HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 6. Employment status of the Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-origin population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Total Hispanic Mexican origin Puerto Rican origin Cuban origin origin(1) Employment status, sex, and age 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population...... 20,321 21,070 12,443 13,216 2,139 2,080 1,025 1,062 Civilian labor force.................... 13,796 14,317 8,546 9,096 1,293 1,249 646 651 Percent of population............... 67.9 67.9 68.7 68.8 60.4 60.0 63.0 61.3 Employed.............................. 12,726 13,291 7,884 8,431 1,166 1,145 603 612 Agriculture......................... 660 742 572 662 8 10 5 6 Nonagricultural industries.......... 12,067 12,549 7,312 7,769 1,158 1,135 599 606 Unemployed............................ 1,069 1,026 662 664 127 104 43 39 Unemployment rate................... 7.7 7.2 7.7 7.3 9.8 8.3 6.6 6.0 Not in labor force...................... 6,526 6,753 3,897 4,121 846 832 379 411 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 10,368 10,734 6,529 6,937 1,010 975 520 527 Civilian labor force.................... 8,309 8,571 5,316 5,660 723 672 387 387 Percent of population............... 80.1 79.8 81.4 81.6 71.6 68.9 74.4 73.5 Employed.............................. 7,728 8,018 4,941 5,291 654 615 364 371 Agriculture......................... 571 651 492 579 6 8 4 5 Nonagricultural industries.......... 7,157 7,367 4,450 4,712 648 607 360 366 Unemployed............................ 582 552 374 369 69 57 23 16 Unemployment rate................... 7.0 6.4 7.0 6.5 9.6 8.5 6.0 4.1 Not in labor force...................... 2,059 2,164 1,214 1,276 287 303 133 140 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 9,250 9,573 5,795 6,139 889 872 500 499 Civilian labor force.................... 7,779 8,005 4,965 5,244 669 632 375 372 Percent of population............... 84.1 83.6 85.7 85.4 75.3 72.4 74.9 74.6 Employed.............................. 7,307 7,570 4,659 4,959 619 586 352 359 Agriculture......................... 544 621 466 551 6 8 4 5 Nonagricultural industries.......... 6,763 6,949 4,193 4,408 614 578 348 354 Unemployed............................ 471 436 306 285 50 46 22 13 Unemployment rate................... 6.1 5.4 6.2 5.4 7.4 7.3 6.0 3.6 Not in labor force...................... 1,471 1,568 831 895 220 241 125 127 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 9,953 10,335 5,913 6,280 1,129 1,105 504 535 Civilian labor force.................... 5,486 5,746 3,231 3,435 570 576 259 264 Percent of population............... 55.1 55.6 54.6 54.7 50.5 52.2 51.3 49.2 Employed.............................. 4,999 5,273 2,943 3,140 512 529 239 241 Agriculture......................... 89 91 80 83 3 2 1 1 Nonagricultural industries.......... 4,910 5,182 2,863 3,057 510 528 239 240 Unemployed............................ 488 473 288 296 58 47 20 23 Unemployment rate................... 8.9 8.2 8.9 8.6 10.1 8.2 7.6 8.6 Not in labor force...................... 4,466 4,589 2,683 2,844 559 529 246 272 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 8,950 9,292 5,280 5,555 997 1,003 484 509 Civilian labor force.................... 5,106 5,304 2,984 3,119 521 530 251 252 Percent of population............... 57.0 57.1 56.5 56.1 52.3 52.8 51.8 49.6 Employed.............................. 4,705 4,928 2,752 2,897 476 493 232 231 Agriculture......................... 83 85 75 77 2 2 1 1 Nonagricultural industries.......... 4,622 4,843 2,677 2,820 474 491 232 230 Unemployed............................ 401 376 232 221 45 37 19 22 Unemployment rate................... 7.9 7.1 7.8 7.1 8.7 7.0 7.4 8.6 Not in labor force...................... 3,845 3,988 2,296 2,436 475 473 233 257 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population...... 2,121 2,204 1,368 1,523 254 205 40 54 Civilian labor force.................... 911 1,007 598 733 103 87 20 26 Percent of population............... 43.0 45.7 43.7 48.1 40.4 42.5 49.7 48.1 Employed.............................. 714 793 473 575 71 66 18 22 Agriculture......................... 33 36 31 34 - 1 - - Nonagricultural industries.......... 682 757 442 541 70 65 18 22 Unemployed............................ 197 214 125 158 32 21 2 4 Unemployment rate................... 21.6 21.3 20.9 21.5 31.2 24.1 (2) (2) Not in labor force...................... 1,210 1,197 770 790 151 118 20 28 1 Includes persons of Central or South American origin and of other Hispanic origin, not shown separately. 2 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.