Table 7.2  Population Age 16 Years and Over by Civilian Labor Force Status, sex, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Population Age 16 Years and Over    |               |                                      Hispanic Origin 1/                                       |

|                                    |               |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                    |               |               |               |               |  Central and  |               |               |

|                                    |     Total     |    Mexican    | Puerto Rican  |     Cuban     |South American |Other Hispanic | Non-Hispanic  |

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

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

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

|Total 2/                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                             |204,551|  100.0| 12,887|  100.0|  2,128|  100.0|  1,056|  100.0|  3,326|  100.0|  1,458|  100.0|183,696|  100.0|

|  In Civilian labor force           |136,926|   66.9|  8,811|   68.4|  1,239|   58.2|    634|   60.1|  2,421|   72.8|    949|   65.1|122,871|   66.9|

|  Not in Civilian labor force       | 67,625|   33.1|  4,075|   31.6|    889|   41.8|    422|   39.9|    905|   27.2|    508|   34.9| 60,826|   33.1|

|Male                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                             | 98,410|  100.0|  6,773|  100.0|    988|  100.0|    512|  100.0|  1,660|  100.0|    694|  100.0| 87,784|  100.0|

|  In Civilian labor force           | 73,026|   74.2|  5,467|   80.7|    644|   65.2|    358|   69.9|  1,388|   83.6|    512|   73.8| 64,657|   73.7|

|  Not in Civilian labor force       | 25,384|   25.8|  1,306|   19.3|    343|   34.8|    154|   30.1|    272|   16.4|    182|   26.2| 23,127|   26.3|

|Female                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                             |106,141|  100.0|  6,114|  100.0|  1,140|  100.0|    544|  100.0|  1,666|  100.0|    764|  100.0| 95,912|  100.0|

|  In Civilian labor force           | 63,900|   60.2|  3,345|   54.7|    595|   52.2|    277|   50.8|  1,034|   62.0|    437|   57.2| 58,214|   60.7|

|  Not in Civilian labor force       | 42,241|   39.8|  2,769|   45.3|    545|   47.8|    268|   49.2|    633|   38.0|    327|   42.8| 37,699|   39.3|

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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other

   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

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

   population for March 1998 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 1998, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000