HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) Total White Black Hispanic origin Employment status, sex, and age 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population...... 203,133 205,220 169,993 171,478 24,003 24,373 20,321 21,070 Civilian labor force.................... 136,297 137,673 114,693 115,415 15,529 15,982 13,796 14,317 Percent of population............... 67.1 67.1 67.5 67.3 64.7 65.6 67.9 67.9 Employed.............................. 129,558 131,463 109,856 110,931 13,969 14,556 12,726 13,291 Agriculture......................... 3,399 3,378 3,208 3,160 117 138 660 742 Nonagricultural industries.......... 126,159 128,085 106,648 107,770 13,852 14,417 12,067 12,549 Unemployed............................ 6,739 6,210 4,836 4,484 1,560 1,426 1,069 1,026 Unemployment rate................... 4.9 4.5 4.2 3.9 10.0 8.9 7.7 7.2 Not in labor force...................... 66,837 67,547 55,301 56,064 8,474 8,391 6,526 6,753 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 97,715 98,758 82,577 83,352 10,763 10,927 10,368 10,734 Civilian labor force.................... 73,261 73,959 62,639 63,034 7,354 7,542 8,309 8,571 Percent of population............... 75.0 74.9 75.9 75.6 68.3 69.0 80.1 79.8 Employed.............................. 69,685 70,693 59,998 60,604 6,607 6,871 7,728 8,018 Agriculture......................... 2,552 2,553 2,389 2,376 103 118 571 651 Nonagricultural industries.......... 67,133 68,140 57,608 58,228 6,504 6,752 7,157 7,367 Unemployed............................ 3,577 3,266 2,641 2,431 747 671 582 552 Unemployment rate................... 4.9 4.4 4.2 3.9 10.2 8.9 7.0 6.4 Not in labor force...................... 24,454 24,799 19,938 20,317 3,409 3,386 2,059 2,164 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 89,879 90,790 76,320 76,966 9,575 9,727 9,250 9,573 Civilian labor force.................... 69,166 69,715 59,126 59,421 6,910 7,053 7,779 8,005 Percent of population............... 77.0 76.8 77.5 77.2 72.2 72.5 84.1 83.6 Employed.............................. 66,284 67,135 56,986 57,500 6,325 6,530 7,307 7,570 Agriculture......................... 2,356 2,350 2,201 2,182 101 112 544 621 Nonagricultural industries.......... 63,927 64,785 54,785 55,319 6,224 6,418 6,763 6,949 Unemployed............................ 2,882 2,580 2,140 1,920 585 524 471 436 Unemployment rate................... 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.2 8.5 7.4 6.1 5.4 Not in labor force...................... 20,713 21,075 17,194 17,545 2,665 2,673 1,471 1,568 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 105,418 106,462 87,417 88,126 13,241 13,446 9,953 10,335 Civilian labor force.................... 63,036 63,714 52,054 52,380 8,175 8,441 5,486 5,746 Percent of population............... 59.8 59.8 59.5 59.4 61.7 62.8 55.1 55.6 Employed.............................. 59,873 60,771 49,859 50,327 7,362 7,685 4,999 5,273 Agriculture......................... 847 825 819 784 14 20 89 91 Nonagricultural industries.......... 59,026 59,945 49,040 49,543 7,348 7,665 4,910 5,182 Unemployed............................ 3,162 2,944 2,195 2,053 813 756 488 473 Unemployment rate................... 5.0 4.6 4.2 3.9 9.9 9.0 8.9 8.2 Not in labor force...................... 42,382 42,748 35,363 35,746 5,066 5,005 4,466 4,589 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 97,889 98,786 81,492 82,073 12,016 12,203 8,950 9,292 Civilian labor force.................... 59,198 59,702 48,847 49,029 7,686 7,912 5,106 5,304 Percent of population............... 60.5 60.4 59.9 59.7 64.0 64.8 57.0 57.1 Employed.............................. 56,613 57,278 47,063 47,342 7,013 7,290 4,705 4,928 Agriculture......................... 798 768 771 729 13 19 83 85 Nonagricultural industries.......... 55,815 56,510 46,292 46,612 7,000 7,272 4,622 4,843 Unemployed............................ 2,585 2,424 1,784 1,688 673 622 401 376 Unemployment rate................... 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.4 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.1 Not in labor force...................... 38,691 39,084 32,645 33,044 4,330 4,291 3,845 3,988 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population...... 15,365 15,644 12,181 12,439 2,412 2,443 2,121 2,204 Civilian labor force.................... 7,932 8,256 6,720 6,965 933 1,017 911 1,007 Percent of population............... 51.6 52.8 55.2 56.0 38.7 41.6 43.0 45.7 Employed.............................. 6,661 7,051 5,807 6,089 631 736 714 793 Agriculture......................... 244 261 236 250 3 8 33 36 Nonagricultural industries.......... 6,417 6,790 5,571 5,839 628 728 682 757 Unemployed............................ 1,271 1,205 912 876 302 281 197 214 Unemployment rate................... 16.0 14.6 13.6 12.6 32.4 27.6 21.6 21.3 Not in labor force...................... 7,433 7,388 5,462 5,475 1,479 1,427 1,210 1,197 NOTE: 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. Beginning in January 1998, data reflect new composite estimation procedures and revised population controls used in the household survey.