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

2021

Less than

a

high

school

diploma

High

school

graduates,

no

college1

Some college or associate degree Bachelor’s degree and higher

Total

Some

college,

no degree

Associate

degree Total2

Bachelor’s

degree

only

Advanced

degree

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 20,003 63,234 56,654 33,550 23,104 84,292 52,378 31,914

Civilian labor force..................................... 9,007 34,994 35,688 20,370 15,318 60,827 37,599 23,229

Participation rate.................................... 45.0 55.3 63.0 60.7 66.3 72.2 71.8 72.8

Employed............................................. 8,263 32,821 33,855 19,247 14,608 58,966 36,289 22,677

Employment-population ratio.................... 41.3 51.9 59.8 57.4 63.2 70.0 69.3 71.1

Unemployed.......................................... 744 2,173 1,833 1,123 710 1,861 1,310 551

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.3 6.2 5.1 5.5 4.6 3.1 3.5 2.4

Men

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 10,318 32,029 26,132 16,045 10,087 39,309 24,600 14,709

Civilian labor force..................................... 5,853 20,936 18,185 10,842 7,343 29,965 18,954 11,010

Participation rate.................................... 56.7 65.4 69.6 67.6 72.8 76.2 77.0 74.9

Employed............................................. 5,409 19,650 17,255 10,258 6,996 29,062 18,302 10,760

Employment-population ratio.................... 52.4 61.3 66.0 63.9 69.4 73.9 74.4 73.2

Unemployed.......................................... 444 1,287 931 584 347 902 652 250

Unemployment rate.............................. 7.6 6.1 5.1 5.4 4.7 3.0 3.4 2.3

Women

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 9,685 31,204 30,522 17,505 13,018 44,983 27,778 17,205

Civilian labor force..................................... 3,154 14,058 17,502 9,528 7,975 30,863 18,645 12,218

Participation rate.................................... 32.6 45.1 57.3 54.4 61.3 68.6 67.1 71.0

Employed............................................. 2,855 13,172 16,600 8,988 7,612 29,904 17,987 11,917

Employment-population ratio.................... 29.5 42.2 54.4 51.3 58.5 66.5 64.8 69.3

Unemployed.......................................... 300 886 902 539 363 959 658 301

Unemployment rate.............................. 9.5 6.3 5.2 5.7 4.5 3.1 3.5 2.5

White

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 15,282 49,015 44,550 26,028 18,522 65,692 41,393 24,299

Civilian labor force..................................... 7,203 26,831 27,636 15,485 12,151 46,681 29,458 17,224

Participation rate.................................... 47.1 54.7 62.0 59.5 65.6 71.1 71.2 70.9

Employed............................................. 6,681 25,408 26,375 14,730 11,646 45,378 28,531 16,848

Employment-population ratio.................... 43.7 51.8 59.2 56.6 62.9 69.1 68.9 69.3

Unemployed.......................................... 522 1,423 1,260 755 505 1,303 927 376

Unemployment rate.............................. 7.3 5.3 4.6 4.9 4.2 2.8 3.1 2.2

Black or African American

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 2,780 9,499 7,986 5,106 2,880 7,895 4,959 2,937

Civilian labor force..................................... 942 5,436 5,302 3,304 1,998 6,042 3,767 2,276

Participation rate.................................... 33.9 57.2 66.4 64.7 69.4 76.5 76.0 77.5

Employed............................................. 799 4,896 4,899 3,041 1,859 5,779 3,583 2,197

Employment-population ratio.................... 28.8 51.5 61.4 59.6 64.5 73.2 72.2 74.8

Unemployed.......................................... 143 540 403 263 139 263 184 79

Unemployment rate.............................. 15.2 9.9 7.6 8.0 7.0 4.4 4.9 3.5

Asian

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 1,061 2,625 1,991 1,108 883 8,664 4,675 3,990

Civilian labor force..................................... 424 1,421 1,298 718 580 6,499 3,319 3,180

Participation rate.................................... 40.0 54.1 65.2 64.8 65.7 75.0 71.0 79.7

Employed............................................. 395 1,306 1,223 674 549 6,277 3,176 3,101

Employment-population ratio.................... 37.2 49.8 61.4 60.8 62.2 72.4 67.9 77.7

Unemployed.......................................... 30 115 75 44 31 221 143 78

Unemployment rate.............................. 7.0 8.1 5.8 6.1 5.4 3.4 4.3 2.5

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

2021

Less than

a

high

school

diploma

High

school

graduates,

no

college1

Some college or associate degree Bachelor’s degree and higher

Total

Some

college,

no degree

Associate

degree Total2

Bachelor’s

degree

only

Advanced

degree

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 9,279 11,463 7,851 4,761 3,090 7,432 5,174 2,259

Civilian labor force..................................... 5,304 7,722 5,654 3,384 2,270 5,880 4,064 1,816

Participation rate.................................... 57.2 67.4 72.0 71.1 73.5 79.1 78.5 80.4

Employed............................................. 4,919 7,222 5,309 3,175 2,134 5,652 3,888 1,764

Employment-population ratio.................... 53.0 63.0 67.6 66.7 69.0 76.0 75.2 78.1

Unemployed.......................................... 384 500 345 209 137 228 176 53

Unemployment rate.............................. 7.2 6.5 6.1 6.2 6.0 3.9 4.3 2.9

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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