Table 7.3  Population Age 16 Years and Over in the Civilian Labor Force by Employment Status, sex, Hispanic origin and Race: March 1999 
           (Numbers in thousands.)

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|Population Age 16 Years and Over    |               |          Hispanic Origin and Race 1/          |
|                                    |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                    |               |               | Non-Hispanic, | Non-Hispanic, |
|                                    |     Total     |   Hispanic    |     White     |     Other     |
|                                    |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                    |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In Civilian Labor Force         |138,120|  100.0| 14,338|  100.0|102,026|  100.0| 21,756|  100.0|
|    Employed                        |131,806|   95.4| 13,378|   93.3| 98,374|   96.4| 20,054|   92.2|
|    Unemployed                      |  6,314|    4.6|    960|    6.7|  3,652|    3.6|  1,702|    7.8|
|Male                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In Civilian Labor Force         | 73,334|  100.0|  8,308|  100.0| 54,632|  100.0| 10,395|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 69,912|   95.3|  7,809|   94.0| 52,532|   96.2|  9,571|   92.1|
|    Unemployed                      |  3,422|    4.7|    499|    6.0|  2,099|    3.8|    825|    7.9|
|Female                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In Civilian Labor Force         | 64,786|  100.0|  6,030|  100.0| 47,394|  100.0| 11,361|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 61,894|   95.5|  5,569|   92.4| 45,841|   96.7| 10,484|   92.3|
|    Unemployed                      |  2,891|    4.5|    461|    7.6|  1,553|    3.3|    877|    7.7|
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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 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, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.
Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000