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

1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 203,133 205,220 169,993 171,478 24,003 24,373 20,321 21,070

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 136,297 137,673 114,693 115,415 15,529 15,982 13,796 14,317

 Percent of population .............................................. 67.1 67.1 67.5 67.3 64.7 65.6 67.9 67.9

 Employed .................................................................. 129,558 131,463 109,856 110,931 13,969 14,556 12,726 13,291

 Agriculture .............................................................. 3,399 3,378 3,208 3,160 117 138 660 742

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 126,159 128,085 106,648 107,770 13,852 14,417 12,067 12,549

 Unemployed ............................................................. 6,739 6,210 4,836 4,484 1,560 1,426 1,069 1,026

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.9 4.5 4.2 3.9 10.0 8.9 7.7 7.2

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 66,837 67,547 55,301 56,064 8,474 8,391 6,526 6,753

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 97,715 98,758 82,577 83,352 10,763 10,927 10,368 10,734

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 73,261 73,959 62,639 63,034 7,354 7,542 8,309 8,571

 Percent of population .............................................. 75.0 74.9 75.9 75.6 68.3 69.0 80.1 79.8

 Employed .................................................................. 69,685 70,693 59,998 60,604 6,607 6,871 7,728 8,018

 Agriculture .............................................................. 2,552 2,553 2,389 2,376 103 118 571 651

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 67,133 68,140 57,608 58,228 6,504 6,752 7,157 7,367

 Unemployed ............................................................. 3,577 3,266 2,641 2,431 747 671 582 552

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.9 4.4 4.2 3.9 10.2 8.9 7.0 6.4

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 24,454 24,799 19,938 20,317 3,409 3,386 2,059 2,164

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 89,879 90,790 76,320 76,966 9,575 9,727 9,250 9,573

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 69,166 69,715 59,126 59,421 6,910 7,053 7,779 8,005

 Percent of population .............................................. 77.0 76.8 77.5 77.2 72.2 72.5 84.1 83.6

 Employed .................................................................. 66,284 67,135 56,986 57,500 6,325 6,530 7,307 7,570

 Agriculture .............................................................. 2,356 2,350 2,201 2,182 101 112 544 621

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 63,927 64,785 54,785 55,319 6,224 6,418 6,763 6,949

 Unemployed ............................................................. 2,882 2,580 2,140 1,920 585 524 471 436

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.2 8.5 7.4 6.1 5.4

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 20,713 21,075 17,194 17,545 2,665 2,673 1,471 1,568

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 105,418 106,462 87,417 88,126 13,241 13,446 9,953 10,335

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 63,036 63,714 52,054 52,380 8,175 8,441 5,486 5,746

 Percent of population .............................................. 59.8 59.8 59.5 59.4 61.7 62.8 55.1 55.6

 Employed .................................................................. 59,873 60,771 49,859 50,327 7,362 7,685 4,999 5,273

 Agriculture .............................................................. 847 825 819 784 14 20 89 91

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 59,026 59,945 49,040 49,543 7,348 7,665 4,910 5,182

 Unemployed ............................................................. 3,162 2,944 2,195 2,053 813 756 488 473

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 5.0 4.6 4.2 3.9 9.9 9.0 8.9 8.2

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 42,382 42,748 35,363 35,746 5,066 5,005 4,466 4,589

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 97,889 98,786 81,492 82,073 12,016 12,203 8,950 9,292

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 59,198 59,702 48,847 49,029 7,686 7,912 5,106 5,304

 Percent of population .............................................. 60.5 60.4 59.9 59.7 64.0 64.8 57.0 57.1

 Employed .................................................................. 56,613 57,278 47,063 47,342 7,013 7,290 4,705 4,928

 Agriculture .............................................................. 798 768 771 729 13 19 83 85

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 55,815 56,510 46,292 46,612 7,000 7,272 4,622 4,843

 Unemployed ............................................................. 2,585 2,424 1,784 1,688 673 622 401 376

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.4 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.1

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 38,691 39,084 32,645 33,044 4,330 4,291 3,845 3,988

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population ............................... 15,365 15,644 12,181 12,439 2,412 2,443 2,121 2,204

 Civilian labor force ...................................................... 7,932 8,256 6,720 6,965 933 1,017 911 1,007

 Percent of population .............................................. 51.6 52.8 55.2 56.0 38.7 41.6 43.0 45.7

 Employed .................................................................. 6,661 7,051 5,807 6,089 631 736 714 793

 Agriculture .............................................................. 244 261 236 250 3 8 33 36

 Nonagricultural industries ....................................... 6,417 6,790 5,571 5,839 628 728 682 757

 Unemployed ............................................................. 1,271 1,205 912 876 302 281 197 214

 Unemployment rate ................................................ 16.0 14.6 13.6 12.6 32.4 27.6 21.6 21.3

 Not in labor force ........................................................ 7,433 7,388 5,462 5,475 1,479 1,427 1,210 1,197

 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 1998, data reflect new composite estimation

procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.

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