HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                                  ANNUAL AVERAGES

4.  Employment status of the Hispanic-orgin population by age and sex

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                            1999                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                         Civilian labor force                                    
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
       Age and sex         Civilian                                        Employed                      Unemployed              
                           noninsti-                                                                                       Not   
                           tutional              Percent                                                                    in   
                          population   Total       of                 Percent             Nonagri-             Percent    labor  
                                               population   Total       of       Agri-    cultural    Number      of      force  
                                                                    population  culture  industries             labor            
                                                                                                                force            
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
          TOTAL                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                 
  16 years and over......   21,650     14,665      67.7     13,720      63.4        734    12,986        945       6.4     6,985 
    16 to 19 years.......    2,307      1,049      45.5        854      37.0         45       809        196      18.6     1,257 
      16 to 17 years.....    1,113        333      29.9        254      22.8         13       241         79      23.7       780 
      18 to 19 years.....    1,194        717      60.0        600      50.2         32       568        117      16.3       477 
    20 to 24 years.......    2,700      2,052      76.0      1,881      69.7        128     1,753        171       8.3       648 
    25 years and over....   16,644     11,563      69.5     10,985      66.0        562    10,423        578       5.0     5,080 
      25 to 54 years.....   13,213     10,437      79.0      9,910      75.0        508     9,402        527       5.0     2,776 
        25 to 34 years...    5,512      4,330      78.6      4,097      74.3        209     3,888        233       5.4     1,182 
        35 to 44 years...    4,833      3,929      81.3      3,738      77.4        189     3,549        190       4.8       904 
        45 to 54 years...    2,868      2,178      75.9      2,074      72.3        110     1,964        104       4.8       690 
      55 years and over..    3,431      1,127      32.8      1,075      31.3         54     1,022         51       4.6     2,304 
        55 to 64 years...    1,713        927      54.1        886      51.7         42       844         42       4.5       786 
        65 years and over    1,718        199      11.6        190      11.0         12       178         10       5.0     1,518 
                                                                                                                                 
           Men                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                 
  16 years and over......   10,713      8,546      79.8      8,067      75.3        642     7,425        480       5.6     2,167 
    16 to 19 years.......    1,190        596      50.1        491      41.2         40       450        106      17.8       594 
      16 to 17 years.....      571        181      31.8        139      24.3         12       127         42      23.4       390 
      18 to 19 years.....      619        415      67.0        352      56.8         28       324         63      15.3       204 
    20 to 24 years.......    1,398      1,231      88.1      1,135      81.2        115     1,020         96       7.8       166 
    25 years and over....    8,125      6,719      82.7      6,441      79.3        487     5,955        277       4.1     1,407 
      25 to 54 years.....    6,609      6,056      91.6      5,810      87.9        435     5,375        246       4.1       553 
        25 to 34 years...    2,805      2,633      93.9      2,524      90.0        182     2,342        109       4.1       172 
        35 to 44 years...    2,407      2,219      92.2      2,135      88.7        161     1,974         83       3.8       189 
        45 to 54 years...    1,397      1,205      86.2      1,151      82.4         91     1,060         54       4.5       192 
      55 years and over..    1,516        662      43.7        631      41.6         52       579         31       4.7       853 
        55 to 64 years...      767        526      68.6        502      65.4         40       462         24       4.6       241 
        65 years and over      749        136      18.2        130      17.3         12       117          7       5.0       613 
                                                                                                                                 
          Women                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                 
  16 years and over......   10,937      6,119      55.9      5,653      51.7         92     5,561        466       7.6     4,819 
    16 to 19 years.......    1,116        453      40.6        363      32.5          5       359         90      19.8       664 
      16 to 17 years.....      542        151      27.9        115      21.2          1       114         36      24.0       391 
      18 to 19 years.....      575        302      52.5        248      43.2          4       245         54      17.7       273 
    20 to 24 years.......    1,302        821      63.0        746      57.3         13       733         75       9.1       481 
    25 years and over....    8,519      4,845      56.9      4,544      53.3         75     4,469        301       6.2     3,674 
      25 to 54 years.....    6,603      4,380      66.3      4,100      62.1         73     4,026        281       6.4     2,223 
        25 to 34 years...    2,707      1,698      62.7      1,574      58.1         27     1,546        124       7.3     1,010 
        35 to 44 years...    2,425      1,710      70.5      1,603      66.1         27     1,575        107       6.3       716 
        45 to 54 years...    1,470        973      66.2        923      62.8         19       905         50       5.1       498 
      55 years and over..    1,915        464      24.3        444      23.2          2       443         20       4.3     1,451 
        55 to 64 years...      947        401      42.4        384      40.6          2       382         17       4.3       545 
        65 years and over      969         63       6.5         60       6.2       -           60          3       4.8       906

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.