HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

(Numbers in thousands)

Age and sex

1998

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 ................... 21,070 14,317 67.9 13,291 63.1 742 12,549 1,026 7.2 6,753

 16 to 19 years ....................... 2,204 1,007 45.7 793 36.0 36 757 214 21.3 1,197

 16 to 17 years ..................... 1,070 320 29.9 230 21.5 8 222 89 28.0 750

 18 to 19 years ..................... 1,135 688 60.6 563 49.6 28 535 125 18.1 447

 20 to 24 years ....................... 2,731 2,077 76.1 1,883 68.9 124 1,759 194 9.4 654

 25 years and over ................. 16,134 11,232 69.6 10,615 65.8 583 10,033 617 5.5 4,902

 25 to 54 years ..................... 12,857 10,170 79.1 9,611 74.8 528 9,083 559 5.5 2,688

 25 to 34 years ................... 5,447 4,372 80.3 4,113 75.5 240 3,873 260 5.9 1,074

 35 to 44 years ................... 4,636 3,707 80.0 3,504 75.6 175 3,329 203 5.5 929

 45 to 54 years ................... 2,775 2,090 75.3 1,994 71.9 113 1,882 96 4.6 684

 55 years and over ............... 3,277 1,063 32.4 1,004 30.7 55 950 58 5.5 2,214

 55 to 64 years ................... 1,615 894 55.4 846 52.4 46 801 48 5.3 721

 65 years and over ............. 1,662 169 10.1 158 9.5 9 149 11 6.4 1,493

Men

16 years and over ................... 10,734 8,571 79.8 8,018 74.7 651 7,367 552 6.4 2,164

 16 to 19 years ....................... 1,161 565 48.7 449 38.6 30 418 117 20.6 596

 16 to 17 years ..................... 586 188 32.0 133 22.7 8 126 54 29.0 398

 18 to 19 years ..................... 575 377 65.7 315 54.9 23 293 62 16.4 197

 20 to 24 years ....................... 1,462 1,288 88.1 1,173 80.2 112 1,061 115 8.9 174

 25 years and over ................. 8,111 6,718 82.8 6,397 78.9 509 5,888 321 4.8 1,394

 25 to 54 years ..................... 6,627 6,071 91.6 5,783 87.3 457 5,327 287 4.7 556

 25 to 34 years ................... 2,907 2,733 94.0 2,592 89.1 212 2,380 142 5.2 174

 35 to 44 years ................... 2,377 2,173 91.4 2,077 87.4 152 1,925 97 4.5 204

 45 to 54 years ................... 1,342 1,164 86.7 1,115 83.1 93 1,022 49 4.2 178

 55 years and over ............... 1,485 647 43.6 613 41.3 52 561 34 5.2 838

 55 to 64 years ................... 771 541 70.2 512 66.4 44 468 29 5.3 230

 65 years and over ............. 714 106 14.9 101 14.2 8 93 5 5.0 608

Women

16 years and over ................... 10,335 5,746 55.6 5,273 51.0 91 5,182 473 8.2 4,589

 16 to 19 years ....................... 1,044 442 42.4 345 33.0 6 339 98 22.1 602

 16 to 17 years ..................... 483 132 27.3 97 20.1 – 97 35 26.4 352

 18 to 19 years ..................... 560 310 55.4 247 44.2 5 242 63 20.2 250

 20 to 24 years ....................... 1,269 789 62.2 710 55.9 12 698 80 10.1 480

 25 years and over ................. 8,023 4,515 56.3 4,219 52.6 74 4,145 296 6.6 3,508

 25 to 54 years ..................... 6,231 4,099 65.8 3,828 61.4 72 3,756 271 6.6 2,132

 25 to 34 years ................... 2,539 1,639 64.5 1,521 59.9 29 1,493 118 7.2 900

 35 to 44 years ................... 2,259 1,533 67.9 1,428 63.2 24 1,404 106 6.9 725

 45 to 54 years ................... 1,433 927 64.7 879 61.4 19 860 48 5.1 506

 55 years and over ............... 1,792 416 23.2 391 21.8 2 389 24 5.9 1,376

 55 to 64 years ................... 844 353 41.9 334 39.6 2 333 19 5.4 491

 65 years and over ............. 948 62 6.6 57 6.0 1 56 5 8.8 886

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

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