TEXT

Table 1.  Work experience of the population during the year by extent of employment and sex, 1991-92                                
Table 2.  Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 1991-92                              
Table 3.  Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 1991-92                                                                    
Table 4.  Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 1991-92                                         

                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Technical information:  (202) 606-6378         USDL 93-444                                                                          
                              606-6373                                                                                              
Media contact:                606-5902         For release:  10:00 A.M. EDT                                                         
                                               Wednesday, October 20, 1993                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                   WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 1992                                                                        
                                                                                                                                    
     The total number of persons who were unemployed at some point during                                                           
1992 was about the same as in 1991, and the number of persons with some                                                             
employment during the year increased by half a million.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
     According to data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor's                                                             
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21.4 million persons experienced some                                                                   
unemployment in 1992, although most of them held jobs at some time during                                                           
the year.  In total, 133.1 million persons held jobs during at least part                                                           
of the year, and 80.7 million of them were in full-time, year-round jobs,                                                           
1.1 million more than in 1991.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                    
     These data come from supplemental questions asked each March as part                                                           
of the Current Population Survey (CPS), the monthly survey of about 60,000                                                          
households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor                                                            
Statistics.  Because the reference period for the March supplement is a                                                             
full year, the total number of persons with some employment and/or                                                                  
unemployment over such a long period greatly exceeds the average monthly                                                            
levels, which are based on a 1-week reference period.  For example, the                                                             
133.1 million persons reported in the March 1993 survey as having worked at                                                         
some time during 1992 was 15-1/2 million larger than the average of the 12                                                          
monthly observations (117.6 million).  And the 21.4 million who encountered                                                         
some unemployment during 1992 was more than twice the average monthly                                                               
unemployment level of 9.4 million.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
Persons with Employment                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
     The total of 133.1 million persons who worked at some time during 1992                                                         
was about 500,000 higher than the number for 1991.  Year-round, full-time                                                           
employment increased by much more--1.1 million.  (Year-round, full-time                                                             
work refers to employment of 50-to-52 weeks at 35 hours or more during most                                                         
weeks.)  The proportion of workers who were employed full time year round                                                           
increased 0.7 percentage point in 1992 to 60.7 percent.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                    
     Among men, a total of 71.2 million worked all or part of 1992, 77.2                                                            
percent of the male population.  Two-thirds of the men with employment                                                              
worked year round, full time.  Since 1989, the proportion of employed men                                                           
who work full-time, year-round has fallen by over 2 percentage points,                                                              
largely due to increases in the proportion experiencing some unemployment.                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
     The proportion of Hispanic men who worked during 1992 was 78.9                                                                 
percent, 1 percentage point lower than in 1991.  This "employment-                                                                  
population rate" for black men also declined, to 68.3 percent, and the rate                                                         
for white men decreased half a percentage point to 78.4 percent.  Since                                                             
1989, the rate of men in each race/ethnic group has fallen by about 2                                                               
percentage points.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
                                   - 2 -                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                    
     A total of 61.9 million women worked during 1992, about the same                                                               
number as a year earlier.  Nevertheless, employed women continued to                                                                
intensify their job-market role, as the number working year round on full-                                                          
time schedules increased by over 700,000 to 33.2 million, representing over                                                         
half of all working women.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
     Among the race/ethnic groups, the proportion of black and Hispanic                                                             
women with some employment activity decreased from a year earlier; for                                                              
white women, that measure was little changed.  A higher proportion of black                                                         
and white women who did work held full-time, year-round jobs in 1992 than a                                                         
year earlier.  Since 1989, the proportion of white women working during the                                                         
year has held fairly steady, while the proportions of black and Hispanic                                                            
women with some work during the year have each decreased by about 2-1/2                                                             
percentage points.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
Persons with Unemployment                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                    
     The total number of persons unemployed for at least 1 week was 21.4                                                            
million in 1992, little different from the previous year.  The proportion                                                           
of the labor force experiencing some unemployment was 15.8 percent, also                                                            
about unchanged from 1991.  Between 1989 and 1991, the total number of                                                              
persons experiencing unemployment during the year had risen by 4 million,                                                           
with the proportion of workers encountering unemployment rising nearly 3                                                            
percentage points.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
     Among the race/ethnic groups, 15.0 percent of whites experienced                                                               
unemployment in 1992, compared with 22.1 percent of blacks; both                                                                    
proportions were about the same as in the previous year.  Among Hispanics,                                                          
the proportion experiencing unemployment increased slightly to 22.5                                                                 
percent.                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                    
     Nearly 9 out of 10 persons with some unemployment during the year                                                              
reported that they also worked.  The median number of weeks of unemployment                                                         
for these workers increased slightly to 14.2 weeks; since 1989, the median                                                          
has increased by nearly 3 weeks, reflecting a substantial increase in the                                                           
number of persons jobless for 6 months or more.  The median weeks of                                                                
unemployment for whites (13.8 weeks) increased only slightly from 1991,                                                             
while the median for blacks (17.8 weeks) increased by about 1-1/2 weeks and                                                         
that for Hispanics (16.9 weeks) rose by over 2 weeks.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                    
      -------------------------------------------------------------                                                                 
     |    Information in this release will be made available to    |                                                                
     |sensory impaired individuals upon request.  Voice phone:     |                                                                
     |202-606-STAT;  TDD phone: 202-606-5897;  TDD message referral|                                                                
     |phone number:  1-800-326-2577.                               |                                                                
      -------------------------------------------------------------                                                                 
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Table 1.  Work experience of the population during the year by extent of employment and sex, 1991-92                                
                                                                                                                                    
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |                   |                   |                       
                                                                    |       Total       |        Men        |       Women           
                          Extent of employment                      |                   |                   |                       
                                                                     ___________________ ___________________ ___________________    
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |  1991   |  1992   |  1991   |  1992   |  1991   |  1992       
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |                                                               
                                                                    |                  Numbers (in thousands)                       
                                                                    |                                                               
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________    
    Civilian noninstitutional population............................| 191,021 | 192,955 |  91,237 |  92,301 |  99,783 | 100,654     
      Total who worked or looked for work...........................| 134,985 | 135,822 |  72,109 |  72,607 |  62,876 |  63,214     
        Percent of the population...................................|    70.7 |    70.4 |    79.0 |    78.7 |    63.0 |    62.8     
      Total who worked during the year1/............................| 132,571 | 133,083 |  70,900 |  71,228 |  61,670 |  61,855     
        Percent of the population...................................|    69.4 |    69.0 |    77.7 |    77.2 |    61.8 |    61.5     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
        Full time2/.................................................| 103,639 | 103,994 |  60,843 |  60,953 |  42,796 |  43,041     
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|  79,574 |  80,722 |  47,124 |  47,547 |  32,450 |  33,174     
          48 to 49 weeks............................................|   2,385 |   2,355 |   1,395 |   1,494 |     990 |     862     
          40 to 47 weeks............................................|   6,465 |   5,929 |   3,715 |   3,414 |   2,750 |   2,514     
          27 to 39 weeks............................................|   5,626 |   5,292 |   3,198 |   3,047 |   2,428 |   2,245     
          14 to 26 weeks............................................|   5,599 |   5,563 |   3,230 |   3,270 |   2,369 |   2,293     
          1 to 13 weeks.............................................|   3,990 |   4,133 |   2,180 |   2,181 |   1,810 |   1,952     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
        Part time3/.................................................|  28,932 |  29,089 |  10,057 |  10,275 |  18,875 |  18,814     
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|  11,944 |  12,324 |   3,818 |   3,862 |   8,126 |   8,462     
          48 to 49 weeks............................................|     929 |     863 |     307 |     254 |     622 |     609     
          40 to 47 weeks............................................|   2,758 |   2,861 |     930 |     967 |   1,827 |   1,894     
          27 to 39 weeks............................................|   3,317 |   3,113 |   1,105 |   1,128 |   2,212 |   1,984     
          14 to 26 weeks............................................|   4,759 |   4,762 |   1,845 |   1,924 |   2,914 |   2,839     
          1 to 13 weeks.............................................|   5,226 |   5,166 |   2,053 |   2,140 |   3,173 |   3,026     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |                                                               
                                                                    |                   Percent distribution                        
                                                                    |                                                               
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________    
    Total who worked during the year1/..............................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
      Full time2/...................................................|    78.2 |    78.1 |    85.8 |    85.6 |    69.4 |    69.6     
        50 to 52 weeks..............................................|    60.0 |    60.7 |    66.5 |    66.8 |    52.6 |    53.6     
        48 to 49 weeks..............................................|     1.8 |     1.8 |     2.0 |     2.1 |     1.6 |     1.4     
        40 to 47 weeks..............................................|     4.9 |     4.5 |     5.2 |     4.8 |     4.5 |     4.1     
        27 to 39 weeks..............................................|     4.2 |     4.0 |     4.5 |     4.3 |     3.9 |     3.6     
        14 to 26 weeks..............................................|     4.2 |     4.2 |     4.6 |     4.6 |     3.8 |     3.7     
        1 to 13 weeks...............................................|     3.0 |     3.1 |     3.1 |     3.1 |     2.9 |     3.2     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
      Part time3/...................................................|    21.8 |    21.9 |    14.2 |    14.4 |    30.6 |    30.4     
        50 to 52 weeks..............................................|     9.0 |     9.3 |     5.4 |     5.4 |    13.2 |    13.7     
        48 to 49 weeks..............................................|      .7 |      .6 |      .4 |      .4 |     1.0 |     1.0     
        40 to 47 weeks..............................................|     2.1 |     2.1 |     1.3 |     1.4 |     3.0 |     3.1     
        27 to 39 weeks..............................................|     2.5 |     2.3 |     1.6 |     1.6 |     3.6 |     3.2     
        14 to 26 weeks..............................................|     3.6 |     3.6 |     2.6 |     2.7 |     4.7 |     4.6     
        1 to 13 weeks...............................................|     3.9 |     3.9 |     2.9 |     3.0 |     5.1 |     4.9     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                                                                                    
       1/  Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.                                                                       
       2/  Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.                                                                                
       3/  Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.                                                                                   
       NOTE:  Data refer to persons 16 years and over.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Table 2.  Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 1991-92                              
                                                                                                                                    
    (Numbers in thousands)                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |                   |                   |                       
                                                                    |       Total       |        Men        |       Women           
            Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic origin         |                   |                   |                       
                                                                     ___________________ ___________________ ___________________    
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |  1991   |  1992   |  1991   |  1992   |  1991   |  1992       
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                 WHITE                                                                                              
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    Civilian noninstitutional population............................| 162,195 | 163,415 |  78,037 |  78,740 |  84,158 |  84,675     
      Total who worked or looked for work...........................| 115,561 | 116,064 |  62,404 |  62,674 |  53,157 |  53,390     
        Percent of the population...................................|    71.2 |    71.0 |    80.0 |    79.6 |    63.2 |    63.1     
      Total who worked during the year1/............................| 113,900 | 114,184 |  61,538 |  61,720 |  52,362 |  52,464     
        Percent of the population...................................|    70.2 |    69.9 |    78.9 |    78.4 |    62.2 |    62.0     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
      Percent who worked during the year1/..........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0     
        Full time2/.................................................|    78.1 |    77.8 |    86.3 |    85.9 |    68.5 |    68.4     
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|    60.4 |    61.0 |    67.4 |    67.7 |    52.1 |    53.1     
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|    10.9 |    10.0 |    11.7 |    11.0 |     9.9 |     8.9     
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|     6.8 |     6.8 |     7.2 |     7.2 |     6.4 |     6.4     
        Part time3/.................................................|    21.9 |    22.2 |    13.7 |    14.1 |    31.5 |    31.6     
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|     9.2 |     9.5 |     5.3 |     5.4 |    13.7 |    14.4     
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|     5.3 |     5.3 |     3.2 |     3.3 |     7.8 |     7.6     
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|     7.4 |     7.4 |     5.2 |     5.4 |    10.0 |     9.6     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                 BLACK                                                                                              
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    Civilian noninstitutional population............................|  21,855 |  22,216 |   9,837 |  10,019 |  12,017 |  12,197     
      Total who worked or looked for work...........................|  14,584 |  14,648 |   7,094 |   7,175 |   7,489 |   7,473     
        Percent of the population...................................|    66.7 |    65.9 |    72.1 |    71.6 |    62.3 |    61.3     
      Total who worked during the year1/............................|  13,933 |  13,952 |   6,800 |   6,843 |   7,133 |   7,109     
        Percent of the population...................................|    63.8 |    62.8 |    69.1 |    68.3 |    59.4 |    58.3     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
      Percent who worked during the year1/..........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0     
        Full time2/.................................................|    78.9 |    80.2 |    82.6 |    83.3 |    75.5 |    77.2     
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|    57.5 |    57.9 |    59.0 |    58.8 |    56.1 |    56.9     
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|    11.3 |    11.7 |    12.4 |    12.9 |    10.3 |    10.6     
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|    10.1 |    10.6 |    11.2 |    11.6 |     9.0 |     9.7     
        Part time3/.................................................|    21.1 |    19.8 |    17.4 |    16.7 |    24.5 |    22.8     
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|     7.7 |     7.3 |     5.4 |     5.0 |     9.9 |     9.4     
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|     4.7 |     4.3 |     3.9 |     3.4 |     5.5 |     5.0     
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|     8.7 |     8.3 |     8.1 |     8.2 |     9.2 |     8.4     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                            HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                         
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    Civilian noninstitutional population............................|  15,105 |  15,585 |   7,499 |   7,742 |   7,607 |   7,842     
      Total who worked or looked for work...........................|  10,434 |  10,649 |   6,150 |   6,263 |   4,284 |   4,386     
        Percent of the population...................................|    69.1 |    68.3 |    82.0 |    80.9 |    56.3 |    55.9     
      Total who worked during the year1/............................|  10,166 |  10,339 |   6,005 |   6,111 |   4,161 |   4,228     
        Percent of the population...................................|    67.3 |    66.3 |    80.1 |    78.9 |    54.7 |    53.9     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
      Percent who worked during the year1/..........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0     
        Full time2/.................................................|    80.9 |    80.1 |    86.3 |    85.7 |    73.1 |    71.9     
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|    57.3 |    56.7 |    61.6 |    60.7 |    51.0 |    50.9     
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|    13.9 |    13.0 |    15.5 |    14.3 |    11.7 |    11.0     
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|     9.7 |    10.4 |     9.2 |    10.6 |    10.4 |    10.0     
        Part time3/.................................................|    19.1 |    19.9 |    13.7 |    14.3 |    26.9 |    28.1     
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|     7.5 |     8.1 |     5.4 |     5.3 |    10.5 |    12.2     
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|     4.3 |     4.2 |     2.9 |     3.0 |     6.4 |     5.9     
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|     7.2 |     7.6 |     5.3 |     6.0 |    10.0 |    10.0     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                                                                                    
       1/  Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.                                                                       
       2/  Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.                                                                                
       3/  Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.                                                                                   
       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.  Data refer                                                                      
    to persons 16 years and over.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Table 3.  Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 1991-92                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |                   |                   |                       
                                                                    |       Total       |        Men        |       Women           
                         Extent of unemployment                     |                   |                   |                       
                                                                     ___________________ ___________________ ___________________    
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |  1991   |  1992   |  1991   |  1992   |  1991   |  1992       
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |                                                               
                                                                    |                  Numbers (in thousands)                       
                                                                    |                                                               
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________    
    Total who worked or looked for work.............................| 134,985 | 135,822 |  72,109 |  72,607 |  62,876 |  63,214     
      Percent with unemployment.....................................|    15.7 |    15.8 |    17.5 |    17.7 |    13.7 |    13.6     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
      Total with unemployment.......................................|  21,256 |  21,441 |  12,625 |  12,833 |   8,631 |   8,607     
        Did not work but looked for work............................|   2,414 |   2,739 |   1,209 |   1,379 |   1,205 |   1,359     
          1 to 14 weeks.............................................|   1,049 |   1,079 |     388 |     422 |     660 |     657     
          15 weeks or more..........................................|   1,366 |   1,660 |     821 |     958 |     545 |     702     
        Worked during the year......................................|  18,842 |  18,702 |  11,416 |  11,454 |   7,426 |   7,248     
          Year-round workers1/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     960 |     866 |     609 |     562 |     351 |     304     
          Part-year workers2/ with unemployment.....................|  17,882 |  17,836 |  10,807 |  10,892 |   7,075 |   6,944     
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|   3,217 |   2,941 |   1,584 |   1,561 |   1,633 |   1,380     
            5 to 10 weeks...........................................|   3,654 |   3,494 |   2,109 |   2,037 |   1,544 |   1,457     
            11 to 14 weeks..........................................|   2,587 |   2,574 |   1,659 |   1,615 |     927 |     959     
            15 to 26 weeks..........................................|   4,927 |   4,875 |   3,206 |   3,163 |   1,720 |   1,712     
            27 weeks or more........................................|   3,498 |   3,951 |   2,248 |   2,516 |   1,250 |   1,435     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
          Median weeks of unemployment for all workers..............|    13.5 |    14.2 |    14.4 |    14.9 |    11.8 |    13.0     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|   5,856 |   5,734 |   3,878 |   3,889 |   1,978 |   1,844     
            2 spells................................................|   2,732 |   2,698 |   1,735 |   1,781 |     997 |     916     
            3 spells or more........................................|   3,124 |   3,036 |   2,142 |   2,108 |     982 |     928     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |                                                               
                                                                    |                   Percent distribution                        
                                                                    |                                                               
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________    
        Did not work but looked for work............................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0     
          1 to 14 weeks.............................................|    43.4 |    39.4 |    32.1 |    30.6 |    54.8 |    48.4     
          15 weeks or more..........................................|    56.6 |    60.6 |    67.9 |    69.4 |    45.2 |    51.6     
        Worked during the year......................................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0     
          Year-round workers1/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     5.1 |     4.6 |     5.3 |     4.9 |     4.7 |     4.2     
          Part-year workers2/ with unemployment.....................|    94.9 |    95.4 |    94.7 |    95.1 |    95.3 |    95.8     
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|    17.1 |    15.7 |    13.9 |    13.6 |    22.0 |    19.0     
            5 to 10 weeks...........................................|    19.4 |    18.7 |    18.5 |    17.8 |    20.8 |    20.1     
            11 to 14 weeks..........................................|    13.7 |    13.8 |    14.5 |    14.1 |    12.5 |    13.2     
            15 to 26 weeks..........................................|    26.1 |    26.1 |    28.1 |    27.6 |    23.2 |    23.6     
            27 weeks or more........................................|    18.6 |    21.1 |    19.7 |    22.0 |    16.8 |    19.8     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|    31.1 |    30.7 |    34.0 |    34.0 |    26.6 |    25.4     
            2 spells................................................|    14.5 |    14.4 |    15.2 |    15.6 |    13.4 |    12.6     
            3 spells or more........................................|    16.6 |    16.2 |    18.8 |    18.4 |    13.2 |    12.8     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                                                                                    
       1/  Worked 50 or 51 weeks.                                                                                                   
       2/  Worked less than 50 weeks.                                                                                               
       NOTE:  Data refer to persons 16 years and over.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Table 4.  Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 1991-92                                         
                                                                                                                                    
    (Numbers in thousands)                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                    
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |                   |                   |                       
                                                                    |       Total       |        Men        |       Women           
           Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic origin        |                   |                   |                       
                                                                     ___________________ ___________________ ___________________    
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |  1991   |  1992   |  1991   |  1992   |  1991   |  1992       
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                 WHITE                                                                                              
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    Total who worked or looked for work.............................| 115,561 | 116,064 |  62,404 |  62,674 |  53,157 |  53,390     
      Percent with unemployment.....................................|    15.0 |    15.0 |    16.7 |    16.8 |    12.9 |    12.8     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
      Total with unemployment.......................................|  17,299 |  17,373 |  10,427 |  10,543 |   6,872 |   6,830     
        Did not work but looked for work............................|   1,662 |   1,881 |     866 |     954 |     795 |     926     
        Worked during the year......................................|  15,637 |  15,492 |   9,560 |   9,588 |   6,077 |   5,904     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
          Median weeks of unemployment for all workers..............|    13.2 |    13.8 |    14.0 |    14.6 |    11.5 |    12.3     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
        Percent who worked during the year1/........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0     
          Year-round workers2/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     5.3 |     5.1 |     5.7 |     5.5 |     4.7 |     4.4     
          Part-year workers3/ with unemployment.....................|    94.7 |    94.9 |    94.3 |    94.5 |    95.3 |    95.6     
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|    17.4 |    16.2 |    14.1 |    13.8 |    22.5 |    20.2     
            5 to 14 weeks...........................................|    33.7 |    32.8 |    33.8 |    32.1 |    33.6 |    33.8     
            15 weeks or more........................................|    43.6 |    45.9 |    46.4 |    48.6 |    39.2 |    41.5     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|    31.2 |    30.7 |    34.0 |    34.2 |    26.7 |    25.0     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                 BLACK                                                                                              
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    Total who worked or looked for work.............................|  14,584 |  14,648 |   7,094 |   7,175 |   7,489 |   7,473     
      Percent with unemployment.....................................|    21.9 |    22.1 |    24.8 |    25.2 |    19.2 |    19.2     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
      Total with unemployment.......................................|   3,198 |   3,243 |   1,760 |   1,808 |   1,437 |   1,435     
        Did not work but looked for work............................|     650 |     696 |     294 |     332 |     356 |     364     
        Worked during the year......................................|   2,547 |   2,547 |   1,466 |   1,476 |   1,081 |   1,071     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
          Median weeks of unemployment for all workers..............|    16.2 |    17.8 |    18.0 |    18.7 |    14.0 |    16.4     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
        Percent who worked during the year1/........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0     
          Year-round workers2/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     3.8 |     2.3 |     3.0 |     1.4 |     4.8 |     3.4     
          Part-year workers3/ with unemployment.....................|    96.2 |    97.7 |    97.0 |    98.6 |    95.2 |    96.6     
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|    14.4 |    11.2 |    12.1 |     9.9 |    17.7 |    12.9     
            5 to 14 weeks...........................................|    29.3 |    31.4 |    28.6 |    31.4 |    30.4 |    31.3     
            15 weeks or more........................................|    52.5 |    55.2 |    56.4 |    57.2 |    47.2 |    52.5     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|    32.6 |    31.2 |    35.7 |    33.1 |    28.4 |    28.6     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
                            HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                         
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    Total who worked or looked for work.............................|  10,434 |  10,649 |   6,150 |   6,263 |   4,284 |   4,386     
      Percent with unemployment.....................................|    21.8 |    22.5 |    23.9 |    25.2 |    18.9 |    18.7     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
      Total with unemployment.......................................|   2,279 |   2,397 |   1,469 |   1,578 |     810 |     818     
        Did not work but looked for work............................|     269 |     310 |     145 |     152 |     124 |     158     
        Worked during the year......................................|   2,010 |   2,087 |   1,324 |   1,426 |     686 |     661     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
          Median weeks of unemployment for all workers..............|    14.6 |    16.9 |    15.3 |    17.4 |    13.3 |    15.4     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
        Percent who worked during the year1/........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0     
          Year-round workers2/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     3.5 |     3.7 |     4.6 |     3.5 |     1.6 |     3.9     
          Part-year workers3/ with unemployment.....................|    96.5 |    96.3 |    95.4 |    96.5 |    98.4 |    96.1     
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|    14.1 |    12.4 |     9.4 |    10.7 |    23.1 |    16.0     
            5 to 14 weeks...........................................|    34.1 |    29.8 |    35.4 |    30.0 |    31.5 |    29.3     
            15 weeks or more........................................|    48.3 |    54.2 |    50.7 |    55.8 |    43.8 |    50.8     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|    34.5 |    32.0 |    36.7 |    35.8 |    30.2 |    23.8     
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |             
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    
                                                                                                                                    
       1/  Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.                                                                       
       2/  Worked 50 or 51 weeks.                                                                                                   
       3/  Worked less than 50 weeks.                                                                                               
       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.  Data refer                                                                      
    to perons 16 years and over.