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

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                              2007                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                   Workers paid hourly rates                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                         Characteristic                                                                     Total at or below     
                                                                               Below           At       prevailing Federal minimum
                                                                             prevailing    prevailing              wage           
                                                                 Total        Federal       Federal                               
                                                                              minimum       minimum                               
                                                                                wage          wage                     Percent of 
                                                                                                           Number     hourly-paid 
                                                                                                                        workers   
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                           AGE AND SEX                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                  
       Total, 16 years and over.............................     75,873         1,462           267         1,729          2.3    
         16 to 24 years.....................................     16,275           669           145           814          5.0    
         25 years and over..................................     59,597           793           122           915          1.5    
                                                                                                                                  
         Men, 16 years and over.............................     37,790           460            86           546          1.4    
           16 to 24 years...................................      8,314           190            52           242          2.9    
           25 years and over................................     29,476           270            34           304          1.0    
                                                                                                                                  
         Women, 16 years and over...........................     38,082         1,002           181         1,183          3.1    
           16 to 24 years...................................      7,961           479            93           572          7.2    
           25 years and over................................     30,121           523            88           611          2.0    
                                                                                                                                  
           RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                            
                                                                                                                                  
         White, 16 years and over...........................     61,061         1,216           204         1,420          2.3    
           Men..............................................     30,944           398            73           471          1.5    
           Women............................................     30,117           818           131           949          3.2    
                                                                                                                                  
         Black or African American, 16 years and over.......      9,965           150            55           205          2.1    
           Men..............................................      4,482            39            10            49          1.1    
           Women............................................      5,483           111            45           156          2.8    
                                                                                                                                  
         Asian, 16 years and over...........................      2,730            50             1            50          1.8    
           Men..............................................      1,260            14          -               14          1.1    
           Women............................................      1,469            36             1            37          2.5    
                                                                                                                                  
         Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over....     13,168           205            41           246          1.9    
           Men..............................................      7,796            95            19           114          1.5    
           Women............................................      5,372           110            22           133          2.5    
                                                                                                                                  
             FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX (1)                                                                               
                                                                                                                                  
         Full-time workers..................................     57,745           658            94           751          1.3    
           Men..............................................     32,003           253            30           283           .9    
           Women............................................     25,743           405            64           468          1.8    
                                                                                                                                  
         Part-time workers..................................     17,997           799           172           971          5.4    
           Men..............................................      5,721           204            56           260          4.5    
           Women............................................     12,276           594           117           711          5.8    

       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 from January 2007 to July 23, 2007.  Beginning July 24, 2007,
     the prevailing Federal minimum wage increased to $5.85 per hour.  Data are for wage and salary workers, excluding the
     incorporated self-employed.  The data refer to a person's earnings on the 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 violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as there are
     exceptions to the minimum wage provisions of the law.  In addition, some survey respondents reported hourly earnings below
     the minimum wage even though they earned the minimum wage or higher.  Updated population controls are introduced annually
     with the release of January data.  Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.