Table 9.3  Employment Status of the Population 16 Years and Over in the Civilian Labor Force by Sex, Hispanic Origin, and Race: March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Sex and employment status           |               |          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         |144,100|  100.0| 17,588|  100.0|103,023|  100.0| 23,490|  100.0|
|    Employed                        |135,154|   93.8| 16,160|   91.9| 97,772|   94.9| 21,222|   90.3|
|    Unemployed                      |  8,946|    6.2|  1,428|    8.1|  5,251|    5.1|  2,267|    9.7|
|Male                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 76,682|  100.0| 10,313|  100.0| 54,929|  100.0| 11,439|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 71,505|   93.2|  9,457|   91.7| 51,802|   94.3| 10,246|   89.6|
|    Unemployed                      |  5,177|    6.8|    856|    8.3|  3,127|    5.7|  1,194|   10.4|
|Female                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 67,419|  100.0|  7,275|  100.0| 48,094|  100.0| 12,050|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 63,649|   94.4|  6,703|   92.1| 45,970|   95.6| 10,977|   91.1|
|    Unemployed                      |  3,770|    5.6|    572|    7.9|  2,124|    4.4|  1,074|    8.9|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other
   Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.
2/ 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, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.