HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                             ANNUAL AVERAGES

6. Employment status of the Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-origin population by sex and age

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                Total Hispanic      Mexican origin   Puerto Rican origin     Cuban origin   
                                                  origin(1)                                                                 
      Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
                                                1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                   TOTAL                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   21,070    21,650    13,216    13,582     2,080     2,058     1,062     1,141 
    Civilian labor force....................   14,317    14,665     9,096     9,267     1,249     1,269       651       714 
        Percent of population...............     67.9      67.7      68.8      68.2      60.0      61.6      61.3      62.6 
      Employed..............................   13,291    13,720     8,431     8,656     1,145     1,165       612       681 
        Agriculture.........................      742       734       662       666        10         7         6         6 
        Nonagricultural industries..........   12,549    12,986     7,769     7,990     1,135     1,158       606       675 
      Unemployed............................    1,026       945       664       611       104       104        39        33 
        Unemployment rate...................      7.2       6.4       7.3       6.6       8.3       8.2       6.0       4.6 
    Not in labor force......................    6,753     6,985     4,121     4,315       832       789       411       427 
                                                                                                                            
           Men, 16 years and over                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,734    10,713     6,937     6,939       975       946       527       568 
    Civilian labor force....................    8,571     8,546     5,660     5,637       672       657       387       426 
        Percent of population...............     79.8      79.8      81.6      81.2      68.9      69.5      73.5      75.1 
      Employed..............................    8,018     8,067     5,291     5,312       615       607       371       408 
        Agriculture.........................      651       642       579       582         8         6         5         4 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    7,367     7,425     4,712     4,731       607       601       366       403 
      Unemployed............................      552       480       369       324        57        50        16        19 
        Unemployment rate...................      6.4       5.6       6.5       5.8       8.5       7.6       4.1       4.4 
    Not in labor force......................    2,164     2,167     1,276     1,302       303       289       140       142 
                                                                                                                            
           Men, 20 years and over                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,573     9,523     6,139     6,105       872       841       499       533 
    Civilian labor force....................    8,005     7,950     5,244     5,196       632       613       372       411 
        Percent of population...............     83.6      83.5      85.4      85.1      72.4      72.9      74.6      77.2 
      Employed..............................    7,570     7,576     4,959     4,948       586       574       359       396 
        Agriculture.........................      621       602       551       544         8         6         5         4 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    6,949     6,974     4,408     4,404       578       568       354       392 
      Unemployed............................      436       374       285       249        46        39        13        15 
        Unemployment rate...................      5.4       4.7       5.4       4.8       7.3       6.4       3.6       3.8 
    Not in labor force......................    1,568     1,573       895       909       241       228       127       121 
                                                                                                                            
          Women, 16 years and over                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,335    10,937     6,280     6,643     1,105     1,112       535       573 
    Civilian labor force....................    5,746     6,119     3,435     3,630       576       611       264       287 
        Percent of population...............     55.6      55.9      54.7      54.6      52.2      55.0      49.2      50.2 
      Employed..............................    5,273     5,653     3,140     3,344       529       557       241       273 
        Agriculture.........................       91        92        83        84         2         1         1         2 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    5,182     5,561     3,057     3,259       528       557       240       271 
      Unemployed............................      473       466       296       287        47        54        23        14 
        Unemployment rate...................      8.2       7.6       8.6       7.9       8.2       8.8       8.6       4.8 
    Not in labor force......................    4,589     4,819     2,844     3,013       529       500       272       285 
                                                                                                                            
          Women, 20 years and over                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,292     9,821     5,555     5,877     1,003     1,004       509       549 
    Civilian labor force....................    5,304     5,666     3,119     3,319       530       571       252       279 
        Percent of population...............     57.1      57.7      56.1      56.5      52.8      56.9      49.6      50.8 
      Employed..............................    4,928     5,290     2,897     3,092       493       529       231       266 
        Agriculture.........................       85        88        77        80         2         1         1         2 
        Nonagricultural industries..........    4,843     5,202     2,820     3,012       491       528       230       263 
      Unemployed............................      376       376       221       227        37        43        22        13 
        Unemployment rate...................      7.1       6.6       7.1       6.8       7.0       7.5       8.6       4.7 
    Not in labor force......................    3,988     4,155     2,436     2,558       473       432       257       270 
                                                                                                                            
         Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                         
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population......    2,204     2,307     1,523     1,600       205       213        54        59 
    Civilian labor force....................    1,007     1,049       733       752        87        84        26        24 
        Percent of population...............     45.7      45.5      48.1      47.0      42.5      39.3      48.1      39.9 
      Employed..............................      793       854       575       617        66        62        22        20 
        Agriculture.........................       36        45        34        42         1      -         -         -    
        Nonagricultural industries..........      757       809       541       574        65        61        22        20 
      Unemployed............................      214       196       158       135        21        22         4         4 
        Unemployment rate...................     21.3      18.6      21.5      18.0      24.1      26.3     (2)       (2)   
    Not in labor force......................    1,197     1,257       790       848       118       129        28        36 

  1 Includes persons of Central or South American origin and of other Hispanic origin, not shown separately.
  2 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.