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

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                  2005                               
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       Workers paid hourly rates        Total at or below prevailing 
                                                                                                            Federal minimum wage     
                            Characteristic                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                 Below        At                       Percent of    
                                                                               prevailing  prevailing                 hourly-paid    
                                                                     Total      Federal     Federal      Number         workers      
                                                                                minimum     minimum                                  
                                                                                  wage        wage                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                     
                             SEX AND AGE                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                     
     Total, 16 years and over....................................    75,609       1,403         479       1,882            2.5       
       16 to 24 years............................................    16,374         720         283       1,002            6.1       
       25 years and over.........................................    59,235         683         196         880            1.5       
                                                                                                                                     
     Men, 16 years and over......................................    37,652         459         189         648            1.7       
       16 to 24 years............................................     8,288         223         130         353            4.3       
       25 years and over.........................................    29,364         236          60         296            1.0       
                                                                                                                                     
     Women, 16 years and over....................................    37,957         944         290       1,234            3.3       
       16 to 24 years............................................     8,086         496         153         650            8.0       
       25 years and over.........................................    29,871         447         137         584            2.0       
                                                                                                                                     
             RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX                                                                             
                                                                                                                                     
     White, 16 years and over....................................    60,978       1,188         349       1,537            2.5       
       Men.......................................................    30,901         352         133         485            1.6       
       Women.....................................................    30,078         836         216       1,053            3.5       
                                                                                                                                     
     Black or African American, 16 years and over................     9,793         119          96         215            2.2       
       Men.......................................................     4,421          63          42         105            2.4       
       Women.....................................................     5,372          57          54         111            2.1       
                                                                                                                                     
     Asian, 16 years and over....................................     2,720          51          14          65            2.4       
       Men.......................................................     1,283          25           5          30            2.3       
       Women.....................................................     1,437          26           9          35            2.4       
                                                                                                                                     
     Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over.............    12,527         210          71         282            2.2       
       Men.......................................................     7,467          85          29         114            1.5       
       Women.....................................................     5,060         125          42         167            3.3       
                                                                                                                                     
                FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX (1)                                                                               
                                                                                                                                     
     Full-time workers...........................................    57,385         608         143         752            1.3       
       Men.......................................................    31,911         252          69         321            1.0       
       Women.....................................................    25,474         356          74         430            1.7       
                                                                                                                                     
     Part-time workers...........................................    18,084         790         336       1,126            6.2       
       Men.......................................................     5,669         207         120         327            5.8       
       Women.....................................................    12,415         583         216         799            6.4       

       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 2004.  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.  Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.