Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic 

or Latino ethnicity, March 2008

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total, 16 years and over........................ 120,300 71,515 59.4 68,054 56.6 3,462 4.8 48,784

 With children under 18 years old............ 36,410 25,930 71.2 24,637 67.7 1,294 5.0 10,479

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 19,972 15,479 77.5 14,842 74.3 636 4.1 4,493

 With children under 6 years old............ 16,438 10,452 63.6 9,794 59.6 657 6.3 5,986

 With children under 3 years old............ 9,657 5,754 59.6 5,380 55.7 374 6.5 3,903

 With no children under 18 years old......... 83,890 45,585 54.3 43,417 51.8 2,168 4.8 38,305

Total, 16 years and over........................ 60,108 37,074 61.7 35,919 59.8 1,155 3.1 23,034

 With children under 18 years old............ 25,754 17,886 69.4 17,269 67.1 616 3.4 7,868

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 13,919 10,601 76.2 10,270 73.8 331 3.1 3,318

 With children under 6 years old............ 11,835 7,285 61.6 6,999 59.1 285 3.9 4,551

 With children under 3 years old............ 7,091 4,146 58.5 3,981 56.1 165 4.0 2,945

 With no children under 18 years old......... 34,354 19,188 55.9 18,650 54.3 539 2.8 15,166

Total, 16 years and over........................ 60,192 34,441 57.2 32,135 53.4 2,307 6.7 25,750

 With children under 18 years old............ 10,656 8,045 75.5 7,367 69.1 677 8.4 2,611

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 6,053 4,878 80.6 4,573 75.5 305 6.3 1,176

 With children under 6 years old............ 4,603 3,167 68.8 2,795 60.7 372 11.7 1,436

 With children under 3 years old............ 2,566 1,608 62.7 1,399 54.5 209 13.0 958

 With no children under 18 years old......... 49,536 26,397 53.3 24,767 50.0 1,629 6.2 23,139

Total, 16 years and over........................ 96,576 57,044 59.1 54,604 56.5 2,440 4.3 39,532

 With children under 18 years old............ 28,428 20,085 70.7 19,213 67.6 871 4.3 8,343

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 15,697 12,115 77.2 11,678 74.4 437 3.6 3,582

 With children under 6 years old............ 12,731 7,970 62.6 7,536 59.2 434 5.4 4,761

 With children under 3 years old............ 7,544 4,458 59.1 4,207 55.8 251 5.6 3,086

 With no children under 18 years old......... 68,149 36,960 54.2 35,390 51.9 1,569 4.2 31,189

Total, 16 years and over........................ 51,326 31,375 61.1 30,442 59.3 933 3.0 19,951

 With children under 18 years old............ 21,566 14,870 69.0 14,381 66.7 489 3.3 6,696

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 11,636 8,817 75.8 8,552 73.5 265 3.0 2,819

 With children under 6 years old............ 9,929 6,053 61.0 5,830 58.7 223 3.7 3,876

 With children under 3 years old............ 6,005 3,504 58.4 3,376 56.2 128 3.7 2,501

 With no children under 18 years old......... 29,760 16,505 55.5 16,061 54.0 445 2.7 13,255

Total, 16 years and over........................ 45,250 25,669 56.7 24,162 53.4 1,507 5.9 19,581

 With children under 18 years old............ 6,862 5,215 76.0 4,832 70.4 383 7.3 1,647

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 4,060 3,298 81.2 3,126 77.0 172 5.2 763

 With children under 6 years old............ 2,801 1,917 68.4 1,706 60.9 211 11.0 884

 With children under 3 years old............ 1,539 954 62.0 831 54.0 123 12.9 585

 With no children under 18 years old......... 38,388 20,454 53.3 19,330 50.4 1,124 5.5 17,934

 See footnote at end of table.

White, married, spouse present

White, other marital statuses1

Total, all marital statuses

Total, married, spouse present

Total, other marital statuses1

White, all marital statuses

Presence and age of children

 Civilian 

noninstitutional 

population 

Not 

in 

labor 

force 

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population Total

Percent 

of 

population 

 Total 

 Percent 

of labor 

force 

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Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic

or Latino ethnicity, March 2008—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total, 16 years and over........................ 15,261 9,386 61.5 8,600 56.4 786 8.4 5,875

 With children under 18 years old............ 5,100 3,848 75.4 3,503 68.7 345 9.0 1,252

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 2,800 2,240 80.0 2,079 74.2 161 7.2 560

 With children under 6 years old............ 2,300 1,608 69.9 1,424 61.9 184 11.5 692

 With children under 3 years old............ 1,301 808 62.1 706 54.3 102 12.6 493

 With no children under 18 years old......... 10,160 5,538 54.5 5,097 50.2 441 8.0 4,622

Total, 16 years and over........................ 4,298 2,897 67.4 2,764 64.3 133 4.6 1,402

 With children under 18 years old............ 1,912 1,473 77.0 1,394 72.9 79 5.4 439

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 1,117 923 82.6 885 79.3 38 4.1 194

 With children under 6 years old............ 795 550 69.1 508 63.9 41 7.5 246

 With children under 3 years old............ 442 263 59.5 238 54.0 24 9.3 179

 With no children under 18 years old......... 2,386 1,424 59.7 1,370 57.4 54 3.8 962

Total, 16 years and over........................ 10,962 6,489 59.2 5,836 53.2 653 10.1 4,473

 With children under 18 years old............ 3,188 2,375 74.5 2,109 66.2 266 11.2 813

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 1,683 1,317 78.2 1,194 70.9 123 9.3 367

 With children under 6 years old............ 1,505 1,058 70.3 915 60.8 143 13.5 446

 With children under 3 years old............ 859 545 63.5 468 54.4 78 14.2 314

 With no children under 18 years old......... 7,774 4,114 52.9 3,727 47.9 387 9.4 3,660

Total, 16 years and over........................ 5,580 3,384 60.7 3,271 58.6 113 3.3 2,195

 With children under 18 years old............ 1,899 1,321 69.6 1,279 67.3 43 3.2 578

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 1,005 756 75.2 731 72.8 24 3.2 249

 With children under 6 years old............ 895 566 63.2 547 61.2 18 3.2 329

 With children under 3 years old............ 513 314 61.3 306 59.7 8 2.6 198

 With no children under 18 years old......... 3,680 2,063 56.1 1,993 54.1 70 3.4 1,617

Total, 16 years and over........................ 3,293 2,064 62.7 2,009 61.0 55 2.6 1,229

 With children under 18 years old............ 1,656 1,119 67.6 1,087 65.7 31 2.8 537

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 874 640 73.3 619 70.8 21 3.3 234

 With children under 6 years old............ 782 478 61.2 468 59.9 10 2.1 303

 With children under 3 years old............ 452 269 59.5 263 58.1 6 2.4 183

 With no children under 18 years old......... 1,637 945 57.7 922 56.3 23 2.5 692

Total, 16 years and over........................ 2,287 1,320 57.7 1,262 55.2 59 4.4 966

 With children under 18 years old............ 244 203 83.2 191 78.6 11 5.5 41

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 131 116 88.2 112 85.8 3 2.7 15

 With children under 6 years old............ 113 87 77.3 79 70.2 8 9.2 26

 With children under 3 years old............ 60 45 74.9 43 72.0 2 3.9 15

 With no children under 18 years old......... 2,043 1,118 54.7 1,070 52.4 47 4.2 925

 See footnote at end of table.

Asian, all marital statuses

Asian, married, spouse present

Asian, other marital statuses1

 Percent 

of labor 

force 

Black or African American, all marital statuses

Black or African American, married, spouse present

Black or African American, other marital statuses1

Presence and age of children

 Civilian 

noninstitutional 

population 

Not 

in 

labor 

force 

 Total 

 Percent 

of 

population Total 

Percent 

of 

population 

 Total 

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Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic

or Latino ethnicity, March 2008—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total, 16 years and over........................ 15,465 8,708 56.3 8,115 52.5 593 6.8 6,757

 With children under 18 years old............ 6,820 4,165 61.1 3,891 57.0 274 6.6 2,655

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 3,370 2,359 70.0 2,225 66.0 134 5.7 1,011

 With children under 6 years old............ 3,450 1,806 52.3 1,666 48.3 140 7.8 1,644

 With children under 3 years old............ 1,996 945 47.3 859 43.0 87 9.2 1,051

 With no children under 18 years old......... 8,645 4,543 52.5 4,224 48.9 319 7.0 4,102

Total, 16 years and over........................ 7,557 4,103 54.3 3,874 51.3 229 5.6 3,454

 With children under 18 years old............ 4,663 2,625 56.3 2,482 53.2 143 5.4 2,038

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 2,259 1,482 65.6 1,414 62.6 67 4.5 778

 With children under 6 years old............ 2,403 1,143 47.6 1,067 44.4 76 6.6 1,260

 With children under 3 years old............ 1,407 614 43.6 564 40.1 50 8.1 793

 With no children under 18 years old......... 2,894 1,479 51.1 1,393 48.1 86 5.8 1,415

Total, 16 years and over........................ 7,908 4,605 58.2 4,241 53.6 364 7.9 3,304

 With children under 18 years old............ 2,157 1,540 71.4 1,409 65.3 131 8.5 617

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 1,110 877 79.0 810 73.0 67 7.6 233

 With children under 6 years old............ 1,047 663 63.3 599 57.2 64 9.7 384

 With children under 3 years old............ 589 331 56.2 294 49.9 37 11.1 258

 With no children under 18 years old......... 5,751 3,064 53.3 2,832 49.2 233 7.6 2,687

Hispanic or Latino, other marital statuses1

 Total 

 Percent 

of labor 

force 

Hispanic or Latino, all marital statuses

Hispanic or Latino, married, spouse present

Presence and age of children

 Civilian 

noninstitutional 

population 

Not 

in 

labor 

force 

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population Total 

Percent 

of 

population 

1 Includes never-married, divorced, separated, and widowed

persons.

NOTE: Children are "own" children and include sons,

daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included

are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and

unrelated children. Detail 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.

SOURCE: 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement,

Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau

of Labor Statistics.

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