HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                     Total                 White                 Black            Hispanic origin   
      Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                    
                                                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.