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/          |
|                                    |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                    |               |   Asian or    |               |               |
|                                    |               |    Pacific    |  non-Hispanic |               |
|                                    |     Total     |   Islander    |     White     |     Other     |
|                                    |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                    |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total 2/                            |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  In civilian labor force           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         |144,100|  100.0|  6,451|  100.0|103,023|  100.0| 34,627|  100.0|
|    Employed                        |135,154|   93.8|  6,081|   94.3| 97,772|   94.9| 31,302|   90.4|
|    Unemployed                      |  8,946|    6.2|    370|    5.7|  5,251|    5.1|  3,325|    9.6|
|Male                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  In civilian labor force           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 76,682|  100.0|  3,483|  100.0| 54,929|  100.0| 18,270|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 71,505|   93.2|  3,263|   93.7| 51,802|   94.3| 16,440|   90.0|
|    Unemployed                      |  5,177|    6.8|    220|    6.3|  3,127|    5.7|  1,830|   10.0|
|Female                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  In civilian labor force           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 67,419|  100.0|  2,968|  100.0| 48,094|  100.0| 16,357|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 63,649|   94.4|  2,818|   94.9| 45,970|   95.6| 14,861|   90.9|
|    Unemployed                      |  3,770|    5.6|    150|    5.1|  2,124|    4.4|  1,496|    9.1|
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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.