Table 13. Reason for Not Working or Reason for Spending Time Out of the
Labor Force--Poverty Status in 2001 of People Who Did
Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force
(Numbers in thousands)
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.................... 66,534 11,132 30,341 12,797 1,201 11,063 26,911 2,766 2,169 6,063 2,047 13,866
16 to 17 years............... 5,058 55 14 171 61 4,756 2,264 23 0 33 20 2,189
18 to 64 years............... 33,211 8,849 5,395 11,616 1,117 6,234 22,890 2,545 1,078 5,881 1,957 11,430
18 to 24 years............. 6,349 385 45 1,311 322 4,285 7,618 268 2 921 439 5,988
25 to 34 years............. 5,363 883 108 3,104 278 990 4,865 500 5 1,819 489 2,051
35 to 54 years ............ 12,759 4,788 930 5,795 433 813 7,672 1,347 180 2,644 812 2,689
55 to 64 years............. 8,740 2,793 4,311 1,406 83 146 2,735 429 891 497 217 701
65 years and over............ 28,265 2,228 24,932 1,009 23 73 1,757 199 1,090 150 70 248
Male
Total.................... 24,885 5,204 12,523 765 736 5,657 11,130 1,288 1,210 701 1,285 6,645
16 to 17 years............... 2,602 35 11 74 36 2,447 1,128 12 0 9 13 1,093
18 to 64 years............... 11,170 4,352 2,323 621 684 3,190 9,091 1,175 593 656 1,225 5,442
18 to 24 years............. 2,770 214 23 126 205 2,202 3,710 121 0 123 300 3,166
25 to 34 years............. 1,312 467 29 126 169 521 1,711 212 1 175 339 984
35 to 54 years ............ 3,811 2,389 446 319 253 405 2,489 611 86 293 463 1,037
55 to 64 years............. 3,276 1,282 1,824 51 57 62 1,181 232 505 65 123 256
65 years and over............ 11,113 818 10,189 70 16 20 911 101 617 36 47 110
Female
Total.................... 41,649 5,927 17,818 12,032 465 5,406 15,781 1,478 959 5,361 762 7,221
16 to 17 years............... 2,456 20 3 97 26 2,309 1,137 11 0 24 7 1,095
18 to 64 years............... 22,041 4,497 3,072 10,996 433 3,044 13,799 1,369 486 5,224 732 5,988
18 to 24 years............. 3,579 171 22 1,186 118 2,082 3,909 147 2 797 139 2,823
25 to 34 years............. 4,051 416 79 2,978 108 469 3,154 288 4 1,644 150 1,067
35 to 54 years ............ 8,948 2,399 484 5,476 181 408 5,183 737 94 2,351 349 1,652
55 to 64 years............. 5,464 1,510 2,487 1,356 26 84 1,554 197 386 432 94 445
65 years and over............ 17,152 1,410 14,743 939 7 53 845 98 473 114 23 138
Household relationship
People 16 to 64 years old.... 38,269 8,904 5,409 11,788 1,178 10,990 25,154 2,567 1,078 5,913 1,977 13,618
In families..................... 32,282 6,267 4,337 11,038 929 9,711 20,777 2,002 926 5,340 1,496 11,013
Householder................ 9,562 2,742 2,073 3,790 289 667 6,568 973 518 2,198 581 2,297
In families with related
children under 18 years....... 18,639 2,400 543 8,085 517 7,093 12,721 1,108 87 4,068 810 6,648
Householder................ 4,961 1,276 232 2,918 171 363 4,124 581 51 1,780 369 1,343
In families with related
children uncer 6 years........ 7,311 778 192 4,808 231 1,302 4,989 529 21 2,419 349 1,671
Householder................ 2,456 381 58 1,752 84 181 2,162 279 12 1,078 174 619
In married couple families.... 24,126 3,866 3,848 9,459 516 6,438 16,092 1,447 869 4,407 1,112 8,257
Husband.................... 3,744 1,521 1,600 229 165 228 3,035 607 509 310 476 1,133
Wife....................... 12,992 1,599 2,080 8,674 125 515 7,345 662 352 3,851 378 2,103
Related Children........... 6,607 516 50 390 183 5,468 5,371 146 2 195 217 4,811
Other...................... 783 230 118 166 42 227 341 32 6 51 42 210
In married couple families
w/related children under 18... 13,772 1,374 425 6,879 289 4,805 9,731 778 72 3,270 607 5,005
Husband.................... 1,086 530 182 173 86 115 1,479 306 41 197 298 638
Wife....................... 7,221 527 122 6,256 60 255 4,543 373 22 2,875 193 1,079
Related Children........... 4,910 174 16 306 114 4,300 3,484 73 2 158 90 3,160
Other...................... 554 143 104 144 28 134 225 26 6 40 26 128
In married couple families
w/related children under 6.... 5,672 448 158 4,135 120 812 3,777 379 18 1,903 263 1,215
Husband.................... 412 167 48 97 37 63 734 139 7 113 160 315
Wife....................... 4,102 156 35 3,761 28 123 2,385 208 5 1,672 60 441
Related Children........... 782 42 2 163 37 538 498 20 0 90 23 365
Hispanics may be of any race
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002
Table 13. Reason for Not Working or Reason for Spending Time Out of the
Labor Force--Poverty Status in 2001 of People Who Did
Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force
(Numbers in thousands)
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...................... 377 84 73 114 18 88 160 12 6 28 20 94
In families with female
householder no spouse present. 6,244 1,852 332 1,305 295 2,460 3,629 418 39 820 217 2,136
Householder................ 2,178 864 190 810 75 239 1,577 253 16 615 92 601
Other...................... 4,066 988 143 495 219 2,221 2,052 165 22 205 125 1,535
In families with female
householder no spouse present
w/related children under 18... 4,003 872 91 1,057 170 1,814 2,496 272 9 732 147 1,337
Householder................ 1,600 594 54 724 58 169 1,291 198 9 571 83 430
Related Children........... 1,993 162 13 212 89 1,517 1,015 51 0 96 36 832
Other...................... 410 115 24 121 22 127 190 23 0 64 28 76
In families with female
householder no spouse present
w/related children under 6.... 1,404 280 29 602 80 413 1,051 125 3 478 60 385
Householder................ 735 179 14 423 25 94 683 85 3 366 33 195
Related Children........... 464 48 2 103 37 274 237 23 0 57 15 142
Other...................... 205 53 13 77 17 45 132 17 0 56 12 48
In unrelated subfamilies........ 124 12 1 60 4 46 79 11 0 37 4 26
Unrelated individuals........... 5,863 2,626 1,071 689 245 1,233 4,299 554 152 536 477 2,579
Male.......................... 2,756 1,316 473 118 144 705 2,176 278 57 161 331 1,349
Householder................ 1,748 948 423 40 63 273 1,390 189 56 105 212 828
Female........................ 3,107 1,310 598 572 100 528 2,123 276 96 375 146 1,230
Householder................ 2,141 1,091 530 204 56 261 1,348 209 88 178 113 759
Hispanics may be of any race
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002