HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
         Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                 
                                                   Oct.     Sept.      Oct.      Oct.      June      July      Aug.     Sept.      Oct.  
                                                   2007     2008       2008      2007      2008      2008      2008     2008       2008  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
          HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   31,714    32,369    32,465    31,714    32,087    32,179    32,273    32,369    32,465 
    Civilian labor force.......................   21,811    22,160    22,190    21,778    22,131    22,071    22,226    22,258    22,236 
        Participation rate.....................     68.8      68.5      68.4      68.7      69.0      68.6      68.9      68.8      68.5 
      Employed.................................   20,656    20,470    20,327    20,554    20,420    20,435    20,452    20,531    20,268 
        Employment-population ratio............     65.1      63.2      62.6      64.8      63.6      63.5      63.4      63.4      62.4 
      Unemployed...............................    1,155     1,691     1,863     1,224     1,711     1,636     1,774     1,727     1,967 
        Unemployment rate......................      5.3       7.6       8.4       5.6       7.7       7.4       8.0       7.8       8.8 
    Not in labor force.........................    9,903    10,209    10,275     9,936     9,956    10,108    10,048    10,111    10,229 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   12,509    12,773    12,787      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     84.5      84.7      84.6      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................   11,937    11,892    11,838      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     80.6      78.9      78.3      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      571       881       949      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      4.6       6.9       7.4      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    8,205     8,298     8,332      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     58.9      58.3      58.4      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    7,811     7,760     7,721      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     56.1      54.6      54.1      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      394       538       611      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      4.8       6.5       7.3      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    1,098     1,089     1,071      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     36.8      35.5      34.8      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................      907       818       768      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     30.4      26.7      24.9      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      190       271       303      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................     17.3      24.9      28.3      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Updated population controls are introduced
  annually with the release of January data.