HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

8. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by age, sex, and race

(Numbers in thousands)

Age, sex, and race

1998

Employed1 Unemployed

Full-time workers Part-time workers

Looking

for

full-time

work

Looking

for

part-time

work

Total

At work

Not

at

work

Total

At work2

Not

at

work

35

hours

or

more

1 to 34

hours for

economic

or

noneconomic

reasons

Part time for

economic

reasons

Part time

for

noneconomic

reasons

TOTAL

Total, 16 years and over .............. 108,202 91,880 12,260 4,062 23,261 2,497 19,239 1,524 4,916 1,293

16 to 19 years ............................................... 2,320 1,914 344 61 4,731 300 4,233 198 584 621

 16 to 17 years ............................................. 353 271 70 12 2,409 60 2,242 107 164 409

 18 to 19 years ............................................. 1,967 1,643 275 49 2,322 240 1,990 91 420 212

20 years and over ......................................... 105,882 89,966 11,915 4,001 18,530 2,197 15,007 1,326 4,332 672

 20 to 24 years ............................................. 9,273 7,926 1,106 240 3,285 466 2,667 151 910 171

 25 years and over ....................................... 96,609 82,040 10,810 3,760 15,246 1,731 12,339 1,175 3,423 501

 25 to 54 years ........................................... 84,274 71,912 9,240 3,121 10,985 1,513 8,665 806 3,097 362

 55 years and over ..................................... 12,336 10,127 1,570 639 4,261 218 3,674 369 325 139

 Men, 16 years and over ............................ 63,189 55,080 6,136 1,973 7,504 1,063 6,026 416 2,707 559

16 to 19 years ............................................... 1,351 1,133 186 32 2,207 137 1,976 94 340 345

20 years and over ......................................... 61,837 53,947 5,950 1,940 5,297 925 4,050 322 2,366 214

 20 to 24 years ............................................. 5,294 4,627 557 110 1,344 218 1,074 51 509 73

 25 years and over ....................................... 56,543 49,320 5,393 1,830 3,953 708 2,975 271 1,857 141

 25 to 54 years ........................................... 49,092 43,061 4,555 1,476 2,182 612 1,440 130 1,648 80

 55 years and over ..................................... 7,451 6,259 838 355 1,772 96 1,535 141 209 61

 Women, 16 years and over ...................... 45,014 36,800 6,124 2,090 15,757 1,435 13,214 1,108 2,210 734

16 to 19 years ............................................... 969 781 158 29 2,524 163 2,257 104 244 276

20 years and over ......................................... 44,045 36,019 5,965 2,061 13,233 1,272 10,957 1,004 1,966 458

 20 to 24 years ............................................. 3,979 3,299 549 131 1,941 248 1,593 100 400 98

 25 years and over ....................................... 40,066 32,720 5,416 1,930 11,292 1,024 9,364 905 1,566 360

 25 to 54 years ........................................... 35,181 28,851 4,685 1,646 8,803 901 7,225 677 1,449 282

 55 years and over ..................................... 4,885 3,868 732 284 2,490 122 2,139 228 116 78

White

Men, 16 years and over ............... 54,206 47,239 5,257 1,709 6,398 829 5,209 360 1,999 432

16 to 19 years ............................................... 1,188 999 162 27 1,915 113 1,723 80 242 268

20 years and over ......................................... 53,017 46,240 5,095 1,682 4,483 716 3,487 280 1,756 164

 20 to 24 years ............................................. 4,540 3,971 475 95 1,118 172 902 44 349 56

 25 years and over ....................................... 48,477 42,269 4,620 1,588 3,365 544 2,585 236 1,408 108

 25 to 54 years ........................................... 41,872 36,733 3,876 1,264 1,763 466 1,190 107 1,237 57

 55 years and over ..................................... 6,605 5,536 745 324 1,602 78 1,395 128 170 51

 Women, 16 years and over ...................... 36,553 29,792 5,039 1,722 13,774 1,089 11,695 990 1,481 572

16 to 19 years ............................................... 816 663 129 24 2,170 136 1,945 88 163 202

20 years and over ......................................... 35,738 29,130 4,910 1,698 11,604 953 9,749 902 1,318 370

 20 to 24 years ............................................. 3,241 2,698 443 100 1,612 188 1,342 83 255 72

 25 years and over ....................................... 32,497 26,431 4,467 1,599 9,992 765 8,407 819 1,063 298

 25 to 54 years ........................................... 28,310 23,118 3,838 1,353 7,766 672 6,483 611 974 232

 55 years and over ..................................... 4,187 3,313 629 246 2,226 93 1,925 208 89 66

Black

Men, 16 years and over ............... 6,148 5,322 637 189 723 168 520 34 572 99

16 to 19 years ............................................... 125 104 17 3 216 21 185 10 85 62

20 years and over ......................................... 6,023 5,218 620 185 507 147 334 25 487 37

 20 to 24 years ............................................. 550 478 62 10 136 37 94 4 140 11

 25 years and over ....................................... 5,473 4,740 558 175 371 110 240 21 347 26

 25 to 54 years ........................................... 4,922 4,279 489 153 256 100 142 13 323 18

 55 years and over ..................................... 551 460 69 22 115 10 98 7 25 8

 Women, 16 years and over ...................... 6,281 5,166 828 288 1,404 278 1,045 81 624 131

16 to 19 years ............................................... 122 92 25 5 273 22 237 13 69 65

20 years and over ......................................... 6,159 5,073 803 283 1,131 256 807 68 555 66

 20 to 24 years ............................................. 579 466 87 25 231 49 170 12 129 21

 25 years and over ....................................... 5,581 4,607 715 258 900 207 637 56 426 45

 25 to 54 years ........................................... 5,065 4,200 634 230 701 184 476 41 407 36

 55 years and over ..................................... 516 407 81 28 199 23 161 15 19 9

1 Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on

their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of the number of hours they are

at work during the reference week. Persons absent from work also are

classified according to their usual status.

2 Includes some persons at work 35 hours or more classified by their

reason for working part time.

 NOTE: Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation

procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.

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