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

2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,507 44,182 26,251 26,393 3,941 4,019 2,043 2,086

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,053 28,970 17,611 17,278 2,448 2,491 1,304 1,303

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.8 65.6 67.1 65.5 62.1 62.0 63.8 62.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,805 25,952 16,836 15,568 2,325 2,200 1,265 1,181

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.9 58.7 64.1 59.0 59.0 54.7 62.0 56.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,248 3,018 775 1,710 124 291 39 122

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 10.4 4.4 9.9 5.0 11.7 3.0 9.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,454 15,213 8,640 9,116 1,493 1,527 738 783

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,660 21,981 13,265 13,279 1,915 1,957 1,004 1,063

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,439 16,455 10,198 10,021 1,297 1,311 708 756

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.9 74.9 76.9 75.5 67.7 67.0 70.5 71.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,782 14,857 9,795 9,093 1,222 1,146 685 691

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.9 67.6 73.8 68.5 63.8 58.5 68.3 64.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 1,598 403 929 75 165 22 65

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0 9.7 4.0 9.3 5.8 12.6 3.2 8.6

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,221 5,527 3,068 3,258 618 646 296 308

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,640 19,950 11,918 11,932 1,746 1,784 953 1,014

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,757 15,783 9,728 9,564 1,239 1,252 695 747

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.2 79.1 81.6 80.2 71.0 70.2 72.9 73.7

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,204 14,333 9,395 8,731 1,177 1,104 674 685

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.4 71.8 78.8 73.2 67.4 61.9 70.7 67.6

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 1,451 333 833 62 148 21 61

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 9.2 3.4 8.7 5.0 11.8 3.0 8.2

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,883 4,167 2,190 2,367 507 532 259 267

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,846 22,201 12,985 13,114 2,026 2,062 1,039 1,022

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,614 12,515 7,413 7,257 1,151 1,180 596 547

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.7 56.4 57.1 55.3 56.8 57.2 57.4 53.5

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,023 11,095 7,041 6,475 1,102 1,054 580 490

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.0 50.0 54.2 49.4 54.4 51.1 55.8 47.9

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 1,421 372 782 49 126 16 57

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 11.4 5.0 10.8 4.2 10.7 2.7 10.4

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,232 9,686 5,573 5,858 875 882 442 475

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,877 20,215 11,696 11,786 1,874 1,901 977 973

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,012 11,884 7,003 6,826 1,103 1,118 582 541

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.4 58.8 59.9 57.9 58.9 58.8 59.6 55.6

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,516 10,593 6,696 6,131 1,064 1,005 567 486

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.9 52.4 57.3 52.0 56.8 52.9 58.1 50.0

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 1,291 306 696 39 113 15 55

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 10.9 4.4 10.2 3.5 10.1 2.6 10.1

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,865 8,332 4,693 4,960 770 783 394 432

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,989 4,017 2,637 2,676 321 334 112 100

Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,283 1,303 880 887 106 121 27 15

Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.2 32.4 33.4 33.2 32.9 36.4 23.9 15.1

Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085 1,026 745 706 84 92 24 9

Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.2 25.5 28.3 26.4 26.0 27.5 21.5 9.1

Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 277 135 181 22 30 3 6

Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.4 21.2 15.4 20.4 20.7 24.6 – –

Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,706 2,714 1,757 1,789 216 212 85 84

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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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