HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Total | White | Black | Hispanic origin Employment status, sex, and age | | | | ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ | | | | | | | | | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | 1996 | 1997 | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population............|200,591 |203,133 |168,317 |169,993 | 23,604 | 24,003 | 19,213 | 20,321 Civilian labor force..........................|133,943 |136,297 |113,108 |114,693 | 15,134 | 15,529 | 12,774 | 13,796 Percent of population.....................| 66.8 | 67.1 | 67.2 | 67.5 | 64.1 | 64.7 | 66.5 | 67.9 Employed....................................|126,708 |129,558 |107,808 |109,856 | 13,542 | 13,969 | 11,642 | 12,726 Agriculture...............................| 3,443 | 3,399 | 3,276 | 3,208 | 98 | 117 | 609 | 660 Nonagricultural industries................|123,264 |126,159 |104,532 |106,648 | 13,444 | 13,852 | 11,033 | 12,067 Unemployed..................................| 7,236 | 6,739 | 5,300 | 4,836 | 1,592 | 1,560 | 1,132 | 1,069 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 7.7 Not in labor force............................| 66,647 | 66,837 | 55,209 | 55,301 | 8,470 | 8,474 | 6,439 | 6,526 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population............| 96,206 | 97,715 | 81,489 | 82,577 | 10,575 | 10,763 | 9,604 | 10,368 Civilian labor force..........................| 72,087 | 73,261 | 61,783 | 62,639 | 7,264 | 7,354 | 7,646 | 8,309 Percent of population.....................| 74.9 | 75.0 | 75.8 | 75.9 | 68.7 | 68.3 | 79.6 | 80.1 Employed....................................| 68,207 | 69,685 | 58,888 | 59,998 | 6,456 | 6,607 | 7,039 | 7,728 Agriculture...............................| 2,573 | 2,552 | 2,436 | 2,389 | 86 | 103 | 537 | 571 Nonagricultural industries................| 65,634 | 67,133 | 56,452 | 57,608 | 6,371 | 6,504 | 6,502 | 7,157 Unemployed..................................| 3,880 | 3,577 | 2,896 | 2,641 | 808 | 747 | 607 | 582 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 7.0 Not in labor force............................| 24,119 | 24,454 | 19,706 | 19,938 | 3,311 | 3,409 | 1,957 | 2,059 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population............| 88,606 | 89,879 | 75,454 | 76,320 | 9,414 | 9,575 | 8,611 | 9,250 Civilian labor force..........................| 68,044 | 69,166 | 58,340 | 59,126 | 6,806 | 6,910 | 7,150 | 7,779 Percent of population.....................| 76.8 | 77.0 | 77.3 | 77.5 | 72.3 | 72.2 | 83.0 | 84.1 Employed....................................| 64,897 | 66,284 | 55,977 | 56,986 | 6,167 | 6,325 | 6,655 | 7,307 Agriculture...............................| 2,356 | 2,356 | 2,224 | 2,201 | 83 | 101 | 510 | 544 Nonagricultural industries................| 62,541 | 63,927 | 53,753 | 54,785 | 6,084 | 6,224 | 6,145 | 6,763 Unemployed..................................| 3,146 | 2,882 | 2,363 | 2,140 | 639 | 585 | 495 | 471 Unemployment rate.........................| 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 6.1 Not in labor force............................| 20,563 | 20,713 | 17,114 | 17,194 | 2,608 | 2,665 | 1,461 | 1,471 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population............|104,385 |105,418 | 86,828 | 87,417 | 13,029 | 13,241 | 9,610 | 9,953 Civilian labor force..........................| 61,857 | 63,036 | 51,325 | 52,054 | 7,869 | 8,175 | 5,128 | 5,486 Percent of population.....................| 59.3 | 59.8 | 59.1 | 59.5 | 60.4 | 61.7 | 53.4 | 55.1 Employed....................................| 58,501 | 59,873 | 48,920 | 49,859 | 7,086 | 7,362 | 4,602 | 4,999 Agriculture...............................| 871 | 847 | 840 | 819 | 13 | 14 | 72 | 89 Nonagricultural industries................| 57,630 | 59,026 | 48,080 | 49,040 | 7,073 | 7,348 | 4,531 | 4,910 Unemployed..................................| 3,356 | 3,162 | 2,404 | 2,195 | 784 | 813 | 525 | 488 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 8.9 Not in labor force............................| 42,528 | 42,382 | 35,503 | 35,363 | 5,159 | 5,066 | 4,482 | 4,466 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population............| 97,050 | 97,889 | 81,041 | 81,492 | 11,833 | 12,016 | 8,654 | 8,950 Civilian labor force..........................| 58,094 | 59,198 | 48,162 | 48,847 | 7,405 | 7,686 | 4,779 | 5,106 Percent of population.....................| 59.9 | 60.5 | 59.4 | 59.9 | 62.6 | 64.0 | 55.2 | 57.0 Employed....................................| 55,311 | 56,613 | 46,164 | 47,063 | 6,762 | 7,013 | 4,341 | 4,705 Agriculture...............................| 827 | 798 | 798 | 771 | 12 | 13 | 69 | 83 Nonagricultural industries................| 54,484 | 55,815 | 45,366 | 46,292 | 6,749 | 7,000 | 4,272 | 4,622 Unemployed..................................| 2,783 | 2,585 | 1,998 | 1,784 | 643 | 673 | 438 | 401 Unemployment rate.........................| 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 7.9 Not in labor force............................| 38,956 | 38,691 | 32,879 | 32,645 | 4,428 | 4,330 | 3,875 | 3,845 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population............| 14,934 | 15,365 | 11,822 | 12,181 | 2,356 | 2,412 | 1,948 | 2,121 Civilian labor force..........................| 7,806 | 7,932 | 6,607 | 6,720 | 923 | 933 | 845 | 911 Percent of population.....................| 52.3 | 51.6 | 55.9 | 55.2 | 39.2 | 38.7 | 43.4 | 43.0 Employed....................................| 6,500 | 6,661 | 5,667 | 5,807 | 613 | 631 | 646 | 714 Agriculture...............................| 261 | 244 | 254 | 236 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 33 Nonagricultural industries................| 6,239 | 6,417 | 5,413 | 5,571 | 611 | 628 | 617 | 682 Unemployed..................................| 1,306 | 1,271 | 939 | 912 | 310 | 302 | 199 | 197 Unemployment rate.........................| 16.7 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 33.6 | 32.4 | 23.6 | 21.6 Not in labor force............................| 7,128 | 7,433 | 5,215 | 5,462 | 1,434 | 1,479 | 1,103 | 1,210 | | | | | | | | ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey,