The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 598):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 350 rows and 6 columns.

144,427 represents 144,427,000. Civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. Annual average of monthly figures. Based on Current Population Survey; see text, Section 1, Population, and Appendix III. Occupational classifications are those used in the 2000 census and are not comparable to those used in the 1990 census

Footnotes

1. The 2003 Current Population Survey (CPS) allowed respondents to choose
   more than one race. Data represent persons who selected this race group
   only and exclude persons reporting more than one race. The CPS in prior years only allowed
   respondents to report one race group. See also comments on race in the text
   for Section 1, Population.
2. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.
3. Includes other occupations, not shown separately.
4. The 2003 Current Population Survey (CPS) allowed respondents to choose
   more than one race. Data represent persons who selected this race group
   only and exclude persons reporting more than one race. The CPS in prior years only allowed
   respondents to report one race group. See also comments on race in the text
   for Section 1, Population.
5. Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.
6. Includes other occupations, not shown separately.

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