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Table 1.  Work experience of the population during the year by extent of employment and sex, 1992-93
Table 2.  Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 1992-93
Table 3.  Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 1992-93
Table 4.  Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 1992-93

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                   WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 1993
 
 
     A total of 135.5 million persons held jobs at some time in 1993, and
20.5 million experienced some unemployment during the year, the U.S.
Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
 
     Work experience data are collected each March in a supplement to the
Current Population Survey (CPS), the survey of households which provides
estimates each month of the labor force status of the working-age
population.  The questions in the March supplement focus on the employment
and unemployment experience of persons during the entire previous calendar
year.  Because the reference period is a full year, the number of persons
with some employment and /or unemployment greatly exceeds the average
monthly employment and unemployment levels, which are based on a 1-week
reference period.  For example, while 135.5 million persons worked at some
time during 1993, the average monthly employment level was 119.3 million.
The total number of persons who were unemployed for at least 1 week in
1993, at 20.5 million, was more than twice the average monthly unemployment
level of 8.7 million (see box note below).
 
Persons with Employment
 
     Of the 135.5 million persons who worked at some time during 1993,
about three-fifths worked year round, full time.  (Year-round, full-time
work refers to employment of 50-to-52 weeks at 35 hours or more in a
majority of those weeks.)  A total of 72.0 million men held jobs sometime
during 1993, 76.6 percent of the male working-age population.  Of these,
more than two-thirds worked year round on full-time schedules.  The number
of working women was 63.4 million.  They comprised 62.1 percent of the
female population age 16 and over.  Just over half of the women with
employment worked year round, full time.  (See table 1.)
 
     The proportion of the population with some employment during the year
was higher for whites (69.9 percent) than either blacks (63.5 percent) or
Hispanics (65.9 percent).  Among men, blacks were far less likely to work
than were whites or Hispanics.  Among women, Hispanic's work activity
lagged well behind that of whites and blacks.  (See table 2.)
 
Persons with Unemployment
 
     The total number of persons unemployed for at least 1 week was 20.5
million in 1993.  The proportion of the labor force (those who worked or
looked for work) experiencing some unemployment in 1993 was 14.8 percent.
This was a lower proportion than in 1992, when 15.8 percent of the labor
force experienced some unemployment; while not based on precisely the same
collection and processing procedures as for 1993 (see the box note), the
 
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1992 figures were collected using an identical set of questions.  Among the
race-ethnic groups, far higher proportions of blacks (22.1 percent) and
Hispanics (20.1 percent) experienced unemployment in 1993 than did whites
(13.8 percent).  (See tables 3 and 4.)
 
     Slightly more than 8 out of 10 persons with some unemployment reported
that they also worked during 1993.  The median length of job search for
these workers was 15.1 weeks.  This measure was higher among blacks (18.4
weeks) and Hispanics (18.8 weeks) than whites (14.6 weeks).  Nearly a third
of the unemployed who also had worked experienced at least two separate
periods of job search during the year.
 
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    |    Data on the 1993 work experience of the population          |
    |collected in the March 1994 supplement to the Current Population|
    |Survey (CPS) are not strictly comparable with those collected in|
    |1993 and earlier years because they are based on 1990 census-   |
    |based population controls (adjusted for the estimated           |
    |undercount) while the earlier data are based on populated       |
    |controls carried forward from the 1980 census.  The 1993 average|
    |employment and unemployment levels, referred to in this release,|
    |also are based on population controls carried forward from the  |
    |1980 census.  Thus, comparisons of these work experience versus |
    |annual average estimates are affected by differences in the     |
    |population bases.                                               |
    |                                                                |
    |    If the new population controls had been in effect for the   |
    |monthly data collected in 1993, the average employment and      |
    |unemployment levels for the year would have been higher by about|
    |900,000 and 200,000, respectively.  Even if the monthly levels  |
    |were adjusted to the 1990 base, there would still be large      |
    |differences between these monthly averages and the work         |
    |experience measurements.                                        |
    |                                                                |
    |    In addition to the above, the work experience estimates may |
    |be affected by factors related to a major redesign of the survey|
    |(introduced in January 1994) which incorporated full automation |
    |of the data collection procedures and major revisions to the    |
    |processing system, including demographic edits.  For additional |
    |information on the redesign, see "Revisions in the Current      |
    |Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994  |
    |issue of Employment and Earnings.                               |
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Table 1.  Work experience of the population during the year by extent of employment and sex, 1992-93
 
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                                                                    |                   |                   |
                                                                    |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                          Extent of employment                      |                   |                   |
                                                                     ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                    |  1992   |  1993   |  1992   |  1993   |  1992   |  1993
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                    |
                                                                    |                  Numbers (in thousands)
                                                                    |
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________
    Civilian noninstitutional population............................| 192,955 | 196,206 |  92,301 |  94,025 | 100,654 | 102,181
      Total who worked or looked for work...........................| 135,822 | 138,895 |  72,607 |  73,689 |  63,214 |  65,206
        Percent of the population...................................|    70.4 |    70.8 |    78.7 |    78.4 |    62.8 |    63.8
      Total who worked during the year1/............................| 133,083 | 135,464 |  71,228 |  72,049 |  61,855 |  63,415
        Percent of the population...................................|    69.0 |    69.0 |    77.2 |    76.6 |    61.5 |    62.1
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
        Full time2/.................................................| 103,994 | 105,433 |  60,953 |  61,713 |  43,041 |  43,720
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|  80,722 |  82,548 |  47,547 |  49,059 |  33,174 |  33,489
          48 to 49 weeks............................................|   2,355 |   2,144 |   1,494 |   1,190 |     862 |     954
          40 to 47 weeks............................................|   5,929 |   5,797 |   3,414 |   3,235 |   2,514 |   2,562
          27 to 39 weeks............................................|   5,292 |   5,092 |   3,047 |   2,872 |   2,245 |   2,220
          14 to 26 weeks............................................|   5,563 |   5,620 |   3,270 |   3,178 |   2,293 |   2,443
          1 to 13 weeks.............................................|   4,133 |   4,231 |   2,181 |   2,179 |   1,952 |   2,052
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
        Part time3/.................................................|  29,089 |  30,032 |  10,275 |  10,336 |  18,814 |  19,695
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|  12,324 |  12,810 |   3,862 |   3,997 |   8,462 |   8,813
          48 to 49 weeks............................................|     863 |     979 |     254 |     359 |     609 |     620
          40 to 47 weeks............................................|   2,861 |   2,699 |     967 |     802 |   1,894 |   1,896
          27 to 39 weeks............................................|   3,113 |   3,089 |   1,128 |     973 |   1,984 |   2,116
          14 to 26 weeks............................................|   4,762 |   4,812 |   1,924 |   1,897 |   2,839 |   2,915
          1 to 13 weeks.............................................|   5,166 |   5,643 |   2,140 |   2,308 |   3,026 |   3,335
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
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                                                                    |
                                                                    |                   Percent distribution
                                                                    |
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________
    Total who worked during the year1/..............................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
      Full time2/...................................................|    78.1 |    77.8 |    85.6 |    85.7 |    69.6 |    68.9
        50 to 52 weeks..............................................|    60.7 |    60.9 |    66.8 |    68.1 |    53.6 |    52.8
        48 to 49 weeks..............................................|     1.8 |     1.6 |     2.1 |     1.7 |     1.4 |     1.5
        40 to 47 weeks..............................................|     4.5 |     4.3 |     4.8 |     4.5 |     4.1 |     4.0
        27 to 39 weeks..............................................|     4.0 |     3.8 |     4.3 |     4.0 |     3.6 |     3.5
        14 to 26 weeks..............................................|     4.2 |     4.1 |     4.6 |     4.4 |     3.7 |     3.9
        1 to 13 weeks...............................................|     3.1 |     3.1 |     3.1 |     3.0 |     3.2 |     3.2
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
      Part time3/...................................................|    21.9 |    22.2 |    14.4 |    14.3 |    30.4 |    31.1
        50 to 52 weeks..............................................|     9.3 |     9.5 |     5.4 |     5.5 |    13.7 |    13.9
        48 to 49 weeks..............................................|      .6 |      .7 |      .4 |      .5 |     1.0 |     1.0
        40 to 47 weeks..............................................|     2.1 |     2.0 |     1.4 |     1.1 |     3.1 |     3.0
        27 to 39 weeks..............................................|     2.3 |     2.3 |     1.6 |     1.4 |     3.2 |     3.3
        14 to 26 weeks..............................................|     3.6 |     3.6 |     2.7 |     2.6 |     4.6 |     4.6
        1 to 13 weeks...............................................|     3.9 |     4.2 |     3.0 |     3.2 |     4.9 |     5.3
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
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       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 1993, which were collected in the March 1994
    supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS), are not
    comparable with data for 1992 and earlier years because of
    the introduction in January 1994 of 1990 census-based
    population controls, adjusted for the estimated
    undercount. In addition, estimates may be affected by the
    survey redesign which incorporated automation of the
    collection procedures and revisions to the demographic
    edits.  For additional information, see "Revisions in the
    Current Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the
    February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
Table 2.  Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic origin, and sex, 1992-93
 
    (Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                    |                   |                   |
                                                                    |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
            Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic origin         |                   |                   |
                                                                     ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                    |  1992   |  1993   |  1992   |  1993   |  1992   |  1993
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                                 WHITE                              |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
    Civilian noninstitutional population............................| 163,415 | 165,174 |  78,740 |  79,844 |  84,675 |  85,331
      Total who worked or looked for work...........................| 116,064 | 117,801 |  62,674 |  63,315 |  53,390 |  54,486
        Percent of the population...................................|    71.0 |    71.3 |    79.6 |    79.3 |    63.1 |    63.9
      Total who worked during the year1/............................| 114,184 | 115,487 |  61,720 |  62,171 |  52,464 |  53,316
        Percent of the population...................................|    69.9 |    69.9 |    78.4 |    77.9 |    62.0 |    62.5
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
      Percent who worked during the year1/..........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
        Full time2/.................................................|    77.8 |    77.4 |    85.9 |    85.8 |    68.4 |    67.6
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|    61.0 |    61.0 |    67.7 |    68.7 |    53.1 |    52.0
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|    10.0 |     9.5 |    11.0 |    10.0 |     8.9 |     8.9
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|     6.8 |     6.9 |     7.2 |     7.1 |     6.4 |     6.7
        Part time3/.................................................|    22.2 |    22.6 |    14.1 |    14.2 |    31.6 |    32.4
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|     9.5 |     9.9 |     5.4 |     5.7 |    14.4 |    14.8
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|     5.3 |     5.2 |     3.3 |     3.0 |     7.6 |     7.7
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|     7.4 |     7.5 |     5.4 |     5.5 |     9.6 |     9.9
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                                 BLACK                              |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
    Civilian noninstitutional population............................|  22,216 |  22,770 |  10,019 |  10,203 |  12,197 |  12,568
      Total who worked or looked for work...........................|  14,648 |  15,378 |   7,175 |   7,282 |   7,473 |   8,096
        Percent of the population...................................|    65.9 |    67.5 |    71.6 |    71.4 |    61.3 |    64.4
      Total who worked during the year1/............................|  13,952 |  14,456 |   6,843 |   6,878 |   7,109 |   7,578
        Percent of the population...................................|    62.8 |    63.5 |    68.3 |    67.4 |    58.3 |    60.3
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
      Percent who worked during the year1/..........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
        Full time2/.................................................|    80.2 |    80.0 |    83.3 |    84.0 |    77.2 |    76.4
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|    57.9 |    59.4 |    58.8 |    62.5 |    56.9 |    56.5
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|    11.7 |    11.0 |    12.9 |    11.4 |    10.6 |    10.7
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|    10.6 |     9.6 |    11.6 |    10.1 |     9.7 |     9.2
        Part time3/.................................................|    19.8 |    20.0 |    16.7 |    16.0 |    22.8 |    23.6
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|     7.3 |     6.4 |     5.0 |     4.1 |     9.4 |     8.4
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|     4.3 |     4.2 |     3.4 |     3.3 |     5.0 |     5.0
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|     8.3 |     9.5 |     8.2 |     8.6 |     8.4 |    10.2
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                            HISPANIC ORIGIN                         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
    Civilian noninstitutional population............................|  15,585 |  17,944 |   7,742 |   9,019 |   7,842 |   8,925
      Total who worked or looked for work...........................|  10,649 |  12,283 |   6,263 |   7,254 |   4,386 |   5,029
        Percent of the population...................................|    68.3 |    68.5 |    80.9 |    80.4 |    55.9 |    56.3
      Total who worked during the year1/............................|  10,339 |  11,827 |   6,111 |   7,041 |   4,228 |   4,786
        Percent of the population...................................|    66.3 |    65.9 |    78.9 |    78.1 |    53.9 |    53.6
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
      Percent who worked during the year1/..........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
        Full time2/.................................................|    80.1 |    79.5 |    85.7 |    85.2 |    71.9 |    71.0
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|    56.7 |    57.9 |    60.7 |    62.6 |    50.9 |    50.9
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|    13.0 |    11.5 |    14.3 |    13.2 |    11.0 |     8.9
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|    10.4 |    10.2 |    10.6 |     9.4 |    10.0 |    11.2
        Part time3/.................................................|    19.9 |    20.5 |    14.3 |    14.8 |    28.1 |    29.0
          50 to 52 weeks............................................|     8.1 |     8.9 |     5.3 |     6.3 |    12.2 |    12.6
          27 to 49 weeks............................................|     4.2 |     4.3 |     3.0 |     2.8 |     5.9 |     6.6
          1 to 26 weeks.............................................|     7.6 |     7.3 |     6.0 |     5.6 |    10.0 |     9.8
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
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       1/  Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
       2/  Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.
       3/  Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.
       NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic origin
    groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other
    races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included
    in both the white and black population groups.  Data refer
    to persons 16 years and over.  Also, see note, table 1.
 
 
Table 3.  Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 1992-93
 
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                                                                    |                   |                   |
                                                                    |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                         Extent of unemployment                     |                   |                   |
                                                                     ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                    |  1992   |  1993   |  1992   |  1993   |  1992   |  1993
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                    |
                                                                    |                  Numbers (in thousands)
                                                                    |
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________
    Total who worked or looked for work.............................| 135,822 | 138,895 |  72,607 |  73,689 |  63,214 |  65,206
      Percent with unemployment.....................................|    15.8 |    14.8 |    17.7 |    15.9 |    13.6 |    13.5
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
      Total with unemployment.......................................|  21,441 |  20,516 |  12,833 |  11,712 |   8,607 |   8,804
        Did not work but looked for work............................|   2,739 |   3,430 |   1,379 |   1,640 |   1,359 |   1,791
          1 to 14 weeks.............................................|   1,079 |   1,382 |     422 |     558 |     657 |     824
          15 weeks or more..........................................|   1,660 |   2,049 |     958 |   1,082 |     702 |     967
        Worked during the year......................................|  18,702 |  17,086 |  11,454 |  10,072 |   7,248 |   7,014
          Year-round workers1/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     866 |     688 |     562 |     449 |     304 |     239
          Part-year workers2/ with unemployment.....................|  17,836 |  16,398 |  10,892 |   9,624 |   6,944 |   6,774
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|   2,941 |   2,624 |   1,561 |   1,340 |   1,380 |   1,284
            5 to 10 weeks...........................................|   3,494 |   2,896 |   2,037 |   1,644 |   1,457 |   1,252
            11 to 14 weeks..........................................|   2,574 |   2,298 |   1,615 |   1,352 |     959 |     946
            15 to 26 weeks..........................................|   4,875 |   4,547 |   3,163 |   2,860 |   1,712 |   1,687
            27 weeks or more........................................|   3,951 |   4,033 |   2,516 |   2,427 |   1,435 |   1,606
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
          Median weeks of unemployment for all workers..............|    14.2 |    15.1 |    14.9 |    16.1 |    13.0 |    14.1
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|   5,734 |   5,335 |   3,889 |   3,448 |   1,844 |   1,887
            2 spells................................................|   2,698 |   2,570 |   1,781 |   1,577 |     916 |     992
            3 spells or more........................................|   3,036 |   2,766 |   2,108 |   1,871 |     928 |     895
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                     ___________________________________________________________
                                                                    |
                                                                    |                   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.............................................|    39.4 |    40.3 |    30.6 |    34.0 |    48.4 |    46.0
          15 weeks or more..........................................|    60.6 |    59.7 |    69.4 |    66.0 |    51.6 |    54.0
        Worked during the year......................................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
          Year-round workers1/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     4.6 |     4.0 |     4.9 |     4.5 |     4.2 |     3.4
          Part-year workers2/ with unemployment.....................|    95.4 |    96.0 |    95.1 |    95.5 |    95.8 |    96.6
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|    15.7 |    15.4 |    13.6 |    13.3 |    19.0 |    18.3
            5 to 10 weeks...........................................|    18.7 |    16.9 |    17.8 |    16.3 |    20.1 |    17.8
            11 to 14 weeks..........................................|    13.8 |    13.4 |    14.1 |    13.4 |    13.2 |    13.5
            15 to 26 weeks..........................................|    26.1 |    26.6 |    27.6 |    28.4 |    23.6 |    24.1
            27 weeks or more........................................|    21.1 |    23.6 |    22.0 |    24.1 |    19.8 |    22.9
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|    30.7 |    31.2 |    34.0 |    34.2 |    25.4 |    26.9
            2 spells................................................|    14.4 |    15.0 |    15.6 |    15.7 |    12.6 |    14.1
            3 spells or more........................................|    16.2 |    16.2 |    18.4 |    18.6 |    12.8 |    12.8
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
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       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 origin, and sex, 1992-93
 
    (Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                    |                   |                   |
                                                                    |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
           Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic origin        |                   |                   |
                                                                     ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                    |  1992   |  1993   |  1992   |  1993   |  1992   |  1993
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                                 WHITE                              |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
    Total who worked or looked for work.............................| 116,064 | 117,801 |  62,674 |  63,315 |  53,390 |  54,486
      Percent with unemployment.....................................|    15.0 |    13.8 |    16.8 |    15.0 |    12.8 |    12.4
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
      Total with unemployment.......................................|  17,373 |  16,232 |  10,543 |   9,497 |   6,830 |   6,735
        Did not work but looked for work............................|   1,881 |   2,314 |     954 |   1,144 |     926 |   1,170
        Worked during the year......................................|  15,492 |  13,918 |   9,588 |   8,353 |   5,904 |   5,565
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
          Median weeks of unemployment for all workers..............|    13.8 |    14.6 |    14.6 |    15.6 |    12.3 |    13.5
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
        Percent who worked during the year1/........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
          Year-round workers2/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     5.1 |     4.6 |     5.5 |     5.0 |     4.4 |     4.0
          Part-year workers3/ with unemployment.....................|    94.9 |    95.4 |    94.5 |    95.0 |    95.6 |    96.0
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|    16.2 |    16.2 |    13.8 |    14.0 |    20.2 |    19.3
            5 to 14 weeks...........................................|    32.8 |    30.4 |    32.1 |    29.8 |    33.8 |    31.5
            15 weeks or more........................................|    45.9 |    48.8 |    48.6 |    51.2 |    41.5 |    45.2
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|    30.7 |    30.5 |    34.2 |    33.8 |    25.0 |    25.6
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
                                 BLACK                              |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                    |         |         |         |         |         |
    Total who worked or looked for work.............................|  14,648 |  15,378 |   7,175 |   7,282 |   7,473 |   8,096
      Percent with unemployment.....................................|    22.1 |    22.1 |    25.2 |    23.3 |    19.2 |    21.0
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      Total with unemployment.......................................|   3,243 |   3,396 |   1,808 |   1,693 |   1,435 |   1,702
        Did not work but looked for work............................|     696 |     922 |     332 |     404 |     364 |     518
        Worked during the year......................................|   2,547 |   2,474 |   1,476 |   1,290 |   1,071 |   1,184
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          Median weeks of unemployment for all workers..............|    17.8 |    18.4 |    18.7 |    19.5 |    16.4 |    16.9
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        Percent who worked during the year1/........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
          Year-round workers2/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     2.3 |     1.3 |     1.4 |     1.2 |     3.4 |     1.3
          Part-year workers3/ with unemployment.....................|    97.7 |    98.7 |    98.6 |    98.8 |    96.6 |    98.7
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|    11.2 |    11.3 |     9.9 |     8.8 |    12.9 |    14.0
            5 to 14 weeks...........................................|    31.4 |    30.5 |    31.4 |    29.6 |    31.3 |    31.4
            15 weeks or more........................................|    55.2 |    57.0 |    57.2 |    60.4 |    52.5 |    53.3
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          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|    31.2 |    34.9 |    33.1 |    37.2 |    28.6 |    32.4
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    Total who worked or looked for work.............................|  10,649 |  12,283 |   6,263 |   7,254 |   4,386 |   5,029
      Percent with unemployment.....................................|    22.5 |    20.1 |    25.2 |    21.5 |    18.7 |    18.3
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      Total with unemployment.......................................|   2,397 |   2,474 |   1,578 |   1,556 |     818 |     918
        Did not work but looked for work............................|     310 |     456 |     152 |     213 |     158 |     243
        Worked during the year......................................|   2,087 |   2,019 |   1,426 |   1,343 |     661 |     675
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          Median weeks of unemployment for all workers..............|    16.9 |    18.8 |    17.4 |    18.8 |    15.4 |    18.9
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        Percent who worked during the year1/........................|   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
          Year-round workers2/ with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment....|     3.7 |     2.6 |     3.5 |     2.8 |     3.9 |     2.2
          Part-year workers3/ with unemployment.....................|    96.3 |    97.4 |    96.5 |    97.2 |    96.1 |    97.8
            1 to 4 weeks............................................|    12.4 |    11.8 |    10.7 |    11.3 |    16.0 |    12.6
            5 to 14 weeks...........................................|    29.8 |    26.6 |    30.0 |    26.3 |    29.3 |    27.2
            15 weeks or more........................................|    54.2 |    59.0 |    55.8 |    59.5 |    50.8 |    58.0
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          With 2 spells or more of unemployment.....................|    32.0 |    33.6 |    35.8 |    35.5 |    23.8 |    30.0
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       1/  Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
       2/  Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
       3/  Worked less than 50 weeks.
       NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic origin
    groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other
    races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included
    in both the white and black population groups.  Data refer
    to perons 16 years and over.  Also, see note, table 1.