Table A-6. Selected employment indicators

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                  Sept.     Aug.      Sept.     Sept.     May       June      July      Aug.      Sept.  
                                                  2007      2008      2008      2007      2008      2008      2008      2008      2008   
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................  146,448   145,909   145,310   146,260   146,046   145,891   145,819   145,477   145,255 
    16 to 19 years.............................    5,649     6,142     5,317     5,895     5,907     5,655     5,558     5,563     5,552 
      16 to 17 years...........................    2,218     2,247     2,007     2,263     2,040     1,966     1,974     1,988     2,029 
      18 to 19 years...........................    3,431     3,895     3,311     3,641     3,807     3,678     3,619     3,570     3,546 
    20 years and over..........................  140,799   139,767   139,993   140,365   140,139   140,236   140,261   139,914   139,703 
      20 to 24 years...........................   13,849    13,954    13,501    13,975    13,704    13,720    13,724    13,683    13,637 
      25 years and over........................  126,950   125,812   126,492   126,481   126,394   126,565   126,611   126,281   126,093 
        25 to 54 years.........................  100,813    99,109    99,534   100,475    99,774    99,813    99,733    99,345    99,236 
          25 to 34 years.......................   31,717    31,444    31,491    31,598    31,545    31,488    31,468    31,467    31,397 
          35 to 44 years.......................   34,335    33,194    33,397    34,219    33,701    33,692    33,613    33,287    33,300 
          45 to 54 years.......................   34,761    34,471    34,646    34,659    34,528    34,634    34,651    34,591    34,540 
        55 years and over......................   26,137    26,704    26,958    26,006    26,620    26,751    26,879    26,936    26,856 
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................   78,407    78,423    77,501    78,229    77,954    77,794    77,823    77,632    77,396 
    16 to 19 years.............................    2,779     3,118     2,657     2,897     2,953     2,795     2,729     2,766     2,764 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,040     1,100       945     1,065       990       938       931       947       960 
      18 to 19 years...........................    1,738     2,018     1,712     1,833     1,946     1,879     1,799     1,831     1,811 
    20 years and over..........................   75,628    75,305    74,844    75,332    75,001    74,998    75,094    74,866    74,631 
      20 to 24 years...........................    7,235     7,377     7,114     7,294     7,250     7,202     7,179     7,165     7,173 
      25 years and over........................   68,393    67,928    67,731    68,029    67,742    67,832    67,952    67,758    67,449 
        25 to 54 years.........................   54,511    53,661    53,424    54,237    53,652    53,605    53,643    53,480    53,222 
          25 to 34 years.......................   17,588    17,326    17,243    17,455    17,309    17,298    17,245    17,221    17,138 
          35 to 44 years.......................   18,653    18,157    18,096    18,567    18,147    18,133    18,122    18,092    18,030 
          45 to 54 years.......................   18,269    18,179    18,085    18,215    18,196    18,174    18,276    18,167    18,054 
        55 years and over......................   13,882    14,267    14,307    13,792    14,091    14,227    14,309    14,278    14,227 
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................   68,041    67,485    67,809    68,030    68,092    68,097    67,996    67,845    67,860 
    16 to 19 years.............................    2,871     3,024     2,660     2,998     2,954     2,859     2,829     2,798     2,787 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,178     1,147     1,061     1,198     1,050     1,028     1,043     1,041     1,068 
      18 to 19 years...........................    1,693     1,877     1,599     1,807     1,861     1,799     1,820     1,739     1,735 
    20 years and over..........................   65,170    64,462    65,149    65,033    65,138    65,238    65,167    65,047    65,072 
      20 to 24 years...........................    6,613     6,577     6,387     6,680     6,454     6,518     6,544     6,518     6,464 
      25 years and over........................   58,557    57,885    58,762    58,452    58,652    58,733    58,660    58,523    58,643 
        25 to 54 years.........................   46,303    45,448    46,110    46,238    46,122    46,208    46,090    45,865    46,014 
          25 to 34 years.......................   14,129    14,118    14,248    14,143    14,236    14,190    14,224    14,246    14,259 
          35 to 44 years.......................   15,681    15,038    15,301    15,652    15,555    15,559    15,491    15,195    15,269 
          45 to 54 years.......................   16,492    16,292    16,561    16,444    16,332    16,459    16,376    16,424    16,486 
        55 years and over......................   12,254    12,437    12,652    12,214    12,529    12,525    12,570    12,658    12,629 
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................   46,244    45,767    45,953    46,235    45,862    45,911    46,120    45,829    45,958 
  Married women, spouse present................   35,796    35,478    35,955    35,712    36,171    36,270    36,185    36,055    35,913 
  Women who maintain families..................    9,618     9,036     9,312     (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)   
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (2)........................  121,728   121,556   120,213   121,387   120,989   120,542   120,537   119,908   119,928 
  Part-time workers (3)........................   24,720    24,353    25,097    24,966    24,970    25,419    25,431    25,649    25,366 
                                                                                                                                         
               MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Total multiple jobholders....................    7,621     7,706     7,724     7,510     7,679     7,794     7,757     8,055     7,657 
      Percent of total employed................      5.2       5.3       5.3       5.1       5.3       5.3       5.3       5.5       5.3 

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.





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