| Percent employed2 |
| 1970 | 32.5 | 34.9 | 15.5 | 28.1 | 30.3 | 13.9 |
| 1975 | 34.4 | 38.2 | 10.6 | 31.5 | 34.7 | 12.4 |
| 1980 | 35.3 | 39.3 | 14.6 | 34.1 | 38.5 | 10.5 |
| 1985 | 30.2 | 34.0 | 13.4 | 31.4 | 35.6 | 11.8 |
| 1990 | 31.6 | 35.5 | 15.1 | 31.3 | 35.1 | 16.6 |
| 1995 | 31.9 | 36.8 | 14.7 | 34.1 | 38.3 | 17.6 |
| 1997 | 33.2 | 36.7 | 19.9 | 32.0 | 36.5 | 18.4 |
| 1998 | 32.6 | 36.2 | 18.9 | 34.8 | 39.2 | 19.9 |
| 1999 | 34.9 | 39.0 | 17.3 | 34.6 | 38.2 | 21.2 |
| 2000 | 32.2 | 34.9 | 20.4 | 34.3 | 37.9 | 22.3 |
| 2001 | 28.4 | 32.2 | 14.2 | 33.4 | 37.4 | 17.1 |
| Percent employed full time2 |
| 1970 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 1975 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 1980 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| 1985 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| 1990 | 2.1 | 2.3 | # | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| 1995 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
| 1997 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 |
| 1998 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 1999 | 1.3 | 1.3 | ‡ | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| 2000 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 | ‡ |
| Percent employed part time2 |
| 1970 | 27.1 | 29.1 | 12.6 | 26.5 | 28.6 | 11.8 |
| 1975 | 27.4 | 30.3 | 8.4 | 29.1 | 32.3 | 9.8 |
| 1980 | 29.7 | 33.0 | 12.1 | 32.8 | 37.0 | 9.9 |
| 1985 | 27.2 | 30.5 | 12.8 | 30.2 | 34.1 | 11.6 |
| 1990 | 29.5 | 33.2 | 15.0 | 30.1 | 33.8 | 16.3 |
| 1995 | 30.2 | 34.8 | 14.3 | 33.1 | 37.4 | 16.2 |
| 1997 | 31.6 | 35.3 | 17.2 | 30.8 | 35.2 | 17.5 |
| 1998 | 31.5 | 35.0 | 18.3 | 33.5 | 38.0 | 17.8 |
| 1999 | 33.6 | 37.7 | 17.3 | 33.7 | 37.3 | 20.8 |
| 2000 | 31.4 | 34.0 | 19.8 | 32.6 | 36.0 | 21.2 |
| 2001 | 27.7 | 31.5 | 13.6 | 32.3 | 36.1 | 17.1 |
| # Rounds to zero. |
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. |
| 1Includes Hispanics. |
| 2'Percent employed full time' and 'Percent employed part time' exclude agricultural employment through 1985, but figures for 'Percent employed' include agricultural employment through 1985. |
| NOTE: Part-time workers are persons who work less than 35 hours per week. Totals include races not separately shown. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Special Labor Force Reports, nos. 16 and 68; and unpublished data, 1997 through 2001. |
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