|     228|      26|       4|   6,146|   5,720|       12 |   5,708|      426 |     141|       3
25 to 34 years........................|     386|     157|       7|  15,867|  14,182|       16 |  14,166|    1,685 |     917|       4
35 to 44 years........................|     324|     265|       2|  17,111|  14,797|       17 |  14,780|    2,314 |   1,622|       4
45 to 54 years........................|     204|     204|    -   |  12,243|   9,904|        9 |   9,895|    2,339 |   1,449|       5
55 to 64 years........................|      91|     197|       1|   5,554|   4,618|        5 |   4,614|      935 |     887|       5
65 years and over.....................|      46|     210|       3|   1,511|   1,323|        8 |   1,315|      187 |     457|       3
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 Women, 16 years and over.............|     451|     373|      23|  55,388|  45,272|      834 |  44,437|   10,116 |   3,550|      89
16 to 19 years........................|      42|       2|       5|   3,165|   2,985|       91 |   2,894|      180 |      42|       4
  16 to 17 years......................|      20|       1|       4|   1,246|   1,183|       44 |   1,140|       62 |      19|       3
  18 to 19 years......................|      22|       1|    -   |   1,920|   1,801|       47 |   1,754|      118 |      23|       1
20 to 24 years........................|      62|       4|       2|   5,651|   5,116|       99 |   5,018|      535 |     109|       4
25 to 34 years........................|     109|      55|       5|  13,621|  11,577|      132 |  11,445|    2,044 |     664|      17
35 to 44 years........................|     129|      81|       5|  15,253|  12,162|      183 |  11,979|    3,091 |   1,089|      24
45 to 54 years........................|      61|      96|       1|  11,536|   8,580|      153 |   8,427|    2,956 |     918|      25
55 to 64 years........................|      37|      85|       4|   4,921|   3,810|      117 |   3,693|    1,111 |     504|      10
65 years and over.....................|      11|      50|       2|   1,242|   1,041|       60 |     981|      201 |     224|       4
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   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.