HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

7.  Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic
origin

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                     Total              Men              Women             White             Black        Hispanic origin 
    Educational attainment                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                          
                                 2001     2002     2001     2002     2001     2002     2001     2002     2001     2002     2001     2002  
                                                                                                                                          
            TOTAL                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                               
     population............... 180,287  182,228   85,813   86,813   94,474   95,415  150,554  151,827   20,065   20,382   19,018   19,948 
    Civilian labor force...... 121,275  122,497   65,176   65,861   56,099   56,636  100,854  101,711   13,646   13,787   13,536   14,162 
        Percent of population.    67.3     67.2     76.0     75.9     59.4     59.4     67.0     67.0     68.0     67.6     71.2     71.0 
      Employed................ 116,846  116,802   62,824   62,756   54,021   54,046   97,560   97,476   12,797   12,719   12,817   13,294 
        Employment-population                                                                                                             
         ratio................    64.8     64.1     73.2     72.3     57.2     56.6     64.8     64.2     63.8     62.4     67.4     66.6 
      Unemployed..............   4,429    5,695    2,351    3,105    2,078    2,590    3,295    4,235      849    1,068      718      868 
        Unemployment rate.....     3.7      4.6      3.6      4.7      3.7      4.6      3.3      4.2      6.2      7.7      5.3      6.1 
                                                                                                                                          
   Less than a high school                                                                                                                
           diploma                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                               
     population...............  28,602   28,382   13,618   13,700   14,984   14,682   22,908   22,610    4,211    4,238    8,119    8,386 
    Civilian labor force......  12,581   12,599    7,680    7,833    4,901    4,766   10,217   10,162    1,691    1,728    4,971    5,141 
        Percent of population.    44.0     44.4     56.4     57.2     32.7     32.5     44.6     44.9     40.2     40.8     61.2     61.3 
      Employed................  11,669   11,535    7,188    7,220    4,480    4,315    9,550    9,394    1,492    1,498    4,601    4,744 
        Employment-population                                                                                                             
         ratio................    40.8     40.6     52.8     52.7     29.9     29.4     41.7     41.5     35.4     35.3     56.7     56.6 
      Unemployed..............     912    1,064      491      613      421      451      668      769      200      231      370      397 
        Unemployment rate.....     7.2      8.4      6.4      7.8      8.6      9.5      6.5      7.6     11.8     13.3      7.4      7.7 
                                                                                                                                          
  High school graduates, no                                                                                                               
           college                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                               
     population...............  58,621   58,861   27,018   27,156   31,603   31,704   49,299   49,360    7,034    7,141    5,285    5,622 
    Civilian labor force......  37,644   37,764   20,132   20,241   17,512   17,523   31,257   31,290    4,850    4,883    3,974    4,167 
        Percent of population.    64.2     64.2     74.5     74.5     55.4     55.3     63.4     63.4     68.9     68.4     75.2     74.1 
      Employed................  36,078   35,779   19,274   19,154   16,804   16,624   30,126   29,836    4,492    4,453    3,796    3,921 
        Employment-population                                                                                                             
         ratio................    61.5     60.8     71.3     70.5     53.2     52.4     61.1     60.4     63.9     62.4     71.8     69.7 
      Unemployed..............   1,566    1,985      858    1,087      708      898    1,131    1,454      358      430      178      247 
        Unemployment rate.....     4.2      5.3      4.3      5.4      4.0      5.1      3.6      4.6      7.4      8.8      4.5      5.9 
                                                                                                                                          
    Less than a bachelor's                                                                                                                
          degree(1)                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                               
     population...............  45,709   45,968   20,858   20,963   24,851   25,005   38,264   38,349    5,466    5,582    3,452    3,569 
    Civilian labor force......  33,696   33,616   16,857   16,802   16,839   16,814   27,893   27,786    4,302    4,342    2,804    2,880 
        Percent of population.    73.7     73.1     80.8     80.2     67.8     67.2     72.9     72.5     78.7     77.8     81.2     80.7 
      Employed................  32,586   32,094   16,302   16,032   16,284   16,062   27,063   26,650    4,086    4,053    2,697    2,723 
        Employment-population                                                                                                             
         ratio................    71.3     69.8     78.2     76.5     65.5     64.2     70.7     69.5     74.8     72.6     78.1     76.3 
      Unemployed..............   1,110    1,523      555      770      555      752      829    1,136      215      289      107      157 
        Unemployment rate.....     3.3      4.5      3.3      4.6      3.3      4.5      3.0      4.1      5.0      6.7      3.8      5.4 
                                                                                                                                          
   Some college, no degree                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                               
     population...............  30,955   30,890   14,531   14,493   16,424   16,397   25,809   25,648    3,880    3,954    2,462    2,498 
    Civilian labor force......  22,238   21,990   11,466   11,346   10,772   10,644   18,257   17,995    3,023    3,055    1,992    2,014 
        Percent of population.    71.8     71.2     78.9     78.3     65.6     64.9     70.7     70.2     77.9     77.2     80.9     80.6 
      Employed................  21,459   20,928   11,076   10,811   10,383   10,117   17,671   17,209    2,871    2,843    1,916    1,900 
        Employment-population                                                                                                             
         ratio................    69.3     67.7     76.2     74.6     63.2     61.7     68.5     67.1     74.0     71.9     77.8     76.1 
      Unemployed..............     779    1,062      390      536      390      527      586      786      153      212       76      114 
        Unemployment rate.....     3.5      4.8      3.4      4.7      3.6      4.9      3.2      4.4      5.1      6.9      3.8      5.7 
                                                                                                                                          
       Associate degree                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                               
     population...............  14,755   15,078    6,328    6,470    8,427    8,608   12,454   12,701    1,587    1,628      990    1,072 
    Civilian labor force......  11,458   11,626    5,391    5,456    6,067    6,171    9,636    9,790    1,278    1,288      812      866 
        Percent of population.    77.7     77.1     85.2     84.3     72.0     71.7     77.4     77.1     80.6     79.1     82.0     80.8 
      Employed................  11,127   11,166    5,226    5,221    5,901    5,945    9,393    9,440    1,216    1,210      781      823 
        Employment-population                                                                                                             
         ratio................    75.4     74.1     82.6     80.7     70.0     69.1     75.4     74.3     76.6     74.4     78.9     76.8 
      Unemployed..............     331      460      165      235      166      226      243      350       62       77       31       43 
        Unemployment rate.....     2.9      4.0      3.1      4.3      2.7      3.7      2.5      3.6      4.9      6.0      3.8      4.9 
                                                                                                                                          
      College graduates                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional                                                                                                               
     population...............  47,354   49,017   24,318   24,994   23,036   24,024   40,083   41,508    3,353    3,421    2,162    2,371 
    Civilian labor force......  37,354   38,518   20,508   20,985   16,847   17,533   31,487   32,473    2,803    2,833    1,787    1,973 
        Percent of population.    78.9     78.6     84.3     84.0     73.1     73.0     78.6     78.2     83.6     82.8     82.7     83.2 
      Employed................  36,514   37,395   20,060   20,350   16,453   17,045   30,821   31,597    2,727    2,715    1,723    1,906 
        Employment-population                                                                                                             
         ratio................    77.1     76.3     82.5     81.4     71.4     71.0     76.9     76.1     81.3     79.4     79.7     80.4 
      Unemployed..............     841    1,123      447      635      394      488      667      876       76      118       64       67 
        Unemployment rate.....     2.3      2.9      2.2      3.0      2.3      2.8      2.1      2.7      2.7      4.2      3.6      3.4 

  1 Includes the categories, some college, no degree, and associate degree.
  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.