HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin

(Numbers in thousands)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                |                   |                   |                   |
                                                |       Total       |       White       |       Black       |  Hispanic origin
        Employment status, sex, and age         |                   |                   |                   |
                                                 ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                |  1996   |  1997   |  1996   |  1997   |  1996   |  1997   |  1996   |  1997
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                     TOTAL
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population............|200,591  |203,133  |168,317  |169,993  | 23,604  | 24,003  | 19,213  | 20,321
  Civilian labor force..........................|133,943  |136,297  |113,108  |114,693  | 15,134  | 15,529  | 12,774  | 13,796
      Percent of population.....................|   66.8  |   67.1  |   67.2  |   67.5  |   64.1  |   64.7  |   66.5  |   67.9
    Employed....................................|126,708  |129,558  |107,808  |109,856  | 13,542  | 13,969  | 11,642  | 12,726
      Agriculture...............................|  3,443  |  3,399  |  3,276  |  3,208  |     98  |    117  |    609  |    660
      Nonagricultural industries................|123,264  |126,159  |104,532  |106,648  | 13,444  | 13,852  | 11,033  | 12,067
    Unemployed..................................|  7,236  |  6,739  |  5,300  |  4,836  |  1,592  |  1,560  |  1,132  |  1,069
      Unemployment rate.........................|    5.4  |    4.9  |    4.7  |    4.2  |   10.5  |   10.0  |    8.9  |    7.7
  Not in labor force............................| 66,647  | 66,837  | 55,209  | 55,301  |  8,470  |  8,474  |  6,439  |  6,526
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
             Men, 16 years and over
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population............| 96,206  | 97,715  | 81,489  | 82,577  | 10,575  | 10,763  |  9,604  | 10,368
  Civilian labor force..........................| 72,087  | 73,261  | 61,783  | 62,639  |  7,264  |  7,354  |  7,646  |  8,309
      Percent of population.....................|   74.9  |   75.0  |   75.8  |   75.9  |   68.7  |   68.3  |   79.6  |   80.1
    Employed....................................| 68,207  | 69,685  | 58,888  | 59,998  |  6,456  |  6,607  |  7,039  |  7,728
      Agriculture...............................|  2,573  |  2,552  |  2,436  |  2,389  |     86  |    103  |    537  |    571
      Nonagricultural industries................| 65,634  | 67,133  | 56,452  | 57,608  |  6,371  |  6,504  |  6,502  |  7,157
    Unemployed..................................|  3,880  |  3,577  |  2,896  |  2,641  |    808  |    747  |    607  |    582
      Unemployment rate.........................|    5.4  |    4.9  |    4.7  |    4.2  |   11.1  |   10.2  |    7.9  |    7.0
  Not in labor force............................| 24,119  | 24,454  | 19,706  | 19,938  |  3,311  |  3,409  |  1,957  |  2,059
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
             Men, 20 years and over
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population............| 88,606  | 89,879  | 75,454  | 76,320  |  9,414  |  9,575  |  8,611  |  9,250
  Civilian labor force..........................| 68,044  | 69,166  | 58,340  | 59,126  |  6,806  |  6,910  |  7,150  |  7,779
      Percent of population.....................|   76.8  |   77.0  |   77.3  |   77.5  |   72.3  |   72.2  |   83.0  |   84.1
    Employed....................................| 64,897  | 66,284  | 55,977  | 56,986  |  6,167  |  6,325  |  6,655  |  7,307
      Agriculture...............................|  2,356  |  2,356  |  2,224  |  2,201  |     83  |    101  |    510  |    544
      Nonagricultural industries................| 62,541  | 63,927  | 53,753  | 54,785  |  6,084  |  6,224  |  6,145  |  6,763
    Unemployed..................................|  3,146  |  2,882  |  2,363  |  2,140  |    639  |    585  |    495  |    471
      Unemployment rate.........................|    4.6  |    4.2  |    4.1  |    3.6  |    9.4  |    8.5  |    6.9  |    6.1
  Not in labor force............................| 20,563  | 20,713  | 17,114  | 17,194  |  2,608  |  2,665  |  1,461  |  1,471
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
            Women, 16 years and over
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population............|104,385  |105,418  | 86,828  | 87,417  | 13,029  | 13,241  |  9,610  |  9,953
  Civilian labor force..........................| 61,857  | 63,036  | 51,325  | 52,054  |  7,869  |  8,175  |  5,128  |  5,486
      Percent of population.....................|   59.3  |   59.8  |   59.1  |   59.5  |   60.4  |   61.7  |   53.4  |   55.1
    Employed....................................| 58,501  | 59,873  | 48,920  | 49,859  |  7,086  |  7,362  |  4,602  |  4,999
      Agriculture...............................|    871  |    847  |    840  |    819  |     13  |     14  |     72  |     89
      Nonagricultural industries................| 57,630  | 59,026  | 48,080  | 49,040  |  7,073  |  7,348  |  4,531  |  4,910
    Unemployed..................................|  3,356  |  3,162  |  2,404  |  2,195  |    784  |    813  |    525  |    488
      Unemployment rate.........................|    5.4  |    5.0  |    4.7  |    4.2  |   10.0  |    9.9  |   10.2  |    8.9
  Not in labor force............................| 42,528  | 42,382  | 35,503  | 35,363  |  5,159  |  5,066  |  4,482  |  4,466
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
            Women, 20 years and over
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population............| 97,050  | 97,889  | 81,041  | 81,492  | 11,833  | 12,016  |  8,654  |  8,950
  Civilian labor force..........................| 58,094  | 59,198  | 48,162  | 48,847  |  7,405  |  7,686  |  4,779  |  5,106
      Percent of population.....................|   59.9  |   60.5  |   59.4  |   59.9  |   62.6  |   64.0  |   55.2  |   57.0
    Employed....................................| 55,311  | 56,613  | 46,164  | 47,063  |  6,762  |  7,013  |  4,341  |  4,705
      Agriculture...............................|    827  |    798  |    798  |    771  |     12  |     13  |     69  |     83
      Nonagricultural industries................| 54,484  | 55,815  | 45,366  | 46,292  |  6,749  |  7,000  |  4,272  |  4,622
    Unemployed..................................|  2,783  |  2,585  |  1,998  |  1,784  |    643  |    673  |    438  |    401
      Unemployment rate.........................|    4.8  |    4.4  |    4.1  |    3.7  |    8.7  |    8.8  |    9.2  |    7.9
  Not in labor force............................| 38,956  | 38,691  | 32,879  | 32,645  |  4,428  |  4,330  |  3,875  |  3,845
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
Civilian noninstitutional population............| 14,934  | 15,365  | 11,822  | 12,181  |  2,356  |  2,412  |  1,948  |  2,121
  Civilian labor force..........................|  7,806  |  7,932  |  6,607  |  6,720  |    923  |    933  |    845  |    911
      Percent of population.....................|   52.3  |   51.6  |   55.9  |   55.2  |   39.2  |   38.7  |   43.4  |   43.0
    Employed....................................|  6,500  |  6,661  |  5,667  |  5,807  |    613  |    631  |    646  |    714
      Agriculture...............................|    261  |    244  |    254  |    236  |      3  |      3  |     29  |     33
      Nonagricultural industries................|  6,239  |  6,417  |  5,413  |  5,571  |    611  |    628  |    617  |    682
    Unemployed..................................|  1,306  |  1,271  |    939  |    912  |    310  |    302  |    199  |    197
      Unemployment rate.........................|   16.7  |   16.0  |   14.2  |   13.6  |   33.6  |   32.4  |   23.6  |   21.6
  Not in labor force............................|  7,128  |  7,433  |  5,215  |  5,462  |  1,434  |  1,479  |  1,103  |  1,210
                                                |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

   NOTE:  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.  Beginning in January 1997, data
reflect revised population controls used in the household survey,