HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Age and sex

1999

Civilian

noninstitutional

population

Civilian labor force

Total

Percent

of

population

Employed Unemployed

Not

in

labor

force Total

Percent

of

population

Agriculture

Nonagricultural

industries

Number

Percent

of

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.

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