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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 industry - ContinuedTable 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 94-580 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. (EST),Media Contact: 606-5902 Friday, December 2, 1994. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 1994 Employment expanded further in November and unemployment continued tofall, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Laborreported today. The unemployment rate, at 5.6 percent, was down 0.2percentage point over the month and has declined by 1.1 points sinceJanuary. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 350,000 in November, withnoteworthy gains in the services, construction, and manufacturingindustries. Average hourly earnings in the private sector decreasedslightly, following a marked rise in October. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment ratedeclined in November. At 5.6 percent, the jobless rate has fallen by halfa percentage point since August and by 1.1 points since January. Thenumber of persons unemployed has dropped by 1.4 million since January to7.3 million. (See table A-1.) The unemployment rates for adult men (4.9 percent) and teenagers (15.3percent) declined over the month. Adult women's jobless rate was unchangedat 5.0 percent, after falling 0.3 percentage point in the prior month. ---------------------------------------------------------------- | 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 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. | | In accordance with usual practice, the release of December | |data on January 6, 1995, will incorporate annual revisions in | |seasonally adjusted unemployment and other labor force series. | |Because of the survey changes described above, only seasonally | |adjusted data for the most recent year will be recomputed. | ---------------------------------------------------------------- - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted(Numbers in thousands)___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | Monthly data | | averages | | |_________________|__________________________|Oct.- Category | 1994 | 1994 |Nov. |_________________|__________________________|change | II | III | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. |______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________Civilian labor force..| 130,589| 130,996| 131,343| 131,836| 131,936| 100 Employment..........| 122,547| 123,082| 123,628| 124,236| 124,608| 372 Unemployment........| 8,043| 7,914| 7,715| 7,600| 7,328| -272Not in labor force....| 65,933| 66,054| 65,905| 65,594| 65,670| 76 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________All workers...........| 6.2| 6.0| 5.9| 5.8| 5.6| -0.2 Adult men...........| 5.4| 5.4| 5.1| 5.1| 4.9| -.2 Adult women.........| 5.4| 5.3| 5.3| 5.0| 5.0| .0 Teenagers...........| 18.4| 17.4| 17.0| 17.3| 15.3| -2.0 White...............| 5.4| 5.2| 5.1| 5.0| 4.8| -.2 Black...............| 11.5| 11.1| 10.7| 11.4| 10.5| -.9 Hispanic origin.....| 10.2| 10.2| 10.2| 9.4| 8.6| -.8 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________Nonfarm employment....| 112,995| 113,908| 114,186|p114,350|p114,700| p350 Goods-producing 1/..| 23,534| 23,634| 23,673| p23,716| p23,836| p120 Construction......| 4,909| 4,953| 4,972| p4,976| p5,047| p71 Manufacturing.....| 18,020| 18,079| 18,096| p18,138| p18,189| p51

Service-producing 1/| 89,461| 90,274| 90,513| p90,634| p90,864| p230 Retail trade......| 20,190| 20,420| 20,470| p20,512| p20,537| p25 Services..........| 31,620| 32,031| 32,138| p32,238| p32,385| p147 Government........| 19,004| 19,087| 19,151| p19,135| p19,161| p26 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________Total private.........| 34.7| 34.5| 34.6| p34.9| p34.6| p-0.3 Manufacturing.......| 42.1| 42.0| 42.0| p42.1| p42.1| p.0 Overtime..........| 4.7| 4.6| 4.7| p4.7| p4.7| p.0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 2/ |____________________________________________________Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| $11.07| $11.14| $11.17| p$11.24| p$11.22|p-$0.02Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| 384.25| 384.59| 386.48| p392.28| p388.21| p-4.07______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 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 - Rates for whites (4.8 percent), blacks (10.5 percent), and Hispanics (8.6percent) were all down from their October levels. (See tables A-1 andA-2.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment rose by 372,000 in November to a seasonally adjustedlevel of 124.6 million. Employment has grown sharply since July, and, as aresult, the employment-population ratio--the proportion of the working-agepopulation with jobs--has risen nearly a full percentage point to 63.1percent. (See table A-1.) About 7.5 million persons (not seasonallyadjusted), or 6.0 percent of all employed persons, held more than one jobin November (table A-8). The number of persons working part time eventhough they would have preferred full-time work was unchanged at 4.4million (table A-3). The civilian labor force, at 131.9 million, was little changed inNovember, after seasonal adjustment. The labor force participation rate,at 66.8 percent, remained at a very high level and has risen half apercentage point since July. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The number of persons with a marginal attachment to the labor force--those who wanted and were available for work but were no longer activelylooking after having searched for work sometime during the past 12 months--was 1.7 million (not seasonally adjusted) in November. Of that total, the

number of discouraged workers--persons who were not looking because theyfelt there were no jobs available for them--was 447,000. (See table A-8.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment climbed by 350,000 in November to114.7 million, seasonally adjusted. The bulk of this increase occurred inthree industries--services, construction, and manufacturing. (See tableB-1.) Since January, the number of payroll jobs has expanded by 3.0million. An unusually large amount of the November job gain took place in thegoods-producing industries. After showing little change in October, theconstruction industry added 71,000 jobs, with growth occurring in all threeof its component industries--special trade contractors, general buildingcontractors, and heavy construction. The return of some constructionworkers in the Southeast who were unable to work during the heavy andprolonged October rains added to the November total. Also, the Novembersurvey likely recorded fewer seasonal layoffs than normal, because thereference week--the week containing the 12th of the month--occurred veryearly (November 6-12). Mining employment continued to edge down inNovember, reflecting further job losses in oil and gas extraction. Manufacturing employment increased by 51,000 in November, following anadvance of nearly this magnitude in October. November gains werewidespread in the durable goods industries, with the largest in industrialmachinery, electronic equipment, fabricated metals, and lumber and woodproducts. Within nondurables, gains in food processing and in rubber andplastics were partially offset by losses in apparel, which continued itsslow, long-term employment decline. The number of factory jobs has risenby 255,000 since reaching a low in September 1993. - 4 - Employment in the services industry rose by 147,000 over the month.Nearly two-thirds of the advance took place in business services, largelyin personnel supply. In contrast, health services had a smaller-than-usualemployment increase, while hotels and other lodging places continued astring of job losses that began in August. Retail trade employment edged up by 25,000 (on a seasonally adjustedbasis) in November. This total reflected gains in building materials andgarden supply stores, food stores, and automotive dealers. These gainswere partially offset by declines in apparel and other specialty retailersand in general merchandise stores; the early timing of the survey referenceweek most likely failed to capture some of the typical November holidaybuildup in these seasonal retail industries. Wholesale trade employmentrose only slightly (9,000) in November; this industry, however, has addedabout 140,000 jobs over the past 12 months. The transportation industry added 18,000 jobs in November; most of theincrease occurred in trucking and warehousing. The real estate industryalso added workers, while job losses continued in nondepository financialinstitutions (such as mortgage banking) and the insurance industry. Asmall gain in local government employment mostly reflected the hiring of

temporary workers for the November elections. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers onprivate nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.3 hour in November, returning to itsSeptember level of 34.6 hours, seasonally adjusted. The averagemanufacturing workweek and factory overtime held steady at 42.1 and 4.7hours, respectively. Both remain at extremely high levels. (See tableB-2.) As a result of the decrease in hours, the index of aggregate weeklyhours of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrollswas down 0.5 percent to 130.5 (1982=100) in November, seasonally adjusted.The manufacturing index rose by 0.3 percent to 106.7. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisoryworkers slipped 2 cents in November to $11.22, seasonally adjusted,following a 7-cent rise in October (as revised). The 2-month gain of 5cents was about in line with the trend over the past year. Average weeklyearnings decreased by 1.0 percent in November to $388.21. Over the year,both hourly and weekly earnings increased by 2.6 percent. (See table B-3.) _________________________ The Employment Situation news release for December 1994 will bereleased on Friday, January 6, 1995, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates forthe balance of 1995 are as follows: Feb. 3 May 5 Aug. 4 Nov. 3 March 10 June 2 Sept. 1 Dec. 8 April 7 July 7 Oct. 6 HOUSEHOLD DATATable 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 | | | | | | | | | | Nov. | Oct. | Nov. | Nov. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL

| | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 194,321| 197,430| 197,607| 194,321| 196,859| 197,043| 197,248| 197,430| 197,607 Civilian labor force............................| 128,521| 131,879| 131,869| 128,662| 130,457| 131,189| 131,343| 131,836| 131,937 Participation rate........................| 66.1| 66.8| 66.7| 66.2| 66.3| 66.6| 66.6| 66.8| 66.8 Employed......................................| 120,632| 124,724| 124,896| 120,332| 122,452| 123,166| 123,628| 124,236| 124,608 Employment-population ratio...............| 62.1| 63.2| 63.2| 61.9| 62.2| 62.5| 62.7| 62.9| 63.1 Agriculture.................................| 3,060| 3,523| 3,480| 3,114| 3,278| 3,444| 3,409| 3,495| 3,561 Nonagricultural industries..................| 117,572| 121,202| 121,416| 117,218| 119,173| 119,722| 120,219| 120,741| 121,048 Unemployed....................................| 7,890| 7,155| 6,973| 8,330| 8,005| 8,023| 7,715| 7,600| 7,328 Unemployment rate.........................| 6.1| 5.4| 5.3| 6.5| 6.1| 6.1| 5.9| 5.8| 5.6 Not in labor force..............................| 65,800| 65,550| 65,738| 65,659| 66,403| 65,854| 65,905| 65,594| 65,670 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 93,033| 94,671| 94,768| 93,033| 94,377| 94,469| 94,576| 94,671| 94,768 Civilian labor force............................| 69,440| 71,168| 71,013| 69,730| 70,513| 70,833| 70,695| 71,241| 71,265 Participation rate........................| 74.6| 75.2| 74.9| 75.0| 74.7| 75.0| 74.7| 75.3| 75.2 Employed......................................| 65,147| 67,424| 67,313| 65,144| 66,036| 66,452| 66,572| 67,086| 67,339 Employment-population ratio...............| 70.0| 71.2| 71.0| 70.0| 70.0| 70.3| 70.4| 70.9| 71.1 Unemployed....................................| 4,293| 3,745| 3,700| 4,586| 4,478| 4,381| 4,123| 4,155| 3,926 Unemployment rate.........................| 6.2| 5.3| 5.2| 6.6| 6.3| 6.2| 5.8| 5.8| 5.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 86,245| 87,439| 87,529| 86,245| 87,123| 87,248| 87,321| 87,439| 87,529 Civilian labor force............................| 66,053| 67,392| 67,364| 66,198| 66,596| 66,856| 66,839| 67,277| 67,444 Participation rate........................| 76.6| 77.1| 77.0| 76.8| 76.4| 76.6| 76.5| 76.9| 77.1 Employed......................................| 62,430| 64,294| 64,239| 62,315| 62,889| 63,216| 63,421| 63,831| 64,123 Employment-population ratio...............| 72.4| 73.5| 73.4| 72.3| 72.2| 72.5| 72.6| 73.0| 73.3 Agriculture.................................| 2,323| 2,377| 2,402| 2,334| 2,285| 2,395| 2,255| 2,284| 2,409 Nonagricultural industries..................| 60,107| 61,917| 61,837| 59,981| 60,605| 60,820| 61,167| 61,548| 61,714 Unemployed....................................| 3,622| 3,098| 3,125| 3,883| 3,706| 3,640| 3,418| 3,446| 3,321 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.5| 4.6| 4.6| 5.9| 5.6| 5.4| 5.1| 5.1| 4.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 101,288| 102,758| 102,839| 101,288| 102,482| 102,575| 102,672| 102,758| 102,839 Civilian labor force............................| 59,081| 60,711| 60,856| 58,932| 59,943| 60,356| 60,647| 60,595| 60,672 Participation rate........................| 58.3| 59.1| 59.2| 58.2| 58.5| 58.8| 59.1| 59.0| 59.0 Employed......................................| 55,485| 57,301| 57,584| 55,188| 56,416| 56,714| 57,056| 57,150| 57,270 Employment-population ratio...............| 54.8| 55.8| 56.0| 54.5| 55.0| 55.3| 55.6| 55.6| 55.7 Unemployed....................................| 3,596| 3,410| 3,272| 3,744| 3,528| 3,642| 3,592| 3,445| 3,402 Unemployment rate.........................| 6.1| 5.6| 5.4| 6.4| 5.9| 6.0| 5.9| 5.7| 5.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 94,709| 95,729| 95,821| 94,709| 95,469| 95,544| 95,658| 95,729| 95,821 Civilian labor force............................| 55,908| 57,302| 57,444| 55,621| 56,367| 56,774| 57,217| 57,055| 57,119 Participation rate........................| 59.0| 59.9| 59.9| 58.7| 59.0| 59.4| 59.8| 59.6| 59.6 Employed......................................| 52,830| 54,473| 54,667| 52,423| 53,394| 53,711| 54,161| 54,198| 54,240

Employment-population ratio...............| 55.8| 56.9| 57.1| 55.4| 55.9| 56.2| 56.6| 56.6| 56.6 Agriculture.................................| 595| 888| 844| 597| 781| 817| 855| 879| 843 Nonagricultural industries..................| 52,236| 53,585| 53,823| 51,826| 52,613| 52,894| 53,306| 53,318| 53,396 Unemployed....................................| 3,078| 2,829| 2,776| 3,198| 2,972| 3,063| 3,056| 2,858| 2,880 Unemployment rate.........................| 5.5| 4.9| 4.8| 5.7| 5.3| 5.4| 5.3| 5.0| 5.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population.............| 13,367| 14,261| 14,257| 13,367| 14,267| 14,251| 14,269| 14,261| 14,257 Civilian labor force............................| 6,560| 7,185| 7,061| 6,843| 7,495| 7,560| 7,286| 7,503| 7,373 Participation rate........................| 49.1| 50.4| 49.5| 51.2| 52.5| 53.0| 51.1| 52.6| 51.7 Employed......................................| 5,371| 5,957| 5,990| 5,594| 6,168| 6,239| 6,046| 6,207| 6,246 Employment-population ratio...............| 40.2| 41.8| 42.0| 41.8| 43.2| 43.8| 42.4| 43.5| 43.8 Agriculture.................................| 141| 257| 234| 183| 212| 231| 300| 332| 308 Nonagricultural industries..................| 5,230| 5,700| 5,756| 5,411| 5,956| 6,008| 5,746| 5,875| 5,938 Unemployed....................................| 1,189| 1,228| 1,071| 1,249| 1,327| 1,320| 1,240| 1,296| 1,127 Unemployment rate.........................| 18.1| 17.1| 15.2| 18.3| 17.7| 17.5| 17.0| 17.3| 15.3 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 | | | | | | | | | | Nov. | Oct. | Nov. | Nov. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WHITE | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 164,421| 165,954| 166,072| 164,421| 165,576| 165,696| 165,832| 165,954| 166,072 Civilian labor force............................| 109,670| 111,577| 111,703| 109,804| 110,768| 111,242| 111,417| 111,584| 111,750 Participation rate..........................| 66.7| 67.2| 67.3| 66.8| 66.9| 67.1| 67.2| 67.2| 67.3

Employed......................................| 103,854| 106,435| 106,655| 103,662| 104,831| 105,400| 105,756| 106,012| 106,426 Employment-population ratio.................| 63.2| 64.1| 64.2| 63.0| 63.3| 63.6| 63.8| 63.9| 64.1 Unemployed....................................| 5,816| 5,141| 5,048| 6,142| 5,936| 5,842| 5,661| 5,573| 5,324 Unemployment rate...........................| 5.3| 4.6| 4.5| 5.6| 5.4| 5.3| 5.1| 5.0| 4.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| 57,045| 57,703| 57,744| 57,123| 57,254| 57,363| 57,445| 57,677| 57,772 Participation rate..........................| 77.1| 77.5| 77.4| 77.2| 77.1| 77.1| 77.2| 77.4| 77.5 Employed......................................| 54,366| 55,410| 55,441| 54,279| 54,466| 54,677| 54,919| 55,079| 55,330 Employment-population ratio.................| 73.5| 74.4| 74.3| 73.4| 73.3| 73.5| 73.8| 73.9| 74.2 Unemployed....................................| 2,678| 2,294| 2,303| 2,844| 2,788| 2,686| 2,526| 2,598| 2,443 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.7| 4.0| 4.0| 5.0| 4.9| 4.7| 4.4| 4.5| 4.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| 46,965| 47,822| 47,975| 46,768| 47,183| 47,451| 47,851| 47,617| 47,751 Participation rate..........................| 58.8| 59.7| 59.8| 58.6| 59.0| 59.3| 59.7| 59.4| 59.5 Employed......................................| 44,700| 45,817| 45,992| 44,392| 44,949| 45,228| 45,628| 45,544| 45,672 Employment-population ratio.................| 56.0| 57.2| 57.4| 55.6| 56.2| 56.5| 57.0| 56.8| 57.0 Unemployed....................................| 2,265| 2,005| 1,983| 2,376| 2,234| 2,223| 2,223| 2,073| 2,079 Unemployment rate...........................| 4.8| 4.2| 4.1| 5.1| 4.7| 4.7| 4.6| 4.4| 4.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................| 5,660| 6,052| 5,984| 5,913| 6,330| 6,427| 6,121| 6,291| 6,226 Participation rate..........................| 53.2| 53.5| 52.9| 55.6| 56.1| 56.9| 54.2| 55.6| 55.0 Employed......................................| 4,787| 5,209| 5,222| 4,991| 5,416| 5,495| 5,210| 5,389| 5,423 Employment-population ratio.................| 45.0| 46.1| 46.2| 46.9| 48.0| 48.7| 46.1| 47.7| 47.9 Unemployed....................................| 873| 843| 762| 922| 914| 933| 911| 902| 803 Unemployment rate...........................| 15.4| 13.9| 12.7| 15.6| 14.4| 14.5| 14.9| 14.3| 12.9 Men.......................................| 17.8| 13.9| 13.6| 17.7| 16.1| 15.1| 16.4| 14.8| 13.8 Women.....................................| 12.9| 14.0| 11.8| 13.3| 12.6| 13.8| 13.1| 13.9| 12.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BLACK | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 22,475| 22,990| 23,023| 22,475| 22,883| 22,917| 22,955| 22,990| 23,023 Civilian labor force............................| 14,049| 14,716| 14,566| 14,057| 14,351| 14,401| 14,461| 14,733| 14,565 Participation rate..........................| 62.5| 64.0| 63.3| 62.5| 62.7| 62.8| 63.0| 64.1| 63.3 Employed......................................| 12,350| 13,146| 13,080| 12,297| 12,739| 12,746| 12,912| 13,060| 13,033 Employment-population ratio.................| 54.9| 57.2| 56.8| 54.7| 55.7| 55.6| 56.2| 56.8| 56.6 Unemployed....................................| 1,699| 1,570| 1,486| 1,760| 1,612| 1,655| 1,549| 1,673| 1,532 Unemployment rate...........................| 12.1| 10.7| 10.2| 12.5| 11.2| 11.5| 10.7| 11.4| 10.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| 6,520| 6,760| 6,703| 6,529| 6,537| 6,544| 6,623| 6,747| 6,703 Participation rate..........................| 71.7| 73.3| 72.6| 71.8| 71.4| 71.2| 71.9| 73.2| 72.6 Employed......................................| 5,763| 6,161| 6,097| 5,725| 5,854| 5,860| 5,960| 6,088| 6,067

Employment-population ratio.................| 63.4| 66.8| 66.0| 63.0| 64.0| 63.8| 64.7| 66.0| 65.7 Unemployed....................................| 757| 599| 605| 804| 683| 684| 662| 659| 636 Unemployment rate...........................| 11.6| 8.9| 9.0| 12.3| 10.5| 10.5| 10.0| 9.8| 9.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................| 6,823| 7,096| 7,041| 6,766| 6,939| 7,015| 6,994| 7,049| 6,984 Participation rate..........................| 60.6| 61.5| 60.9| 60.1| 60.4| 60.9| 60.7| 61.0| 60.4 Employed......................................| 6,162| 6,450| 6,417| 6,111| 6,343| 6,354| 6,368| 6,386| 6,366 Employment-population ratio.................| 54.7| 55.9| 55.5| 54.2| 55.2| 55.2| 55.2| 55.3| 55.1 Unemployed....................................| 661| 646| 625| 655| 596| 661| 626| 663| 618 Unemployment rate...........................| 9.7| 9.1| 8.9| 9.7| 8.6| 9.4| 8.9| 9.4| 8.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................| 706| 860| 822| 762| 876| 842| 844| 938| 879 Participation rate..........................| 33.3| 38.7| 36.9| 35.9| 39.2| 38.1| 38.1| 42.2| 39.5 Employed......................................| 425| 535| 566| 461| 542| 532| 584| 586| 600 Employment-population ratio.................| 20.0| 24.1| 25.4| 21.7| 24.3| 24.1| 26.3| 26.4| 26.9 Unemployed....................................| 281| 325| 256| 301| 333| 310| 261| 352| 279 Unemployment rate...........................| 39.8| 37.8| 31.1| 39.5| 38.1| 36.8| 30.9| 37.5| 31.7 Men.......................................| 39.4| 35.9| 28.6| 39.2| 43.0| 42.3| 29.1| 35.9| 29.2 Women.....................................| 40.2| 39.7| 33.8| 39.7| 32.3| 30.4| 32.8| 39.2| 34.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HISPANIC ORIGIN | | | | | | | | |Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 15,967| 18,291| 18,339| 15,967| 18,143| 18,193| 18,244| 18,291| 18,339 Civilian labor force............................| 10,505| 12,194| 12,215| 10,575| 11,949| 11,958| 12,022| 12,245| 12,303 Participation rate..........................| 65.8| 66.7| 66.6| 66.2| 65.9| 65.7| 65.9| 66.9| 67.1 Employed......................................| 9,411| 11,094| 11,160| 9,476| 10,736| 10,734| 10,796| 11,094| 11,250 Employment-population ratio.................| 58.9| 60.7| 60.9| 59.3| 59.2| 59.0| 59.2| 60.7| 61.3 Unemployed....................................| 1,094| 1,100| 1,055| 1,099| 1,212| 1,224| 1,226| 1,151| 1,053 Unemployment rate...........................| 10.4| 9.0| 8.6| 10.4| 10.1| 10.2| 10.2| 9.4| 8.6 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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.

Table A-3. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Category | | | | | | | | | | Nov. | Oct. | Nov. | Nov. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | |Total employed, 16 years and over.................|120,632 |124,724 |124,896 |120,332 |122,452 |123,166 |123,628 |124,236 |124,608 Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,048 | 41,772 | 41,672 | 40,842 | 41,224 | 41,475 | 41,577 | 41,441 | 41,465 Married women, spouse present...................| 31,180 | 31,968 | 32,161 | 30,872 | 31,379 | 31,567 | 31,967 | 31,746 | 31,811 Women who maintain families.....................| 6,681 | 7,169 | 7,159 | 6,704 | 7,013 | 6,932 | 7,016 | 7,126 | 7,217 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty...........| 32,988 | 34,462 | 34,646 | 32,739 | 33,859 | 33,931 | 34,303 | 34,284 | 34,397 Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 36,864 | 37,508 | 37,779 | 36,974 | 37,194 | 37,358 | 37,711 | 37,697 | 37,854 Service occupations.............................| 16,585 | 16,848 | 16,754 | 16,688 | 16,899 | 16,794 | 16,685 | 17,053 | 16,855 Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,774 | 13,692 | 13,868 | 13,597 | 13,330 | 13,468 | 13,438 | 13,398 | 13,676 Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,209 | 18,503 | 18,245 | 16,958 | 17,762 | 17,964 | 18,019 | 18,167 | 18,029 Farming, forestry, and fishing..................| 3,212 | 3,711 | 3,605 | 3,389 | 3,487 | 3,660 | 3,647 | 3,663 | 3,819 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLASS OF WORKER | | | | | | | | | Agriculture: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................| 1,665 | 1,813 | 1,768 | 1,719 | 1,637 | 1,737 | 1,702 | 1,793 | 1,817 Self-employed workers.........................| 1,309 | 1,668 | 1,664 | 1,311 | 1,606 | 1,667 | 1,616 | 1,636 | 1,671 Unpaid family workers.........................| 85 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 50 | 47 | 64 | 41 | 50 Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Wage and salary workers.......................|108,215 |112,154 |112,315 |107,975 |110,082 |110,393 |111,159 |111,786 |112,045 Government..................................| 18,707 | 18,480 | 18,528 | 18,493 | 18,256 | 18,188 | 18,325 | 18,136 | 18,344 Private industries..........................| 89,509 | 93,674 | 93,788 | 89,482 | 91,825 | 92,205 | 92,834 | 93,650 | 93,700 Private households........................| 1,048 | 930 | 964 | 1,103 | 934 | 843 | 871 | 910 | 1,022 Other industries..........................| 88,461 | 92,744 | 92,824 | 88,379 | 90,891 | 91,362 | 91,963 | 92,740 | 92,679 Self-employed workers.........................| 9,137 | 8,915 | 8,986 | 9,011 | 8,970 | 9,055 | 8,971 | 8,792 | 8,879 Unpaid family workers.........................| 219 | 133 | 115 | 223 | 138 | 141 | 134 | 133 | 117 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME | | | | | | | | | All industries: | | | | | | | | |

Part time for economic reasons................| 6,039 | 4,132 | 4,368 | 6,126 | 4,425 | 4,284 | 4,260 | 4,405 | 4,426 Slack work or business conditions...........| 3,056 | 2,217 | 2,374 | 3,037 | 2,430 | 2,393 | 2,403 | 2,363 | 2,365 Could only find part-time work..............| 2,749 | 1,660 | 1,688 | 2,810 | 1,664 | 1,569 | 1,643 | 1,780 | 1,728 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 16,433 | 18,684 | 19,284 | 15,290 | 18,059 | 18,171 | 17,599 | 17,660 | 17,922 | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural industries: | | | | | | | | | Part time for economic reasons................| 5,784 | 3,919 | 4,156 | 5,904 | 4,224 | 4,092 | 4,075 | 4,186 | 4,236 Slack work or business conditions...........| 2,893 | 2,060 | 2,250 | 2,905 | 2,315 | 2,271 | 2,290 | 2,212 | 2,263 Could only find part-time work..............| 2,661 | 1,624 | 1,641 | 2,719 | 1,627 | 1,539 | 1,592 | 1,744 | 1,678 Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 16,040 | 17,988 | 18,634 | 14,858 | 17,443 | 17,559 | 16,946 | 16,969 | 17,238 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Nov. | Oct. | Nov. | Nov. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHARACTERISTIC | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over.........................| 8,330 | 7,600 | 7,328| 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 Men, 20 years and over.........................| 3,883 | 3,446 | 3,321| 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.9 Women, 20 years and over.......................| 3,198 | 2,858 | 2,880| 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.0 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................| 1,249 | 1,296 | 1,127| 18.3 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 15.3 | | | | | | | | | Married men, spouse present....................| 1,703 | 1,432 | 1,393| 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 Married women, spouse present..................| 1,423 | 1,333 | 1,279| 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9

Women who maintain families....................| 667 | 695 | 645| 9.0 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.2 | | | | | | | | | Full-time workers..............................| 6,707 | 6,309 | 6,008| 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.6 Part-time workers..............................| 1,565 | 1,376 | 1,325| 6.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.3 | | | | | | | | | 3/ | | | | | | | | | OCCUPATION | | | | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty..........| 982 | 892 | 867| 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 Technical, sales, and administrative support...| 2,029 | 1,766 | 1,831| 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........| 969 | 816 | 764| 6.7 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.3 Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........| 1,719 | 1,723 | 1,601| 9.2 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.2 Farming, forestry, and fishing.................| 286 | 344 | 289| 7.8 | 9.7 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | INDUSTRY | | | | | | | | | Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers| 6,455 | 5,896 | 5,845| 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 Goods-producing industries...................| 2,165 | 1,767 | 1,706| 8.0 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.1 Mining.....................................| 52 | 30 | 33| 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 Construction...............................| 744 | 675 | 653| 12.2 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.3 Manufacturing..............................| 1,369 | 1,062 | 1,019| 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 Durable goods............................| 772 | 570 | 481| 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 Nondurable goods.........................| 597 | 492 | 539| 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 6.1 Service-producing industries.................| 4,290 | 4,129 | 4,139| 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 Transportation and public utilities........| 354 | 301 | 337| 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 Wholesale and retail trade.................| 1,886 | 1,907 | 1,840| 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.1 Finance, insurance, and real estate........| 277 | 252 | 280| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 Services...................................| 1,773 | 1,668 | 1,682| 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 Government workers.............................| 581 | 577 | 482| 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.6 Agricultural wage and salary workers...........| 197 | 195 | 192| 10.3 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 9.5 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Table A-5. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | |

| | Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ Duration | | | | | | | | | | Nov. | Oct. | Nov. | Nov. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | | Less than 5 weeks................................| 2,855 | 2,274 | 2,467 | 2,946 | 2,871 | 2,618 | 2,668 | 2,378 | 2,546 5 to 14 weeks....................................| 2,327 | 2,179 | 2,063 | 2,401 | 2,361 | 2,632 | 2,306 | 2,306 | 2,149 15 weeks and over................................| 2,707 | 2,703 | 2,443 | 2,971 | 2,855 | 2,793 | 2,841 | 3,026 | 2,702 15 to 26 weeks................................| 1,048 | 1,225 | 1,068 | 1,216 | 1,269 | 1,219 | 1,249 | 1,403 | 1,224 27 weeks and over.............................| 1,659 | 1,477 | 1,374 | 1,755 | 1,586 | 1,575 | 1,593 | 1,623 | 1,478 | | | | | | | | | Average (mean) duration, in weeks................| 18.8 | 19.3 | 17.9 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 19.6 | 17.9 Median duration, in weeks........................| 8.2 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 9.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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..............................| 36.2 | 31.8 | 35.4 | 35.4 | 35.5 | 32.5 | 34.1 | 30.8 | 34.4 5 to 14 weeks..................................| 29.5 | 30.5 | 29.6 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 32.7 | 29.5 | 29.9 | 29.1 15 weeks and over..............................| 34.3 | 37.8 | 35.0 | 35.7 | 35.3 | 34.7 | 36.4 | 39.3 | 36.5 15 to 26 weeks...............................| 13.3 | 17.1 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 18.2 | 16.5 27 weeks and over............................| 21.0 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 21.1 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 20.4 | 21.1 | 20.0 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 | | | | | | | | |

| Nov. | Oct. | Nov. | Nov. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1993 |19941/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED | | | | | | | | |Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........| 4,196| 3,168| 3,366| 4,444| 3,904| 3,813| 3,570| 3,528| 3,532 On temporary layoff......................................| 882| 637| 803| 963| 1,053| 1,022| 791| 808| 863 Not on temporary layoff..................................| 3,314| 2,531| 2,563| 3,481| 2,851| 2,791| 2,779| 2,720| 2,668 Permanent job losers...................................| (2) | 1,820| 1,801| (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) Persons who completed temporary jobs...................| (2) | 712| 762| (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2) | (2)Job leavers................................................| 989| 811| 714| 960| 755| 751| 892| 767| 692Reentrants.................................................| 1,963| 2,611| 2,407| 2,084| 2,781| 2,779| 2,579| 2,614| 2,550New entrants...............................................| 741| 565| 486| 833| 587| 650| 611| 616| 577 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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.......| 53.2| 44.3| 48.3| 53.4| 48.6| 47.7| 46.7| 46.9| 48.0 On temporary layoff.....................................| 11.2| 8.9| 11.5| 11.6| 13.1| 12.8| 10.3| 10.7| 11.7 Not on temporary layoff.................................| 42.0| 35.4| 36.8| 41.8| 35.5| 34.9| 36.3| 36.1| 36.3 Job leavers...............................................| 12.5| 11.3| 10.2| 11.5| 9.4| 9.4| 11.7| 10.2| 9.4 Reentrants................................................| 24.9| 36.5| 34.5| 25.0| 34.7| 34.8| 33.7| 34.7| 34.7 New entrants..............................................| 9.4| 7.9| 7.0| 10.0| 7.3| 8.1| 8.0| 8.2| 7.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE | | | | | | | | | CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE | | | | | | | | | Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......| 3.3| 2.4| 2.6| 3.5| 3.0| 2.9| 2.7| 2.7| 2.7 Job leavers...............................................| .8| .6| .5| .7| .6| .6| .7| .6| .5 Reentrants................................................| 1.5| 2.0| 1.8| 1.6| 2.1| 2.1| 2.0| 2.0| 1.9 New entrants..............................................| .6| .4| .4| .6| .4| .5| .5| .5| .4 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Number of | | unemployed persons | Unemployment rates1/ | (in thousands) |

Age and sex | | __________________________ _____________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Nov. | Oct. | Nov. | Nov. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1993 |19942/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | |Total, 16 years and over..........................| 8,330 | 7,600 | 7,328 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 16 to 24 years..................................| 2,568 | 2,557 | 2,413 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.2 16 to 19 years................................| 1,249 | 1,296 | 1,127 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 15.3 16 to 17 years..............................| 566 | 553 | 532 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 18.7 | 17.2 | 16.9 18 to 19 years..............................| 687 | 747 | 597 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 17.5 | 14.2 20 to 24 years................................| 1,319 | 1,261 | 1,286 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.1 25 years and over...............................| 5,747 | 5,079 | 4,947 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 25 to 54 years................................| 5,124 | 4,463 | 4,328 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 55 years and over.............................| 649 | 622 | 624 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 | | | | | | | | | Men, 16 years and over..........................| 4,586 | 4,155 | 3,926 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.5 16 to 24 years................................| 1,438 | 1,423 | 1,328 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 11.7 16 to 19 years..............................| 703 | 709 | 605 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 17.9 | 15.8 16 to 17 years............................| 314 | 297 | 266 | 21.7 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 16.1 18 to 19 years............................| 388 | 419 | 340 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 15.8 20 to 24 years..............................| 735 | 714 | 723 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.5 25 years and over.............................| 3,141 | 2,762 | 2,629 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 25 to 54 years..............................| 2,755 | 2,362 | 2,250 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 55 years and over...........................| 391 | 371 | 355 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | | | | | | | | | Women, 16 years and over........................| 3,744 | 3,445 | 3,402 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 16 to 24 years................................| 1,130 | 1,134 | 1,085 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 10.8 16 to 19 years..............................| 546 | 587 | 522 | 16.5 | 15.5 | 16.2 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 14.7 16 to 17 years............................| 252 | 256 | 266 | 19.2 | 20.3 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 17.9 18 to 19 years............................| 299 | 327 | 257 | 14.9 | 12.0 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 12.5 20 to 24 years..............................| 584 | 547 | 563 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 8.6 25 years and over.............................| 2,606 | 2,316 | 2,318 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 25 to 54 years..............................| 2,369 | 2,102 | 2,078 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 55 years and over...........................| 258 | 250 | 269 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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)

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | November 1994 Category | ____________________________________________ | | | | Total | Men | Women | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE | | | | | |Total not in the labor force..........................................................| 65,738 | 23,755 | 41,983 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................| 5,411 | 2,151 | 3,260 Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................| 1,674 | 818 | 855 Reason not currently looking: | | | Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................| 447 | 277 | 171 Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................| 1,226 | 542 | 685 | | | | | | MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS | | |Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................| 7,475 | 4,068 | 3,407 Percent of total employed.........................................................| 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.9 | | | Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................| 4,384 | 2,685 | 1,700 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................| 1,702 | 537 | 1,165 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................| 241 | 174 | 67 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................| 1,103 | 649 | 454 | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. 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 | Nov. | Oct. | Nov. | Nov. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | 1993 | 19943/ | 1994 | 1993 | 19943/ | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | | | | | | | | |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ California Civilian noninstitutional population...... 23,354 23,500 23,515 23,354 23,451 23,467 23,484 23,500 23,515 Civilian labor force.................... 15,198 15,585 15,454 15,209 15,334 15,390 15,463 15,608 15,497 Employed.............................. 13,890 14,429 14,292 13,861 13,950 14,023 14,172 14,411 14,299 Unemployed............................ 1,308 1,156 1,162 1,348 1,383 1,367 1,290 1,197 1,198 Unemployment rate..................... 8.6 7.4 7.5 8.9 9.0 8.9 8.3 7.7 7.7 Florida Civilian noninstitutional population...... 10,744 10,873 10,886 10,744 10,834 10,847 10,861 10,873 10,886 Civilian labor force.................... 6,673 6,844 6,903 6,689 6,709 6,718 6,843 6,829 6,928 Employed.............................. 6,269 6,429 6,475 6,245 6,296 6,344 6,386 6,384 6,455 Unemployed............................ 404 415 427 445 413 374 457 445 473 Unemployment rate..................... 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.2 5.6 6.7 6.5 6.8 Illinois Civilian noninstitutional population...... 8,852 8,901 8,906 8,852 8,884 8,889 8,895 8,901 8,906 Civilian labor force.................... 5,993 6,028 6,007 5,999 5,976 5,986 5,952 6,050 6,011 Employed.............................. 5,659 5,683 5,738 5,640 5,601 5,646 5,612 5,672 5,713 Unemployed............................ 334 346 270 359 374 340 340 378 298 Unemployment rate..................... 5.6 5.7 4.5 6.0 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.0 Massachusetts Civilian noninstitutional population...... 4,665 4,667 4,668 4,665 4,665 4,665 4,667 4,667 4,668 Civilian labor force.................... 3,166 3,170 3,159 3,175 3,219 3,172 3,181 3,183 3,164 Employed.............................. 2,972 2,983 2,994 2,972 3,028 2,984 3,014 2,979 2,990 Unemployed............................ 194 187 165 204 191 188 167 205 174 Unemployment rate..................... 6.1 5.9 5.2 6.4 5.9 5.9 5.2 6.4 5.5 Michigan Civilian noninstitutional population...... 7,147 7,180 7,183 7,147 7,168 7,172 7,176 7,180 7,183 Civilian labor force.................... 4,715 4,816 4,760 4,714 4,745 4,744 4,810 4,817 4,760 Employed.............................. 4,408 4,589 4,561 4,383 4,462 4,447 4,545 4,570 4,540 Unemployed............................ 308 227 200 331 283 297 265 247 220 Unemployment rate..................... 6.5 4.7 4.2 7.0 6.0 6.3 5.5 5.1 4.6

New Jersey Civilian noninstitutional population...... 6,119 6,144 6,147 6,119 6,135 6,138 6,142 6,144 6,147 Civilian labor force.................... 4,030 4,098 4,052 4,043 4,061 4,099 4,098 4,107 4,055 Employed.............................. 3,790 3,841 3,801 3,786 3,799 3,852 3,824 3,830 3,789 Unemployed............................ 240 257 251 257 261 246 274 277 266 Unemployment rate..................... 5.9 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.7 6.7 6.6 New York Civilian noninstitutional population...... 14,049 14,077 14,080 14,049 14,064 14,067 14,073 14,077 14,080 Civilian labor force.................... 8,576 8,583 8,545 8,606 8,730 8,633 8,591 8,609 8,581 Employed.............................. 7,956 8,051 8,040 7,955 8,110 8,035 8,058 8,048 8,043 Unemployed............................ 621 533 505 651 620 598 533 561 538 Unemployment rate..................... 7.2 6.2 5.9 7.6 7.1 6.9 6.2 6.5 6.3 North Carolina Civilian noninstitutional population...... 5,321 5,394 5,401 5,321 5,372 5,379 5,387 5,394 5,401 Civilian labor force.................... 3,575 3,655 3,667 3,554 3,567 3,613 3,638 3,624 3,645 Employed.............................. 3,436 3,486 3,524 3,410 3,401 3,424 3,452 3,443 3,497 Unemployed............................ 139 169 143 144 166 189 186 180 148 Unemployment rate..................... 3.9 4.6 3.9 4.1 4.7 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.1 Ohio Civilian noninstitutional population...... 8,413 8,446 8,450 8,413 8,434 8,438 8,443 8,446 8,450 Civilian labor force.................... 5,491 5,537 5,572 5,512 5,472 5,437 5,520 5,557 5,598 Employed.............................. 5,165 5,290 5,338 5,153 5,153 5,143 5,217 5,282 5,336 Unemployed............................ 325 248 234 359 319 294 303 274 262 Unemployment rate..................... 5.9 4.5 4.2 6.5 5.8 5.4 5.5 4.9 4.7 Pennsylvania Civilian noninstitutional population...... 9,295 9,316 9,318 9,295 9,306 9,309 9,313 9,316 9,318 Civilian labor force.................... 5,935 5,822 5,753 5,899 5,912 5,867 5,797 5,772 5,699 Employed.............................. 5,538 5,491 5,429 5,484 5,528 5,499 5,408 5,428 5,360 Unemployed............................ 398 330 324 415 385 369 389 344 339 Unemployment rate..................... 6.7 5.7 5.6 7.0 6.5 6.3 6.7 6.0 5.9 Texas Civilian noninstitutional population...... 13,400 13,631 13,652 13,400 13,562 13,585 13,608 13,631 13,652 Civilian labor force.................... 9,372 9,405 9,498 9,359 9,500 9,416 9,334 9,398 9,476 Employed.............................. 8,722 8,875 8,967 8,718 8,854 8,791 8,751 8,842 8,956 Unemployed............................ 650 529 531 641 646 626 583 555 520 Unemployment rate..................... 6.9 5.6 5.6 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.5 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in theadministration 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 | | | | | | | | | | | Nov. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Nov. | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | 1993 | 1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ | | | | | | | | | | ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Total..............................|112,279|114,691|115,262|115,680|111,366|113,624|113,914|114,186|114,350|114,700 | | | | | | | | | | Total private.........................| 92,997| 95,811| 95,863| 96,090| 92,479| 94,601| 94,827| 95,035| 95,215| 95,539 | | | | | | | | | | Goods-producing industries....................| 23,465| 24,125| 24,085| 24,029| 23,281| 23,590| 23,640| 23,673| 23,716| 23,836 | | | | | | | | | | Mining......................................| 611| 612| 608| 606| 604| 601| 603| 605| 602| 600 Metal mining..............................| 50.1| 51.6| 51.3| 51.5| 50| 51| 52| 51| 51| 52 Coal mining...............................| 98.3| 112.8| 112.9| 113.1| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1)| (1) Oil and gas extraction....................| 359.5| 343.0| 340.2| 338.4| 355| 335| 336| 341| 337| 334 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........| 102.6| 104.6| 104.0| 103.0| 101| 101| 101| 101| 101| 101 | | | | | | | | | | Construction................................| 4,848| 5,264| 5,239| 5,170| 4,733| 4,944| 4,942| 4,972| 4,976| 5,047 General building contractors..............|1,151.4|1,222.8|1,224.0|1,219.3| 1,133| 1,161| 1,166| 1,172| 1,181| 1,199 Heavy construction, except building.......| 747.2| 802.6| 793.2| 758.6| 712| 733| 725| 727| 715| 725 Special trade contractors.................|2,949.7|3,238.7|3,222.2|3,192.2| 2,888| 3,050| 3,051| 3,073| 3,080| 3,123 | | | | | | | | | | Manufacturing...............................| 18,006| 18,249| 18,238| 18,253| 17,944| 18,045| 18,095| 18,096| 18,138| 18,189 Production workers......................| 12,334| 12,628| 12,617| 12,613| 12,285| 12,431| 12,478| 12,485| 12,524| 12,558

| | | | | | | | | | Durable goods..............................| 10,176| 10,356| 10,373| 10,414| 10,142| 10,249| 10,290| 10,306| 10,336| 10,376 Production workers......................| 6,849| 7,068| 7,085| 7,108| 6,822| 6,969| 7,007| 7,021| 7,053| 7,075 | | | | | | | | | | Lumber and wood products..................| 713.4| 747.5| 745.2| 744.1| 712| 732| 734| 735| 737| 742 Furniture and fixtures....................| 491.1| 500.2| 502.6| 503.1| 487| 500| 496| 496| 497| 500 Stone, clay, and glass products...........| 522.1| 543.0| 542.6| 541.1| 517| 530| 531| 531| 534| 536 Primary metal industries..................| 678.4| 694.6| 696.6| 699.2| 678| 686| 686| 690| 695| 699 Blast furnaces and basic steel products.| 237.7| 234.3| 234.3| 234.2| 238| 234| 232| 233| 235| 234 Fabricated metal products.................|1,342.3|1,382.5|1,388.9|1,395.5| 1,335| 1,368| 1,373| 1,373| 1,381| 1,387 Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,914.0|1,951.8|1,952.6|1,962.6| 1,916| 1,942| 1,952| 1,956| 1,958| 1,965 Electronic