HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

15. Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                1998                                                
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                        Agriculture                                 Nonagricultural industries                      
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                           Wage and salary workers                                  
         Age and sex                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                    
                                Wage and   Self-     Unpaid                  Private industries                    Self-     Unpaid 
                                 salary   employed   family                                                       employed   family 
                                workers   workers   workers                                                       workers   workers 
                                                               Total               Private    Other   Government                    
                                                                         Total    household  private                                
                                                                                   workers  industri-                               
                                                                                                es                                  
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
 Total, 16 years and over.....    2,000     1,341        38   119,019   100,637        962    99,674     18,383     8,962       103 
16 to 19 years................      219        30        13     6,726     6,400        116     6,285        325        57         8 
  16 to 17 years..............      104        21         5     2,602     2,500         70     2,431        102        25         4 
  18 to 19 years..............      114         8         8     4,124     3,900         46     3,854        223        32         3 
20 to 24 years................      300        34         6    11,968    10,962         91    10,872      1,005       242         8 
25 to 34 years................      531       179         8    29,146    25,458        166    25,292      3,688     1,513        18 
35 to 44 years................      473       314         5    32,750    27,470        221    27,249      5,280     2,710        26 
45 to 54 years................      275       319         2    24,565    19,095        190    18,905      5,470     2,403        23 
55 to 64 years................      149       245         2    11,066     8,878        104     8,774      2,187     1,399        12 
65 years and over.............       53       221         3     2,800     2,373         74     2,298        427       639         9 
                                                                                                                                    
 Men, 16 years and over.......    1,526     1,005        23    62,630    54,452         86    54,366      8,178     5,480        29 
16 to 19 years................      170        24        10     3,319     3,176         18     3,158        143        30         5 
  16 to 17 years..............       82        18         4     1,278     1,227         10     1,217         51        13         3 
  18 to 19 years..............       88         6         7     2,041     1,949          8     1,941         92        17         3 
20 to 24 years................      246        25         4     6,224     5,789          8     5,781        435       134         4 
25 to 34 years................      409       135         5    15,673    13,987         15    13,971      1,686       872         3 
35 to 44 years................      356       242         1    17,416    15,131         16    15,115      2,285     1,612         6 
45 to 54 years................      190       230      -       12,616    10,222         12    10,210      2,394     1,504         4 
55 to 64 years................      110       172         1     5,868     4,838          7     4,831      1,030       898         3 
65 years and over.............       44       176         1     1,514     1,309          9     1,300        205       432         3 
                                                                                                                                    
 Women, 16 years and over.....      474       336        15    56,389    46,185        876    45,308     10,205     3,482        74 
16 to 19 years................       49         6         3     3,406     3,224         97     3,127        182        26         2 
  16 to 17 years..............       22         4         2     1,324     1,273         59     1,214         51        12         2 
  18 to 19 years..............       27         2         1     2,083     1,951         38     1,913        131        15         1 
20 to 24 years................       54         9         2     5,743     5,173         82     5,091        570       108         4 
25 to 34 years................      123        44         3    13,473    11,471        151    11,320      2,002       641        14 
35 to 44 years................      116        71         3    15,334    12,339        205    12,134      2,995     1,098        20 
45 to 54 years................       85        89         2    11,949     8,873        178     8,695      3,076       899        19 
55 to 64 years................       38        73         1     5,198     4,040         97     3,944      1,158       501         9 
65 years and over.............        9        44         2     1,286     1,064         66       998        222       208         5 

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the
household survey.