HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, and race

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Total White Black or African

American Asian

2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239,618 243,284 193,077 193,204 29,114 29,907 11,439 12,815

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,617 154,975 124,579 123,684 17,881 18,400 7,386 8,188

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.1 63.7 64.5 64.0 61.4 61.5 64.6 63.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,869 142,469 114,690 114,769 15,051 15,856 6,867 7,705

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.4 58.6 59.4 59.4 51.7 53.0 60.0 60.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,747 12,506 9,889 8,915 2,831 2,544 518 483

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 8.1 7.9 7.2 15.8 13.8 7.0 5.9

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,001 88,310 68,498 69,520 11,233 11,508 4,054 4,627

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,317 117,343 94,801 94,266 13,164 13,508 5,429 6,000

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,975 82,327 67,551 66,921 8,454 8,594 3,972 4,334

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.5 70.2 71.3 71.0 64.2 63.6 73.2 72.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,290 75,555 61,920 61,990 6,953 7,302 3,703 4,085

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 64.4 65.3 65.8 52.8 54.1 68.2 68.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,684 6,771 5,631 4,931 1,502 1,292 269 249

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 8.2 8.3 7.4 17.8 15.0 6.8 5.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,343 35,017 27,249 27,345 4,710 4,913 1,457 1,666

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,736 108,686 88,191 87,780 11,882 12,189 5,098 5,589

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79,080 79,387 65,165 64,540 8,125 8,256 3,905 4,258

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 73.0 73.9 73.5 68.4 67.7 76.6 76.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,182 73,403 60,118 60,193 6,765 7,104 3,657 4,026

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.0 67.5 68.2 68.6 56.9 58.3 71.7 72.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,898 5,984 5,046 4,347 1,360 1,152 249 232

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7 7.5 7.7 6.7 16.7 14.0 6.4 5.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,656 29,299 23,026 23,241 3,757 3,932 1,193 1,331

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123,300 125,941 98,276 98,938 15,950 16,400 6,011 6,815

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,642 72,648 57,028 56,763 9,427 9,805 3,414 3,853

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.1 57.7 58.0 57.4 59.1 59.8 56.8 56.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,579 66,914 52,770 52,779 8,098 8,553 3,165 3,620

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.2 53.1 53.7 53.3 50.8 52.2 52.6 53.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,063 5,734 4,257 3,985 1,329 1,252 250 234

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5 7.9 7.5 7.0 14.1 12.8 7.3 6.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,658 53,293 41,248 42,175 6,523 6,595 2,596 2,962

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,107 117,614 92,068 92,766 14,638 15,076 5,690 6,424

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68,810 69,765 54,700 54,475 9,110 9,433 3,339 3,769

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.8 59.3 59.4 58.7 62.2 62.6 58.7 58.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,360 64,640 50,881 50,911 7,906 8,313 3,105 3,551

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 55.0 55.3 54.9 54.0 55.1 54.6 55.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,450 5,125 3,818 3,564 1,204 1,119 234 218

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9 7.3 7.0 6.5 13.2 11.9 7.0 5.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,297 47,849 37,368 38,291 5,529 5,643 2,351 2,656

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,774 16,984 12,818 12,658 2,594 2,643 652 802

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,727 5,823 4,714 4,669 647 711 141 162

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.1 34.3 36.8 36.9 24.9 26.9 21.7 20.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,327 4,426 3,691 3,665 380 438 106 128

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.8 26.1 28.8 29.0 14.7 16.6 16.2 15.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 1,397 1,024 1,004 267 272 36 34

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.4 24.0 21.7 21.5 41.3 38.3 25.2 20.8

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,048 11,162 8,103 7,988 1,947 1,932 510 640

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the

release of January data.

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