HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                    ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     40. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by selected characteristics
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                          1995                                    1996                 
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                   Members of     Represented              Members of     Represented  
                                                                   unions(1)       by unions(2)            unions(1)       by unions(2)
                       Characteristic                    Total                                   Total                                 
                                                          em-                                     em-                                  
                                                         ployed         Percent         Percent  ployed         Percent         Percent
                                                                 Total     of    Total     of            Total     of    Total     of  
                                                                          em-             em-                     em-             em-  
                                                                         ployed          ployed                  ployed          ployed
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                        SEX AND AGE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                       
      Total, 16 years and over......................... 110,038  16,360   14.9   18,346   16.7  111,960  16,269   14.5   18,158   16.2 
       16 to 24 years..................................  18,205   1,022    5.6    1,199    6.6   18,106     991    5.5    1,146    6.3 
       25 years and over...............................  91,833  15,337   16.7   17,148   18.7   93,854  15,278   16.3   17,012   18.1 
        25 to 34 years.................................  29,761   3,596   12.1    4,090   13.7   29,564   3,536   12.0    3,994   13.5 
        35 to 44 years.................................  29,800   5,254   17.6    5,883   19.7   30,619   5,132   16.8    5,716   18.7 
        45 to 54 years.................................  20,623   4,483   21.7    4,964   24.1   21,641   4,626   21.4    5,106   23.6 
        55 to 64 years.................................   9,202   1,801   19.6    1,980   21.5    9,527   1,795   18.8    1,984   20.8 
        65 years and over..............................   2,448     203    8.3      231    9.4    2,503     189    7.5      211    8.4 
                                                                                                                                       
       Men, 16 years and over..........................  57,669   9,929   17.2   10,868   18.8   58,473   9,859   16.9   10,761   18.4 
        16 to 24 years.................................   9,531     640    6.7      721    7.6    9,392     627    6.7      709    7.5 
        25 years and over..............................  48,137   9,289   19.3   10,146   21.1   49,080   9,232   18.8   10,052   20.5 
         25 to 34 years................................  16,094   2,220   13.8    2,469   15.3   15,930   2,205   13.8    2,434   15.3 
         35 to 44 years................................  15,505   3,169   20.4    3,460   22.3   15,921   3,100   19.5    3,368   21.2 
         45 to 54 years................................  10,521   2,679   25.5    2,885   27.4   10,936   2,739   25.0    2,960   27.1 
         55 to 64 years................................   4,779   1,117   23.4    1,209   25.3    4,978   1,079   21.7    1,166   23.4 
         65 years and over.............................   1,238     105    8.5      123    9.9    1,315     109    8.3      124    9.5 
                                                                                                                                       
       Women, 16 years and over........................  52,369   6,430   12.3    7,479   14.3   53,488   6,410   12.0    7,397   13.8 
        16 to 24 years.................................   8,673     382    4.4      478    5.5    8,714     364    4.2      437    5.0 
        25 years and over..............................  43,696   6,048   13.8    7,001   16.0   44,773   6,046   13.5    6,960   15.5 
         25 to 34 years................................  13,667   1,377   10.1    1,621   11.9   13,634   1,331    9.8    1,560   11.4 
         35 to 44 years................................  14,295   2,085   14.6    2,423   16.9   14,698   2,032   13.8    2,349   16.0 
         45 to 54 years................................  10,101   1,804   17.9    2,078   20.6   10,705   1,887   17.6    2,146   20.0 
         55 to 64 years................................   4,423     685   15.5      771   17.4    4,549     716   15.7      818   18.0 
         65 years and over.............................   1,210      98    8.1      108    8.9    1,187      80    6.7       87    7.3 
                                                                                                                                       
               RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                       
       White, 16 years and over........................  92,760  13,149   14.2   14,747   15.9   94,306  13,232   14.0   14,761   15.7 
         Men...........................................  49,162   8,178   16.6    8,960   18.2   49,961   8,216   16.4    8,961   17.9 
         Women.........................................  43,598   4,971   11.4    5,787   13.3   44,345   5,016   11.3    5,800   13.1 
                                                                                                                                       
       Black, 16 years and over........................  12,644   2,519   19.9    2,819   22.3   12,909   2,441   18.9    2,733   21.2 
         Men...........................................   6,005   1,353   22.5    1,460   24.3    6,031   1,303   21.6    1,428   23.7 
         Women.........................................   6,639   1,167   17.6    1,358   20.5    6,878   1,138   16.5    1,305   19.0 
                                                                                                                                       
       Hispanic origin, 16 years and over..............  10,401   1,357   13.0    1,535   14.8   10,800   1,394   12.9    1,573   14.6 
         Men...........................................   6,223     871   14.0      969   15.6    6,455     881   13.7      971   15.0 
         Women.........................................   4,178     486   11.6      565   13.5    4,345     513   11.8      602   13.9 
                                                                                                                                       
                FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(3)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                       
       Full-time workers...............................  89,282  14,790   16.6   16,531   18.5   90,918  14,762   16.2   16,429   18.1 
       Part-time workers...............................  20,550   1,537    7.5    1,781    8.7   20,810   1,477    7.1    1,697    8.2 

       1 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.
       2 Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union as well as workers who report no union
     affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.
       3 The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked. Beginning in 1994, 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:    Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers.  Excluded are self-employed workers whose
     businesses are incorporated although they technically qualify as wage and salary workers.  Detail for the above race and
     Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are
     included in both the white and black population groups.