Table 10.  Employment Status of the Population 16 Years and Over in the Civilian Labor Force by Sex, 
           and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 2002
           (Numbers in thousands)
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|Employment status and sex           |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                    |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                    |               |               | White, not of |               |
|                                    |     Total     |     Black     |Hispanic origin|     Other     |
|                                    |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                    |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  In civilian labor force           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         |144,100|  100.0| 16,511|  100.0|103,023|  100.0| 24,567|  100.0|
|    Employed                        |135,154|   93.8| 14,725|   89.2| 97,772|   94.9| 22,657|   92.2|
|    Unemployed                      |  8,946|    6.2|  1,786|   10.8|  5,251|    5.1|  1,909|    7.8|
|Male                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  In civilian labor force           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 76,682|  100.0|  7,710|  100.0| 54,929|  100.0| 14,043|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 71,505|   93.2|  6,794|   88.1| 51,802|   94.3| 12,909|   91.9|
|    Unemployed                      |  5,177|    6.8|    916|   11.9|  3,127|    5.7|  1,133|    8.1|
|Female                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  In civilian labor force           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 67,419|  100.0|  8,801|  100.0| 48,094|  100.0| 10,524|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 63,649|   94.4|  7,931|   90.1| 45,970|   95.6|  9,748|   92.6|
|    Unemployed                      |  3,770|    5.6|    870|    9.9|  2,124|    4.4|    776|    7.4|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, 
or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ Civilian Labor Force data shown in this report reflect characteristics of the civilian 
noninstitutionalized population for March 2002 and are not seasonally adjusted.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey,  March 2002, Racial Statistics Branch, 
Population Division.