Economic News Release

Table 3.  Unemployment in families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2007-08
annual averages

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                                                               Number                 Percent distribution    
                  Characteristic                                                                              
                                                                                                              
                                                        2007           2008           2007           2008     
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                              
             MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES                                                                          
                                                                                                              
  With unemployed member(s), total................       2,978          3,796        100.0          100.0     
      No member employed..........................         512            663         17.2           17.5     
      Some member(s) employed.....................       2,467          3,133         82.8           82.5     
                                                                                                              
      Husband unemployed..........................       1,110          1,439         37.3           37.9     
        Wife employed.............................         725            927         24.3           24.4     
      Wife unemployed.............................         902          1,114         30.3           29.3     
        Husband employed..........................         783            975         26.3           25.7     
      Other family member unemployed..............         966          1,243         32.4           32.7     
                                                                                                              
         FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY WOMEN (1)                                                                     
                                                                                                              
  With unemployed member(s), total................       1,416          1,666        100.0          100.0     
    No member employed............................         701            849         49.5           50.9     
    Some member(s) employed.......................         714            817         50.5           49.1     
                                                                                                              
    Householder unemployed........................         650            796         45.9           47.8     
     Other member(s) employed.....................         144            181         10.2           10.9     
    Other member(s) unemployed....................         766            870         54.1           52.2     
                                                                                                              
          FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY MEN (1)                                                                      
                                                                                                              
  With unemployed member(s), total................         520            642        100.0          100.0     
    No member employed............................         205            274         39.3           42.7     
    Some member(s) employed.......................         316            368         60.7           57.3     
                                                                                                              
    Householder unemployed........................         294            385         56.6           60.0     
     Other member(s) employed.....................         137            164         26.3           25.6     
    Other member(s) unemployed....................         226            257         43.4           40.0     

   1 No spouse present.
   NOTE:  Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.  Updated population controls are introduced annually
with the release of January data.