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Employment Data by Race and Hispanic |
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Origin, January-September 2003
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January |
August |
September |
Change, |
Change, |
% Change, |
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2003 |
2003 |
2003 |
8/03-9/03 |
1/03-9/03 |
1/03-9/03 |
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Civilian Population (1,000s) |
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White |
180,460 |
181,512 |
181,696 |
184 |
1,236 |
0.7% |
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Black |
25,484 |
25,742 |
25,784 |
42 |
300 |
1.2% |
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Hispanic |
26,994 |
27,701 |
27,808 |
107 |
814 |
3.0% |
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Labor Force (1,000s) |
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White |
120,984 |
120,669 |
120,307 |
-362 |
-677 |
-0.6% |
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Black |
16,374 |
16,579 |
16,724 |
145 |
350 |
2.1% |
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Hispanic |
18,614 |
18,829 |
18,859 |
30 |
245 |
1.3% |
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Employed (1,000s) |
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White |
113,995 |
114,141 |
113,934 |
-207 |
-61 |
-0.1% |
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Black |
14,684 |
14,769 |
14,853 |
84 |
169 |
1.2% |
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Hispanic |
17,155 |
17,370 |
17,448 |
78 |
293 |
1.7% |
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Unemployment Rate (%) |
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White |
5.1 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
-0.1 |
0.2 |
3.9% |
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Black |
10.3 |
10.9 |
11.2 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
8.7% |
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Hispanic |
7.8 |
7.8 |
7.5 |
-0.3 |
-0.3 |
-3.8% |
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Source: BLS, Employment status of the civilian
population by race, sex, and age (Table A-2). |
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http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm |
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http://data.bls.gov/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet
BLS, Employment status of the Hispanic
Population by sex and age (Table A-3), |
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http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t03.htm |
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October 3, 2003. |
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Note: Employment, labor force, and unemployment
rate figures are seasonally adjusted. |
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Population figures are for persons 16 years and
older, i.e., the working age population. .
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