HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race (Numbers in thousands) 1998 Civilian labor force Civilian Age, sex, and race noninsti- Employed Unemployed tutional Percent Not populati- of in on Total populati- Percent Nonagri- Percent labor on Total of Agri- cultural Number of force populati- culture industri- labor on es force TOTAL 16 years and over.... 205,220 137,673 67.1 131,463 64.1 3,378 128,085 6,210 4.5 67,547 16 to 19 years..... 15,644 8,256 52.8 7,051 45.1 261 6,790 1,205 14.6 7,388 16 to 17 years... 7,895 3,335 42.2 2,762 35.0 131 2,631 573 17.2 4,560 18 to 19 years... 7,749 4,921 63.5 4,289 55.3 130 4,159 632 12.8 2,828 20 to 24 years..... 17,593 13,638 77.5 12,557 71.4 339 12,218 1,081 7.9 3,955 25 to 54 years..... 117,450 98,718 84.1 95,258 81.1 2,105 93,153 3,459 3.5 18,732 25 to 34 years... 38,778 32,813 84.6 31,394 81.0 718 30,676 1,419 4.3 5,964 25 to 29 years. 18,622 15,808 84.9 15,061 80.9 350 14,711 747 4.7 2,815 30 to 34 years. 20,156 17,006 84.4 16,333 81.0 368 15,965 672 4.0 3,150 35 to 44 years... 44,299 37,536 84.7 36,278 81.9 791 35,486 1,258 3.4 6,763 35 to 39 years. 22,449 18,899 84.2 18,232 81.2 433 17,800 666 3.5 3,550 40 to 44 years. 21,850 18,637 85.3 18,045 82.6 358 17,687 592 3.2 3,213 45 to 54 years... 34,373 28,368 82.5 27,587 80.3 596 26,991 782 2.8 6,005 45 to 49 years. 18,804 15,923 84.7 15,477 82.3 345 15,132 446 2.8 2,881 50 to 54 years. 15,569 12,445 79.9 12,109 77.8 251 11,858 336 2.7 3,124 55 to 64 years..... 22,296 13,215 59.3 12,872 57.7 396 12,477 343 2.6 9,081 55 to 59 years... 12,219 8,494 69.5 8,279 67.8 217 8,062 216 2.5 3,725 60 to 64 years... 10,077 4,721 46.8 4,594 45.6 179 4,415 127 2.7 5,356 65 years and over.. 32,237 3,847 11.9 3,725 11.6 277 3,448 122 3.2 28,391 65 to 69 years... 9,387 2,111 22.5 2,042 21.8 121 1,921 69 3.3 7,276 70 to 74 years... 8,560 1,068 12.5 1,036 12.1 84 953 31 2.9 7,492 75 years and over 14,290 668 4.7 647 4.5 73 574 21 3.2 13,622 Men 16 years and over.... 98,758 73,959 74.9 70,693 71.6 2,553 68,140 3,266 4.4 24,799 16 to 19 years..... 7,968 4,244 53.3 3,558 44.7 204 3,355 686 16.2 3,724 16 to 17 years... 4,059 1,728 42.6 1,398 34.4 103 1,294 330 19.1 2,331 18 to 19 years... 3,909 2,516 64.4 2,161 55.3 100 2,060 355 14.1 1,393 20 to 24 years..... 8,804 7,221 82.0 6,638 75.4 276 6,362 583 8.1 1,583 25 to 54 years..... 57,724 53,002 91.8 51,274 88.8 1,569 49,705 1,728 3.3 4,722 25 to 34 years... 19,094 17,796 93.2 17,097 89.5 549 16,548 699 3.9 1,298 25 to 29 years. 9,139 8,477 92.8 8,102 88.6 267 7,835 375 4.4 662 30 to 34 years. 9,955 9,319 93.6 8,995 90.4 282 8,713 324 3.5 636 35 to 44 years... 21,857 20,242 92.6 19,634 89.8 600 19,034 609 3.0 1,614 35 to 39 years. 11,083 10,310 93.0 9,995 90.2 335 9,660 314 3.1 773 40 to 44 years. 10,774 9,933 92.2 9,638 89.5 265 9,374 294 3.0 841 45 to 54 years... 16,773 14,963 89.2 14,544 86.7 420 14,124 420 2.8 1,810 45 to 49 years. 9,212 8,364 90.8 8,132 88.3 247 7,885 232 2.8 848 50 to 54 years. 7,561 6,599 87.3 6,412 84.8 173 6,239 187 2.8 962 55 to 64 years..... 10,649 7,253 68.1 7,052 66.2 283 6,769 201 2.8 3,396 55 to 59 years... 5,879 4,609 78.4 4,484 76.3 152 4,332 125 2.7 1,270 60 to 64 years... 4,771 2,644 55.4 2,568 53.8 131 2,437 76 2.9 2,127 65 years and over.. 13,613 2,240 16.5 2,171 15.9 222 1,949 69 3.1 11,373 65 to 69 years... 4,304 1,204 28.0 1,165 27.1 98 1,068 39 3.2 3,100 70 to 74 years... 3,770 623 16.5 606 16.1 66 540 17 2.7 3,148 75 years and over 5,539 413 7.5 400 7.2 59 341 13 3.2 5,126 Women 16 years and over.... 106,462 63,714 59.8 60,771 57.1 825 59,945 2,944 4.6 42,748 16 to 19 years..... 7,676 4,012 52.3 3,493 45.5 57 3,435 519 12.9 3,664 16 to 17 years... 3,835 1,607 41.9 1,364 35.6 27 1,337 242 15.1 2,229 18 to 19 years... 3,840 2,405 62.6 2,128 55.4 30 2,098 277 11.5 1,435 20 to 24 years..... 8,790 6,418 73.0 5,919 67.3 64 5,856 498 7.8 2,372 25 to 54 years..... 59,725 45,716 76.5 43,984 73.6 537 43,448 1,732 3.8 14,010 25 to 34 years... 19,683 15,017 76.3 14,298 72.6 169 14,128 720 4.8 4,666 25 to 29 years. 9,483 7,330 77.3 6,959 73.4 83 6,876 371 5.1 2,153 30 to 34 years. 10,200 7,687 75.4 7,339 71.9 86 7,252 348 4.5 2,513 35 to 44 years... 22,442 17,294 77.1 16,644 74.2 191 16,453 650 3.8 5,149 35 to 39 years. 11,366 8,589 75.6 8,237 72.5 98 8,140 352 4.1 2,776 40 to 44 years. 11,077 8,704 78.6 8,407 75.9 94 8,313 298 3.4 2,372 45 to 54 years... 17,600 13,405 76.2 13,043 74.1 176 12,867 362 2.7 4,195 45 to 49 years. 9,592 7,559 78.8 7,345 76.6 97 7,248 214 2.8 2,033 50 to 54 years. 8,008 5,846 73.0 5,697 71.1 78 5,619 148 2.5 2,162 55 to 64 years..... 11,646 5,962 51.2 5,820 50.0 113 5,708 141 2.4 5,685 55 to 59 years... 6,340 3,885 61.3 3,795 59.9 65 3,730 90 2.3 2,455 60 to 64 years... 5,306 2,077 39.1 2,025 38.2 48 1,977 51 2.5 3,230 65 years and over.. 18,625 1,607 8.6 1,554 8.3 55 1,499 53 3.3 17,018 65 to 69 years... 5,084 907 17.8 877 17.2 23 853 31 3.4 4,176 70 to 74 years... 4,790 445 9.3 430 9.0 18 413 15 3.3 4,344 75 years and over 8,752 255 2.9 247 2.8 14 233 8 3.1 8,497 See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race - Continued (Numbers in thousands) 1998 Civilian labor force Civilian Age, sex, and race noninsti- Employed Unemployed tutional Percent Not populati- of in on Total populati- Percent Nonagri- Percent labor on Total of Agri- cultural Number of force populati- culture industri- labor on es force WHITE 16 years and over.... 171,478 115,415 67.3 110,931 64.7 3,160 107,770 4,484 3.9 56,064 16 to 19 years..... 12,439 6,965 56.0 6,089 48.9 250 5,839 876 12.6 5,475 16 to 17 years... 6,264 2,860 45.7 2,436 38.9 125 2,311 424 14.8 3,404 18 to 19 years... 6,176 4,105 66.5 3,653 59.2 125 3,529 451 11.0 2,071 20 to 24 years..... 14,138 11,244 79.5 10,512 74.4 319 10,193 731 6.5 2,895 25 to 54 years..... 97,028 82,210 84.7 79,710 82.2 1,953 77,757 2,500 3.0 14,818 25 to 34 years... 31,286 26,707 85.4 25,729 82.2 674 25,055 978 3.7 4,578 25 to 29 years. 14,998 12,894 86.0 12,369 82.5 328 12,041 525 4.1 2,104 30 to 34 years. 16,288 13,813 84.8 13,360 82.0 346 13,014 453 3.3 2,475 35 to 44 years... 36,610 31,221 85.3 30,320 82.8 730 29,590 901 2.9 5,389 35 to 39 years. 18,517 15,690 84.7 15,221 82.2 394 14,827 469 3.0 2,828 40 to 44 years. 18,093 15,532 85.8 15,099 83.5 336 14,763 433 2.8 2,561 45 to 54 years... 29,132 24,282 83.4 23,662 81.2 549 23,113 620 2.6 4,850 45 to 49 years. 15,794 13,489 85.4 13,146 83.2 319 12,827 343 2.5 2,305 50 to 54 years. 13,338 10,793 80.9 10,516 78.8 230 10,286 277 2.6 2,545 55 to 64 years..... 19,231 11,548 60.1 11,272 58.6 370 10,902 276 2.4 7,682 55 to 59 years... 10,532 7,428 70.5 7,258 68.9 201 7,057 170 2.3 3,103 60 to 64 years... 8,699 4,120 47.4 4,014 46.1 169 3,845 106 2.6 4,579 65 years and over.. 28,642 3,448 12.0 3,347 11.7 269 3,079 101 2.9 25,194 65 to 69 years... 8,162 1,879 23.0 1,822 22.3 117 1,705 57 3.0 6,282 70 to 74 years... 7,599 971 12.8 945 12.4 81 864 26 2.6 6,628 75 years and over 12,882 598 4.6 580 4.5 70 510 18 3.0 12,284 Men 16 years and over.... 83,352 63,034 75.6 60,604 72.7 2,376 58,228 2,431 3.9 20,317 16 to 19 years..... 6,386 3,614 56.6 3,103 48.6 194 2,909 510 14.1 2,773 16 to 17 years... 3,233 1,487 46.0 1,233 38.1 99 1,134 254 17.1 1,747 18 to 19 years... 3,153 2,127 67.5 1,870 59.3 95 1,775 257 12.1 1,026 20 to 24 years..... 7,170 6,063 84.6 5,659 78.9 259 5,400 405 6.7 1,106 25 to 54 years..... 48,354 44,930 92.9 43,635 90.2 1,444 42,191 1,295 2.9 3,424 25 to 34 years... 15,644 14,770 94.4 14,259 91.1 514 13,745 512 3.5 874 25 to 29 years. 7,495 7,059 94.2 6,781 90.5 251 6,531 278 3.9 436 30 to 34 years. 8,149 7,711 94.6 7,477 91.8 263 7,214 234 3.0 438 35 to 44 years... 18,310 17,157 93.7 16,715 91.3 550 16,166 441 2.6 1,153 35 to 39 years. 9,269 8,719 94.1 8,492 91.6 303 8,189 227 2.6 550 40 to 44 years. 9,041 8,438 93.3 8,223 91.0 247 7,976 215 2.5 603 45 to 54 years... 14,400 13,003 90.3 12,661 87.9 381 12,281 342 2.6 1,397 45 to 49 years. 7,840 7,198 91.8 7,013 89.5 227 6,786 185 2.6 642 50 to 54 years. 6,561 5,805 88.5 5,649 86.1 154 5,495 157 2.7 756 55 to 64 years..... 9,286 6,415 69.1 6,251 67.3 263 5,988 164 2.6 2,872 55 to 59 years... 5,120 4,078 79.7 3,976 77.7 140 3,837 102 2.5 1,042 60 to 64 years... 4,167 2,337 56.1 2,275 54.6 124 2,151 62 2.7 1,830 65 years and over.. 12,155 2,013 16.6 1,955 16.1 216 1,740 58 2.9 10,143 65 to 69 years... 3,785 1,072 28.3 1,039 27.4 94 945 33 3.1 2,714 70 to 74 years... 3,374 568 16.8 554 16.4 64 490 14 2.5 2,806 75 years and over 4,996 373 7.5 362 7.2 57 305 11 2.9 4,624 Women 16 years and over.... 88,126 52,380 59.4 50,327 57.1 784 49,543 2,053 3.9 35,746 16 to 19 years..... 6,053 3,351 55.4 2,986 49.3 55 2,930 365 10.9 2,702 16 to 17 years... 3,031 1,373 45.3 1,203 39.7 26 1,177 171 12.4 1,657 18 to 19 years... 3,023 1,977 65.4 1,783 59.0 30 1,753 195 9.8 1,045 20 to 24 years..... 6,969 5,180 74.3 4,853 69.6 60 4,793 327 6.3 1,789 25 to 54 years..... 48,674 37,281 76.6 36,075 74.1 509 35,566 1,205 3.2 11,393 25 to 34 years... 15,642 11,937 76.3 11,470 73.3 160 11,310 467 3.9 3,705 25 to 29 years. 7,503 5,835 77.8 5,588 74.5 78 5,510 247 4.2 1,668 30 to 34 years. 8,139 6,102 75.0 5,883 72.3 83 5,800 220 3.6 2,036 35 to 44 years... 18,300 14,064 76.9 13,604 74.3 180 13,424 460 3.3 4,236 35 to 39 years. 9,248 6,970 75.4 6,728 72.8 91 6,638 242 3.5 2,278 40 to 44 years. 9,052 7,094 78.4 6,876 76.0 89 6,787 218 3.1 1,958 45 to 54 years... 14,732 11,279 76.6 11,001 74.7 168 10,832 279 2.5 3,453 45 to 49 years. 7,955 6,291 79.1 6,133 77.1 92 6,041 158 2.5 1,663 50 to 54 years. 6,777 4,988 73.6 4,867 71.8 76 4,791 120 2.4 1,790 55 to 64 years..... 9,944 5,133 51.6 5,021 50.5 107 4,914 112 2.2 4,811 55 to 59 years... 5,412 3,350 61.9 3,282 60.6 62 3,220 69 2.1 2,062 60 to 64 years... 4,532 1,783 39.3 1,739 38.4 46 1,694 44 2.4 2,749 65 years and over.. 16,486 1,435 8.7 1,392 8.4 53 1,339 43 3.0 15,051 65 to 69 years... 4,377 808 18.5 783 17.9 23 761 24 3.0 3,569 70 to 74 years... 4,225 403 9.5 391 9.3 17 374 12 2.9 3,822 75 years and over 7,885 225 2.9 218 2.8 13 205 7 3.1 7,660 See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race - Continued (Numbers in thousands) 1998 Civilian labor force Civilian Age, sex, and race noninsti- Employed Unemployed tutional Percent Not populati- of in on Total populati- Percent Nonagri- Percent labor on Total of Agri- cultural Number of force populati- culture industri- labor on es force BLACK 16 years and over.... 24,373 15,982 65.6 14,556 59.7 138 14,417 1,426 8.9 8,391 16 to 19 years..... 2,443 1,017 41.6 736 30.1 8 728 281 27.6 1,427 16 to 17 years... 1,241 370 29.8 246 19.8 4 241 124 33.6 871 18 to 19 years... 1,202 646 53.8 490 40.8 3 487 156 24.2 556 20 to 24 years..... 2,546 1,797 70.6 1,496 58.8 14 1,482 301 16.8 749 25 to 54 years..... 14,466 11,727 81.1 10,943 75.6 100 10,843 784 6.7 2,739 25 to 34 years... 5,221 4,332 83.0 3,967 76.0 30 3,936 366 8.4 889 25 to 29 years. 2,547 2,081 81.7 1,896 74.4 12 1,884 185 8.9 466 30 to 34 years. 2,673 2,251 84.2 2,070 77.4 18 2,053 181 8.0 422 35 to 44 years... 5,510 4,531 82.2 4,238 76.9 41 4,196 294 6.5 979 35 to 39 years. 2,840 2,328 82.0 2,161 76.1 28 2,132 167 7.2 512 40 to 44 years. 2,670 2,204 82.5 2,077 77.8 13 2,064 126 5.7 467 45 to 54 years... 3,735 2,863 76.7 2,739 73.3 28 2,711 125 4.3 872 45 to 49 years. 2,180 1,741 79.8 1,657 76.0 15 1,642 84 4.8 440 50 to 54 years. 1,555 1,123 72.2 1,082 69.6 13 1,069 41 3.6 432 55 to 64 years..... 2,224 1,163 52.3 1,118 50.3 13 1,105 45 3.9 1,060 55 to 59 years... 1,222 749 61.3 720 59.0 9 712 28 3.8 473 60 to 64 years... 1,002 415 41.4 398 39.7 4 393 17 4.1 587 65 years and over.. 2,695 278 10.3 262 9.7 3 259 16 5.6 2,417 65 to 69 years... 881 152 17.3 144 16.3 2 142 9 5.7 728 70 to 74 years... 731 70 9.6 66 9.1 - 66 4 5.7 660 75 years and over 1,083 55 5.1 52 4.8 1 51 3 5.4 1,028 Men 16 years and over.... 10,927 7,542 69.0 6,871 62.9 118 6,752 671 8.9 3,386 16 to 19 years..... 1,201 488 40.7 341 28.4 7 335 147 30.1 712 16 to 17 years... 623 181 29.1 120 19.2 3 116 61 33.9 442 18 to 19 years... 578 307 53.1 221 38.3 3 218 86 27.9 271 20 to 24 years..... 1,166 837 71.8 686 58.8 11 675 151 18.0 329 25 to 54 years..... 6,536 5,519 84.4 5,178 79.2 87 5,091 341 6.2 1,018 25 to 34 years... 2,335 2,034 87.1 1,886 80.8 25 1,861 148 7.3 301 25 to 29 years. 1,126 966 85.8 889 79.0 10 879 77 7.9 160 30 to 34 years. 1,209 1,068 88.3 997 82.5 15 982 71 6.7 141 35 to 44 years... 2,520 2,142 85.0 2,008 79.7 37 1,971 133 6.2 378 35 to 39 years. 1,293 1,106 85.5 1,034 80.0 25 1,009 72 6.5 187 40 to 44 years. 1,227 1,036 84.5 974 79.4 12 963 62 5.9 191 45 to 54 years... 1,682 1,343 79.9 1,284 76.3 25 1,259 60 4.4 339 45 to 49 years. 989 818 82.7 780 78.8 13 767 39 4.7 171 50 to 54 years. 693 525 75.8 504 72.7 37 492 21 4.0 168 55 to 64 years..... 956 548 57.3 524 54.8 11 513 24 4.5 408 55 to 59 years... 533 353 66.1 339 63.5 8 331 14 3.9 181 60 to 64 years... 423 196 46.3 185 43.7 4 181 11 5.5 227 65 years and over.. 1,068 150 14.0 142 13.3 3 139 8 5.2 918 65 to 69 years... 365 80 21.9 77 21.0 1 75 3 4.1 286 70 to 74 years... 303 36 12.0 34 11.2 - 34 2 6.6 266 75 years and over 400 34 8.4 31 7.9 1 30 2 (1) 367 Women 16 years and over.... 13,446 8,441 62.8 7,685 57.2 20 7,665 756 9.0 5,005 16 to 19 years..... 1,243 528 42.5 395 31.8 1 393 134 25.3 714 16 to 17 years... 618 189 30.6 126 20.4 1 125 63 33.2 429 18 to 19 years... 624 339 54.4 268 43.0 - 268 71 20.9 285 20 to 24 years..... 1,380 960 69.6 810 58.7 3 807 150 15.7 419 25 to 54 years..... 7,930 6,209 78.3 5,766 72.7 13 5,753 443 7.1 1,721 25 to 34 years... 2,886 2,298 79.6 2,081 72.1 5 2,076 218 9.5 588 25 to 29 years. 1,421 1,115 78.4 1,007 70.8 2 1,005 108 9.7 306 30 to 34 years. 1,465 1,183 80.8 1,074 73.3 3 1,071 110 9.3 281 35 to 44 years... 2,991 2,390 79.9 2,230 74.6 5 2,225 160 6.7 601 35 to 39 years. 1,547 1,222 79.0 1,127 72.8 3 1,124 95 7.8 325 40 to 44 years. 1,444 1,167 80.9 1,103 76.4 1 1,102 65 5.5 276 45 to 54 years... 2,053 1,520 74.0 1,455 70.9 4 1,452 65 4.3 533 45 to 49 years. 1,191 922 77.4 877 73.6 2 875 45 4.9 269 50 to 54 years. 862 598 69.4 578 67.1 1 577 20 3.3 264 55 to 64 years..... 1,268 615 48.5 594 46.9 2 592 21 3.4 652 55 to 59 years... 688 396 57.6 382 55.4 1 380 15 3.7 292 60 to 64 years... 579 219 37.8 213 36.8 1 212 6 2.7 360 65 years and over.. 1,626 128 7.9 120 7.4 - 120 8 6.1 1,498 65 to 69 years... 515 72 14.1 67 13.0 - 67 5 7.4 443 70 to 74 years... 428 34 7.9 32 7.6 - 32 2 (1) 394 75 years and over 683 22 3.2 21 3.1 - 21 1 (1) 661 1 Data not shown where base is less than 35,000. NOTE: Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.