TABLE 2: Legal and Illegal Employment by Demographic Characteristics
		
		


|                                               |          15- to 17-year-olds                   |Percent working among age:|
|                                               |  Sample      Total    Illegal workers* as % of:|                          |
|                                               |   size    population  Population  All Workers  | 15-17   18-24   25-64    |
|                                               |    (1)        (2)         (3)         (4)      |  (5)     (6)     (7)     |
| Total                                         |  186,480  11,491,000      0.8%        2.9%     | 26.9%   64.9%   76.1%    |
|                                               |                                                |                          |
| Sex                   Male                    |   95,001   5,896,000      1.1%        4.2%     | 26.5%   68.4%   83.6%    |
|                       Female                  |   94,079   5,595,000      0.4%        1.5%     | 26.9%   61.3%   68.8%    |
|                                               |                                                |                          |
| Race                  White                   |  149,531   9,044,000      0.9%        3.0%     | 30.1%   68.4%   77.2%    |
|                       African-America         |   25,162   1,848,000      0.3%        2.1%     | 14.0%   49.5%   69.4%    |
|                       Native American         |    3,129     112,000      0.7%        4.0%     | 16.7%   57.2%   65.6%    |
|                       Asian-American          |    6,774     402,000      0.2%        1.6%     | 14.8%   52.1%   73.7%    |
|                                               |                                                |                          |
| Ethnicity             Hispanic                |   17,285   1,354,000      0.5%        3.1%     | 15.3%   60.1%   69.4%    |
|                       Non-hispanic            |  169,195  10,137,000      0.8%        2.9%     | 28.3%   65.6%   76.7%    |
|                                               |                                                |                          |
| Region                Northeast               |   38,312   2,106,000      0.7%        2.7%     | 25.4%   60.0%   75.2%    |
|                       Midwest                 |   48,440   2,788,000      1.1%        3.0%     | 36.9%   70.5%   79.3%    |
|                       South                   |   56,621   4,068,000      0.6%        2.6%     | 23.0%   64.2%   75.2%    |
|                       West                    |   45,107   2,528,000      0.7%        3.2%     | 22.4%   63.9%   74.8%    |
|                                               |                                                |                          |
| City status           Central city            |   34,994   2,370,000      0.6%        3.0%     | 18.4%   59.8%   73.1%    |
|                       Outside of central city |   60,894   4,266,000      0.8%        2.8%     | 27.4%   66.5%   78.5%    |
|                       Non-metropolitan        |   45,941   2,385,000      0.9%        3.2%     | 28.9%   64.9%   74.7%    |
|                                               |                                                |                          |
| Ten largest states    New York                |   11,523     760,800      0.4%        2.1%     | 19.7%   53.7%   71.9%    |
|                       New Jersey              |    5,815     321,900      0.6%        2.4%     | 24.2%   61.3%   77.3%    |
|                       Pennsylvania            |    7,561     489,600      0.7%        2.5%     | 29.4%   63.0%   74.8%    |
|                       Ohio                    |    7,487     488,300      0.7%        2.0%     | 32.4%   67.5%   76.0%    |
|                       Illinois                |    7,649     518,900      0.9%        3.0%     | 31.4%   66.2%   78.1%    |    
|                                               |                                                |                          |
|                       Michigan                |    7,330     428,700      1.8%        4.9%     | 36.1%   67.8%   75.9%    |
|                       North Carolina          |    5,363     219,200      0.9%        3.0%     | 29.9%   68.3%   77.0%    |
|                       Florida                 |    6,854     525,600      0.5%        1.9%     | 24.1%   65.8%   74.9%    |
|                       Texas                   |    9,759     927,100      0.5%        2.5%     | 20.9%   63.5%   76.5%    |
|                       California              |   14,511   1,340,000      0.4%        2.7%     | 15.6%   60.6%   73.2%    |
* Based on CPS data, excluding agricultural and sweatshop illegal employment.