HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                HOUSEHOLD DATA
 ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                              ANNUAL AVERAGES
 
 37.  Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                        Number of workers           Median weekly earnings   
                                                                          (in thousands)                                     
                          Characteristic                                                                                     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                       2001           2002            2001           2002     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                           SEX AND AGE                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
 Total, 16 years and over........................................    101,187        100,204           $595           $609    
                                                                                                                             
   Men, 16 years and over........................................     56,935         56,431            668            680    
    16 to 24 years...............................................      6,581          6,320            390            392    
    25 years and over............................................     50,354         50,111            718            732    
                                                                                                                             
   Women, 16 years and over......................................     44,252         43,773            511            530    
    16 to 24 years...............................................      5,062          4,817            353            366    
    25 years and over............................................     39,190         38,956            541            570    
                                                                                                                             
                  RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
   White.........................................................     83,267         82,438            610            624    
     Men.........................................................     48,047         47,502            688            702    
     Women.......................................................     35,220         34,936            521            549    
                                                                                                                             
   Black.........................................................     12,317         12,116            486            498    
     Men.........................................................      5,775          5,792            517            523    
     Women.......................................................      6,543          6,323            452            474    
                                                                                                                             
   Hispanic origin...............................................     13,018         13,168            413            423    
     Men.........................................................      8,183          8,298            433            449    
     Women.......................................................      4,835          4,870            385            396    

   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.