HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

4.  Employment status of the Hispanic-orgin population by age and sex

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                            1998                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                         Civilian labor force                                    
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
       Age and sex         Civilian                                        Employed                      Unemployed              
                           noninsti-                                                                                       Not   
                           tutional              Percent                                                                    in   
                          population   Total       of                 Percent             Nonagri-             Percent    labor  
                                               population   Total       of       Agri-    cultural    Number      of      force  
                                                                    population  culture  industries             labor            
                                                                                                                force            
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
          TOTAL                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                 
  16 years and over......   21,070     14,317      67.9     13,291      63.1        742    12,549      1,026       7.2     6,753 
    16 to 19 years.......    2,204      1,007      45.7        793      36.0         36       757        214      21.3     1,197 
      16 to 17 years.....    1,070        320      29.9        230      21.5          8       222         89      28.0       750 
      18 to 19 years.....    1,135        688      60.6        563      49.6         28       535        125      18.1       447 
    20 to 24 years.......    2,731      2,077      76.1      1,883      68.9        124     1,759        194       9.4       654 
    25 years and over....   16,134     11,232      69.6     10,615      65.8        583    10,033        617       5.5     4,902 
      25 to 54 years.....   12,857     10,170      79.1      9,611      74.8        528     9,083        559       5.5     2,688 
        25 to 34 years...    5,447      4,372      80.3      4,113      75.5        240     3,873        260       5.9     1,074 
        35 to 44 years...    4,636      3,707      80.0      3,504      75.6        175     3,329        203       5.5       929 
        45 to 54 years...    2,775      2,090      75.3      1,994      71.9        113     1,882         96       4.6       684 
      55 years and over..    3,277      1,063      32.4      1,004      30.7         55       950         58       5.5     2,214 
        55 to 64 years...    1,615        894      55.4        846      52.4         46       801         48       5.3       721 
        65 years and over    1,662        169      10.1        158       9.5          9       149         11       6.4     1,493 
                                                                                                                                 
           Men                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                 
  16 years and over......   10,734      8,571      79.8      8,018      74.7        651     7,367        552       6.4     2,164 
    16 to 19 years.......    1,161        565      48.7        449      38.6         30       418        117      20.6       596 
      16 to 17 years.....      586        188      32.0        133      22.7          8       126         54      29.0       398 
      18 to 19 years.....      575        377      65.7        315      54.9         23       293         62      16.4       197 
    20 to 24 years.......    1,462      1,288      88.1      1,173      80.2        112     1,061        115       8.9       174 
    25 years and over....    8,111      6,718      82.8      6,397      78.9        509     5,888        321       4.8     1,394 
      25 to 54 years.....    6,627      6,071      91.6      5,783      87.3        457     5,327        287       4.7       556 
        25 to 34 years...    2,907      2,733      94.0      2,592      89.1        212     2,380        142       5.2       174 
        35 to 44 years...    2,377      2,173      91.4      2,077      87.4        152     1,925         97       4.5       204 
        45 to 54 years...    1,342      1,164      86.7      1,115      83.1         93     1,022         49       4.2       178 
      55 years and over..    1,485        647      43.6        613      41.3         52       561         34       5.2       838 
        55 to 64 years...      771        541      70.2        512      66.4         44       468         29       5.3       230 
        65 years and over      714        106      14.9        101      14.2          8        93          5       5.0       608 
                                                                                                                                 
          Women                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                 
  16 years and over......   10,335      5,746      55.6      5,273      51.0         91     5,182        473       8.2     4,589 
    16 to 19 years.......    1,044        442      42.4        345      33.0          6       339         98      22.1       602 
      16 to 17 years.....      483        132      27.3         97      20.1       -           97         35      26.4       352 
      18 to 19 years.....      560        310      55.4        247      44.2          5       242         63      20.2       250 
    20 to 24 years.......    1,269        789      62.2        710      55.9         12       698         80      10.1       480 
    25 years and over....    8,023      4,515      56.3      4,219      52.6         74     4,145        296       6.6     3,508 
      25 to 54 years.....    6,231      4,099      65.8      3,828      61.4         72     3,756        271       6.6     2,132 
        25 to 34 years...    2,539      1,639      64.5      1,521      59.9         29     1,493        118       7.2       900 
        35 to 44 years...    2,259      1,533      67.9      1,428      63.2         24     1,404        106       6.9       725 
        45 to 54 years...    1,433        927      64.7        879      61.4         19       860         48       5.1       506 
      55 years and over..    1,792        416      23.2        391      21.8          2       389         24       5.9     1,376 
        55 to 64 years...      844        353      41.9        334      39.6          2       333         19       5.4       491 
        65 years and over      948         62       6.6         57       6.0          1        56          5       8.8       886

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