Table 14. Percentage of families with incomes less than $3,968 and percent- 

 ages exceeding $15,000 in the counties of Northwest Florida in 1970 (U.S. 

 Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census 1972). 



County 



Bay 



Escambia 

 Frankl in 

 Gulf 



Okaloosa 

 Santa Rosa 

 Wal ton 



Northwest 

 Florida 



Florida 



Education at higher levels is upgrading the citizenry. Adult basic edu- 

 cation programs and post-secondary facilities, such as the University of West 

 Florida and Pensacola Junior College, have the potential to increase local 

 occupational skills and have a stabilizing influence on the economy in the 

 region (Table 16). 



LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS 



The two major factors that will influence the labor market between 1980 

 and 2020 are the potential rate of recruitment into the labor force, and the 

 age composition of the labor force. Since the baby-boom group (those born 

 between 1945-63) already is absorbed into the labor market, natural recruit- 

 ment into the labor force should decline. 



The characteristics of the labor force in Northwest Florida in 1970 were 

 considerably different from those for the State, The percentage of males 18- 

 24 years of age in the labor force and those over 65 is greater in Northwest 

 Florida, but the percentage of females 15 years and older and married women 

 was slightly less (Table 17). 



The percentage of employed persons in manufacturing and government jobs 

 was greater in Northwest Florida than for the State; but the percentage 

 employed in clerical or white collar jobs was less than the State as a whole 

 (Table 18). 



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