II. Utilization of Human Resources


 The employment status of individuals 14 years of age and older is

shown in Table 18. Of the 1,912 persons, 1,103, or 58 percent, reported some

type of employment during 1956.2


TABLE 18.--Distribution of population 14 years of age and older by sex, race,
 and employment status, 730 rural households, North and West Florida, 1956


 : Employment status
 : Total :_
 Sex and race : population : Unem
 : Reporting : employed : Not
 work labor not in the : ascertained
 *labor force

 SNumber Number Number Number

Males:
 White 636 500 127 9
 Nonwhite 282 213 65 4
 Total 918 713 192 13

Females:
 White 638 202 426 10
 Nonwhite 356 188 159 9
 Total : 994 390 585 19

 Total population : 1,912 1,103 777 32



 There were marked differences in proportions employed between races

 and sexes. Among the male population, 79 percent of the whites reported

 either part-time or full-time employment compared with 76 percent of the non-

 whites. Among the female population, however, almost 53 percent of the non-

 whites reported employment compared with less than 32 percent of the whites.

 Because of the large proportion of females working, 63 percent of the nonwhite

 2
 This compares favorably with the national average of 56 percent of
 the civilian population employed in 1956. In the United States in 1956, more
 than three-fourths of the civilians 14 years of age and older not employed were
 either in school or keeping house.