HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment,

sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status,

sex, race, and Hispanic

or Latino ethnicity

Less than a

high school

diploma

High school

graduates,

no college1

Some college or associate degree

Bachelor’s

degree

and higher2

2010 2011 2010 2011

Total Some college,

no degree

Associate

degree 2010 2011

2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . 25,666 25,122 62,037 61,932 52,222 53,089 33,656 33,898 18,565 19,191 59,957 61,277

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,880 11,599 38,236 37,344 36,840 36,831 22,958 22,686 13,882 14,145 45,998 46,846

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.3 46.2 61.6 60.3 70.5 69.4 68.2 66.9 74.8 73.7 76.7 76.4

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,115 9,967 34,293 33,823 33,747 33,895 20,838 20,712 12,910 13,182 43,832 44,822

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . 39.4 39.7 55.3 54.6 64.6 63.8 61.9 61.1 69.5 68.7 73.1 73.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,765 1,632 3,943 3,521 3,093 2,937 2,120 1,974 973 963 2,167 2,024

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.9 14.1 10.3 9.4 8.4 8.0 9.2 8.7 7.0 6.8 4.7 4.3

Men

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . 12,820 12,563 30,282 30,264 23,752 24,307 15,889 16,078 7,863 8,229 29,191 29,758

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,571 7,398 21,611 21,169 18,212 18,229 11,890 11,760 6,322 6,469 23,736 24,183

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.1 58.9 71.4 69.9 76.7 75.0 74.8 73.1 80.4 78.6 81.3 81.3

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,434 6,388 19,159 19,059 16,566 16,771 10,737 10,741 5,829 6,029 22,606 23,138

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . 50.2 50.9 63.3 63.0 69.7 69.0 67.6 66.8 74.1 73.3 77.4 77.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,137 1,009 2,452 2,110 1,646 1,458 1,153 1,018 493 440 1,130 1,045

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.0 13.6 11.3 10.0 9.0 8.0 9.7 8.7 7.8 6.8 4.8 4.3

Women

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . 12,846 12,559 31,755 31,668 28,470 28,782 17,767 17,820 10,702 10,962 30,766 31,519

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,309 4,201 16,625 16,175 18,628 18,602 11,068 10,926 7,560 7,676 22,263 22,663

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.5 33.5 52.4 51.1 65.4 64.6 62.3 61.3 70.6 70.0 72.4 71.9

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,681 3,579 15,134 14,764 17,181 17,124 10,101 9,971 7,080 7,153 21,226 21,684

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . 28.7 28.5 47.7 46.6 60.4 59.5 56.9 56.0 66.2 65.3 69.0 68.8

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 623 1,492 1,411 1,447 1,478 967 955 480 523 1,037 978

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6 14.8 9.0 8.7 7.8 7.9 8.7 8.7 6.3 6.8 4.7 4.3

White

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . 20,176 19,765 50,794 50,280 42,501 43,136 27,196 27,370 15,306 15,765 49,432 50,516

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,627 9,443 31,065 30,093 29,785 29,717 18,339 18,109 11,445 11,609 37,798 38,492

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.7 47.8 61.2 59.8 70.1 68.9 67.4 66.2 74.8 73.6 76.5 76.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,290 8,248 28,128 27,568 27,506 27,635 16,800 16,713 10,707 10,922 36,176 36,975

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . 41.1 41.7 55.4 54.8 64.7 64.1 61.8 61.1 70.0 69.3 73.2 73.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,337 1,195 2,937 2,524 2,278 2,083 1,540 1,396 738 687 1,622 1,516

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.9 12.7 9.5 8.4 7.6 7.0 8.4 7.7 6.5 5.9 4.3 3.9

Black or African American

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . 3,672 3,545 7,880 8,176 6,747 6,877 4,559 4,563 2,188 2,314 4,655 4,755

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,423 1,343 5,029 5,088 4,960 4,960 3,299 3,233 1,661 1,727 3,701 3,738

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.8 37.9 63.8 62.2 73.5 72.1 72.4 70.8 75.9 74.6 79.5 78.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,103 1,013 4,234 4,298 4,346 4,311 2,864 2,792 1,482 1,519 3,409 3,474

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . 30.0 28.6 53.7 52.6 64.4 62.7 62.8 61.2 67.7 65.6 73.2 73.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 330 795 790 614 649 435 440 179 208 292 264

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 24.6 15.8 15.5 12.4 13.1 13.2 13.6 10.8 12.1 7.9 7.1

Asian

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,099 1,097 1,980 2,072 1,599 1,652 966 1,015 633 637 4,932 5,027

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485 463 1,244 1,265 1,129 1,167 675 707 454 460 3,743 3,831

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.1 42.2 62.8 61.1 70.6 70.6 69.8 69.6 71.8 72.2 75.9 76.2

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 419 1,149 1,169 1,037 1,080 611 650 426 430 3,538 3,632

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . 39.2 38.2 58.1 56.4 64.8 65.4 63.2 64.0 67.3 67.6 71.7 72.2

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 44 95 96 92 86 64 57 28 30 205 199

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 9.5 7.6 7.6 8.1 7.4 9.5 8.0 6.2 6.5 5.5 5.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . 9,646 9,612 7,915 8,000 5,302 5,466 3,565 3,622 1,737 1,844 3,727 3,761

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,970 5,859 5,849 5,813 4,124 4,214 2,753 2,770 1,372 1,444 3,044 3,030

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.9 61.0 73.9 72.7 77.8 77.1 77.2 76.5 79.0 78.3 81.7 80.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,183 5,156 5,175 5,216 3,725 3,830 2,474 2,513 1,252 1,317 2,862 2,857

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . 53.7 53.6 65.4 65.2 70.3 70.1 69.4 69.4 72.0 71.4 76.8 76.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment,

sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity — Continued

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status,

sex, race, and Hispanic

or Latino ethnicity

Less than a

high school

diploma

High school

graduates,

no college1

Some college or associate degree

Bachelor’s

degree

and higher2

2010 2011 2010 2011

Total Some college,

no degree

Associate

degree 2010 2011

2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787 703 674 597 399 384 279 257 120 127 182 173

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.2 12.0 11.5 10.3 9.7 9.1 10.1 9.3 8.8 8.8 6.0 5.7

1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.

2 Includes persons with bachelor′s, master′s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. 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.

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