Table 7b.  Population Age 55 Years and Over in the Civilian Labor Force by Employment Status, Sex,and Age: March 1999

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Population Age 55 Years and Over |               |               |               | 65 years and  |

|                                 |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |     over      |

|                                 |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                                 |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|---------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total 1/                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                          | 17,782|  100.0|  8,870|  100.0|  4,872|  100.0|  4,040|  100.0|

|  Employed                       | 17,207|   96.8|  8,551|   96.4|  4,742|   97.3|  3,914|   96.9|

|  Unemployed                     |    575|    3.2|    319|    3.6|    130|    2.7|    126|    3.1|

|Male                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                          |  9,762|  100.0|  4,773|  100.0|  2,762|  100.0|  2,226|  100.0|

|  Employed                       |  9,453|   96.8|  4,606|   96.5|  2,681|   97.1|  2,166|   97.3|

|  Unemployed                     |    309|    3.2|    167|    3.5|     81|    2.9|     60|    2.7|

|Female                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                          |  8,020|  100.0|  4,097|  100.0|  2,109|  100.0|  1,813|  100.0|

|  Employed                       |  7,754|   96.7|  3,945|   96.3|  2,061|   97.7|  1,748|   96.4|

|  Unemployed                     |    266|    3.3|    152|    3.7|     49|    2.3|     66|    3.6|

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1/ Civilian Labor Force data shown in this report refect characteristics of the civilian noninstitutionalized

population for March 1999 and are not adjusted for seasonal changes.  Data released by the Deparment of

Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, may not agree entirely with data shown in this report due to differences

in methodological seasonal adjustment of the data.

SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release date:  November 1, 2000