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                 WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 2005


   A total of 154.3 million persons worked at some point during 2005, 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 67.5 per-
cent, a higher proportion than in 2004 (66.8 percent).  The number of
persons who experienced some unemployment in 2005 was 14.5 million, down
from 15.1 million a year earlier. (See tables 1 and 3.)

   These data are based on information collected in the Annual Social and
Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS).  The
CPS is a monthly survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics.  The ASEC collects information on employment
and unemployment experienced during the prior calendar year.  Additional
information about the CPS and the ASEC, including concepts and defini-
tions, is provided in the Technical Note.  Highlights from the 2005 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 2005, essentially unchanged from 2004.
       
   --The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round in 2005
     (67.5 percent) was up from 2004 (66.8 percent).

   --The "work-experience unemployment rate"--defined as the number un-
     employed at some time during the year as a proportion of the number
     who worked or looked for work during the year--decreased to 9.3 per-
     cent in 2005 from 9.7 percent in 2004. 

Persons with Employment

   In 2005, the proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population 16
years old and over that worked at some point during the year was 67.7 per-
cent, essentially unchanged from 2004.  The proportion of men who worked
at some time during the year edged up to 74.4 percent in 2005; among women
the proportion was about unchanged at 61.4 percent.  (See table 1.)

   The proportions of whites (68.3 percent), blacks (63.7 percent), Asians
(67.4 percent), and Hispanics (68.0 percent) that worked some time during
the year were essentially unchanged in 2005.  (See table 2.)
   
   Among those with work experience during 2005, 77.4 percent were employed
year round (either full or part time), up by 0.4 percentage point from 2004.
Continuing a long-term growth trend, full-year employment among women edged
up to 74.0 percent in 2005.  The percentage of men employed year round also
was up over the year, increasing to 80.5 percent from 80.0 percent in 2004.
(See table 1.)

   About 4 out of 5 of those who were employed at some time during 2005
usually worked full time, about the same ratio as in 2004.  Among both men
and women, the proportion who worked full time was little changed in 2005
(87.0 and 72.7 percent, respectively).  (See table 1.)

Persons with Unemployment

   Overall, 14.5 million persons experienced some unemployment in 2005,
down from 15.1 million in 2004.  Declines in unemployment among women
accounted for more than 70 percent of the over-the-year change.  (See
table 3.)

   At 9.3 percent in 2005, the "work-experience unemployment rate" was down
0.4 percentage point from 2004.  The rate is low by historical standards,
but is above the series low of 8.6 percent reached in 2000.  The rate for
blacks in 2005, 14.8 percent, was higher than the rates for Hispanics or
Latinos (10.0 percent), whites (8.5 percent), and Asians (7.2 percent).
(See tables 3 and 4.)

   In 2005, among whites, the "work-experience unemployment rate" for men
(8.9 percent) was higher than that for women (7.9 percent).  This was also
true for black men and women (16.3 and 13.6 percent, respectively).  In
contrast, among Asians, the rate for women (7.7 percent) was higher than
that of men (6.7 percent).  The "work-experience unemployment rates" for
Hispanic men and women (10.2 and 9.6 percent, respectively) were little
different.  (See table 4.)

   In 2005, among those who experienced unemployment, the median number of
weeks spent looking for work was 14.6, down slightly from 14.9 in 2004.
About 2.4 million individuals had looked for a job but did not work at all
in 2005, about the same as in 2004.  Of the 12.1 million persons who worked
during the year and also experienced unemployment, 25.5 percent had two or
more spells of joblessness, compared to 23.1 percent in 2004.
 
  
   
   
   

                                  - 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 2006 refer to the 2005 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 2005 was about twice the number unemployed in an average month
during the year.

                                            Employed      Unemployed
   2005 estimates (in thousands)
     Annual average of
       monthly estimates                     141,730         7,591
     Annual supplement data                  154,322        14,531

    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 2005, which were collected in the 2006 Annual
Social and Economic Supplement to the CPS, are not strictly comparable with
data for 2004 and earlier years because of the introduction in January 2006
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 December 2005 employment level by 123,000 and the unemployment level by
8,000.  For additional information, see "Adjustments to Household Survey
Population Estimates in January 2006" in the February 2006 issue of Employment
and Earnings, available on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps06adj.pdf.

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phone:  1-800-877-8339.

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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 2006 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 2005?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time,
or seasonal work even for a few days during 2005?"

    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 2005, 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, 2004-05
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                             Total               Men                 Women       
                           Extent of employment                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                         2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                        Numbers (in thousands)                   
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
     Civilian noninstitutional population............................  225,236   227,975   108,702   110,161   116,534   117,814 
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................  154,796   156,744    81,759    83,230    73,037    73,514 
         Percent of the population...................................     68.7      68.8      75.2      75.6      62.7      62.4 
       Total who worked during the year (1)..........................  152,253   154,322    80,547    82,013    71,706    72,309 
         Percent of the population...................................     67.6      67.7      74.1      74.4      61.5      61.4 
                                                                                                                                 
         Full time (2)...............................................  121,730   123,911    70,101    71,361    51,628    52,550 
           50 to 52 weeks............................................  101,768   104,147    59,436    60,851    42,332    43,297 
           48 to 49 weeks............................................    2,063     1,980     1,277     1,121       785       859 
           40 to 47 weeks............................................    5,345     5,224     2,806     2,835     2,539     2,389 
           27 to 39 weeks............................................    4,444     4,587     2,332     2,323     2,112     2,264 
           14 to 26 weeks............................................    4,921     4,799     2,533     2,610     2,388     2,189 
           1 to 13 weeks.............................................    3,189     3,172     1,716     1,621     1,472     1,552 
                                                                                                                                 
         Part time (3)...............................................   30,523    30,411    10,445    10,653    20,078    19,758 
           50 to 52 weeks............................................   15,502    15,361     4,969     5,141    10,533    10,221 
           48 to 49 weeks............................................      768       814       223       254       544       560 
           40 to 47 weeks............................................    2,564     2,537       754       845     1,810     1,692 
           27 to 39 weeks............................................    2,724     2,799     1,008       968     1,716     1,832 
           14 to 26 weeks............................................    4,258     4,321     1,565     1,637     2,693     2,684 
           1 to 13 weeks.............................................    4,707     4,578     1,926     1,808     2,781     2,770 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                         Percent distribution
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
     Total who worked during the year (1)............................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
                                                                                                                                 
       Full time (2).................................................     80.0      80.3      87.0      87.0      72.0      72.7 
         50 to 52 weeks..............................................     66.8      67.5      73.8      74.2      59.0      59.9 
         48 to 49 weeks..............................................      1.4       1.3       1.6       1.4       1.1       1.2 
         40 to 47 weeks..............................................      3.5       3.4       3.5       3.5       3.5       3.3 
         27 to 39 weeks..............................................      2.9       3.0       2.9       2.8       2.9       3.1 
         14 to 26 weeks..............................................      3.2       3.1       3.1       3.2       3.3       3.0 
         1 to 13 weeks...............................................      2.1       2.1       2.1       2.0       2.1       2.1 
                                                                                                                                 
       Part time (3).................................................     20.0      19.7      13.0      13.0      28.0      27.3 
         50 to 52 weeks..............................................     10.2      10.0       6.2       6.3      14.7      14.1 
         48 to 49 weeks..............................................      0.5       0.5       0.3       0.3       0.8       0.8 
         40 to 47 weeks..............................................      1.7       1.6       0.9       1.0       2.5       2.3 
         27 to 39 weeks..............................................      1.8       1.8       1.3       1.2       2.4       2.5 
         14 to 26 weeks..............................................      2.8       2.8       1.9       2.0       3.8       3.7 
         1 to 13 weeks...............................................      3.1       3.0       2.4       2.2       3.9       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 2005, which were collected in the 2006 Annual Social and
     Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey, are not strictly comparable with data for 2004 and earlier years
     because of the introduction in January 2006 of revised population controls used in the survey.  For additional information,
     see the technical note and "Revisions to the Current Population Survey Effective in January 2006" in the February 2006 issue
     of Employment and Earnings, available on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cps/rvcps06.pdf. 





     Table 2.  Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2004-05
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                             Total               Men                 Women       
       Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                              
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                         2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                 
                                  WHITE                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                 
       Civilian noninstitutional population..........................  183,768   185,628    89,602    90,642    94,166    94,986 
         Total who worked or looked for work.........................  127,054   128,319    68,235    69,410    58,818    58,909 
           Percent of the population.................................     69.1      69.1      76.2      76.6      62.5      62.0 
         Total who worked during the year (1)........................  125,405   126,744    67,452    68,595    57,953    58,149 
           Percent of the population.................................     68.2      68.3      75.3      75.7      61.5      61.2 
                                                                                                                                 
         Percent who worked during the year (1)......................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
           Full time (2).............................................     79.4      79.9      87.0      87.2      70.5      71.3 
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     66.4      67.4      73.9      74.7      57.8      58.7 
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      7.8       7.6       8.1       7.6       7.6       7.7 
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      5.1       4.9       5.1       4.9       5.1       4.9 
           Part time (3).............................................     20.6      20.1      13.0      12.8      29.5      28.7 
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     10.5      10.3       6.2       6.2      15.6      15.1 
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      4.1       4.1       2.5       2.5       6.0       6.0 
             1 to 26 weeks....,......................................      6.0       5.7       4.3       4.1       7.9       7.6 
                                                                                                                                 
                        BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                
                                                                                                                                 
       Civilian noninstitutional population..........................   26,377    26,866    11,812    12,059    14,565    14,807 
         Total who worked or looked for work.........................   17,426    17,764     8,017     8,133     9,408     9,631 
           Percent of the population.................................     66.1      66.1      67.9      67.4      64.6      65.0 
         Total who worked during the year (1)........................   16,724    17,103     7,672     7,830     9,053     9,273 
           Percent of the population.................................     63.4      63.7      64.9      64.9      62.2      62.6 
                                                                                                                                 
         Percent who worked during the year (1)......................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
           Full time (2).............................................     83.6      82.6      87.6      85.8      80.3      79.9 
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     68.8      68.1      72.8      70.3      65.5      66.1 
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      7.7       7.8       7.9       8.1       7.5       7.6 
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      7.1       6.7       7.0       7.3       7.2       6.1 
           Part time (3).............................................     16.4      17.4      12.4      14.2      19.7      20.1 
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................      7.9       8.0       5.9       6.6       9.5       9.2 
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      2.9       3.3       2.3       2.8       3.4       3.7 
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      5.6       6.1       4.1       4.8       6.9       7.3 
                                                                                                                                 
                                  ASIAN                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                 
       Civilian noninstitutional population..........................    9,680    10,003     4,596     4,742     5,083     5,261 
         Total who worked or looked for work.........................    6,516     6,850     3,494     3,642     3,022     3,207 
           Percent of the population.................................     67.3      68.5      76.0      76.8      59.4      61.0 
         Total who worked during the year (1)........................    6,417     6,738     3,451     3,582     2,966     3,156 
           Percent of the population.................................     66.3      67.4      75.1      75.5      58.3      60.0 
                                                                                                                                 
         Percent who worked during the year (1)......................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
           Full time (2).............................................     82.9      83.1      88.2      88.3      76.7      77.2 
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     72.1      71.4      78.4      77.2      64.9      64.8 
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      6.0       7.0       5.3       7.2       6.9       6.8 
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      4.7       4.7       4.5       3.9       4.9       5.6 
           Part time (3).............................................     17.1      16.9      11.8      11.7      23.3      22.8 
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................      9.6       8.8       6.7       5.8      13.0      12.1 
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      3.2       3.2       1.6       1.4       5.0       5.3 
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      4.4       4.9       3.5       4.5       5.3       5.4 
                                                                                                                                 
                       HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                              
                                                                                                                                 
       Civilian noninstitutional population..........................   28,814    29,793    14,791    15,309    14,023    14,484 
         Total who worked or looked for work.........................   19,912    20,605    11,818    12,296     8,093     8,309 
           Percent of the population.................................     69.1      69.2      79.9      80.3      57.7      57.4 
         Total who worked during the year (1)........................   19,579    20,262    11,668    12,121     7,911     8,141 
           Percent of the population.................................     67.9      68.0      78.9      79.2      56.4      56.2 
                                                                                                                                 
         Percent who worked during the year (1)......................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
           Full time (2).............................................     84.4      85.0      90.8      90.9      74.9      76.3 
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................     69.3      70.5      75.7      76.6      59.8      61.4 
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      9.0       8.6       9.9       8.8       7.7       8.2 
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      6.1       6.0       5.2       5.4       7.4       6.7 
           Part time (3).............................................     15.6      15.0       9.2       9.1      25.1      23.7 
             50 to 52 weeks..........................................      8.1       8.0       4.5       4.8      13.5      12.7 
             27 to 49 weeks..........................................      2.9       2.5       1.6       1.4       4.7       4.1 
             1 to 26 weeks...........................................      4.6       4.5       3.0       2.9       6.9       6.9 

       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:  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.





     Table 3.  Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2004-05
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                             Total               Men                 Women       
                          Extent of unemployment                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                         2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                        Numbers (in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
     Total who worked or looked for work.............................  154,796   156,744    81,759    83,230    73,037    73,514 
       Percent with unemployment.....................................      9.7       9.3      10.1       9.7       9.3       8.8 
                                                                                                                                 
       Total with unemployment.......................................   15,077    14,531     8,249     8,090     6,828     6,441 
         Did not work but looked for work............................    2,543     2,422     1,213     1,216     1,331     1,206 
            1 to 14 weeks............................................      977     1,016       393       436       584       580 
           15 weeks or more..........................................    1,567     1,406       819       780       747       626 
         Worked during the year......................................   12,533    12,108     7,037     6,873     5,497     5,235 
           Year-round workers (1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment..      463       429       286       293       176       136 
           Part-year workers (2) with unemployment...................   12,071    11,680     6,750     6,580     5,320     5,100 
             1 to 4 weeks............................................    1,986     1,939     1,027     1,051       958       888 
             5 to 10 weeks...........................................    2,106     2,158     1,172     1,197       934       961 
             11 to 14 weeks..........................................    1,775     1,690     1,021     1,017       754       673 
             15 to 26 weeks..........................................    3,451     3,347     2,063     1,921     1,388     1,426 
             27 weeks or more........................................    2,752     2,545     1,467     1,394     1,285     1,151 
                                                                                                                                 
                 Median weeks of unemployment for all workers........     14.9      14.6      15.1      14.5      14.6      14.8 
                                                                                                                                 
                 With 2 spells or more of unemployment...............    2,899     3,092     1,825     1,972     1,074     1,120 
                   2 spells..........................................    1,346     1,475       806       938       540       537 
                   3 spells or more..................................    1,553     1,618     1,019     1,035       533       583 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                         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.................................................     38.4      41.9      32.4      35.9      43.9      48.1 
       15 weeks or more..............................................     61.6      58.1      67.6      64.1      56.1      51.9 
     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......      3.7       3.5       4.1       4.3       3.2       2.6 
       Part-year workers (2) with unemployment.......................     96.3      96.5      95.9      95.7      96.8      97.4 
         1 to 4 weeks................................................     15.8      16.0      14.6      15.3      17.4      17.0 
         5 to 10 weeks...............................................     16.8      17.8      16.7      17.4      17.0      18.4 
         11 to 14 weeks..............................................     14.2      14.0      14.5      14.8      13.7      12.9 
         15 to 26 weeks..............................................     27.5      27.6      29.3      28.0      25.3      27.2 
         27 weeks or more............................................     22.0      21.0      20.9      20.3      23.4      22.0 
                                                                                                                                 
                 With 2 spells or more of unemployment...............     23.1      25.5      25.9      28.7      19.5      21.4 
                   2 spells..........................................     10.7      12.2      11.5      13.6       9.8      10.3 
                   3 spells or more..................................     12.4      13.4      14.5      15.1       9.7      11.1 

       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, 2004-05
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                             Total               Men                 Women       
      Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity                                                             
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                         2004      2005      2004      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                 
                                  WHITE                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                 
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................  127,054   128,319    68,235    69,410    58,818    58,909 
         Percent with unemployment...................................      9.0       8.5       9.5       8.9       8.5       7.9 
                                                                                                                                 
         Total with unemployment.....................................   11,483    10,856     6,504     6,181     4,979     4,675 
           Did not work but looked for work..........................    1,649     1,575       784       816       865       759 
           Worked during the year....................................    9,835     9,281     5,720     5,365     4,114     3,916 
                                                                                                                                 
             Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............     14.2      14.0      14.7      14.2      13.5      13.8 
                                                                                                                                 
           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      4.0       4.0       4.3       4.7       3.7       3.0 
             Part-year workers (3) with unemployment.................     96.0      96.0      95.7      95.3      96.3      97.0 
               1 to 4 weeks..........................................     17.0      17.1      15.2      15.8      19.6      18.7 
               5 to 14 weeks.........................................     31.7      32.3      31.6      32.5      31.9      32.1 
               15 weeks or more......................................     47.2      46.6      48.9      46.9      44.8      46.1 
                                                                                                                                 
                     With 2 spells or more of unemployment...........     23.0      25.7      25.6      29.1      19.3      21.1 
                                                                                                                                 
                        BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                
                                                                                                                                 
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................   17,426    17,764     8,017     8,133     9,408     9,631 
         Percent with unemployment...................................     14.4      14.8      14.7      16.3      14.2      13.6 
                                                                                                                                 
         Total with unemployment.....................................    2,510     2,628     1,175     1,322     1,335     1,306 
           Did not work but looked for work..........................      701       662       346       303       355       358 
           Worked during the year....................................    1,809     1,967       830     1,019       979       948 
                                                                                                                                 
             Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............     19.7      18.6      18.5      17.1      20.6      20.1 
                                                                                                                                 
           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      1.8       2.3       2.0       3.2       1.7       1.2 
             Part-year workers (3) with unemployment.................     98.2      97.7      98.0      96.8      98.3      98.8 
               1 to 4 weeks..........................................     10.2      10.2      11.2      11.3       9.4       9.0 
               5 to 14 weeks.........................................     27.1      30.0      29.5      31.1      25.0      28.7 
               15 weeks or more......................................     60.9      57.5      57.4      54.3      63.9      61.0 
                                                                                                                                 
                     With 2 spells or more of unemployment...........     23.9      24.0      28.8      26.0      19.8      21.8 
                                                                                                                                 
                                  ASIAN                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                 
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................    6,516     6,850     3,494     3,642     3,022     3,207 
         Percent with unemployment...................................      8.0       7.2       7.5       6.7       8.6       7.7 
                                                                                                                                 
         Total with unemployment.....................................      522       491       262       246       260       246 
           Did not work but looked for work..........................       99       111        43        60        56        51 
           Worked during the year....................................      423       380       218       186       205       194 
                                                                                                                                 
             Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............     15.2      15.8      17.1      15.0      13.7      16.4 
                                                                                                                                 
           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      3.7       1.0       4.3                 3.0       1.9 
             Part-year workers (3) with unemployment.................     96.3      99.0      95.7     100.0      97.0      98.1 
               1 to 4 weeks..........................................     12.2      20.6       9.0      22.0      15.7      19.3 
               5 to 14 weeks.........................................     33.8      26.8      32.2      28.1      35.5      25.6 
               15 weeks or more......................................     50.3      51.6      54.6      50.0      45.8      53.2 
                                                                                                                                 
                     With 2 spells or more of unemployment...........     22.7      18.5      23.1      18.7      22.2      18.4 
                                                                                                                                 
                       HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                              
                                                                                                                                 
       Total who worked or looked for work...........................   19,912    20,605    11,818    12,296     8,093     8,309 
         Percent with unemployment...................................     10.9      10.0      11.0      10.2      10.8       9.6 
                                                                                                                                 
         Total with unemployment.....................................    2,168     2,056     1,296     1,256       872       799 
           Did not work but looked for work..........................      333       343       150       175       182       168 
           Worked during the year....................................    1,836     1,712     1,146     1,081       690       631 
                                                                                                                                 
             Median weeks of unemployment for all workers............     16.0      14.8      15.7      14.6      16.5      15.2 
                                                                                                                                 
           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      3.9       3.5       4.8       4.2       2.3       2.2 
             Part-year workers (3) with unemployment.................     96.1      96.5      95.2      95.8      97.7      97.8 
               1 to 4 weeks..........................................     13.8      15.9      13.5      14.1      14.2      18.8 
               5 to 14 weeks.........................................     30.0      31.5      29.8      33.2      30.4      28.6 
               15 weeks or more......................................     52.3      49.2      52.0      48.5      53.0      50.4 
                                                                                                                                 
                     With 2 spells or more of unemployment...........     23.8      30.2      27.4      34.6      17.8      22.5 

       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.