HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


8. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by age, sex, and race

(In thousands)

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                                    |                                 Employed1/                                  |   Unemployed
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                                    |          Full-time workers          |           Part-time workers           |        |
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         Age, sex, and race         |        |      At work      |        |        |     At work 2/      |        |        |
                                    |        |                   |        |        |                     |        |Looking |Looking
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                                    |        |        |          |        |        |          |          |        |  for   |  for
                                    |        |        | 1 to 34  |  Not   |        |          |          |  Not   | full-  | part-
                                    | Total  |   35   |hours for |   at   | Total  |Part time |Part time |   at   |  time  |  time
                                    |        | hours  | economic |  work  |        |   for    |   for    |  work  |  work  |  work
                                    |        |   or   |    or    |        |        | economic |nonecono- |        |        |
                                    |        |  more  |nonecono- |        |        | reasons  |   mic    |        |        |
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               TOTAL
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    Total, 16 years and over........|106,334 | 92,399 |   9,922  |  4,013 | 23,224 |   2,826  |  18,856  |  1,542 |  5,395 |  1,344
16 to 19 years......................|  2,166 |  1,786 |     322  |     58 |  4,495 |     325  |   3,985  |    185 |    647 |    625
  16 to 17 years....................|    321 |    245 |      65  |     11 |  2,327 |      82  |   2,152  |     93 |    182 |    407
  18 to 19 years....................|  1,845 |  1,541 |     257  |     48 |  2,168 |     243  |   1,832  |     92 |    465 |    218
20 years and over...................|104,168 | 90,613 |   9,601  |  3,954 | 18,729 |   2,500  |  14,872  |  1,357 |  4,748 |    719
  20 to 24 years....................|  9,033 |  7,944 |     850  |    239 |  3,346 |     527  |   2,675  |    144 |    969 |    184
  25 years and over.................| 95,135 | 82,669 |   8,751  |  3,715 | 15,383 |   1,973  |  12,196  |  1,213 |  3,780 |    535
    25 to 54 years..................| 83,335 | 72,715 |   7,517  |  3,102 | 11,126 |   1,738  |   8,567  |    822 |  3,428 |    392
    55 years and over...............| 11,800 |  9,954 |   1,234  |    613 |  4,257 |     236  |   3,630  |    391 |    352 |    144
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    Men, 16 years and over..........| 62,258 | 55,216 |   5,040  |  2,001 |  7,427 |   1,187  |   5,821  |    418 |  3,012 |    564
16 to 19 years......................|  1,283 |  1,068 |     183  |     32 |  2,117 |     165  |   1,877  |     76 |    369 |    325
20 years and over...................| 60,974 | 54,148 |   4,857  |  1,969 |  5,310 |   1,023  |   3,944  |    343 |  2,644 |    239
  20 to 24 years....................|  5,193 |  4,625 |     457  |    110 |  1,355 |     239  |   1,064  |     52 |    555 |     81
  25 years and over.................| 55,781 | 49,523 |   4,400  |  1,859 |  3,955 |     784  |   2,880  |    291 |  2,088 |    158
    25 to 54 years..................| 48,560 | 43,311 |   3,734  |  1,516 |  2,211 |     687  |   1,394  |    130 |  1,869 |     91
    55 years and over...............|  7,220 |  6,212 |     666  |    343 |  1,744 |      97  |   1,486  |    161 |    219 |     67
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    Women, 16 years and over........| 44,076 | 37,183 |   4,882  |  2,011 | 15,797 |   1,638  |  13,035  |  1,124 |  2,383 |    779
16 to 19 years......................|    882 |    718 |     139  |     26 |  2,378 |     161  |   2,107  |    109 |    278 |    299
20 years and over...................| 43,194 | 36,465 |   4,744  |  1,985 | 13,419 |   1,477  |  10,927  |  1,015 |  2,105 |    480
  20 to 24 years....................|  3,840 |  3,319 |     392  |    128 |  1,992 |     288  |   1,611  |     93 |    413 |    103
  25 years and over.................| 39,354 | 33,146 |   4,351  |  1,857 | 11,428 |   1,189  |   9,316  |    922 |  1,691 |    377
    25 to 54 years..................| 34,774 | 29,404 |   3,783  |  1,587 |  8,915 |   1,050  |   7,173  |    691 |  1,558 |    301
    55 years and over...............|  4,580 |  3,742 |     568  |    270 |  2,513 |     139  |   2,143  |    231 |    133 |     77
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               White
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    Men, 16 years and over..........| 53,640 | 47,563 |   4,358  |  1,719 |  6,358 |     909  |   5,084  |    365 |  2,202 |    440
16 to 19 years......................|  1,141 |    954 |     159  |     28 |  1,870 |     138  |   1,665  |     67 |    256 |    246
20 years and over...................| 52,498 | 46,609 |   4,199  |  1,691 |  4,488 |     771  |   3,419  |    298 |  1,946 |    194
  20 to 24 years....................|  4,457 |  3,971 |     392  |     94 |  1,132 |     185  |     905  |     42 |    377 |     62
  25 years and over.................| 48,041 | 42,637 |   3,806  |  1,597 |  3,356 |     586  |   2,514  |    256 |  1,569 |    132
    25 to 54 years..................| 41,624 | 37,129 |   3,207  |  1,288 |  1,764 |     509  |   1,151  |    105 |  1,388 |     72
    55 years and over...............|  6,417 |  5,508 |     600  |    309 |  1,592 |      78  |   1,363  |    151 |    181 |     59
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    Women, 16 years and over........| 35,965 | 30,286 |   4,036  |  1,643 | 13,894 |   1,260  |  11,623  |  1,011 |  1,587 |    608
16 to 19 years......................|    749 |    609 |     116  |     23 |  2,047 |     124  |   1,835  |     88 |    191 |    220
20 years and over...................| 35,216 | 29,677 |   3,919  |  1,620 | 11,847 |   1,136  |   9,788  |    923 |  1,396 |    388
  20 to 24 years....................|  3,108 |  2,699 |     309  |     99 |  1,665 |     222  |   1,365  |     78 |    253 |     73
  25 years and over.................| 32,108 | 26,978 |   3,610  |  1,520 | 10,182 |     914  |   8,423  |    845 |  1,143 |    315
    25 to 54 years..................| 28,179 | 23,764 |   3,117  |  1,297 |  7,925 |     804  |   6,489  |    632 |  1,041 |    249
    55 years and over...............|  3,929 |  3,214 |     493  |    223 |  2,258 |     110  |   1,935  |    213 |    102 |     66
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               Black
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    Men, 16 years and over..........|  5,894 |  5,193 |     490  |    211 |    713 |     203  |     474  |     36 |    648 |     98
16 to 19 years......................|    104 |     82 |      19  |      3 |    178 |      24  |     149  |      6 |     99 |     63
20 years and over...................|  5,790 |  5,111 |     471  |    208 |    535 |     179  |     326  |     30 |    549 |     35
  20 to 24 years....................|    531 |    470 |      51  |     10 |    137 |      43  |      89  |      5 |    150 |     15
  25 years and over.................|  5,260 |  4,641 |     420  |    198 |    398 |     137  |     237  |     25 |    399 |     21
    25 to 54 years..................|  4,746 |  4,197 |     376  |    173 |    298 |     125  |     157  |     16 |    376 |     15
    55 years and over...............|    514 |    444 |      44  |     25 |    100 |      12  |      80  |      8 |     23 |      5
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    Women, 16 years and over........|  6,026 |  5,085 |     652  |    289 |  1,336 |     305  |     952  |     79 |    677 |    136
16 to 19 years......................|    105 |     84 |      18  |      2 |    244 |      32  |     196  |     16 |     74 |     66
20 years and over...................|  5,921 |  5,001 |     634  |    286 |  1,092 |     273  |     755  |     64 |    603 |     70
  20 to 24 years....................|    561 |    474 |      64  |     23 |    228 |      57  |     160  |     11 |    140 |     23
  25 years and over.................|  5,360 |  4,527 |     570  |    263 |    865 |     216  |     595  |     53 |    463 |     47
    25 to 54 years..................|  4,867 |  4,130 |     512  |    225 |    674 |     195  |     440  |     39 |    439 |     39
    55 years and over...............|    493 |    397 |      57  |     38 |    190 |      21  |     155  |     13 |     24 |      8
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   1/   Employed persons are classified as full- or part-time workers based on their usual weekly hours at all jobs regardless of
the number of hours they are at work during the reference week.  Persons absent from work are also classified according to their
usual status.
   2/   Includes some persons at work 35 hours or more classified by their reason for working part time.
      NOTE:  Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.