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                                   |                  1995               |                            1999
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                                   |Percent of adults| Number  | Percent |        |        |Percent of adults participating   | Number  | Number
          Characteristics          |  participating  |of career|of career|Employed| Adult  |__________________________________|of career|of career
                of                 |_________________| or job- |or job-- |persons,| educa- |     |  In  |  In   |  In  |      | or job- | or job-
         employed persons          |       |   In    | related | related |   in   |  tion  | In  |part- |career | ap-  |Other | related | related
                                   |  In   | career  | courses | courses | thou-  |partici-| any | time |or job-|pren- | per- | courses | courses
                                   |  any  | or job- | taken,  |provided | sands  | pants, |pro- |higher|related| tice |sonal |taken, in| taken,
                                   | pro-  | related |   per   |by busi- |        |in thou-|gram |educa-|courses| pro- |cour- |thousands|   per
                                   | gram  | courses |employee |nesses\1\|        | sands  |     | tion |       |grams | ses  |         |employee
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     Total ........................|  50.7 |    31.1 |    0.78 |    49.0 |132,227 | 70,849 |53.6 | 11.9 |  31.5 |  2.2 | 23.8 |  94,716 |    0.72
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Sex                                |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
  Men .............................|  46.5 |    29.0 |    0.70 |    46.7 | 69,994 | 34,962 |49.9 | 11.9 |  29.7 |  2.7 | 19.2 |  45,957 |    0.66
  Women ...........................|  55.6 |    33.4 |    0.86 |    50.9 | 62,234 | 35,887 |57.7 | 11.8 |  33.5 |  1.7 | 28.9 |  48,759 |    0.78
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Age                                |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
  17 to 24 years ..................|  50.7 |    18.6 |    0.39 |    53.8 | 17,815 |  9,412 |52.8 | 17.6 |  20.9 |  5.6 | 18.3 |   7,984 |    0.45
  25 to 29 years ..................|  54.5 |    31.2 |    0.76 |    51.3 | 13,590 |  7,952 |58.5 | 19.7 |  35.7 |  3.5 | 24.1 |  11,311 |    0.83
  30 to 34 years ..................|  51.1 |    31.6 |    0.78 |    49.7 | 15,435 |  8,788 |56.9 | 13.6 |  33.8 |  2.7 | 25.7 |  11,365 |    0.74
  35 to 39 years ..................|  53.2 |    35.1 |    0.91 |    51.8 | 19,129 |  9,850 |51.5 | 11.8 |  28.8 |  1.7 | 25.0 |  13,375 |    0.70
  40 to 44 years ..................|  55.5 |    36.6 |    0.93 |    44.9 | 19,174 | 10,737 |56.0 | 10.3 |  38.3 |  1.2 | 24.4 |  16,727 |    0.87
  45 to 49 years ..................|  55.2 |    39.6 |    1.03 |    44.8 | 15,939 |  9,014 |56.6 |  9.7 |  32.5 |  1.4 | 29.5 |  11,611 |    0.73
  50 to 54 years ..................|  50.2 |    34.4 |    0.87 |    49.2 | 13,092 |  7,255 |55.4 |  7.6 |  35.8 |  1.1 | 26.2 |  10,330 |    0.79
  55 to 59 years ..................|  39.8 |    26.7 |    0.66 |    46.8 |  9,938 |  4,654 |46.8 |  6.5 |  31.4 |  0.6 | 18.9 |   7,021 |    0.71
  60 to 64 years ..................|  31.4 |    21.1 |    0.49 |    58.6 |  4,200 |  1,873 |44.6 |  5.0 |  29.6 |  0.8 | 20.1 |   2,931 |    0.70
  65 and over .....................|  26.6 |    13.7 |    0.37 |    39.7 |  2,028 |    805 |39.7 |  5.0 |  22.4 |  0.2 | 20.3 |     849 |    0.42
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Racial/ethnic group                |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
  White, non-Hispanic .............|  51.9 |    33.2 |    0.83 |    47.9 | 96,531 | 52,676 |54.6 | 11.5 |  33.8 |  1.5 | 24.8 |  73,640 |    0.76
  Black, non-Hispanic .............|  50.1 |    26.2 |    0.67 |    58.4 | 15,128 |  8,540 |56.5 | 13.1 |  28.6 |  5.2 | 27.7 |  10,468 |    0.69
  Hispanic ........................|  40.4 |    18.1 |    0.37 |    46.8 | 14,034 |  6,141 |43.8 | 11.0 |  18.6 |  4.0 | 14.6 |   5,821 |    0.41
  Asian American/Pacific Islander .|  44.1 |    25.5 |    0.58 |    48.6 |  4,042 |  2,214 |54.8 | 19.0 |  34.4 |  0.0 | 20.1 |   3,208 |    0.79
  American Indian/Alaskan Native ..|  49.6 |    34.0 |    0.86 |    54.6 |    571 |    283 |49.6 | 19.5 |  28.1 |  5.5 |  9.1 |     485 |    0.85
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Highest level of education         |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
 completed                         |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
  Less than high school diploma ...|  25.4 |     8.8 |    0.15 |    56.6 | 14,464 |  4,291 |29.7 |  3.3 |   7.0 |  2.2 | 10.5 |   1,755 |    0.12
  High school diploma .............|  38.5 |    20.9 |    0.45 |    56.7 | 35,567 | 15,051 |42.3 |  9.3 |  22.2 |  2.8 | 17.2 |  15,302 |    0.43
  Some vocational/technical .......|  52.0 |    32.3 |    0.82 |    45.3 |  4,311 |  2,099 |48.7 | 10.2 |  29.1 |  3.9 | 22.7 |   3,516 |    0.82
  Some college ....................|  55.9 |    29.9 |    0.74 |    53.5 | 24,796 | 14,050 |56.7 | 15.9 |  29.6 |  2.7 | 26.8 |  17,681 |    0.71
  Associate degree ................|  62.5 |    39.2 |    1.02 |    49.7 |  9,394 |  5,957 |63.4 | 20.1 |  42.1 |  2.1 | 25.4 |   8,822 |    0.94
  Bachelor's degree  ..............|  62.8 |    44.6 |    1.17 |    47.2 | 23,468 | 15,159 |64.6 | 11.8 |  44.3 |  1.2 | 29.2 |  23,931 |    1.02
  Some graduate work (or study) ...|  67.1 |    50.2 |    1.40 |    40.3 | 20,227 | 14,242 |70.4 | 14.3 |  48.2 |  1.3 | 34.4 |  23,709 |    1.17
    No degree .....................|  71.8 |    44.3 |    1.20 |    45.6 |  3,479 |  2,568 |73.8 | 24.1 |  53.7 |  0.7 | 32.0 |   4,068 |    1.17
    Master's ......................|  67.0 |    50.5 |    1.44 |    41.7 | 10,962 |  7,897 |72.0 | 14.3 |  47.5 |  1.1 | 37.9 |  13,112 |    1.20
    Doctor's ......................|  55.0 |    40.4 |    0.98 |    35.5 |  3,537 |  2,150 |60.8 |  8.5 |  35.9 |  2.6 | 32.6 |   2,870 |    0.81
    Professional ..................|  73.7 |    67.6 |    1.97 |    31.4 |  2,249 |  1,627 |72.4 |  8.5 |  62.8 |  0.8 | 23.8 |   3,659 |    1.63
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Metropolitan area                  |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
  Inside metropolitan area ........|  52.6 |    32.4 |    0.81 |    48.6 |102,518 | 55,742 |54.4 | 11.6 |  32.7 |  2.3 | 23.5 |  78,080 |    0.76
    Inside central city ...........|  53.1 |    33.3 |    0.83 |    48.3 | 88,470 | 48,396 |54.7 | 11.9 |  32.9 |  2.4 | 23.7 |  67,283 |    0.76
    Outside central city ..........|  49.9 |    27.9 |    0.70 |    50.9 | 14,048 |  7,346 |52.3 |  9.2 |  32.0 |  1.5 | 22.3 |  10,797 |    0.77
  Outside metropolitan area .......|  44.8 |    26.9 |    0.66 |    50.2 | 29,709 | 15,107 |50.9 | 13.0 |  27.1 |  2.0 | 24.7 |  16,636 |    0.56
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Occupation                         |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
  Executive, administrative,       |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    or managerial .................|  56.6 |    42.9 |    1.20 |    37.7 | 26,128 | 14,692 |56.2 | 10.2 |  39.8 |  1.1 | 23.5 |  24,675 |    0.94
  Engineers, surveyors, and        |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    architects ....................|  65.6 |    44.2 |    1.07 |    59.0 |  1,776 |  1,465 |82.5 | 27.7 |  56.4 |  5.5 | 27.3 |   2,071 |    1.17
  Natural scientists and           |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    mathematicians ................|  73.5 |    59.7 |    1.75 |    44.0 |  2,236 |  1,641 |73.4 | 13.6 |  56.4 |  1.9 | 23.5 |   2,222 |    0.99
  Social scientists and workers,   |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    lawyers .......................|  76.8 |    59.5 |    1.77 |    35.6 |  2,986 |  2,432 |81.5 | 13.8 |  59.9 |  0.4 | 36.0 |   5,219 |    1.75
  Teachers, elementary/secondary ..|  77.7 |    53.9 |    1.46 |    50.5 |  6,414 |  5,135 |80.1 | 23.8 |  53.8 |  0.6 | 38.4 |   8,122 |    1.27
  Teachers, postsecondary .........|  55.9 |    41.6 |    1.03 |    53.5 |  2,308 |  1,610 |69.7 | 13.6 |  41.8 |  2.5 | 48.6 |   1,958 |    0.85
  Physicians, dentists,            |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    veterinarians .................|  71.3 |    68.6 |    2.00 |    32.4 |    --- |    --- | --- |  --- |   --- |  --- |  --- |     --- |     ---
  Registered nurses, pharmacists ..|  88.5 |    72.8 |    2.24 |    45.6 |  2,864 |  2,457 |85.8 | 15.2 |  73.9 |  0.1 | 44.7 |   5,346 |    1.87
  Writers, artists, entertainers,  |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    and athletes ..................|  49.5 |    23.4 |    0.46 |    33.3 |  2,041 |  1,074 |52.6 | 17.7 |  33.6 |  2.1 | 19.6 |   1,332 |    0.65
  Health technologists and         |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    technicians ...................|  75.1 |    50.0 |    1.39 |    45.0 |  1,963 |  1,407 |71.7 | 22.0 |  44.6 |  5.6 | 37.6 |   2,151 |    1.10
  Technologists, except health ....|  65.6 |    43.8 |    1.12 |    55.8 |  4,976 |  2,955 |59.4 | 20.1 |  41.5 |  8.9 | 20.2 |   5,218 |    1.05
  Marketing and sales occupations .|  45.5 |    25.2 |    0.55 |    51.2 | 12,472 |  6,117 |49.0 |  6.8 |  23.3 |  1.8 | 29.7 |   6,401 |    0.51
  Administrative support,          |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    including clerical ............|  52.4 |    30.8 |    0.69 |    52.4 | 19,162 |  9,655 |50.4 |  9.7 |  27.2 |  0.7 | 22.0 |  10,928 |    0.57
  Service occupations .............|  47.5 |    22.6 |    0.60 |    57.0 | 15,570 |  7,823 |50.2 | 14.0 |  20.9 |  2.0 | 21.2 |   8,091 |    0.52
  Agriculture, forestry, and       |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    fishing .......................|  26.2 |    12.4 |    0.26 |     --- |  2,028 |    879 |43.3 | 10.5 |  16.7 |  7.1 | 11.9 |     571 |    0.28
  Mechanics and repairers .........|  49.9 |    29.1 |    0.73 |    57.2 |  4,313 |  1,977 |45.8 | 16.1 |  16.6 |  4.7 | 24.1 |   1,630 |    0.38
  Construction and extractive      |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    occupations ...................|  38.1 |    18.6 |    0.33 |    48.8 |  4,181 |  1,537 |36.8 | 12.3 |  12.6 |  5.4 | 13.1 |     978 |    0.23
  Precision production occupations |  44.8 |    25.6 |    0.58 |    40.8 |  1,363 |    565 |41.4 |  8.3 |  18.9 | 11.7 | 20.7 |     562 |    0.41
  Production workers ..............|  30.3 |    14.8 |    0.27 |    58.5 |  8,800 |  3,359 |38.2 |  6.7 |  21.3 |  2.0 | 15.9 |   3,784 |    0.43
  Transportation, material moving .|  28.8 |    15.8 |    0.28 |    60.6 |  4,732 |  1,740 |36.8 |  5.9 |  19.6 |  1.4 | 14.6 |   1,408 |    0.30
  Handler, equipment, cleaners,    |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
    helpers, and laborers .........|  26.1 |    11.7 |    0.21 |    46.9 |  3,207 |    811 |25.3 |  6.6 |   6.3 |  1.4 |  4.5 |     492 |    0.15
  Miscellaneous occupations .......|  59.0 |    38.8 |    1.03 |    51.8 |  1,858 |    873 |47.0 | 13.8 |  13.2 |  3.1 | 25.5 |     528 |    0.28
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Annual family income               |       |         |         |         |        |        |     |      |       |      |      |         |
  $10,000 or less .................|  33.0 |    12.6 |    0.25 |    50.9 |  5,168 |  1,595 |30.9 |  7.6 |  10.9 |  1.9 | 12.4 |     917 |    0.18
  $10,001 to $15,000 ..............|  38.6 |    15.1 |    0.37 |    59.1 |  5,152 |  1,557 |30.2 |  8.0 |   9.8 |  2.1 | 12.0 |     859 |    0.17
  $15,001 to $20,000 ..............|  41.5 |    20.1 |    0.42 |    52.8 |  6,075 |  2,549 |42.0 |  8.7 |  16.4 |  1.8 | 19.2 |   1,883 |    0.31
  $20,001 to $25,000 ..............|  40.4 |    20.4 |    0.48 |    53.1 |  8,811 |  3,753 |42.6 |  8.5 |  18.6 |  3.8 | 21.7 |   3,697 |    0.42
  $25,001 to $30,000 ..............|  47.4 |    24.7 |    0.54 |    55.8 | 11,818 |  4,902 |41.5 | 10.0 |  24.1 |  4.5 | 13.4 |   5,946 |    0.50
  $30,001 to $40,000 ..............|  49.6 |    30.2 |    0.76 |    50.2 | 16,766 |  8,531 |50.9 | 15.6 |  26.8 |  2.2 | 21.7 |   9,946 |    0.59
  $40,001 to $50,000 ..............|  53.8 |    34.7 |    0.82 |    48.3 | 15,128 |  8,033 |53.1 | 14.1 |  32.4 |  2.6 | 24.2 |  10,661 |    0.70
  $50,001 to $75,000 ..............|  57.8 |    40.0 |    1.02 |    48.3 | 27,176 | 17,072 |62.8 | 13.5 |  36.9 |  2.0 | 31.7 |  22,641 |    0.83
  More than $75,000 ...............|  63.5 |    45.2 |    1.25 |    45.0 | 36,134 | 22,856 |63.3 | 11.2 |  43.4 |  1.2 | 26.6 |  38,166 |    1.06
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