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3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race for 1996
(Numbers in thousands)
				Employed				Unemployed
		Civilian Labor Force
Age, Sex, and Race	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Total	Percent of popula- tion	Total	Percent of popula- tion	Agri- culture	Nonagri- cultural industries	Number	Percent of labor force	Not in labor force
Total All Races, Both Sexes
16 years and over	200,591	133,943	66.8	126,708	63.2	3,443	123,264	7,236	5.4	66,647
16 to 19 years	14,934	7,806	52.3	6,500	43.5	261	6,239	1,306	16.7	7,128
16 to 17 years	7,678	3,263	42.5	2,646	34.5	129	2,518	617	18.9	4,415
18 to 19 years	7,256	4,543	62.6	3,853	53.1	132	3,721	689	15.2	2,714
20 to 24 years	17,409	13,377	76.8	12,138	69.7	298	11,840	1,239	9.3	4,032
25 to 54 years	115,506	96,786	83.8	92,641	80.2	2,126	90,516	4,145	4.3	18,720
25 to 34 years	40,252	33,833	84.1	32,077	79.7	751	31,325	1,757	5.2	6,419
25 to 29 years	19,054	16,046	84.2	15,121	79.4	344	14,777	925	5.8	3,008
30 to 34 years	21,199	17,787	83.9	16,956	80.0	407	16,548	832	4.7	3,411
35 to 44 years	43,086	36,556	84.8	35,051	81.4	798	34,253	1,505	4.1	6,530
35 to 39 years	22,357	18,895	84.5	18,061	80.8	404	17,657	834	4.4	3,461
40 to 44 years	20,729	17,661	85.2	16,990	82.0	393	16,596	671	3.8	3,069
45 to 54 years	32,167	26,397	82.1	25,514	79.3	576	24,937	883	3.3	5,770
45 to 49 years	18,328	15,441	84.3	14,927	81.4	332	14,595	514	3.3	2,887
50 to 54 years	13,840	10,956	79.2	10,586	76.5	244	10,342	370	3.4	2,884
55 to 64 years	20,990	12,146	57.9	11,739	55.9	413	11,326	406	3.3	8,845
55 to 59 years	11,183	7,658	68.5	7,406	66.2	231	7,175	252	3.3	3,525
60 to 64 years	9,807	4,488	45.8	4,333	44.2	182	4,151	155	3.4	5,320
65 years and over	31,751	3,828	12.1	3,690	11.6	346	3,344	139	3.6	27,923
65 to 69 years	9,683	2,124	21.9	2,039	21.1	160	1,879	85	4.0	7,559
70 to 74 years	8,561	1,070	12.5	1,037	12.1	117	920	33	3.1	7,491
75 years and over	13,507	634	4.7	614	4.5	69	545	21	3.3	12,873
Total All Races, Men
16 years and over	96,206	72,087	74.9	68,207	70.9	2,573	65,634	3,880	5.4	24,119
16 to 19 years	7,600	4,043	53.2	3,310	43.6	217	3,093	733	18.1	3,557
16 to 17 years	3,955	1,665	42.1	1,318	33.3	108	1,210	347	20.8	2,290
18 to 19 years	3,645	2,378	65.3	1,992	54.7	109	1,883	387	16.3	1,266
20 to 24 years	8,611	7,104	82.5	6,429	74.7	235	6,194	675	9.5	1,507
25 to 54 years	56,671	51,999	91.8	49,827	87.9	1,560	48,266	2,172	4.2	4,672
25 to 34 years	19,775	18,430	93.2	17,527	88.6	584	16,943	903	4.9	1,345
25 to 29 years	9,344	8,684	92.9	8,198	87.7	273	7,924	486	5.6	661
30 to 34 years	10,431	9,747	93.4	9,330	89.4	311	9,019	417	4.3	684
35 to 44 years	21,222	19,602	92.4	18,816	88.7	573	18,243	786	4.0	1,620
35 to 39 years	11,007	10,208	92.7	9,781	88.9	290	9,491	427	4.2	799
40 to 44 years	10,215	9,394	92.0	9,035	88.5	284	8,752	359	3.8	821
45 to 54 years	15,674	13,967	89.1	13,483	86.0	403	13,080	484	3.5	1,707
45 to 49 years	8,951	8,124	90.8	7,838	87.6	240	7,598	286	3.5	827
50 to 54 years	6,724	5,843	86.9	5,645	84.0	162	5,483	198	3.4	881
55 to 64 years	9,997	6,693	67.0	6,470	64.7	290	6,180	223	3.3	3,304
55 to 59 years	5,373	4,184	77.9	4,048	75.3	164	3,884	136	3.2	1,190
60 to 64 years	4,624	2,510	54.3	2,422	52.4	125	2,297	88	3.5	2,114
65 years and over	13,327	2,247	16.9	2,172	16.3	271	1,901	76	3.4	11,080
65 to 69 years	4,454	1,226	27.5	1,179	26.5	124	1,054	47	3.8	3,229
70 to 74 years	3,739	647	17.3	628	16.8	94	535	18	2.9	3,092
75 years and over	5,134	375	7.3	364	7.1	53	312	10	2.8	4,759
Total All Races, Women
16 years and over	104,385	61,857	59.3	58,501	56.0	871	57,630	3,356	5.4	42,528
16 to 19 years	7,335	3,763	51.3	3,190	43.5	44	3,146	573	15.2	3,572
16 to 17 years	3,723	1,599	42.9	1,328	35.7	21	1,307	270	16.9	2,124
18 to 19 years	3,612	2,164	59.9	1,862	51.5	23	1,838	303	14.0	1,447
20 to 24 years	8,798	6,273	71.3	5,709	64.9	63	5,646	564	9.0	2,525
25 to 54 years	58,835	44,787	76.1	42,814	72.8	565	42,249	1,973	4.4	14,048
25 to 34 years	20,477	15,403	75.2	14,549	71.0	167	14,382	854	5.5	5,074
25 to 29 years	9,710	7,362	75.8	6,923	71.3	71	6,853	439	6.0	2,347
30 to 34 years	10,768	8,041	74.7	7,626	70.8	96	7,530	415	5.2	2,727
35 to 44 years	21,865	16,954	77.5	16,235	74.3	224	16,010	720	4.2	4,910
35 to 39 years	11,350	8,688	76.5	8,280	73.0	115	8,166	407	4.7	2,662
40 to 44 years	10,515	8,267	78.6	7,954	75.7	110	7,845	312	3.8	2,248
45 to 54 years	16,493	12,430	75.4	12,031	72.9	174	11,857	399	3.2	4,063
45 to 49 years	9,377	7,317	78.0	7,089	75.6	92	6,997	228	3.1	2,060
50 to 54 years	7,116	5,113	71.9	4,941	69.4	82	4,859	172	3.4	2,003
55 to 64 years	10,993	5,452	49.6	5,269	47.9	123	5,146	183	3.4	5,541
55 to 59 years	5,810	3,474	59.8	3,358	57.8	66	3,292	116	3.3	2,335
60 to 64 years	5,184	1,978	38.2	1,911	36.9	57	1,854	67	3.4	3,206
65 years and over	18,424	1,581	8.6	1,518	8.2	75	1,443	63	4.0	16,843
65 to 69 years	5,229	898	17.2	860	16.4	35	824	38	4.3	4,331
70 to 74 years	4,821	423	8.8	409	8.5	23	385	15	3.4	4,398
75 years and over	8,374	260	3.1	249	3.0	17	233	10	4.0	8,114
White Both Sexes
16 years and over	168,317	113,108	67.2	107,808	64.1	3,276	104,532	5,300	4.7	55,209
16 to 19 years	11,822	6,607	55.9	5,667	47.9	254	5,413	939	14.2	5,215
16 to 17 years	6,026	2,780	46.1	2,325	38.6	126	2,198	456	16.4	3,246
18 to 19 years	5,796	3,826	66.0	3,343	57.7	128	3,215	484	12.6	1,970
20 to 24 years	13,907	11,003	79.1	10,149	73.0	284	9,865	854	7.8	2,903
25 to 54 years	96,065	81,364	84.7	78,315	81.5	2,009	76,306	3,049	3.7	14,701
25 to 34 years	32,852	27,901	84.9	26,678	81.2	718	25,960	1,223	4.4	4,951
25 to 29 years	15,466	13,189	85.3	12,548	81.1	327	12,221	641	4.9	2,277
30 to 34 years	17,386	14,712	84.6	14,130	81.3	391	13,739	582	4.0	2,674
35 to 44 years	35,810	30,683	85.7	29,566	82.6	751	28,815	1,117	3.6	5,127
35 to 39 years	18,515	15,793	85.3	15,189	82.0	382	14,807	603	3.8	2,723
40 to 44 years	17,295	14,890	86.1	14,377	83.1	369	14,008	513	3.4	2,405
45 to 54 years	27,403	22,781	83.1	22,071	80.5	540	21,532	709	3.1	4,622
45 to 49 years	15,512	13,228	85.3	12,819	82.6	313	12,506	409	3.1	2,284
50 to 54 years	11,891	9,553	80.3	9,252	77.8	226	9,025	301	3.1	2,338
55 to 64 years	18,136	10,648	58.7	10,313	56.9	394	9,919	336	3.2	7,487
55 to 59 years	9,622	6,680	69.4	6,474	67.3	219	6,255	206	3.1	2,942
60 to 64 years	8,514	3,968	46.6	3,839	45.1	175	3,664	130	3.3	4,545
65 years and over	28,387	3,485	12.3	3,364	11.8	335	3,029	122	3.5	24,902
65 to 69 years	8,502	1,926	22.7	1,851	21.8	156	1,695	75	3.9	6,575
70 to 74 years	7,643	975	12.8	947	12.4	113	834	28	2.9	6,669
75 years and over	12,242	584	4.8	566	4.6	66	500	19	3.2	11,657
White Men
16 years and over	81,489	61,783	75.8	58,888	72.3	2,436	56,452	2,896	4.7	19,706
16 to 19 years	6,035	3,444	57.1	2,911	48.2	212	2,699	532	15.5	2,591
16 to 17 years	3,099	1,421	45.8	1,161	37.5	106	1,055	260	18.3	1,679
18 to 19 years	2,936	2,023	68.9	1,750	59.6	106	1,645	273	13.5	913
20 to 24 years	6,971	5,922	85.0	5,444	78.1	224	5,219	478	8.1	1,049
25 to 54 years	47,781	44,421	93.0	42,790	89.6	1,463	41,327	1,630	3.7	3,360
25 to 34 years	16,395	15,475	94.4	14,820	90.4	556	14,264	655	4.2	920
25 to 29 years	7,707	7,257	94.2	6,904	89.6	259	6,645	353	4.9	450
30 to 34 years	8,688	8,218	94.6	7,916	91.1	298	7,618	302	3.7	470
35 to 44 years	17,868	16,728	93.6	16,136	90.3	536	15,601	592	3.5	1,139
35 to 39 years	9,252	8,697	94.0	8,378	90.6	271	8,107	319	3.7	556
40 to 44 years	8,615	8,031	93.2	7,758	90.1	265	7,494	273	3.4	584
45 to 54 years	13,518	12,217	90.4	11,834	87.5	372	11,462	383	3.1	1,301
45 to 49 years	7,686	7,066	91.9	6,842	89.0	223	6,619	224	3.2	620
50 to 54 years	5,832	5,151	88.3	4,992	85.6	148	4,843	160	3.1	681
55 to 64 years	8,734	5,943	68.0	5,755	65.9	274	5,481	188	3.2	2,791
55 to 59 years	4,669	3,698	79.2	3,589	76.9	155	3,434	109	2.9	971
60 to 64 years	4,065	2,245	55.2	2,166	53.3	119	2,047	79	3.5	1,820
65 years and over	11,968	2,054	17.2	1,987	16.6	262	1,725	67	3.2	9,913
65 to 69 years	3,916	1,113	28.4	1,072	27.4	121	951	41	3.7	2,803
70 to 74 years	3,362	592	17.6	576	17.1	91	485	16	2.6	2,770
75 years and over	4,690	349	7.4	340	7.2	50	289	10	2.8	4,341
White Women
16 years and over	86,828	51,325	59.1	48,920	56.3	840	48,080	2,404	4.7	35,503
16 to 19 years	5,787	3,163	54.7	2,756	47.6	42	2,714	407	12.9	2,624
16 to 17 years	2,927	1,360	46.4	1,164	39.8	20	1,144	196	14.4	1,567
18 to 19 years	2,860	1,803	63.1	1,592	55.7	22	1,570	211	11.7	1,057
20 to 24 years	6,936	5,081	73.3	4,705	67.8	60	4,645	376	7.4	1,854
25 to 54 years	48,284	36,944	76.5	35,525	73.6	546	34,979	1,419	3.8	11,341
25 to 34 years	16,457	12,426	75.5	11,858	72.1	162	11,696	568	4.6	4,032
25 to 29 years	7,759	5,932	76.5	5,644	72.7	68	5,576	288	4.9	1,827
30 to 34 years	8,698	6,493	74.7	6,214	71.4	94	6,120	279	4.3	2,205
35 to 44 years	17,943	13,955	77.8	13,430	74.8	216	13,214	525	3.8	3,988
35 to 39 years	9,263	7,096	76.6	6,811	73.5	111	6,700	285	4.0	2,167
40 to 44 years	8,680	6,859	79.0	6,619	76.3	104	6,514	240	3.5	1,821
45 to 54 years	13,884	10,563	76.1	10,237	73.7	168	10,069	326	3.1	3,321
45 to 49 years	7,826	6,162	78.7	5,977	76.4	90	5,887	185	3.0	1,664
50 to 54 years	6,058	4,401	72.6	4,260	70.3	78	4,182	141	3.2	1,657
55 to 64 years	9,402	4,706	50.1	4,558	48.5	120	4,438	148	3.1	4,696
55 to 59 years	4,953	2,982	60.2	2,885	58.3	64	2,821	97	3.2	1,971
60 to 64 years	4,449	1,724	38.7	1,672	37.6	56	1,617	51	3.0	2,725
65 years and over	16,419	1,431	8.7	1,376	8.4	73	1,304	55	3.8	14,988
65 to 69 years	4,586	813	17.7	780	17.0	35	744	34	4.1	3,773
70 to 74 years	4,281	383	8.9	370	8.7	22	349	12	3.3	3,898
75 years and over	7,552	235	3.1	226	3.0	16	210	9	3.8	7,317
Black Both Sexes
16 years and over	23,604	15,134	64.1	13,542	57.4	98	13,444	1,592	10.5	8,470
16 to 19 years	2,356	923	39.2	613	26.0	3	611	310	33.6	1,434
16 to 17 years	1,238	366	29.6	233	18.8	1	232	133	36.3	872
18 to 19 years	1,118	556	49.8	380	34.0	2	378	177	31.7	562
20 to 24 years	2,519	1,738	69.0	1,411	56.0	9	1,402	327	18.8	781
25 to 54 years	14,009	11,146	79.6	10,251	73.2	71	10,181	894	8.0	2,864
25 to 34 years	5,311	4,305	81.1	3,851	72.5	21	3,831	454	10.5	1,005
25 to 29 years	2,556	2,065	80.8	1,822	71.3	11	1,811	243	11.8	492
30 to 34 years	2,754	2,241	81.4	2,030	73.7	10	2,020	211	9.4	514
35 to 44 years	5,290	4,287	81.0	3,974	75.1	29	3,945	313	7.3	1,003
35 to 39 years	2,805	2,289	81.6	2,101	74.9	15	2,086	187	8.2	516
40 to 44 years	2,485	1,999	80.4	1,873	75.4	13	1,859	126	6.3	487
45 to 54 years	3,408	2,553	74.9	2,426	71.2	21	2,404	127	5.0	855
45 to 49 years	2,018	1,578	78.2	1,500	74.3	12	1,488	78	5.0	440
50 to 54 years	1,390	975	70.1	926	66.6	9	917	49	5.0	415
55 to 64 years	2,110	1,073	50.9	1,025	48.6	10	1,015	48	4.4	1,037
55 to 59 years	1,140	706	61.9	675	59.2	6	669	31	4.4	434
60 to 64 years	970	367	37.9	350	36.1	4	347	17	4.5	603
65 years and over	2,609	255	9.8	241	9.2	6	235	13	5.3	2,355
65 to 69 years	914	147	16.0	139	15.3	3	137	7	4.9	767
70 to 74 years	686	71	10.3	66	9.7	2	65	4	6.1	615
75 years and over	1,009	37	3.7	35	3.5	2	34	2	5.4	972
Black Men
16 years and over	10,575	7,264	68.7	6,456	61.1	86	6,371	808	11.1	3,311
16 to 19 years	1,161	458	39.5	289	24.9	2	287	169	36.9	703
16 to 17 years	623	182	29.2	109	17.6	1	109	73	39.9	441
18 to 19 years	538	276	51.3	180	33.4	1	178	96	34.9	262
20 to 24 years	1,154	848	73.4	685	59.3	7	677	163	19.2	307
25 to 54 years	6,320	5,317	84.1	4,875	77.1	62	4,813	443	8.3	1,003
25 to 34 years	2,373	2,077	87.5	1,867	78.7	18	1,850	210	10.1	296
25 to 29 years	1,132	999	88.2	886	78.2	9	876	114	11.4	133
30 to 34 years	1,241	1,078	86.9	982	79.1	8	974	96	8.9	163
35 to 44 years	2,413	2,036	84.4	1,878	77.8	26	1,853	158	7.8	377
35 to 39 years	1,279	1,088	85.0	1,001	78.3	14	987	87	8.0	191
40 to 44 years	1,133	948	83.6	877	77.4	11	866	71	7.5	185
45 to 54 years	1,534	1,204	78.5	1,129	73.6	19	1,110	75	6.3	330
45 to 49 years	915	749	81.9	701	76.5	11	690	49	6.5	166
50 to 54 years	619	455	73.5	428	69.2	26	421	27	5.9	164
55 to 64 years	914	509	55.6	482	52.7	10	472	26	5.2	406
55 to 59 years	499	331	66.4	311	62.5	6	305	20	6.0	167
60 to 64 years	416	177	42.7	171	41.1	3	167	7	3.7	238
65 years and over	1,025	132	12.9	126	12.3	4	121	7	5.0	893
65 to 69 years	411	78	18.9	74	17.9	3	71	4	4.8	334
70 to 74 years	277	39	14.2	37	13.4	1	36	2	5.8	238
75 years and over	337	16	4.6	15	4.5	1	14	1	3.8	322
Black Women
16 years and over	13,029	7,869	60.4	7,086	54.4	13	7,073	784	10.0	5,159
16 to 19 years	1,195	464	38.9	324	27.1	-	324	141	30.3	731
16 to 17 years	615	184	29.9	124	20.1	-	124	60	32.8	431
18 to 19 years	580	280	48.3	200	34.5	-	200	80	28.6	300
20 to 24 years	1,364	890	65.2	726	53.2	2	725	164	18.4	475
25 to 54 years	7,689	5,828	75.8	5,377	69.9	9	5,368	451	7.7	1,861
25 to 34 years	2,938	2,228	75.9	1,984	67.5	3	1,981	244	11.0	709
25 to 29 years	1,424	1,065	74.8	936	65.7	1	935	130	12.2	358
30 to 34 years	1,514	1,163	76.8	1,048	69.2	2	1,046	115	9.9	351
35 to 44 years	2,877	2,251	78.2	2,096	72.8	3	2,093	155	6.9	626
35 to 39 years	1,526	1,201	78.7	1,100	72.1	1	1,099	101	8.4	325
40 to 44 years	1,352	1,051	77.7	996	73.7	2	994	55	5.2	301
45 to 54 years	1,874	1,349	72.0	1,297	69.2	3	1,294	52	3.8	525
45 to 49 years	1,103	829	75.2	799	72.5	1	798	30	3.6	274
50 to 54 years	771	520	67.4	498	64.6	2	496	22	4.3	251
55 to 64 years	1,196	565	47.2	543	45.4	1	543	21	3.8	631
55 to 59 years	641	375	58.4	364	56.7	-	364	11	3.0	267
60 to 64 years	555	190	34.3	180	32.4	1	179	10	5.3	365
65 years and over	1,584	122	7.7	115	7.3	1	114	7	5.6	1,462
65 to 69 years	503	69	13.7	66	13.1	-	66	3	4.9	434
70 to 74 years	409	32	7.7	30	7.2	1	29	2	¹	378
75 years and over	672	22	3.2	20	3.0	1	19	1	¹	650

¹Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Contact:(cpsinfo@bls.gov) Division of Labor Force Statistics-BLS
Last revised: March 13, 1997
URL: http://ferret.bls.census.gov/macro/171996/empearn/3_000.htm