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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2007      2008      2008      2007      2007      2008      2008      2008      2008  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................  145,297   145,108   145,921   145,713   146,211   146,248   145,993   145,969   146,331 
    16 to 19 years.............................    5,549     5,347     5,544     5,954     5,801     5,724     5,681     5,717     5,923 
      16 to 17 years...........................    2,129     1,904     1,898     2,305     2,183     2,121     2,109     2,125     2,072 
      18 to 19 years...........................    3,420     3,443     3,646     3,621     3,626     3,603     3,579     3,578     3,847 
    20 years and over..........................  139,748   139,762   140,377   139,758   140,410   140,524   140,312   140,252   140,408 
      20 to 24 years...........................   13,819    13,399    13,617    13,989    13,702    13,794    13,632    13,657    13,761 
      25 years and over........................  125,929   126,363   126,760   125,691   126,675   126,640   126,644   126,574   126,595 
        25 to 54 years.........................  100,476    99,686   100,035   100,373   100,496   100,174   100,057    99,948    99,964 
          25 to 34 years.......................   31,565    31,388    31,615    31,588    31,633    31,530    31,599    31,581    31,639 
          35 to 44 years.......................   34,457    33,731    33,835    34,365    34,086    33,931    33,863    33,783    33,740 
          45 to 54 years.......................   34,454    34,567    34,584    34,420    34,777    34,713    34,595    34,585    34,586 
        55 years and over......................   25,453    26,677    26,725    25,318    26,179    26,466    26,587    26,626    26,631 
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................   78,013    77,198    77,745    78,293    78,260    78,157    78,113    77,948    78,038 
    16 to 19 years.............................    2,795     2,578     2,697     3,013     2,761     2,731     2,751     2,751     2,890 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,059       864       863     1,141       986       950       966       971       937 
      18 to 19 years...........................    1,736     1,714     1,833     1,858     1,766     1,780     1,782     1,780     1,948 
    20 years and over..........................   75,218    74,620    75,048    75,279    75,499    75,427    75,362    75,197    75,148 
      20 to 24 years...........................    7,285     7,099     7,186     7,404     7,244     7,312     7,219     7,268     7,299 
      25 years and over........................   67,934    67,521    67,862    67,842    68,264    68,060    68,129    67,938    67,809 
        25 to 54 years.........................   54,426    53,455    53,684    54,385    54,383    54,041    54,016    53,847    53,678 
          25 to 34 years.......................   17,433    17,051    17,285    17,475    17,451    17,348    17,346    17,255    17,321 
          35 to 44 years.......................   18,823    18,245    18,213    18,783    18,507    18,335    18,400    18,359    18,180 
          45 to 54 years.......................   18,170    18,159    18,186    18,126    18,425    18,357    18,270    18,233    18,177 
        55 years and over......................   13,508    14,066    14,179    13,456    13,882    14,020    14,113    14,091    14,131 
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................   67,284    67,911    68,176    67,420    67,951    68,091    67,880    68,021    68,293 
    16 to 19 years.............................    2,754     2,769     2,847     2,941     3,040     2,993     2,929     2,966     3,033 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,070     1,039     1,034     1,164     1,197     1,171     1,143     1,154     1,136 
      18 to 19 years...........................    1,684     1,729     1,812     1,763     1,860     1,823     1,797     1,798     1,899 
    20 years and over..........................   64,530    65,142    65,329    64,479    64,912    65,098    64,950    65,055    65,260 
      20 to 24 years...........................    6,534     6,300     6,431     6,585     6,458     6,482     6,414     6,389     6,463 
      25 years and over........................   57,996    58,842    58,898    57,849    58,411    58,580    58,515    58,636    58,786 
        25 to 54 years.........................   46,050    46,231    46,351    45,988    46,113    46,133    46,041    46,101    46,286 
          25 to 34 years.......................   14,132    14,337    14,330    14,112    14,182    14,182    14,254    14,326    14,318 
          35 to 44 years.......................   15,634    15,486    15,622    15,582    15,579    15,596    15,463    15,423    15,559 
          45 to 54 years.......................   16,284    16,409    16,399    16,294    16,352    16,355    16,325    16,352    16,409 
        55 years and over......................   11,945    12,611    12,547    11,861    12,297    12,447    12,474    12,535    12,500 
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................   46,488    45,916    46,002    46,466    46,213    46,063    46,136    45,961    45,964 
  Married women, spouse present................   36,101    35,864    36,331    36,009    35,565    35,536    35,648    35,749    36,177 
  Women who maintain families..................    9,135     9,093     9,111      (1)        (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1) 
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (2)........................  119,609   119,875   120,027   120,322   121,428   121,202   121,275   121,231   120,856 
  Part-time workers (3)........................   25,688    25,233    25,894    25,258    24,740    25,043    24,697    24,691    25,245 
                                                                                                                                         
               MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Total multiple jobholders....................    7,846     7,499     7,630     7,944     7,416     7,557     7,582     7,449     7,644 
      Percent of total employed................      5.4       5.2       5.2       5.5       5.1       5.2       5.2       5.1       5.2 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
     3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  
  
  
 

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Last Modified Date: May 02, 2008

 

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