HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                              ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     Table 44. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by
     selected characteristics

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                    1999                                     
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                         Workers paid hourly rates                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                  Characteristic                                                              Total at or below prevailing   
                                                                  Below           At              Federal minimum wage       
                                                               prevailing     prevailing                                     
                                                   Total         Federal        Federal                                      
                                                                 minimum        minimum                        Percent of    
                                                                  wage           wage          Number         hourly-paid    
                                                                                                                workers      
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                   SEX AND AGE                                                                                               
                                                                                                                             
     Total, 16 years and over................     72,306          2,194          1,146          3,340              4.6       
       16 to 24 years........................     16,636          1,064            632          1,695             10.2       
       25 years and over.....................     55,670          1,130            514          1,644              3.0       
                                                                                                                             
     Men, 16 years and over..................     36,073            768            446          1,214              3.4       
       16 to 24 years........................      8,556            410            289            699              8.2       
       25 years and over.....................     27,517            358            157            515              1.9       
                                                                                                                             
     Women, 16 years and over................     36,233          1,426            700          2,126              5.9       
       16 to 24 years........................      8,080            654            343            996             12.3       
       25 years and over.....................     28,153            772            357          1,129              4.0       
                                                                                                                             
          RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX                                                                                     
                                                                                                                             
     White, 16 years and over................     58,999          1,803            895          2,698              4.6       
       Men...................................     29,906            602            356            958              3.2       
       Women.................................     29,093          1,200            539          1,740              6.0       
                                                                                                                             
     Black, 16 years and over................     10,126            298            217            516              5.1       
       Men...................................      4,632            126             74            199              4.3       
       Women.................................      5,494            173            144            316              5.8       
                                                                                                                             
     Hispanic origin, 16 years and over......      9,402            275            238            513              5.5       
       Men...................................      5,490            126            105            232              4.2       
       Women.................................      3,913            148            133            281              7.2       
                                                                                                                             
            FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                       
                    AND SEX(1)                                                                                               
                                                                                                                             
     Full-time workers.......................     54,931            948            372          1,320              2.4       
       Men...................................     30,582            383            169            552              1.8       
       Women.................................     24,349            565            203            768              3.2       
                                                                                                                             
     Part-time workers.......................     17,227          1,238            772          2,011             11.7       
       Men...................................      5,410            383            276            659             12.2       
       Women.................................     11,817            855            496          1,351             11.4       

       1 The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked.  These data will not sum to
     totals because full- or part-time status on the principal job is not identifiable for a small number of multiple
     jobholders.
          NOTE:  The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour in 1999. Data are for wage and salary workers,
     excluding the incorporated self-employed. They refer to a person's earnings on their sole or principal job, and pertain
     only to workers who are paid hourly rates. Salaried workers and other nonhourly workers are not included. The presence
     of workers with hourly earnings below the minimum wage does not necessarily indicate violations of the Fair Labor
     Standards Act, as there are exceptions to the minimum wage provisions of the law. In addition, some survey respondents
     might have rounded hourly earnings to the nearest dollar, and, as a result, reported hourly earnings below the minimum
     wage even though they earned the minimum wage or higher. 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.