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                 WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 2003
                                     
   A total of 150.7 million persons worked at some point during 2003, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.
The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round was unchanged
from the previous 2 years.  The number of persons who experienced some
unemployment during the year fell by 358,000 from 2002, to 16.4 million.
   
   These data are based on information collected in the Annual Social and
Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS).  The CPS is a
monthly survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.  Additional information about the CPS and the annual supplement,
including concepts and definitions, is provided in the Technical Note.
Highlights from the 2003 data include:
   
     -- The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16
        years old and over that worked at some time during the year was
        67.7 percent in 2003, down from 68.4 percent in 2002.
     
     -- The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round in 2003
        (66.3 percent) was unchanged from the previous 2 years.  Although
        this proportion is lower than it had been in 2000, when it peaked
        at 66.7 percent, it is still high by historical standards.
     
     -- The "work-experience unemployment rate"--defined as the number unem-
        ployed at some time during the year as a proportion of the number
        who worked or looked for work during the year--edged down by 0.3 per-
        centage point over the year to 10.7 percent in 2003.
   
Persons with Employment

   In 2003, the proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population 16
years old and over that worked at some point during the year was 67.7
percent--0.7 percentage point lower than the 2002 level.  (See table 1.)
This proportion had remained above 68.0 percent from 1984 through 2002,
peaking at 70.6 percent in 1999.  The proportion of men who worked at some
time during the year was 74.2 percent in 2003, down from 75.1 percent in
2002.  The proportion of women who worked some time during the year,
61.7 percent, was down from its peak of 64.5 percent in 1999.
   
   Among those with work experience during 2003, 76.5 percent were employed
year round (either full or part time), up by 0.5 percentage point from 2002.
Continuing a long-term growth trend, full-year employment among women edged
up to 73.3 percent from 73.0 percent in 2002.  The percentage of men employed
year round also was up over the year, increasing to 79.3 percent from 78.7
percent in 2002.
   
   About 4 out of 5 of those who were employed at some time during 2003
worked full time, about the same as in 2002.  This proportion has been in
the narrow range of 77.0 to 81.5 percent since the series began in 1966.
Among both men and women, the proportion who worked full time was little
changed between 2002 and 2003.  (See table 1.)

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Persons with Unemployment
   
   Overall, 153.4 million persons worked or looked for work at some time in
2003.  Of these, 16.4 million experienced some unemployment during the year,
down from 16.8 million in 2002.  Men accounted for about 80 percent of the
over-the-year decrease.
   
     At 10.7 percent in 2003, the "work-experience unemployment rate" was
down by 0.3 percentage point from 2002.  The rate is still low by historical
standards, but is above the series low of 8.6 percent reached in 2000.  The
rate for blacks in 2003, 14.7 percent, was higher than the rates for Hispanics
or Latinos (12.9 percent), Asians (10.2 percent), and whites (10.1 percent).
(See tables 3 and 4.)
   
   The "work-experience unemployment rate" for black men (16.3 percent) was
somewhat higher than that for black women (13.3 percent).  Similarly, the
rate for white men (10.8 percent) was higher than that for white women (9.1
percent).  In contrast, among Hispanics or Latinos and Asians, there was
little difference in the rates for men and women in 2003.  (See table 4.)
   
   Among those who experienced unemployment in 2003, the median number of
weeks spent looking for work was 16.6 weeks, up from 15.5 weeks the year
before.  About 2.8 million individuals had looked for a job but did not
work at all in 2003, about the same as a year earlier.  Of the 13.7 million
persons who worked during the year and also experienced unemployment, 22.6
percent had two or more spells of joblessness, about the same proportion as
in 2002.






                                  - 3 -

Technical Note


    The data presented in this release were collected in the Annual Social
and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS).  The CPS is
a monthly sample survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau
of Labor Statistics.  Data from the CPS are used to obtain the monthly
estimates of the nation's employment and unemployment levels.  The supple-
ment, conducted in the months of February through April, includes questions
about work activity during the prior calendar year.  For instance, data col-
lected in 2004 refer to the 2003 calendar year.  Because the reference period
is a full year, the number of persons with some employment or unemployment
greatly exceeds the average levels for any given month, which are based on
a 1-week reference period, and the corresponding annual average of the monthly
estimates.  As shown below, for example, the number experiencing any unemploy-
ment during 2003 was about twice the number unemployed in an average month
during the year.

                                            Employed      Unemployed
   2003 estimates (in thousands)
     Annual average of
       monthly estimates                     137,736         8,774
     Annual supplement data                  150,689        16,444

    In addition, estimates from the supplement differ from those obtained
in the basic CPS because the questions used to classify workers as either
employed or unemployed are different.  More important, perhaps, is that
fewer questions by which to categorize respondents are asked in the sup-
plement.  In regard to unemployment in particular, the supplement has no
questions on the type of job search activity or on the respondent's avail-
ability to work.  Also, individuals can be counted as both employed and
unemployed in the work experience data, whereas, for a specific reference
week, each person is only counted in one category and employment activity
takes precedence over job search activity.

    Work experience data for 2003, which were collected in the 2004 Annual
Social and Economic Supplement to the CPS, are not strictly comparable with
data for 2002 and earlier years because of the introduction in January 2004"
of revised population controls used in the CPS.  The effect of the revised
population controls on the work experience estimates is unknown.  However,
the effect of the new controls on the monthly CPS estimates was to decrease
the January 2004 employment level by 409,000 and the unemployment level by
27,000 relative to the December 2003 level.  For additional information,
see "Adjustments to Household Survey Population Estimates in January 2004
in the February 2004 issue of Employment and Earnings, available on the
Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps04adj.pdf.

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Reliability of the estimates

    Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling
error.  When a sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, there
is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population
values they represent.  The exact difference, or sampling error, varies de-
pending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured
by the standard error of the estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance,
or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no
more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of
sampling error.  BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level
of confidence.

    The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error.  Nonsampling error
can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the
population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample,
inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and
errors made in the collection or processing of the data.

    For a full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS and
information on estimating standard errors, see the "Explanatory Notes and
Estimates of Error" section of Employment and Earnings.

Concepts and definitions

    Persons who worked.  In the 2004 supplement, persons are considered to have
worked if they responded "yes" to either the question "Did you work at a job
or business at any time during 2003?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time,
or seasonal work even for a few days during 2003?"

    Unemployed persons.  Persons who worked during the year but not in every
week are counted as unemployed if they also reported looking for work or
being on layoff from a job during the year.  Those who reported no work
activity during the year are considered unemployed if they responded "yes"
to the question "Even though you did not work in 2003, did you spend any
time trying to find a job or on layoff?"

    Labor force participants.  Persons who either worked or were unemployed
during the year.

    Usual full- and part-time employment.  These data refer to the number of
hours a worker typically works during most weeks of the year.  Workers are
classified as full time if they usually worked 35 hours or more in a week;
part-time employment refers to workers whose typical workweek was between
1 and 34 hours.

    Year-round and part-year employment.  Workers are classified as year round
if they worked 50 to 52 weeks.  Part-year employment refers to workers who
worked fewer than 50 weeks.




     Table 1.  Work experience of the population during the year by sex and extent of employment, 2002-03
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                            Total              Men              Women      
                           Extent of employment                                                                            
                                                                                                                           
                                                                        2002     2003     2002     2003     2002     2003  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                      
                                                                                     Numbers (in thousands)
                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
     Civilian noninstitutional population............................  220,285  222,509  105,973  107,241  114,312  115,269
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................  153,411  153,448   80,933   81,023   72,478   72,425
         Percent of the population...................................     69.6     69.0     76.4     75.6     63.4     62.8
       Total who worked during the year(1)...........................  150,755  150,689   79,564   79,539   71,191   71,150
         Percent of the population...................................     68.4     67.7     75.1     74.2     62.3     61.7
                                                                                                                           
         Full time(2)................................................  120,970  120,325   69,445   69,019   51,525   51,306
           50 to 52 weeks............................................   99,946   99,904   58,115   58,064   41,831   41,841
           48 to 49 weeks............................................    2,113    1,917    1,261    1,128      852      789
           40 to 47 weeks............................................    5,604    5,269    3,002    2,762    2,602    2,508
           27 to 39 weeks............................................    4,803    4,763    2,522    2,571    2,281    2,192
           14 to 26 weeks............................................    4,898    4,909    2,636    2,614    2,262    2,295
           1 to 13 weeks.............................................    3,605    3,562    1,908    1,880    1,697    1,682
                                                                                                                           
         Part time(3)................................................   29,785   30,364   10,120   10,520   19,666   19,844
           50 to 52 weeks............................................   14,615   15,325    4,499    5,034   10,116   10,291
           48 to 49 weeks............................................      820      782      294      236      526      546
           40 to 47 weeks............................................    2,547    2,611      811      813    1,737    1,798
           27 to 39 weeks............................................    2,807    2,632      929      821    1,878    1,810
           14 to 26 weeks............................................    4,488    4,386    1,769    1,684    2,719    2,702
           1 to 13 weeks.............................................    4,508    4,628    1,818    1,932    2,690    2,696
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                      
                                                                                      Percent distribution
                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
     Total who worked during the year(1).............................    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
                                                                                                                           
       Full time(2)..................................................     80.2     79.8     87.3     86.8     72.4     72.1
         50 to 52 weeks..............................................     66.3     66.3     73.0     73.0     58.8     58.8
         48 to 49 weeks..............................................      1.4      1.3      1.6      1.4      1.2      1.1
         40 to 47 weeks..............................................      3.7      3.5      3.8      3.5      3.7      3.5
         27 to 39 weeks..............................................      3.2      3.2      3.2      3.2      3.2      3.1
         14 to 26 weeks..............................................      3.2      3.3      3.3      3.3      3.2      3.2
         1 to 13 weeks...............................................      2.4      2.4      2.4      2.4      2.4      2.4
                                                                                                                           
       Part time(3)..................................................     19.8     20.2     12.7     13.2     27.6     27.9
         50 to 52 weeks..............................................      9.7     10.2      5.7      6.3     14.2     14.5
         48 to 49 weeks..............................................       .5       .5       .4       .3       .7       .8
         40 to 47 weeks..............................................      1.7      1.7      1.0      1.0      2.4      2.5
         27 to 39 weeks..............................................      1.9      1.7      1.2      1.0      2.6      2.5
         14 to 26 weeks..............................................      3.0      2.9      2.2      2.1      3.8      3.8
         1 to 13 weeks...............................................      3.0      3.1      2.3      2.4      3.8      3.8

       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.  Data for 2003, which were collected in the 2004 Annual Social and
     Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, are not strictly comparable with data for 2002 and earlier years
     because of the introduction in January 2004 of revised population controls used in the survey.  For additional
     information, see the Technical Note and "Adjustments to Household Survey Population Estimates in January 2004" in the
     February 2004 issue of  Employment and Earnings, available on the Internet at http: //www.bls.gov/cps/cps04adj.pdf. 





     Table 2.  Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2002-03

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                            Total              Men              Women      
       Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                        2002     2003     2002     2003     2002     2003  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                  WHITE                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
       Civilian noninstitutional population..........................  180,648  181,964   87,873   88,600   92,776   93,364
         Total who worked or looked for work.........................  126,416  126,232   67,836   67,807   58,580   58,425
           Percent of the population.................................     70.0     69.4     77.2     76.5     63.1     62.6
         Total who worked during the year(1).........................  124,727  124,362   66,966   66,803   57,761   57,560
           Percent of the population.................................     69.0     68.3     76.2     75.4     62.3     61.7
                                                                                                                           
         Percent who worked during the year(1).......................    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
           Full time(2)..............................................     79.9     79.3     87.5     86.9     71.0     70.6
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     66.1     66.1     73.5     73.4     57.6     57.6
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      8.3      7.9      8.5      8.1      8.1      7.7
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      5.4      5.3      5.5      5.4      5.3      5.3
           Part time(3)..............................................     20.1     20.7     12.5     13.1     29.0     29.4
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     10.0     10.6      5.6      6.3     15.2     15.5
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      4.2      4.2      2.5      2.4      6.2      6.2
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      5.9      5.9      4.4      4.4      7.7      7.7
                                                                                                                           
                        BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                          
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
       Civilian noninstitutional population..........................   25,547   25,931   11,385   11,589   14,162   14,343
         Total who worked or looked for work.........................   17,176   17,161    7,862    7,829    9,314    9,331
           Percent of the population.................................     67.2     66.2     69.1     67.6     65.8     65.1
         Total who worked during the year(1).........................   16,471   16,520    7,494    7,488    8,976    9,032
           Percent of the population.................................     64.5     63.7     65.8     64.6     63.4     63.0
                                                                                                                           
         Percent who worked during the year(1).......................    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
           Full time(2)..............................................     83.0     82.8     85.9     86.1     80.6     80.1
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     67.9     67.9     70.0     70.7     66.0     65.6
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      8.1      7.8      8.4      8.0      7.9      7.7
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      7.0      7.1      7.5      7.4      6.7      6.8
           Part time(3)..............................................     17.0     17.2     14.1     13.9     19.4     19.9
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................      7.7      7.9      6.0      6.5      9.1      9.2
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      3.1      3.1      2.5      2.1      3.7      3.9
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      6.2      6.1      5.6      5.3      6.7      6.9
                                                                                                                           
                                  ASIAN                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
       Civilian noninstitutional population..........................    9,141    9,429    4,317    4,516    4,824    4,913
         Total who worked or looked for work.........................    6,294    6,411    3,357    3,457    2,937    2,954
           Percent of the population.................................     68.9     68.0     77.8     76.6     60.9     60.1
         Total who worked during the year(1).........................    6,139    6,273    3,282    3,378    2,857    2,895
           Percent of the population.................................     67.2     66.5     76.0     74.8     59.2     58.9
                                                                                                                           
         Percent who worked during the year(1).......................    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
           Full time(2)..............................................     82.8     83.0     87.8     87.4     77.1     77.8
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     70.2     70.5     76.0     75.3     63.5     65.0
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      7.4      6.5      7.6      6.7      7.3      6.2
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      5.2      5.9      4.2      5.4      6.3      6.5
           Part time(3)..............................................     17.2     17.0     12.2     12.6     22.9     22.2
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................      8.5      8.4      5.6      5.6     11.8     11.8
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      3.2      2.9      2.4      1.8      4.1      4.1
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      5.5      5.7      4.2      5.2      7.0      6.3
                                                                                                                           
                            HISPANIC OR LATINO                                                                             
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
       Civilian noninstitutional population..........................   27,184   27,783   13,903   14,240   13,281   13,543
         Total who worked or looked for work.........................   18,990   19,357   11,194   11,445    7,795    7,912
           Percent of the population.................................     69.9     69.7     80.5     80.4     58.7     58.4
         Total who worked during the year(1).........................   18,606   18,969   11,030   11,246    7,576    7,723
           Percent of the population.................................     68.4     68.3     79.3     79.0     57.0     57.0
                                                                                                                           
         Percent who worked during the year(1).......................    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
           Full time(2)..............................................     84.2     83.7     89.3     89.4     76.6     75.4
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     68.2     67.7     73.5     73.5     60.4     59.3
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      9.4      9.2     10.0      9.6      8.6      8.7
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      6.5      6.7      5.8      6.3      7.6      7.4
           Part time(3)..............................................     15.8     16.3     10.7     10.6     23.4     24.6
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................      8.1      8.3      5.6      5.4     11.9     12.7
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      3.0      2.8      2.0      1.7      4.4      4.3
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      4.7      5.2      3.1      3.5      7.1      7.6

       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:  Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown
     in table 1 because data are not presented for all races.  In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as
     Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as by race.  Data refer to
     persons 16 years and over.  Also, see Note, table 1.






     Table 3.  Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2002-03
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                            Total              Men              Women      
                          Extent of unemployment                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                        2002     2003     2002     2003     2002     2003  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                      
                                                                                     Numbers (in thousands)
                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
     Total who worked or looked for work............................. 153,411  153,448   80,933   81,023   72,478   72,425 
       Percent with unemployment.....................................    11.0     10.7     11.9     11.5      9.9      9.8 
                                                                                                                           
       Total with unemployment.......................................  16,802   16,444    9,603    9,321    7,199    7,122 
         Did not work but looked for work............................   2,656    2,759    1,369    1,484    1,287    1,275 
           1 to 14 weeks.............................................     931    1,014      373      463      558      550 
           15 weeks or more..........................................   1,725    1,745      996    1,021      729      725 
         Worked during the year......................................  14,146   13,684    8,234    7,837    5,912    5,847 
           Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment...     581      530      361      354      220      176 
           Part-year workers(2) with unemployment....................  13,565   13,154    7,873    7,483    5,692    5,671 
             1 to 4 weeks............................................   1,997    1,836    1,071      954      927      882 
             5 to 10 weeks...........................................   2,371    2,263    1,340    1,313    1,031      950 
             11 to 14 weeks..........................................   1,966    1,748    1,182    1,038      784      710 
             15 to 26 weeks..........................................   3,847    3,777    2,282    2,177    1,566    1,600 
             27 weeks or more........................................   3,383    3,530    1,998    2,001    1,385    1,530 
                                                                                                                           
                 Median weeks of unemployment for all workers........    15.5     16.6     15.9     16.5     15.0     16.6 
                                                                                                                           
                 With 2 spells or more of unemployment...............   3,222    3,088    1,916    1,877    1,306    1,211 
                   2 spells..........................................   1,553    1,584      911      945      642      639 
                   3 spells or more..................................   1,669    1,504    1,006      932      664      572 
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                      
                                                                                      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.................................................     35.1     36.7     27.2     31.2     43.4     43.2
       15 weeks or more..............................................     64.9     63.3     72.8     68.8     56.6     56.8
     Worked during the year..........................................    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
       Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment.......      4.1      3.9      4.4      4.5      3.7      3.0
       Part-year workers(2) with unemployment........................     95.9     96.1     95.6     95.5     96.3     97.0
         1 to 4 weeks................................................     14.1     13.4     13.0     12.2     15.7     15.1
         5 to 10 weeks...............................................     16.8     16.5     16.3     16.8     17.4     16.3
         11 to 14 weeks..............................................     13.9     12.8     14.4     13.2     13.3     12.1
         15 to 26 weeks..............................................     27.2     27.6     27.7     27.8     26.5     27.4
         27 weeks or more............................................     23.9     25.8     24.3     25.5     23.4     26.2
                                                                                                                           
                   With 2 spells or more of unemployment.............     22.8     22.6     23.3     24.0     22.1     20.7
                     2 spells........................................     11.0     11.6     11.1     12.1     10.9     10.9
                     3 spells or more................................     11.8     11.0     12.2     11.9     11.2      9.8

       1 Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
       2 Worked less than 50 weeks.
       NOTE:  Data refer to persons 16 years and over.  Also, see Note, table 1.










     Table 4.  Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2002-03

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                             Total                Men                Women       
      Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                             
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                         2002      2003      2002      2003      2002      2003  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                  WHITE                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................  126,416   126,232    67,836    67,807    58,580    58,425 
         Percent with unemployment...................................     10.3      10.1      11.2      10.8       9.1       9.1 
                                                                                                                                 
         Total with unemployment.....................................   12,962    12,691     7,624     7,348     5,339     5,342 
           Did not work but looked for work..........................    1,689     1,870       870     1,004       819       866 
           Worked during the year....................................   11,273    10,821     6,753     6,344     4,520     4,477 
                                                                                                                                 
             Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............     14.7      15.7      15.3      15.9      14.0      15.5 
                                                                                                                                 
           Percent who worked during the year(1).....................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
             Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment.      4.5       4.3       4.7       4.9       4.2       3.3 
             Part-year workers(3) with unemployment..................     95.5      95.7      95.3      95.1      95.8      96.7 
               1 to 4 weeks..........................................     14.0      13.9      13.0      12.3      15.6      16.2 
               5 to 14 weeks.........................................     32.5      30.3      31.7      30.9      33.7      29.4 
               15 weeks or more......................................     49.0      51.5      50.6      51.8      46.5      51.1 
                                                                                                                                 
                     With 2 spells or more of unemployment...........     22.3      22.6      22.9      24.3      21.3      20.2 
                                                                                                                                 
                        BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................   17,176    17,161     7,862     7,829     9,314     9,331 
         Percent with unemployment...................................     14.9      14.7      16.3      16.3      13.7      13.3 
                                                                                                                                 
         Total with unemployment.....................................    2,557     2,520     1,282     1,279     1,274     1,240 
           Did not work but looked for work..........................      706       641       368       341       338       299 
           Worked during the year....................................    1,851     1,879       915       938       936       941 
                                                                                                                                 
             Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............     20.4      21.2      19.7      21.2      21.1      21.1 
                                                                                                                                 
           Percent who worked during the year(1).....................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
             Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment.      2.3       2.5       2.9       3.2       1.7       1.9 
             Part-year workers(3) with unemployment..................     97.7      97.5      97.1      96.8      98.3      98.1 
               1 to 4 weeks..........................................     12.4      10.1      10.6      10.4      14.1       9.7 
               5 to 14 weeks.........................................     22.9      24.2      25.9      23.2      19.9      25.2 
               15 weeks or more......................................     62.4      63.2      60.6      63.2      64.2      63.2 
                                                                                                                                 
                     With 2 spells or more of unemployment...........     25.2      22.8      25.8      23.7      24.6      22.0 
                                                                                                                                 
                                  ASIAN                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................    6,294     6,411     3,357     3,457     2,937     2,954 
         Percent with unemployment...................................     10.8      10.2      10.4      10.8      11.3       9.7 
                                                                                                                                 
         Total with unemployment.....................................      681       657       350       372       331       285 
           Did not work but looked for work..........................      155       138        75        79        80        59 
           Worked during the year....................................      527       519       276       293       251       226 
                                                                                                                                 
             Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............     17.3      17.0      17.4      15.3      17.2      18.4 
                                                                                                                                 
           Percent who worked during the year(1).....................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
             Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment.      2.5       2.4       1.3       1.5       3.9       3.4 
             Part-year workers(3) with unemployment..................     97.5      97.6      98.7      98.5      96.1      96.6 
               1 to 4 weeks..........................................     19.6      14.6      19.1      16.7      20.1      11.9 
               5 to 14 weeks.........................................     22.3      28.4      23.2      31.3      21.4      24.6 
               15 weeks or more......................................     55.6      54.6      56.4      50.5      54.6      60.0 
                                                                                                                                 
                     With 2 spells or more of unemployment...........     19.7      15.9      17.8      14.3      21.7      18.0 
                                                                                                                                 
                            HISPANIC OR LATINO                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................   18,990    19,357    11,194    11,445     7,795     7,912 
         Percent with unemployment...................................     12.8      12.9      12.8      13.1      12.9      12.5 
                                                                                                                                 
         Total with unemployment.....................................    2,436     2,494     1,430     1,502     1,006       991 
           Did not work but looked for work..........................      384       388       164       199       220       189 
           Worked during the year....................................    2,053     2,106     1,266     1,303       786       803 
                                                                                                                                 
             Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............     16.7      17.6      15.7      16.9      18.5      18.5 
                                                                                                                                 
           Percent who worked during the year(1).....................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
             Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment.      4.2       3.7       4.1       4.2       4.2       2.9 
             Part-year workers(3) with unemployment..................     95.8      96.3      95.9      95.8      95.8      97.1 
               1 to 4 weeks..........................................     14.1      13.0      13.8      12.2      14.6      14.4 
               5 to 14 weeks.........................................     28.1      27.4      30.6      29.6      24.2      24.0 
               15 weeks or more......................................     53.6      55.9      51.5      54.1      57.0      58.7 
                                                                                                                                 
                     With 2 spells or more of unemployment...........     22.7      23.9      24.5      25.3      19.9      21.8 

       1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
       2 Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
       3 Worked less than 50 weeks.
       NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in
     table 3 because data are not presented for all races.  In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or
     Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as by race.  Data refer to persons 16 years
     and over.  Also, see Note, table 1.