Table 10.  Employment Status of the Population 16 Years and Over in the Civilian Labor Force by Sex, 
           and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 2000
           (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         |140,454|  100.0| 16,522|  100.0|102,907|  100.0| 21,025|  100.0|
|    Employed                        |134,338|   95.6| 15,248|   92.3| 99,359|   96.6| 19,730|   93.8|
|    Unemployed                      |  6,116|    4.4|  1,273|    7.7|  3,548|    3.4|  1,295|    6.2|
|Male                                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  In civilian labor force           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 74,517|  100.0|  7,675|  100.0| 54,917|  100.0| 11,925|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 71,237|   95.6|  7,055|   91.9| 52,937|   96.4| 11,245|   94.3|
|    Unemployed                      |  3,281|    4.4|    619|    8.1|  1,981|    3.6|    680|    5.7|
|Female                              |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  In civilian labor force           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|    In civilian labor force         | 65,937|  100.0|  8,847|  100.0| 47,990|  100.0|  9,100|  100.0|
|    Employed                        | 63,102|   95.7|  8,193|   92.6| 46,423|   96.7|  8,486|   93.2|
|    Unemployed                      |  2,835|    4.3|    654|    7.4|  1,567|    3.3|    615|    6.8|
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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 and occupation data reflect characteristics of the civilian 
noninstitutionalized population for March 2000 and are not adjusted for seasonal changes.  Data 
released by the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics may not agree entirely with data shown 
in this report because of their seasonal adjustment.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Racial Statistics Branch, 
Population Division.
Internet Release date:  February 22, 2001