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TEXTTable A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and ageTable A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic originTable A-3. Selected employment indicatorsTable A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjustedTable A-5. Duration of unemploymentTable A-6. Reason for unemploymentTable A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjustedTable A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjustedTable A-9. Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large StatesTable B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industryTable B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industryTable B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls by industryTable B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarmTable B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarmTable B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrollsTable B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

Technical information: USDL 94-240 Household data National (202) 606-6378 606-6373 Transmission of material in this State 606-6392 release is embargoed until Establishment data 606-6555 8:30 A.M. (EDT),Media contact: 606-5902 Friday, May 6, 1994 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: APRIL 1994 Nonfarm payroll employment continued to increase in April andunemployment was little changed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.Department of Labor reported today. The nation's jobless rate was 6.4percent; it had been 6.5 percent in the prior 2 months. The number of payroll jobs, as measured by the survey of businessestablishments, increased by 267,000 in April, with notable gains inservices, retail trade, and construction. Total employment, as measured bythe household survey, rose slightly over the month after showing littlechange over the first quarter of the year. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons (8.4 million) and theunemployment rate (6.4 percent) were about unchanged over the month. SinceJanuary, however, the overall unemployment rate has declined by 0.3percentage point and the total number of jobless persons has fallen byclose to 300,000. The jobless rate for adult women, which has shown noclear trend in recent months, fell by 0.4 percentage point to 5.6 percentin April, equaling the rate for adult men. The rate for teenagers, bycontrast, rose from 17.8 to 19.9 percent. Rates for whites (5.6 percent),blacks (11.8 percent), and Hispanics (10.8 percent) were little changed.(See tables A-1 and A-2.) Following a substantial increase in March, the number of persons

employed part time for economic reasons--often referred to as the"partially unemployed"--fell back by 235,000 in April to a level of 4.8million. Since the beginning of the year, involuntary part-time employmenthas declined by about 400,000. (See table A-3.) The number of unemployedpersons who lost jobs continued to decline over the month, while the numberreentering the labor force has risen (table A-6). There was virtually noover-the-month change in the duration of unemployment measures. Theaverage (mean) length of time jobless persons had been unemployed in Aprilwas 19.1 weeks, and the median duration of unemployment was 9.2 weeks(table A-5). Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment, which had shown little movement since the beginningof the year, edged up in April, reaching 122.3 million. The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the working-age population with jobs-- - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted(Numbers in thousands)___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | Monthly data | | averages | | |_________________|__________________________|Mar.- Category | 1993 | 1994 | 1994 |Apr. |________|________|__________________________|change | IV | I | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. |______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________Civilian labor force..| 128,713| 130,674| 130,776| 130,580| 130,747| 167 Employment..........| 120,311| 122,088| 122,258| 122,037| 122,338| 301 Unemployment........| 8,402| 8,586| 8,518| 8,543| 8,408| -135Not in labor force....| 65,602| 65,411| 65,314| 65,633| 65,616| -17 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________All workers...........| 6.5| 6.6| 6.5| 6.5| 6.4| -0.1 Adult men...........| 6.0| 5.9| 6.0| 5.8| 5.6| -.2 Adult women.........| 5.7| 5.9| 5.7| 6.0| 5.6| -.4 Teenagers...........| 18.3| 18.0| 17.9| 17.8| 19.9| 2.1 White...............| 5.8| 5.7| 5.6| 5.7| 5.6| -.1 Black...............| 12.0| 12.8| 12.9| 12.5| 11.8| -.7 Hispanic origin.....| 10.7| 10.2| 10.0| 10.0| 10.8| .8 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________Nonfarm employment....| 110,885|p111,419| 111,357|p111,821|p112,088| p267 Goods-producing 1/..| 22,979| p23,060| 23,032| p23,125| p23,189| p64 Construction......| 4,653| p4,678| 4,650| p4,732| p4,796| p64 Manufacturing.....| 17,727| p17,783| 17,783| p17,796| p17,799| p3 Service-producing 1/| 87,906| p88,359| 88,325| p88,696| p88,899| p203 Retail trade......| 19,883| p19,983| 19,977| p20,049| p20,129| p80

Services..........| 30,631| p30,872| 30,853| p31,079| p31,225| p146 Government........| 18,920| p18,942| 18,934| p18,964| p18,983| p19 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________Total private.........| 34.5| p34.6| 34.2| p34.7| p34.7| p0.0 Manufacturing.......| 41.7| p41.7| 41.2| p42.2| p42.2| p.0 Overtime..........| 4.3| p4.6| 4.6| p4.8| p4.8| p.0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 2/ |____________________________________________________Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| $10.93| p$11.03| $11.03| p$11.03| p$11.06| p$0.03Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| 377.20| p381.16| 377.23| p382.74| p383.78| p1.04______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. NOTE: Household data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for1993 and earlier years. For additional information, see "Revisions in theCurrent Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994issue of Employment and Earnings. - 3 - was about unchanged at 62.3 percent. (See table A-1.) About 7.3 millionworkers (not seasonally adjusted), or 6.0 percent of the total employed,held two or more jobs in April (table A-8). The number of persons in the labor force in April--130.7 million,seasonally adjusted--was little changed from March, while the overall laborforce participation rate held at 66.6 percent. (See table A-1.) Discouraged Workers (Household Survey Data) The number of discouraged workers--those who wanted a job but gave upsearching for work because they believed there were no jobs to be found--totaled about 500,000 (not seasonally adjusted) in April. (See table A-8.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) The number of employees on nonfarm payrolls rose by 267,000 to 112.1million in April, seasonally adjusted, despite a strike in the truckingindustry which reduced the job count by about 70,000. As in March, some ofthe April gains reflect a recovery from weather-related weakness earlier inthe year. (See table B-1.) Employment in construction, up 64,000 in April (seasonally adjusted),increased sharply for the second consecutive month. As with the Marchgain, part of this was a recovery from weather-related declines in Januaryand February, but much of it reflected strong growth in the industry. Incontrast, employment in mining fell slightly in April, posting its fourthconsecutive monthly decline. This industry has lost 1 out of 6 of its jobs

since mid-1990. Manufacturing employment, while little changed in April, has now gone7 months without a decline. Since September 1993, factories have added101,000 jobs. Over-the-month increases in electronic equipment andindustrial machinery were offset by job losses in transportation equipmentand food processing. Services employment rose by 146,000 over the month, with over half thegain in the business services component. Much of the rise in businessservices was concentrated in personnel supply services. Personnel supply,which includes the rapidly growing temporary help segment has accounted for1 out of every 6 jobs added over the past year. Employment in healthservices rose by 34,000 over the month; job growth in this industry wasstronger in the past 2 months than it had been, partly because hospitalsare again adding jobs. The job count in transportation and publicutilities fell by 67,000 as a result of the trucking strike. After falling in January, employment in retail trade recorded itsthird consecutive monthly increase, rising by 80,000 in April. The bulk ofthe April gain was in eating and drinking places (54,000), automotivedealers (14,000), and general merchandise stores (10,000). The number ofjobs in wholesale trade continued to increase, rising by 16,000 in April.Much of the over-the-month increase in this industry was concentrated indurable goods distribution. Employment in finance, insurance, and real estate rose slightly, withjob gains concentrated in the finance industry. In government, small jobpickups occurred at the state and local level. Federal government - 4 - employment continued its 2-year decline which totals 109,000 since theMarch 1992 peak. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) Following a sharp rebound in March, the average workweek forproduction or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls wasunchanged in April, after seasonal adjustment. The manufacturing workweekheld at a level (42.2 hours) not seen since the end of World War II, andfactory overtime remained at the alltime series high of 4.8 hours. (Seetable B-2.) The index of aggregate hours of private production or nonsupervisoryworkers on nonfarm payrolls edged up 0.2 percent to 127.2 (1982=100) inApril. The manufacturing index was about unchanged at 104.2. (See tableB-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings and average weekly earnings of privateproduction or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls each rose by 0.3percent in April, after seasonal adjustment, to $11.06 and $383.78,

respectively. Over the past year, average hourly earnings rose by 2.7percent and average weekly earnings by 3.6 percent. (See table B-3.) _________________________ The Employment Situation for May 1994 will be released on Friday,June 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). ---------------------------------------------------------------- | Data from the household survey for 1994 are not directly | |comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years because of the | |implementation in January 1994 of a major redesign of the survey| |and the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls, | |adjusted for the estimated undercount. In addition, the 1994 | |data may be affected by the transition to the redesigned survey.| |For example, seasonal factors, of necessity, have been computed | |based on data collected in the survey prior to its revision, | |and these factors may not fully capture the pattern of | |seasonality in the current data. Hence, over-the-month | |comparisons of unemployment and other labor force estimates | |should be made with caution. For additional information on | |the redesign, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey | |Effective January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of | |Employment and Earnings. | | The Employment Situation news release of May data will | |introduce revisions in the establishment-based series on nonfarm| |payroll employment, hours, and earnings to reflect the regular | |annual benchmark adjustments for March 1993 and updated | |seasonal adjustment factors. Unadjusted data from April 1992 | |and seasonally adjusted data from January 1989 forward are | |subject to revision. | ---------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | 1/ Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Employment status, sex, and age | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1993 | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL | | | | | | | | |

Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 193,126| 196,213| 196,363| 193,126| 194,472| 195,953| 196,090| 196,213| 196,363 Civilian labor force............................| 126,491| 129,718| 129,682| 127,539| 128,898| 130,667| 130,776| 130,580| 130,747 Participation rate........................| 65.5| 66.1| 66.0| 66.0| 66.3| 66.7| 66.7| 66.6| 66.6 Employed......................................| 117,856| 120,844| 121,604| 118,585| 120,661| 121,971| 122,258| 122,037| 122,338 Employment-population ratio...............| 61.0| 61.6| 61.9| 61.4| 62.0| 62.2| 62.3| 62.2| 62.3 Agriculture.................................| 2,980| 3,086| 3,347| 3,071| 3,096| 3,331| 3,391| 3,426| 3,459 Nonagricultural industries..................| 114,877| 117,758| 118,257| 115,514| 117,565| 118,639| 118,867| 118,611| 118,880 Unemployed....................................| 8,635| 8,874| 8,078| 8,954| 8,237| 8,696| 8,518| 8,543| 8,408 Unemployment rate.........................| 6.8| 6.8| 6.2| 7.0| 6.4| 6.7| 6.5| 6.5| 6.4 Not in labor force..............................| 66,635| 66,495| 66,681| 65,587| 65,574| 65,286| 65,314| 65,633| 65,616 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 92,393| 94,042| 94,119| 92,393| 93,116| 93,909| 93,982| 94,042| 94,119 Civilian labor force............................| 68,914| 70,000| 70,026| 69,514| 69,813| 70,744| 70,644| 70,529| 70,621 Participation rate........................| 74.6| 74.4| 74.4| 75.2| 75.0| 75.3| 75.2| 75.0| 75.0 Employed......................................| 63,848| 64,936| 65,492| 64,416| 65,259| 65,963| 65,921| 65,940| 66,036 Employment-population ratio...............| 69.1| 69.1| 69.6| 69.7| 70.1| 70.2| 70.1| 70.1| 70.2 Unemployed....................................| 5,066| 5,064| 4,535| 5,098| 4,554| 4,781| 4,723| 4,589| 4,585 Unemployment rate.........................| 7.4| 7.2| 6.5| 7.3| 6.5| 6.8| 6.7| 6.5| 6.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 85,731| 86,901| 86,946| 85,731| 86,373| 86,778| 86,820| 86,901| 86,946 Civilian labor force............................| 65,650| 66,513| 66,458| 65,902| 66,321| 66,806| 66,764| 66,723| 66,701 Participation rate........................| 76.6| 76.5| 76.4| 76.9| 76.8| 77.0| 76.9| 76.8| 76.7 Employed......................................| 61,305| 62,180| 62,678| 61,614| 62,444| 62,842| 62,778| 62,857| 62,958 Employment-population ratio...............| 71.5| 71.6| 72.1| 71.9| 72.3| 72.4| 72.3| 72.3| 72.4 Agriculture.................................| 2,237| 2,165| 2,338| 2,273| 2,300| 2,352| 2,339| 2,358| 2,376 Nonagricultural industries..................| 59,068| 60,015| 60,339| 59,341| 60,144| 60,490| 60,439| 60,499| 60,582 Unemployed....................................| 4,346| 4,333| 3,780| 4,288| 3,877| 3,964| 3,986| 3,866| 3,743 Unemployment rate.........................| 6.6| 6.5| 5.7| 6.5| 5.8| 5.9| 6.0| 5.8| 5.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 100,733| 102,171| 102,244| 100,733| 101,356| 102,044| 102,107| 102,171| 102,244 Civilian labor force............................| 57,577| 59,718| 59,656| 58,025| 59,085| 59,923| 60,132| 60,051| 60,125 Participation rate........................| 57.2| 58.4| 58.3| 57.6| 58.3| 58.7| 58.9| 58.8| 58.8 Employed......................................| 54,008| 55,907| 56,112| 54,169| 55,402| 56,007| 56,336| 56,097| 56,302 Employment-population ratio...............| 53.6| 54.7| 54.9| 53.8| 54.7| 54.9| 55.2| 54.9| 55.1 Unemployed....................................| 3,569| 3,811| 3,543| 3,856| 3,683| 3,916| 3,795| 3,954| 3,823 Unemployment rate.........................| 6.2| 6.4| 5.9| 6.6| 6.2| 6.5| 6.3| 6.6| 6.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 94,214| 95,225| 95,282| 94,214| 94,764| 95,109| 95,159| 95,225| 95,282 Civilian labor force............................| 54,634| 56,440| 56,219| 54,814| 55,783| 56,368| 56,611| 56,487| 56,410 Participation rate........................| 58.0| 59.3| 59.0| 58.2| 58.9| 59.3| 59.5| 59.3| 59.2 Employed......................................| 51,569| 53,165| 53,281| 51,533| 52,631| 53,014| 53,403| 53,121| 53,265 Employment-population ratio...............| 54.7| 55.8| 55.9| 54.7| 55.5| 55.7| 56.1| 55.8| 55.9

Agriculture.................................| 560| 712| 801| 584| 599| 744| 766| 773| 837 Nonagricultural industries..................| 51,009| 52,453| 52,480| 50,949| 52,032| 52,270| 52,638| 52,348| 52,428 Unemployed....................................| 3,065| 3,275| 2,938| 3,281| 3,152| 3,354| 3,208| 3,366| 3,145 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.6| 5.8| 5.2| 6.0| 5.7| 6.0| 5.7| 6.0| 5.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 13,181| 14,087| 14,135| 13,181| 13,335| 14,066| 14,111| 14,087| 14,135 Civilian labor force............................| 6,207| 6,765| 7,005| 6,823| 6,794| 7,493| 7,401| 7,370| 7,636 Participation rate........................| 47.1| 48.0| 49.6| 51.8| 50.9| 53.3| 52.4| 52.3| 54.0 Employed......................................| 4,982| 5,499| 5,645| 5,438| 5,586| 6,115| 6,076| 6,059| 6,116 Employment-population ratio...............| 37.8| 39.0| 39.9| 41.3| 41.9| 43.5| 43.1| 43.0| 43.3 Agriculture.................................| 183| 209| 208| 214| 197| 236| 287| 295| 245 Nonagricultural industries..................| 4,799| 5,290| 5,437| 5,224| 5,389| 5,879| 5,790| 5,764| 5,870 Unemployed....................................| 1,224| 1,266| 1,360| 1,385| 1,208| 1,378| 1,325| 1,311| 1,520 Unemployment rate.........................| 19.7| 18.7| 19.4| 20.3| 17.8| 18.4| 17.9| 17.8| 19.9 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2/ Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey EffectiveJanuary 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | 1/ Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, age, and | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Hispanic origin | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1993 | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WHITE | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 163,649| 165,168| 165,259| 163,649| 164,516| 165,014| 165,096| 165,168| 165,259 Civilian labor force............................| 108,061| 109,985| 109,984| 108,791| 110,016| 110,802| 110,934| 110,633| 110,673 Participation rate..........................| 66.0| 66.6| 66.6| 66.5| 66.9| 67.1| 67.2| 67.0| 67.0 Employed......................................| 101,678| 103,335| 103,980| 102,190| 103,807| 104,355| 104,669| 104,314| 104,450

Employment-population ratio.................| 62.1| 62.6| 62.9| 62.4| 63.1| 63.2| 63.4| 63.2| 63.2 Unemployed....................................| 6,383| 6,649| 6,004| 6,601| 6,209| 6,447| 6,264| 6,319| 6,222 Unemployment rate...........................| 5.9| 6.0| 5.5| 6.1| 5.6| 5.8| 5.6| 5.7| 5.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| 56,799| 57,060| 57,035| 56,961| 57,280| 57,457| 57,333| 57,258| 57,175 Participation rate..........................| 77.2| 77.0| 76.9| 77.4| 77.4| 77.6| 77.4| 77.2| 77.1 Employed......................................| 53,506| 53,686| 54,134| 53,698| 54,283| 54,438| 54,344| 54,283| 54,297 Employment-population ratio.................| 72.7| 72.4| 73.0| 73.0| 73.3| 73.5| 73.3| 73.2| 73.2 Unemployed....................................| 3,293| 3,374| 2,901| 3,263| 2,997| 3,019| 2,989| 2,975| 2,878 Unemployment rate...........................| 5.8| 5.9| 5.1| 5.7| 5.2| 5.3| 5.2| 5.2| 5.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| 45,956| 47,084| 46,892| 46,042| 46,872| 47,025| 47,281| 47,085| 46,951 Participation rate..........................| 57.8| 59.0| 58.7| 57.9| 58.7| 59.0| 59.3| 59.0| 58.8 Employed......................................| 43,738| 44,769| 44,845| 43,666| 44,554| 44,631| 45,002| 44,724| 44,755 Employment-population ratio.................| 55.0| 56.1| 56.2| 54.9| 55.8| 56.0| 56.4| 56.0| 56.0 Unemployed....................................| 2,218| 2,316| 2,047| 2,376| 2,318| 2,393| 2,279| 2,360| 2,196 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.8| 4.9| 4.4| 5.2| 4.9| 5.1| 4.8| 5.0| 4.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................| 5,306| 5,840| 6,057| 5,788| 5,864| 6,321| 6,319| 6,290| 6,546 Participation rate..........................| 50.3| 52.1| 53.9| 54.9| 55.1| 56.5| 56.4| 56.1| 58.3 Employed......................................| 4,434| 4,880| 5,001| 4,826| 4,970| 5,286| 5,323| 5,306| 5,398 Employment-population ratio.................| 42.0| 43.5| 44.5| 45.8| 46.7| 47.3| 47.5| 47.3| 48.0 Unemployed....................................| 872| 960| 1,056| 962| 894| 1,034| 996| 984| 1,148 Unemployment rate...........................| 16.4| 16.4| 17.4| 16.6| 15.2| 16.4| 15.8| 15.6| 17.5 Men.......................................| 18.4| 18.2| 18.9| 18.5| 16.9| 18.5| 16.7| 16.7| 19.0 Women.....................................| 14.3| 14.5| 15.9| 14.5| 13.4| 14.0| 14.7| 14.6| 16.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BLACK | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 22,249| 22,774| 22,799| 22,249| 22,504| 22,723| 22,751| 22,774| 22,799 Civilian labor force............................| 13,696| 14,363| 14,335| 13,868| 14,011| 14,368| 14,487| 14,573| 14,523 Participation rate..........................| 61.6| 63.1| 62.9| 62.3| 62.3| 63.2| 63.7| 64.0| 63.7 Employed......................................| 11,834| 12,560| 12,675| 11,965| 12,397| 12,482| 12,624| 12,749| 12,813 Employment-population ratio.................| 53.2| 55.2| 55.6| 53.8| 55.1| 54.9| 55.5| 56.0| 56.2 Unemployed....................................| 1,862| 1,803| 1,661| 1,903| 1,614| 1,887| 1,863| 1,824| 1,710 Unemployment rate...........................| 13.6| 12.6| 11.6| 13.7| 11.5| 13.1| 12.9| 12.5| 11.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| 6,422| 6,595| 6,617| 6,416| 6,469| 6,563| 6,697| 6,633| 6,622 Participation rate..........................| 71.4| 72.3| 72.4| 71.3| 70.9| 72.1| 73.4| 72.7| 72.5 Employed......................................| 5,558| 5,852| 5,920| 5,599| 5,787| 5,753| 5,884| 5,953| 5,962 Employment-population ratio.................| 61.8| 64.1| 64.8| 62.2| 63.5| 63.2| 64.5| 65.2| 65.2 Unemployed....................................| 863| 743| 697| 817| 682| 810| 813| 679| 660 Unemployment rate...........................| 13.4| 11.3| 10.5| 12.7| 10.5| 12.3| 12.1| 10.2| 10.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| 6,578| 7,045| 6,985| 6,655| 6,801| 6,917| 6,993| 7,117| 7,065 Participation rate..........................| 58.9| 61.5| 60.9| 59.6| 60.3| 60.5| 61.1| 62.2| 61.6 Employed......................................| 5,894| 6,253| 6,279| 5,930| 6,143| 6,121| 6,224| 6,253| 6,317 Employment-population ratio.................| 52.8| 54.6| 54.8| 53.1| 54.5| 53.6| 54.4| 54.6| 55.1 Unemployed....................................| 684| 792| 705| 725| 658| 796| 769| 865| 747 Unemployment rate...........................| 10.4| 11.2| 10.1| 10.9| 9.7| 11.5| 11.0| 12.1| 10.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................| 696| 723| 733| 797| 741| 889| 796| 823| 837 Participation rate..........................| 33.3| 32.9| 33.3| 38.2| 35.2| 40.5| 36.3| 37.5| 38.1 Employed......................................| 381| 455| 475| 436| 467| 607| 515| 543| 534 Employment-population ratio.................| 18.3| 20.7| 21.6| 20.9| 22.2| 27.7| 23.5| 24.7| 24.3 Unemployed....................................| 314| 268| 258| 361| 274| 281| 281| 280| 303 Unemployment rate...........................| 45.2| 37.0| 35.2| 45.3| 37.0| 31.7| 35.3| 34.0| 36.2 Men.......................................| 48.2| 40.8| 41.9| 46.8| 38.8| 38.1| 40.1| 37.5| 40.8 Women.....................................| 40.9| 32.8| 28.3| 43.2| 35.2| 25.5| 30.5| 30.2| 31.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HISPANIC ORIGIN | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 15,635| 17,942| 17,993| 15,635| 16,014| 17,849| 17,896| 17,942| 17,993 Civilian labor force............................| 10,188| 11,887| 11,828| 10,232| 10,625| 11,746| 11,835| 11,871| 11,880 Participation rate..........................| 65.2| 66.3| 65.7| 65.4| 66.3| 65.8| 66.1| 66.2| 66.0 Employed......................................| 9,139| 10,638| 10,584| 9,154| 9,513| 10,495| 10,650| 10,680| 10,595 Employment-population ratio.................| 58.4| 59.3| 58.8| 58.5| 59.4| 58.8| 59.5| 59.5| 58.9 Unemployed....................................| 1,049| 1,250| 1,244| 1,078| 1,112| 1,251| 1,185| 1,190| 1,285 Unemployment rate...........................| 10.3| 10.5| 10.5| 10.5| 10.5| 10.6| 10.0| 10.0| 10.8 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2/ Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey EffectiveJanuary 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totalsbecause data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included inboth the white and black population groups. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Category | | | | | | | | |

| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1993 | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | |Total employed, 16 years and over.................|117,856 |120,844 |121,604 |118,585 |120,661 |121,971 |122,258 |122,037 |122,338 Married men, spouse present.....................| 40,879 | 41,083 | 41,339 | 40,935 | 40,951 | 41,483 | 41,328 | 41,331 | 41,380 Married women, spouse present...................| 30,443 | 31,435 | 31,596 | 30,194 | 31,051 | 31,579 | 31,709 | 31,310 | 31,345 Women who maintain families.....................| 6,838 | 7,340 | 7,104 | 6,923 | 6,693 | 6,796 | 7,133 | 7,369 | 7,191 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...........| 31,979 | 33,354 | 33,692 | 31,701 | 32,764 | 33,008 | 33,122 | 33,152 | 33,415 Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 36,621 | 37,060 | 36,906 | 36,526 | 37,243 | 37,411 | 37,191 | 37,060 | 36,796 Service occupations.............................| 16,373 | 17,059 | 16,987 | 16,483 | 16,734 | 16,796 | 17,087 | 17,111 | 17,107 Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 12,942 | 13,023 | 13,020 | 13,141 | 13,445 | 13,494 | 13,644 | 13,551 | 13,232 Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 16,806 | 17,183 | 17,517 | 17,173 | 17,209 | 17,685 | 17,645 | 17,581 | 17,888 Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 3,137 | 3,165 | 3,482 | 3,310 | 3,325 | 3,598 | 3,693 | 3,651 | 3,677 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLASS OF WORKER | | | | | | | | | Agriculture: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,590 | 1,523 | 1,656 | 1,630 | 1,724 | 1,641 | 1,677 | 1,719 | 1,693 Self-employed workers.........................| 1,291 | 1,525 | 1,652 | 1,333 | 1,269 | 1,590 | 1,633 | 1,661 | 1,710 Unpaid family workers.........................| 99 | 38 | 39 | 107 | 92 | 78 | 55 | 41 | 43 Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................|105,698 |108,626 |109,181 |106,235 |108,247 |109,526 |109,547 |109,365 |109,749 Government..................................| 18,582 | 18,648 | 18,448 | 18,524 | 18,503 | 18,163 | 18,152 | 18,481 | 18,393 Private industries..........................| 87,115 | 89,979 | 90,732 | 87,711 | 89,744 | 91,364 | 91,395 | 90,883 | 91,356 Private households........................| 1,024 | 978 | 966 | 1,108 | 1,104 | 928 | 1,074 | 1,035 | 1,043 Other industries..........................| 86,091 | 89,001 | 89,766 | 86,603 | 88,640 | 90,436 | 90,321 | 89,849 | 90,313 Self-employed workers.........................| 8,932 | 8,999 | 8,937 | 8,971 | 9,053 | 8,990 | 9,312 | 9,146 | 8,982 Unpaid family workers.........................| 247 | 132 | 139 | 233 | 217 | 142 | 143 | 117 | 131 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME | | | | | | | | | All industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 6,109 | 4,987 | 4,538 | 6,405 | 6,217 | 5,167 | 4,643 | 4,992 | 4,757 Slack work or business conditions...........| 3,031 | 2,665 | 2,276 | 3,144 | 3,099 | 2,561 | 2,301 | 2,538 | 2,363 Could only find part-time work..............| 2,799 | 2,046 | 1,983 | 2,966 | 2,828 | 2,171 | 2,028 | 2,138 | 2,101 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,459 | 18,290 | 18,318 | 14,663 | 15,373 | 17,744 | 17,674 | 17,519 | 17,072 | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 5,901 | 4,771 | 4,397 | 6,189 | 5,934 | 4,842 | 4,384 | 4,762 | 4,613 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,904 | 2,541 | 2,192 | 2,966 | 2,922 | 2,439 | 2,169 | 2,411 | 2,241 Could only find part-time work..............| 2,724 | 2,013 | 1,966 | 2,879 | 2,739 | 2,075 | 1,944 | 2,089 | 2,078 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 15,019 | 17,687 | 17,682 | 14,293 | 14,909 | 17,056 | 17,081 | 16,893 | 16,463 | | | | | | | | |

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey EffectiveJanuary 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings. NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobsduring the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrialdispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full timebut worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,illness, and bad weather. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Category | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1993 | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over.........................| 8,954 | 8,543 | 8,408| 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 Men, 20 years and over.........................| 4,288 | 3,866 | 3,743| 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.6 Women, 20 years and over.......................| 3,281 | 3,366 | 3,145| 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 5.6 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,385 | 1,311 | 1,520| 20.3 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 19.9 | | | | | | | | | Married men, spouse present....................| 1,945 | 1,786 | 1,701| 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 Married women, spouse present..................| 1,538 | 1,454 | 1,325| 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 Women who maintain families....................| 731 | 780 | 721| 9.6 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.1 | | | | | | | | | Full-time workers..............................| 7,279 | 6,956 | 6,833| 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 Part-time workers..............................| 1,699 | 1,595 | 1,589| 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.5 | | | | | | | | | 3/ | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty..........| 997 | 933 | 894| 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 2,095 | 2,246 | 2,028| 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........| 1,228 | 1,050 | 920| 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.5 Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,858 | 1,706 | 1,954| 9.8 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 9.8

Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 311 | 419 | 328| 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 8.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 6,837 | 6,624 | 6,471| 7.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.6 Goods-producing industries...................| 2,422 | 2,101 | 2,007| 8.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.3 Mining.....................................| 57 | 37 | 47| 8.2 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 6.8 Construction...............................| 872 | 788 | 746| 14.7 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 12.6 Manufacturing..............................| 1,493 | 1,277 | 1,215| 7.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.8 Durable goods............................| 857 | 690 | 668| 7.3 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.5 Nondurable goods.........................| 636 | 587 | 547| 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.3 Service-producing industries.................| 4,415 | 4,523 | 4,464| 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.3 Transportation and public utilities........| 346 | 320 | 393| 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.6 Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,990 | 2,005 | 1,948| 8.1 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.7 Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 309 | 217 | 257| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.4 Services...................................| 1,770 | 1,982 | 1,865| 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 Government workers.............................| 653 | 752 | 670| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 218 | 276 | 202| 11.8 | 11.3 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 10.7 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2/ Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey EffectiveJanuary 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings. 3/ Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not availablebecause the seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregularcomponents and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Duration | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1993 | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

| | | | | | | | | Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,936 | 2,477 | 2,539 | 3,309 | 3,063 | 3,349 | 2,574 | 2,758 | 2,863 5 to 14 weeks....................................| 2,294 | 2,855 | 2,193 | 2,537 | 2,247 | 2,336 | 2,727 | 2,549 | 2,434 15 weeks and over................................| 3,406 | 3,543 | 3,346 | 2,986 | 2,864 | 3,027 | 3,103 | 3,110 | 2,951 15 to 26 weeks................................| 1,616 | 1,645 | 1,452 | 1,311 | 1,150 | 1,314 | 1,359 | 1,264 | 1,168 27 weeks and over.............................| 1,790 | 1,898 | 1,894 | 1,675 | 1,714 | 1,713 | 1,744 | 1,847 | 1,782 | | | | | | | | | Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 19.1 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 17.7 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 19.2 | 19.1 Median duration, in weeks........................| 10.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | | Total unemployed.................................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 Less than 5 weeks..............................| 34.0 | 27.9 | 31.4 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 38.4 | 30.6 | 32.8 | 34.7 5 to 14 weeks..................................| 26.6 | 32.2 | 27.1 | 28.7 | 27.5 | 26.8 | 32.5 | 30.3 | 29.5 15 weeks and over..............................| 39.4 | 39.9 | 41.4 | 33.8 | 35.0 | 34.7 | 36.9 | 37.0 | 35.8 15 to 26 weeks...............................| 18.7 | 18.5 | 18.0 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 15.0 | 14.2 27 weeks and over............................| 20.7 | 21.4 | 23.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 20.8 | 21.9 | 21.6 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey EffectiveJanuary 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________ _______________________________________________ Reason | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1993 | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | |Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 4,927| 4,522| 3,832| 4,862| 4,442| 4,442| 4,185| 4,037| 3,790 On temporary layoff......................................| 1,025| 1,249| 904| 1,068| 1,060| 1,196| 1,109| 983| 947 Not on temporary layoff..................................| 3,902| 3,273| 2,928| 3,794| 3,382| 3,246| 3,075| 3,054| 2,843 Permanent job losers...................................| (2) | 2,491| 2,279| (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)

Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| (2) | 782| 649| (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)Job leavers................................................| 943| 832| 790| 990| 932| 762| 888| 873| 825Reentrants.................................................| 1,927| 2,993| 2,847| 2,187| 2,018| 2,831| 2,898| 3,054| 3,235New entrants...............................................| 838| 528| 609| 920| 797| 651| 641| 643| 689 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERCENT DISTRIBUTION | | | | | | | | |Total unemployed...........................................| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 57.1| 51.0| 47.4| 54.3| 54.2| 51.1| 48.6| 46.9| 44.4 On temporary layoff.....................................| 11.9| 14.1| 11.2| 11.9| 12.9| 13.8| 12.9| 11.4| 11.1 Not on temporary layoff.................................| 45.2| 36.9| 36.2| 42.3| 41.3| 37.4| 35.7| 35.5| 33.3 Job leavers...............................................| 10.9| 9.4| 9.8| 11.1| 11.4| 8.8| 10.3| 10.1| 9.7 Reentrants................................................| 22.3| 33.7| 35.2| 24.4| 24.6| 32.6| 33.7| 35.5| 37.9 New entrants..............................................| 9.7| 5.9| 7.5| 10.3| 9.7| 7.5| 7.4| 7.5| 8.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 3.9| 3.5| 3.0| 3.8| 3.4| 3.4| 3.2| 3.1| 2.9 Job leavers...............................................| .7| .6| .6| .8| .7| .6| .7| .7| .6 Reentrants................................................| 1.5| 2.3| 2.2| 1.7| 1.6| 2.2| 2.2| 2.3| 2.5 New entrants..............................................| .7| .4| .5| .7| .6| .5| .5| .5| .5 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey EffectiveJanuary 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings. 2/ Not available. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) | Age and sex | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1993 | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

| | | | | | | | |Total, 16 years and over..........................| 8,954 | 8,543 | 8,408 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 16 to 24 years..................................| 2,834 | 2,855 | 2,921 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 13.4 16 to 19 years................................| 1,385 | 1,311 | 1,520 | 20.3 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 19.9 16 to 17 years..............................| 597 | 586 | 765 | 22.5 | 19.0 | 21.2 | 21.8 | 19.9 | 24.1 18 to 19 years..............................| 793 | 725 | 764 | 19.0 | 17.1 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 16.5 | 17.1 20 to 24 years................................| 1,449 | 1,543 | 1,400 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 9.9 25 years and over...............................| 6,101 | 5,680 | 5,469 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 25 to 54 years................................| 5,424 | 4,993 | 4,793 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 55 years and over.............................| 640 | 700 | 644 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over..........................| 5,098 | 4,589 | 4,585 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 16 to 24 years................................| 1,634 | 1,559 | 1,627 | 15.2 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 14.2 16 to 19 years..............................| 810 | 723 | 843 | 22.4 | 19.4 | 20.7 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 16 to 17 years............................| 336 | 341 | 421 | 24.0 | 19.9 | 23.9 | 21.9 | 22.2 | 25.3 18 to 19 years............................| 478 | 386 | 427 | 21.5 | 18.9 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 18.8 20 to 24 years..............................| 824 | 835 | 784 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 10.4 25 years and over.............................| 3,461 | 3,010 | 2,954 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 25 to 54 years..............................| 3,042 | 2,625 | 2,557 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.0 55 years and over...........................| 393 | 385 | 373 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,856 | 3,954 | 3,823 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.4 16 to 24 years................................| 1,200 | 1,296 | 1,294 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 12.6 16 to 19 years..............................| 575 | 588 | 678 | 17.9 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 18.2 16 to 17 years............................| 261 | 245 | 344 | 20.8 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 21.7 | 17.4 | 22.8 18 to 19 years............................| 315 | 339 | 337 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 15.8 | 15.3 20 to 24 years..............................| 625 | 708 | 617 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 9.4 25 years and over.............................| 2,640 | 2,670 | 2,515 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.1 25 to 54 years..............................| 2,382 | 2,369 | 2,236 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.2 55 years and over...........................| 247 | 316 | 272 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.9 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2/ Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey EffectiveJanuary 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | April 1994 Category | ____________________________________________ | | | | Total | Men | Women

| | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE | | | | | |Total not in the labor force..........................................................| 66,681 | 24,092 | 42,589 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................| 6,574 | 2,681 | 3,893 Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................| 1,770 | 843 | 927 Reason not currently looking: | | | Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................| 502 | 310 | 192 Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................| 1,267 | 533 | 735 | | | | | | MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS | | |Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................| 7,300 | 3,841 | 3,459 Percent of total employed.........................................................| 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.2 | | | Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................| 4,269 | 2,485 | 1,784 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................| 1,580 | 479 | 1,101 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................| 250 | 181 | 69 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................| 1,159 | 682 | 477 | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months andwere available to take a job during the reference week. 2/ Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling ortraining, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3/ Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for suchreasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for whichreason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4/ Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on theirsecondary job(s), not shown separately. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | 1/ | 2/ Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | _____________________________ __________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | State and employment status

| Apr. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1993 | 19943/ | 1994 | 1993 | 1993 | 19943/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ California Civilian noninstitutional population...... 23,250 23,398 23,410 23,250 23,367 23,380 23,390 23,398 23,410 Civilian labor force.................... 15,160 15,430 15,402 15,312 15,216 15,626 15,597 15,547 15,559 Employed.............................. 13,879 14,054 13,998 13,950 13,884 14,041 14,190 14,205 14,066 Unemployed............................ 1,281 1,376 1,404 1,362 1,332 1,585 1,407 1,342 1,493 Unemployment rate..................... 8.4 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.8 10.1 9.0 8.6 9.6 Florida Civilian noninstitutional population...... 10,657 10,787 10,798 10,657 10,756 10,767 10,778 10,787 10,798 Civilian labor force.................... 6,544 6,727 6,690 6,612 6,742 6,798 6,692 6,762 6,759 Employed.............................. 6,136 6,255 6,233 6,159 6,277 6,286 6,309 6,266 6,257 Unemployed............................ 408 471 456 452 464 512 383 496 502 Unemployment rate..................... 6.2 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.5 5.7 7.3 7.4 Illinois Civilian noninstitutional population...... 8,817 8,866 8,870 8,817 8,857 8,861 8,864 8,866 8,870 Civilian labor force.................... 5,867 5,981 5,997 5,937 6,033 5,999 6,017 6,030 6,076 Employed.............................. 5,392 5,593 5,661 5,464 5,675 5,600 5,634 5,667 5,740 Unemployed............................ 475 388 336 473 358 399 383 362 336 Unemployment rate..................... 8.1 6.5 5.6 8.0 5.9 6.6 6.4 6.0 5.5 Massachusetts Civilian noninstitutional population...... 4,662 4,664 4,664 4,662 4,666 4,666 4,665 4,664 4,664 Civilian labor force.................... 3,119 3,142 3,097 3,147 3,162 3,172 3,130 3,142 3,127 Employed.............................. 2,914 2,933 2,916 2,935 2,966 2,944 2,930 2,957 2,937 Unemployed............................ 205 209 181 213 196 228 200 185 190 Unemployment rate..................... 6.6 6.7 5.8 6.8 6.2 7.2 6.4 5.9 6.1 Michigan Civilian noninstitutional population...... 7,123 7,156 7,159 7,123 7,150 7,153 7,155 7,156 7,159 Civilian labor force.................... 4,587 4,706 4,734 4,673 4,748 4,803 4,796 4,753 4,818 Employed.............................. 4,274 4,376 4,463 4,354 4,399 4,441 4,416 4,445 4,541 Unemployed............................ 313 330 271 319 349 363 380 308 276 Unemployment rate..................... 6.8 7.0 5.7 6.8 7.3 7.5 7.9 6.5 5.7 New Jersey Civilian noninstitutional population...... 6,100 6,126 6,128 6,100 6,121 6,123 6,125 6,126 6,128

Civilian labor force.................... 3,958 4,021 3,942 3,984 4,019 4,066 4,030 4,023 3,967 Employed.............................. 3,616 3,684 3,667 3,630 3,737 3,788 3,735 3,704 3,681 Unemployed............................ 343 337 276 354 282 278 295 319 286 Unemployment rate..................... 8.7 8.4 7.0 8.9 7.0 6.8 7.3 7.9 7.2 New York Civilian noninstitutional population...... 14,025 14,054 14,056 14,025 14,052 14,054 14,054 14,054 14,056 Civilian labor force.................... 8,635 8,645 8,593 8,699 8,597 8,622 8,578 8,686 8,652 Employed.............................. 8,027 7,943 7,938 8,044 7,943 8,008 7,906 7,987 7,947 Unemployed............................ 608 702 655 655 654 614 672 699 705 Unemployment rate..................... 7.0 8.1 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.1 7.8 8.1 8.2 North Carolina Civilian noninstitutional population...... 5,272 5,346 5,352 5,272 5,328 5,334 5,340 5,346 5,352 Civilian labor force.................... 3,517 3,523 3,545 3,560 3,565 3,559 3,587 3,572 3,587 Employed.............................. 3,331 3,364 3,410 3,370 3,417 3,418 3,402 3,417 3,449 Unemployed............................ 186 159 135 190 148 141 185 156 139 Unemployment rate..................... 5.3 4.5 3.8 5.3 4.1 4.0 5.2 4.4 3.9 Ohio Civilian noninstitutional population...... 8,388 8,422 8,425 8,388 8,416 8,419 8,421 8,422 8,425 Civilian labor force.................... 5,426 5,565 5,496 5,477 5,551 5,513 5,609 5,595 5,548 Employed.............................. 5,072 5,195 5,152 5,116 5,203 5,178 5,315 5,266 5,197 Unemployed............................ 354 370 344 361 348 335 294 329 351 Unemployment rate..................... 6.5 6.6 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.2 5.9 6.3 Pennsylvania Civilian noninstitutional population...... 9,277 9,299 9,300 9,277 9,297 9,298 9,299 9,299 9,300 Civilian labor force.................... 5,780 5,821 5,797 5,859 5,890 5,800 5,740 5,914 5,881 Employed.............................. 5,382 5,419 5,411 5,458 5,513 5,451 5,448 5,511 5,490 Unemployed............................ 398 403 386 402 377 349 292 402 391 Unemployment rate..................... 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.1 6.8 6.6 Texas Civilian noninstitutional population...... 13,247 13,479 13,499 13,247 13,421 13,442 13,461 13,479 13,499 Civilian labor force.................... 9,007 9,263 9,339 9,020 9,301 9,315 9,307 9,317 9,354 Employed.............................. 8,396 8,595 8,756 8,400 8,691 8,760 8,661 8,623 8,761 Unemployed............................ 611 668 583 620 611 555 646 694 593 Unemployment rate..................... 6.8 7.2 6.2 6.9 6.6 6.0 6.9 7.4 6.3 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the

administration of Federal fund allocation programs. 2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns. 3/ Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey EffectiveJanuary 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | | _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Industry | | | | | | | | | | | Apr. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | Apr. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | 1993 | 1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993 | 1993 | 1994 | 1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total..............................|109,582|110,008|110,878|111,863|109,820|111,110|111,079|111,357|111,821|112,088 | | | | | | | | | | Total private.........................| 90,421| 90,779| 91,525| 92,514| 91,020| 92,156| 92,150| 92,423| 92,857| 93,105 | | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries....................| 22,706| 22,412| 22,588| 22,899| 22,980| 23,008| 23,024| 23,032| 23,125| 23,189 | | | | | | | | | | Mining1/....................................| 596| 585| 585| 588| 600| 605| 602| 599| 597| 594 Oil and gas extraction....................| 331.4| 333.5| 331.0| 329.3| 335| 344| 341| 338| 336| 334 | | | | | | | | | | Construction1/..............................| 4,359| 4,199| 4,344| 4,619| 4,517| 4,665| 4,653| 4,650| 4,732| 4,796 General building contractors..............|1,017.6|1,001.3|1,024.5|1,065.1| 1,062| 1,085| 1,083| 1,072| 1,096| 1,108 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 17,751| 17,628| 17,659| 17,692| 17,863| 17,738| 17,769| 17,783| 17,796| 17,799 Production workers......................| 12,088| 12,076| 12,113| 12,154| 12,178| 12,139| 12,178| 12,207| 12,227| 12,237 | | | | | | | | | | Durable goods..............................| 10,050| 9,992| 10,023| 10,055| 10,090| 10,028| 10,061| 10,071| 10,078| 10,088 Production workers......................| 6,718| 6,739| 6,773| 6,815| 6,745| 6,749| 6,786| 6,801| 6,819| 6,837 | | | | | | | | | | Lumber and wood products..................| 670.9| 688.5| 690.6| 695.6| 683| 699| 705| 707| 705| 707 Furniture and fixtures....................| 478.2| 483.3| 485.8| 486.5| 480| 485| 487| 485| 488| 489 Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 506.8| 497.5| 505.4| 518.4| 511| 514| 517| 517| 519| 523 Primary metal industries..................| 676.1| 674.4| 673.9| 672.9| 678| 675| 676| 677| 676| 675

Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 239.0| 234.8| 232.9| 229.0| 240| 236| 237| 236| 234| 230 Fabricated metal products.................|1,307.8|1,315.4|1,321.1|1,323.5| 1,316| 1,315| 1,325| 1,325| 1,330| 1,330 Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,904.3|1,907.5|1,913.1|1,918.2| 1,904| 1,897| 1,901| 1,906| 1,909| 1,916 Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,511.3|1,518.1|1,523.6|1,530.4| 1,519| 1,518| 1,516| 1,523| 1,528| 1,535 Transportation equipment..................|1,742.7|1,696.8|1,699.4|1,702.1| 1,743| 1,703| 1,713| 1,714| 1,710| 1,702 Motor vehicles and equipment............| 812.8| 850.4| 854.8| 859.9| 810| 842| 875| 868| 866| 859 Aircraft and parts......................| 556.8| 493.4| 490.1| 484.4| 558| 505| 499| 492| 490| 485 Instruments and related products..........| 890.5| 854.6| 852.1| 847.7| 892| 861| 859| 856| 853| 849 Miscellaneous manufacturing...............| 361.2| 356.1| 358.2| 359.7| 364| 361| 362| 361| 360| 362 | | | | | | | | | | Nondurable goods...........................| 7,701| 7,636| 7,636| 7,637| 7,773| 7,710| 7,708| 7,712| 7,718| 7,7