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Table 29. Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and alternative work arrangements, February 2001

Total, 16 years and over.............. 134,605 100.0 6.4 1.6 0.9 0.5 90.6

 16 to 19 years.......................... 6,597 100.0 1.6 3.1 .6 .1 94.2

 20 to 24 years........................ 13,259 100.0 1.8 2.3 1.7 .5 93.2

 25 to 34 years......................... 30,079 100.0 4.4 1.2 1.0 .5 92.8

 35 to 44 years.......................... 36,740 100.0 6.8 1.5 .8 .5 90.3

 45 to 54 years.......................... 29,946 100.0 8.0 1.2 .6 .5 89.6

 55 to 64 years.......................... 13,955 100.0 9.7 1.4 .9 .3 87.6

 65 years and over................... 4,029 100.0 16.9 3.0 .4 .7 79.3

Women, 16 years and over......... 63,229 100.0 4.8 1.6 1.1 .3 92.1

 16 to 19 years.......................... 3,277 100.0 1.3 3.7 .8 - 94.0

 20 to 24 years.......................... 6,481 100.0 1.8 2.0 2.1 .2 93.6

 25 to 34 years.......................... 13,844 100.0 3.9 .8 1.3 .2 93.7

 35 to 44 years.......................... 17,071 100.0 5.0 1.7 .8 .3 92.2

 45 to 54 years........................ 14,379 100.0 6.0 1.3 .8 .5 91.2

 55 to 64 years.......................... 6,506 100.0 6.9 1.4 1.3 .1 90.3

 65 years and over................... 1,671 100.0 11.3 2.6 .7 .8 84.9

Men, 16 years and over............. 71,376 100.0 7.8 1.6 .7 .6 89.2

 16 to 19 years.......................... 3,320 100.0 1.8 2.5 .5 .2 94.5

 20 to 24 years.......................... 6,778 100.0 1.8 2.6 1.2 .8 92.8

 25 to 34 years.......................... 16,235 100.0 4.8 1.5 .8 .7 92.0

 35 to 44 years......................... 19,668 100.0 8.3 1.3 .8 .7 88.8

 45 to 54 years......................... 15,567 100.0 9.9 1.2 .3 .5 88.0

 55 to 64 years......................... 7,449 100.0 12.2 1.3 .6 .5 85.3

 65 years and over................... 2,358 100.0 20.8 3.2 .3 .6 75.3

Age and sex

Percent of workers with alternative arrangements1

Workers with 

traditional 

arrangements

Total 

Total 

employed (in 

thousands)

On-call 

workers

Temporary help 

agency workers

Workers 

provided by 

contract firms

Independent 

contractors

1 Independent contractors are workers who were identified as

independent contractors, independent consultants, or freelance

workers, whether they were self-employed or wage and salary

workers. On-call workers are workers who are called to work

only as needed, although they can be scheduled to work for several days or weeks in a row. Temporary help agency workers are

workers who were paid by a temporary help agency, whether or

not their job was temporary. Workers provided by contract firms

are workers who are employed by a company that provides them

or their services to others under contract and who are usually

assigned to only one customer and usually work at the customer's

worksite.

- Dash represents zero.

NOTE: Workers with traditional arrangements are those who do

not fall into any of the "alternative arrangements" categories. Detail

may not sum to totals because the total employed includes day

laborers (an alternative arrangement, not shown separately) and a

small number of workers who were both "on call" and "provided by

contract firms."