Table 10.  Employment Status of the Population 55 Years and Over in the Civilian Labor Force by Age and Sex: March 2002                                                           19
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and employment status           |               |               |               | 65 years and  |
|                                    |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |     over      |
|                                    |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                    |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 1/                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 20,382|  100.0| 10,266|  100.0|  5,648|  100.0|  4,469|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 19,618|   96.2|  9,878|   96.2|  5,408|   95.8|  4,331|   96.9|
|    Unemployed                      |    765|    3.8|    387|    3.8|    240|    4.2|    138|    3.1|
|Male                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 11,049|  100.0|  5,465|  100.0|  3,023|  100.0|  2,560|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 10,598|   95.9|  5,237|   95.8|  2,861|   94.6|  2,499|   97.6|
|    Unemployed                      |    451|    4.1|    228|    4.2|    162|    5.4|     61|    2.4|
|Female                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         |  9,333|  100.0|  4,800|  100.0|  2,625|  100.0|  1,909|  100.0|
|    Employed                        |  9,020|   96.6|  4,641|   96.7|  2,547|   97.0|  1,832|   96.0|
|    Unemployed                      |    314|    3.4|    160|    3.3|     78|    3.0|     77|    4.0|
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1/ Civilian Labor Force data for March 2002 in this table differ slightly from data for March 2002 published
   by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) due to the use by BLS of a composite estimation procedure that reduces
   sampling error, especially in estimates of month-to-month change.  In addition, the data in this table differ from
   annual-average data and from seasonally-adjusted data published by BLS.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.