August 20, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Much variation in women's
employment across metropolitan areas
The proportion of women with jobs
varied greatly across metropolitan areas in 1997. In some areas, the employment-population
ratio of women was well below the national average of 56.8 percent, while in other areas
it was well above.
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The two largest metropolitan areas in the country were
among the areas with the lowest proportions of women who worked for pay in 1997. In the
New York metropolitan area, 46.7 percent of women had jobs, while in Los Angeles, the
proportion was 50.9 percent.
In contrast, in Minneapolis-St. Paul, more than two-thirds (67.5 percent) of women were
employed. Other metropolitan areas with relatively high levels of employment were San
Francisco, where 65.0 percent of women worked for pay, and Seattle, where 64.4 percent of
women were employed.
These data on employment are a product of the Current
Population Survey. Additional information is available from Geographic
Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 1997 (PDF,
966K), (BLS Bulletin 2515).
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