Employed Workers Actively Seeking a New Job statistics


		1997				1999

		PERSONS RESPONDING TO				PERSONS RESPONDING TO
		SEARCH QUESTION				SEARCH QUESTION
CHARACTERISTIC
			Actively				Actively
	Total		seeking		Total		seeking
	employed	Total	work	Percent	employed	Total	work	Percent

Total	112,819	110,546	5,528	5.0	117,930	114,898	5,131	4.5

Age:
16 to 19 years old	5,951	5,828	400	6.9	6,600	6,360	377	5.9
20 to 24 years old	11,645	11,326	949	8.4	12,108	11,692	855	7.3
25 to 34 years old	29,278	28,590	1,825	6.4	28,836	28,126	1,631	5.8
35 to 44 years old	31,126	30,579	1,396	4.6	32,390	31,649	1,387	4.4
45 to 54 years old	22,474	22,078	732	3.3	24,518	23,966	672	2.8
55 to 64 years old	9,843	9,698	203	2.1	10,754	10,475	177	1.7
65 years old and over	2,502	2,447	23	0.9	2,724	2,629	32	1.2

Sex: Male	58,797	57,655	3,071	5.3	61,095	59,541	2,712	4.6
Female	54,022	52,891	2,457	4.6	56,835	55,357	2,419	4.4

Educational attainment: ¹
Less than high school diploma	9,669	9,389	310	3.3	9,644	9,275	246	2.7
High school diploma, no college	31,326	30,672	969	3.2	31,207	30,425	897	2.9
Some college or associate degree	26,676	26,265	1,296	4.9	28,075	27,486	1,262	4.6
Bachelor's degree or more	27,552	27,065	1,604	5.9	30,297	29,660	1,493	5.0

Occupation:
Executive, administrative,
and managerial	14,887	14,639	694	4.7	16,237	15,957	671	4.2
Professional specialty	17,477	17,186	921	5.4	18,617	18,265	839	4.6
Technical and related support	4,042	3,998	206	5.2	4,079	4,029	194	4.8
Sales	12,493	12,247	774	6.3	13,324	12,912	686	5.3
Administrative support,
including clerical	17,843	17,585	816	4.6	18,241	17,787	774	4.3
Private household	731	644	20	3.1	614	482	28	5.8
Protective service	2,138	2,097	80	3.8	2,490	2,405	81	3.4
Service, except private
households and protective	12,808	12,425	658	5.3	13,368	12,923	633	4.9
Precision production, craft,
and repair	11,803	11,586	458	4.0	12,576	12,287	476	3.9
Machine operators, assemblers,
and inspectors	7,691	7,534	330	4.4	7,189	7,003	255	3.6
Transportation and material
moving occupations	4,787	4,653	178	3.8	4,859	4,734	188	4.0
Handlers, equipment cleaners,
helpers and laborers	4,517	4,396	314	7.1	4,754	4,585	227	5.0
Farming, forestry and fishing	1,604	1,558	78	5.0	1,582	1,529	78	5.1

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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657. Employed Workers Actively Seeking a New Job