Table 5. Employment status by sex, presence and age of children, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 

March 2009 

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population 

 Total 

 Percent 

of labor 

force 

Total

Women, 16 years and over................. 121,328 71,771 59.2 66,422 54.7 5,348 7.5 49,557

 With children under 18 years old......... 36,507 26,122 71.6 24,079 66.0 2,043 7.8 10,385

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 19,990 15,625 78.2 14,562 72.8 1,063 6.8 4,366

 With children under 6 years old......... 16,517 10,497 63.6 9,517 57.6 980 9.3 6,020

 With children under 3 years old...... 9,757 5,960 61.1 5,401 55.4 559 9.4 3,798

 With no children under 18 years old...... 84,820 45,649 53.8 42,343 49.9 3,306 7.2 39,171

Men, 16 years and over..................... 113,758 81,357 71.5 72,536 63.8 8,821 10.8 32,401

 With children under 18 years old......... 27,791 26,017 93.6 24,051 86.5 1,966 7.6 1,773

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 15,314 14,161 92.5 13,192 86.1 969 6.8 1,153

 With children under 6 years old......... 12,477 11,857 95.0 10,859 87.0 997 8.4 620

 With children under 3 years old...... 7,509 7,156 95.3 6,544 87.2 612 8.6 352

 With no children under 18 years old...... 85,967 55,340 64.4 48,485 56.4 6,855 12.4 30,627

White

Women, 16 years and over.................. 97,257 57,351 59.0 53,409 54.9 3,941 6.9 39,906

 With children under 18 years old......... 28,463 20,239 71.1 18,830 66.2 1,409 7.0 8,224

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 15,654 12,212 78.0 11,455 73.2 757 6.2 3,442

 With children under 6 years old.......... 12,809 8,027 62.7 7,375 57.6 652 8.1 4,782

With children under 3 years old 7 589 4 596 60 6 4 242 55 9 354 7 7 2 993

Characteristics

 Civilian 

noninstitutional 

population 

Not 

in 

labor 

force 

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population 

 With children under 3 years old...... 7,589 4,596 60.6 4,242 55.9 354 7.7 2,993

 With no children under 18 years old...... 68,794 37,111 53.9 34,579 50.3 2,532 6.8 31,683

Men, 16 years and over..................... 93,246 67,502 72.4 60,685 65.1 6,817 10.1 25,745

 With children under 18 years old......... 23,110 21,798 94.3 20,280 87.8 1,518 7.0 1,313

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 12,728 11,903 93.5 11,142 87.5 761 6.4 825

 With children under 6 years old......... 10,383 9,895 95.3 9,139 88.0 757 7.6 488

 With children under 3 years old...... 6,247 5,974 95.6 5,517 88.3 458 7.7 273

 With no children under 18 years old...... 70,136 45,704 65.2 40,405 57.6 5,299 11.6 24,432

Black or African American

Women, 16 years and over................. 15,474 9,388 60.7 8,372 54.1 1,016 10.8 6,086

 With children under 18 years old......... 5,159 3,904 75.7 3,427 66.4 476 12.2 1,255

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 2,857 2,294 80.3 2,067 72.3 227 9.9 564

 With children under 6 years old......... 2,302 1,610 70.0 1,360 59.1 250 15.5 692

 With children under 3 years old...... 1,322 872 66.0 705 53.3 167 19.2 450

 With no children under 18 years old...... 10,314 5,484 53.2 4,945 47.9 539 9.8 4,830

Men, 16 years and over...................... 12,644 8,124 64.3 6,676 52.8 1,449 17.8 4,519

 With children under 18 years old......... 2,427 2,127 87.7 1,857 76.5 271 12.7 299

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 1,407 1,201 85.4 1,077 76.6 123 10.3 206

 With children under 6 years old......... 1,020 926 90.8 779 76.4 147 15.9 94

 With children under 3 years old...... 582 529 90.9 428 73.5 101 19.2 53

 With no children under 18 years old...... 10,217 5,997 58.7 4,819 47.2 1,178 19.6 4,220

 See note at end of table.

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Table 5. Employment status by sex, presence and age of children, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 

March 2009—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population 

 Total 

 Percent 

of labor 

force 

Asian

Women, 16 years and over.................. 5,613 3,269 58.2 3,085 55.0 184 5.6 2,343

 With children under 18 years old......... 1,877 1,300 69.2 1,229 65.5 71 5.4 578

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 981 745 75.9 706 72.0 39 5.2 236

 With children under 6 years old......... 896 555 61.9 523 58.3 32 5.7 342

 With children under 3 years old...... 532 323 60.7 305 57.5 17 5.3 209

 With no children under 18 years old...... 3,735 1,969 52.7 1,856 49.7 113 5.7 1,766

Men, 16 years and over..................... 4,976 3,734 75.0 3,463 69.6 271 7.2 1,242

 With children under 18 years old......... 1,546 1,467 94.9 1,358 87.9 108 7.4 80

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 803 744 92.6 691 86.0 53 7.1 60

 With children under 6 years old......... 743 723 97.3 667 89.9 56 7.7 20

 With children under 3 years old...... 473 457 96.7 424 89.7 33 7.2 16

 With no children under 18 years old...... 3,430 2,267 66.1 2,105 61.4 162 7.2 1,163

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Women, 16 years and over.................. 15,849 9,023 56.9 8,030 50.7 993 11.0 6,826

 With children under 18 years old......... 6,931 4,322 62.3 3,810 55.0 512 11.8 2,610

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 3,435 2,442 71.1 2,188 63.7 254 10.4 992

 With children under 6 years old......... 3,497 1,879 53.7 1,622 46.4 258 13.7 1,617

Characteristics

 Civilian 

noninstitutional 

population 

Not 

in 

labor 

force 

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population 

 With children under 6 years old......... 3,497 1,879 53.7 1,622 46.4 258 13.7 1,617

 With children under 3 years old...... 2,001 1,011 50.5 871 43.5 140 13.9 990

 With no children under 18 years old...... 8,917 4,701 52.7 4,220 47.3 481 10.2 4,216

Men, 16 years and over..................... 16,736 12,948 77.4 11,255 67.2 1,693 13.1 3,788

 With children under 18 years old......... 5,043 4,736 93.9 4,248 84.2 488 10.3 307

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 2,479 2,310 93.2 2,085 84.1 225 9.7 168

 With children under 6 years old......... 2,564 2,426 94.6 2,162 84.3 263 10.9 139

 With children under 3 years old...... 1,505 1,425 94.7 1,282 85.2 143 10.1 80

 With no children under 18 years old...... 11,693 8,212 70.2 7,007 59.9 1,205 14.7 3,481

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. 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.

SOURCE: 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of

Labor Statistics.

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