Table 13. Reason for Not Working or Reason for Spending Time Out of the
Labor Force--Poverty Status in 2000 of People Who Did
Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Worked last year, spent time
Did not work last year out of the labor force
Reason Reason
Could Work
Home or not School Home or not School
Ill or family find or Ill or family avail- or
Total disabled Retired reasons work other Total disabled Retired reasons able other
TOTAL PEOPLE
ALL INCOME LEVELS
Both Sexes
Total.................... 62,620 10,237 29,229 12,177 928 10,048 27,952 3,122 2,455 6,005 1,837 14,534
16 to 17 years............... 4,622 47 15 194 36 4,331 2,404 14 4 47 26 2,314
18 to 64 years............... 30,601 7,937 5,218 10,969 849 5,629 23,516 2,904 1,124 5,841 1,706 11,941
18 to 24 years............. 5,743 352 14 1,171 290 3,916 7,839 315 14 982 247 6,281
25 to 34 years............. 4,832 876 101 2,814 146 894 4,882 589 4 1,750 350 2,189
35 to 54 years ............ 11,714 4,350 789 5,563 336 678 8,265 1,593 214 2,733 910 2,814
55 to 64 years............. 8,312 2,359 4,315 1,421 77 141 2,530 406 892 376 199 657
65 years and over............ 27,396 2,254 23,996 1,015 43 88 2,032 204 1,327 117 105 279
Male
Total.................... 23,427 4,830 12,069 715 617 5,195 11,186 1,380 1,380 561 959 6,906
16 to 17 years............... 2,384 29 6 67 18 2,264 1,252 2 4 14 16 1,216
18 to 64 years............... 10,126 3,959 2,123 544 581 2,918 8,871 1,282 620 524 886 5,559
18 to 24 years............. 2,624 215 5 126 214 2,063 3,683 104 6 96 164 3,313
25 to 34 years............. 1,214 492 43 113 109 456 1,447 200 0 138 187 921
35 to 54 years ............ 3,318 2,208 338 218 202 351 2,603 773 109 229 447 1,046
55 to 64 years............. 2,970 1,044 1,737 87 55 48 1,138 204 505 61 89 279
65 years and over............ 10,917 842 9,941 104 18 12 1,063 96 756 23 57 131
Female
Total.................... 39,193 5,407 17,160 11,462 311 4,853 16,766 1,742 1,075 5,444 877 7,628
16 to 17 years............... 2,238 17 9 126 18 2,067 1,152 11 0 33 10 1,098
18 to 64 years............... 20,476 3,978 3,095 10,424 268 2,711 14,645 1,622 504 5,316 820 6,382
18 to 24 years............. 3,119 137 9 1,045 76 1,854 4,156 211 8 885 84 2,968
25 to 34 years............. 3,618 384 58 2,701 37 438 3,435 389 4 1,612 163 1,267
35 to 54 years ............ 8,397 2,142 451 5,344 133 326 5,661 821 105 2,504 463 1,768
55 to 64 years............. 5,342 1,315 2,578 1,334 22 93 1,392 202 387 315 110 378
65 years and over............ 16,479 1,412 14,055 911 25 76 969 108 570 94 48 148
Household relationship
People 16 to 64 years old.... 35,223 7,983 5,233 11,162 885 9,960 25,920 2,917 1,128 5,888 1,732 14,255
In families..................... 29,945 5,587 4,279 10,469 701 8,908 21,267 2,187 899 5,277 1,340 11,563
Householder................ 8,757 2,415 1,969 3,499 200 674 6,511 1,119 499 2,054 597 2,242
In families with related
children under 18 years....... 17,190 2,057 577 7,568 320 6,668 13,077 1,288 102 4,108 777 6,802
Householder................ 4,444 1,079 264 2,608 112 381 4,134 700 64 1,703 397 1,270
In families with related
children uncer 6 years........ 6,857 668 202 4,488 140 1,359 5,076 555 27 2,477 342 1,674
Householder................ 2,260 332 63 1,617 49 199 2,204 307 17 1,085 191 604
In married couple families.... 22,952 3,554 3,807 9,078 355 6,158 16,525 1,545 831 4,375 1,038 8,736
Husband.................... 3,578 1,457 1,554 191 96 280 2,770 598 484 218 379 1,091
Wife....................... 12,456 1,428 2,103 8,321 80 524 7,727 787 331 3,944 488 2,177
Related Children........... 6,189 496 37 391 139 5,128 5,720 139 8 163 133 5,276
Other...................... 729 174 113 175 40 227 307 21 7 49 38 192
In married couple families
w/related children under 18... 13,161 1,274 436 6,508 177 4,766 10,081 877 86 3,353 602 5,164
Husband.................... 1,124 571 203 140 39 170 1,345 353 49 143 235 564
Wife....................... 6,780 447 113 5,904 38 278 4,950 439 24 3,052 272 1,163
Related Children........... 4,717 150 15 308 74 4,170 3,591 66 5 115 72 3,333
Other...................... 540 105 105 157 27 147 196 18 7 42 24 104
In married couple families
w/related children under 6.... 5,408 423 158 3,828 83 916 3,876 373 24 1,975 272 1,231
Husband.................... 415 172 55 87 20 81 624 135 16 82 119 272
Wife....................... 3,853 155 37 3,492 15 154 2,631 198 6 1,790 115 522
Related Children........... 803 30 5 139 29 600 490 32 2 69 18 370
Hispanics may be of any race
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.
Table 13. Reason for Not Working or Reason for Spending Time Out of the
Labor Force--Poverty Status in 2000 of People Who Did
Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force
(Numbers in thousands. Based on a November 2001 weighting correction.)
Worked last year, spent time
Did not work last year out of the labor force
Reason Reason
Could Work
Home or not School Home or not School
Ill or family find or Ill or family avail- or
Total disabled Retired reasons work other Total disabled Retired reasons able other
Other...................... 337 66 61 111 19 81 131 8 0 35 20 67
In families with female
householder no spouse present. 5,342 1,557 317 1,144 256 2,067 3,674 505 39 775 215 2,141
Householder................ 1,894 709 209 702 53 221 1,579 307 26 626 107 513
Other...................... 3,448 848 108 442 203 1,846 2,095 197 12 149 108 1,628
In families with female
householder no spouse present
w/related children under 18... 3,273 640 107 917 103 1,506 2,453 333 10 676 122 1,311
Householder................ 1,322 447 63 615 40 156 1,291 235 9 587 83 379
Related Children........... 1,582 109 12 179 46 1,236 990 63 1 54 25 847
Other...................... 369 84 32 123 17 113 171 35 0 36 15 85
In families with female
householder no spouse present
w/related children under 6.... 1,255 217 34 578 50 376 1,026 153 3 449 44 376
Householder................ 674 147 12 402 26 86 722 117 2 387 27 188
Related Children........... 369 22 6 90 10 240 214 18 1 41 7 147
Other...................... 212 48 15 86 13 50 90 17 0 22 10 41
In unrelated subfamilies........ 135 17 3 63 1 51 132 10 4 65 6 46
Unrelated individuals........... 5,143 2,379 951 630 182 1,000 4,522 719 225 546 386 2,646
Male.......................... 2,390 1,199 361 78 135 616 2,201 379 98 154 242 1,327
Householder................ 1,655 947 312 22 91 283 1,395 250 95 105 157 787
Female........................ 2,753 1,181 589 552 47 384 2,321 340 127 391 144 1,318
Householder................ 1,970 1,025 545 182 25 193 1,468 267 114 170 102 815
Hispanics may be of any race
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2001.