HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

6. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex, age, and detailed ethnic group

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Total1 Mexican Puerto Rican Cuban

2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,759 37,517 22,716 23,277 3,462 3,428 1,702 1,700

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,391 24,771 15,128 15,366 2,090 2,066 1,102 1,043

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.4 66.0 66.6 66.0 60.4 60.2 64.7 61.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,878 22,514 13,552 13,979 1,830 1,784 994 963

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 60.0 59.7 60.1 52.9 52.0 58.4 56.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,514 2,257 1,577 1,387 260 282 108 80

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 9.1 10.4 9.0 12.4 13.6 9.8 7.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,368 12,746 7,588 7,911 1,372 1,363 601 657

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,434 18,798 11,639 11,873 1,631 1,645 842 845

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,026 14,341 9,024 9,172 1,065 1,096 579 579

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.1 76.3 77.5 77.3 65.3 66.7 68.9 68.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,643 13,078 8,137 8,378 926 940 525 534

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.6 69.6 69.9 70.6 56.8 57.1 62.4 63.3

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,383 1,263 887 794 140 157 55 45

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9 8.8 9.8 8.7 13.1 14.3 9.4 7.7

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,408 4,457 2,615 2,701 565 549 262 265

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,555 16,928 10,375 10,626 1,470 1,472 790 797

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,407 13,728 8,587 8,749 1,021 1,047 565 567

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0 81.1 82.8 82.3 69.4 71.1 71.5 71.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,212 12,638 7,835 8,073 902 908 512 525

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.8 74.7 75.5 76.0 61.4 61.7 64.8 65.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,195 1,090 751 676 119 138 53 42

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9 7.9 8.7 7.7 11.6 13.2 9.3 7.5

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,149 3,200 1,788 1,877 449 426 225 231

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,324 18,719 11,078 11,405 1,831 1,784 861 855

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,365 10,430 6,105 6,195 1,025 969 522 464

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.6 55.7 55.1 54.3 55.9 54.3 60.7 54.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,235 9,437 5,414 5,601 904 844 469 429

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.4 50.4 48.9 49.1 49.4 47.3 54.5 50.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,130 994 690 593 120 125 53 35

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9 9.5 11.3 9.6 11.7 12.9 10.1 7.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,959 8,289 4,973 5,210 807 814 339 392

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,548 16,938 9,883 10,192 1,664 1,628 809 813

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,853 9,911 5,763 5,831 973 927 505 454

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.5 58.5 58.3 57.2 58.4 56.9 62.4 55.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,858 9,056 5,166 5,334 864 817 457 420

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.5 53.5 52.3 52.3 51.9 50.2 56.5 51.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 855 597 497 109 109 48 34

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 8.6 10.4 8.5 11.2 11.8 9.4 7.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,695 7,028 4,119 4,361 692 701 304 359

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,656 3,651 2,459 2,459 328 329 104 89

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,131 1,133 778 786 97 92 32 22

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.9 31.0 31.7 32.0 29.5 28.1 30.8 24.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 821 550 572 64 59 25 19

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.1 22.5 22.4 23.3 19.5 17.8 23.8 20.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 312 228 214 33 34 7 3

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.6 27.5 29.3 27.2 34.0 36.7 – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,524 2,518 1,680 1,673 231 236 72 68

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Includes persons of Central or South American origin and of other Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not shown separately.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January

data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

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