HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


Table 44.  Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected
characteristics

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                          2004                               
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                               Workers paid hourly rates        Total at or below prevailing 
                                                                                                    Federal minimum wage     
                       Characteristic                                                                                        
                                                                                                                             
                                                                         Below        At                       Percent of    
                                                                       prevailing  prevailing                 hourly-paid    
                                                             Total      Federal     Federal      Number         workers      
                                                                        minimum     minimum                                  
                                                                          wage        wage                                   
                                                                     
                                                                                                                             
                        SEX AND AGE                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
Total, 16 years and over.................................    73,939       1,483         520       2,003            2.7       
  16 to 24 years.........................................    16,174         750         272       1,021            6.3       
  25 years and over......................................    57,765         733         249         982            1.7       
                                                                                                                             
Men, 16 years and over...................................    36,806         470         210         680            1.8       
  16 to 24 years.........................................     8,305         239         127         366            4.4       
  25 years and over......................................    28,500         231          83         314            1.1       
                                                                                                                             
Women, 16 years and over.................................    37,133       1,013         310       1,323            3.6       
  16 to 24 years.........................................     7,869         510         145         655            8.3       
  25 years and over......................................    29,265         502         166         668            2.3       
                                                                                                                             
        RACE, SEX, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
White, 16 years and over.................................    59,877       1,286         395       1,681            2.8       
  Men....................................................    30,255         393         161         555            1.8       
  Women..................................................    29,621         892         234       1,126            3.8       
                                                                                                                             
Black or African American, 16 years and over.............     9,417         128          99         228            2.4       
  Men....................................................     4,243          49          40          89            2.1       
  Women..................................................     5,174          79          59         138            2.7       
                                                                                                                             
Asian, 16 years and over.................................     2,672          30           8          38            1.4       
  Men....................................................     1,295          12           3          15            1.2       
  Women..................................................     1,378          18           5          23            1.7       
                                                                                                                             
Hispanic or Latino, 16 years and over....................    12,073         168          82         250            2.1       
  Men....................................................     7,183          66          32          99            1.4       
  Women..................................................     4,890         102          49         151            3.1       
                                                                                                                             
           FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX (1)                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
Full-time workers........................................    55,739         583         177         760            1.4       
  Men....................................................    30,951         223          77         300            1.0       
  Women..................................................    24,788         360         100         460            1.9       
                                                                                                                             
Part-time workers........................................    18,046         897         343       1,240            6.9       
  Men....................................................     5,770         246         132         378            6.6       
  Women..................................................    12,276         651         210         861            7.0       

  1 The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked.  These data will not sum to totals
because full- or part-time status on the principal job is not identifiable for a small number of multiple jobholders.
  NOTE:  The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour in 2004.  Data are for wage and salary workers, excluding the
incorporated self-employed.  They refer to a person's earnings on their sole or principal job, and pertain only to workers who
are paid hourly rates. Salaried workers and other nonhourly workers are not included.  The presence of workers with hourly
earnings below the minimum wage does not necessarily indicate violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as there are
exceptions to the minimum wage provisions of the law.  In addition, some survey respondents might have rounded hourly earnings 
to the nearest dollar, and, as a result, reported hourly earnings below the minimum wage even though they earned the minimum 
wage or higher.  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.