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The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
The Pennsylvania State University
7 Armsby Building, University Park PA 16802-5602
814/863-4656(phone); 814/863-0586(fax)
Please send questions and comments to:
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Demographic Dimensions of Diversity Relevant for Extension Educators:

What To Look For, Why, and Where To Find the Data on The Web

11. Wage and Self-Employment; Unemployment

CLASS OF WORKER

Employed persons 16 years and over

Private wage and salary workers

Government workers

Local government workers

State government workers

Federal government workers

Self-employed workers

Unpaid family workers

LABOR FORCE STATUS

Persons 16 years and over

In labor force

Civilian labor force

Employed

Unemployed

Armed Forces

Not in labor force

For current (2001) county-level unemployment rates: http://www.bls.gov/lau/maps/aacnrt.gif

http://factfinder.census.gov/bf/_lang=en_vt_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_DP3_geo_id=05000US42027.html

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	46,657	72.2
Government workers	13,926	21.5
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	3,816	5.9
Unpaid family workers	264	0.4

1997 Economic Census Surveys of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises http://www.census.gov/csd/mwb/

Provide valuable economic data on business owners' race, ethnicity, and gender. These surveys are part of the economic census program, which the Census Bureau is required to conduct every 5 years by law (Title 13 of the United States Code). The Census Bureau combines data from these surveys with data from the other economic censuses and presents them in the SMOBE/SWOBE Company Statistics Series. The published data include number of firms, sales and receipts, paid, employees and annual payroll. Data are presented by geographic area, industry, firm size, and legal form of organization.

The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development is located at the Pennsylvania State University and collaborates with land grant institutions in the northeast U.S.