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

or Latino ethnicity, March 2009

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

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 years old, 

 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

Total women, 16 years and over............... 60,818 37,536 61.7 35,540 58.4 1,996 5.3 23,282

 With children under 18 years old............ 25,781 17,995 69.8 17,018 66.0 977 5.4 7,785

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 14,035 10,764 76.7 10,213 72.8 551 5.1 3,271

 With children under 6 years old............ 11,746 7,231 61.6 6,805 57.9 426 5.9 4,514

 With children under 3 years old............ 7,078 4,236 59.8 3,994 56.4 242 5.7 2,842

 With no children under 18 years old......... 35,037 19,541 55.8 18,521 52.9 1,019 5.2 15,497

Total women, 16 years and over............... 60,509 34,235 56.6 30,883 51.0 3,352 9.8 26,274

 With children under 18 years old............ 10,727 8,127 75.8 7,061 65.8 1,066 13.1 2,600

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 5,955 4,861 81.6 4,349 73.0 512 10.5 1,094

Total, all marital statuses

Total, married, spouse present

Total, other marital statuses1

 Percent 

of labor 

force 

Presence and age of children

 Civilian 

noninstitutional 

population 

Not 

in 

labor 

force 

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population Total

Percent 

of 

population 

 Total 

y g

 With children under 6 years old............ 4,771 3,266 68.5 2,712 56.8 554 17.0 1,505

 With children under 3 years old............ 2,679 1,723 64.3 1,407 52.5 317 18.4 956

 With no children under 18 years old......... 49,783 26,108 52.4 23,822 47.9 2,286 8.8 23,675

Total 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 years old, 

 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

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

Total women, 16 years and over............... 51,912 31,834 61.3 30,194 58.2 1,640 5.2 20,078

 With children under 18 years old............ 21,589 14,995 69.5 14,199 65.8 796 5.3 6,595

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 11,758 8,988 76.4 8,534 72.6 454 5.1 2,769

 With children under 6 years old............ 9,832 6,006 61.1 5,665 57.6 342 5.7 3,826

 With children under 3 years old............ 5,932 3,545 59.8 3,352 56.5 193 5.5 2,387

 With no children under 18 years old......... 30,322 16,839 55.5 15,995 52.7 844 5.0 13,483

Total women, 16 years and over............... 45,345 25,517 56.3 23,215 51.2 2,301 9.0 19,828

 With children under 18 years old............ 6,873 5,245 76.3 4,631 67.4 614 11.7 1,629

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 3,896 3,224 82.7 2,921 75.0 303 9.4 672

 With children under 6 years old............ 2,977 2,021 67.9 1,710 57.4 311 15.4 956

 With children under 3 years old............ 1,657 1,051 63.4 890 53.7 160 15.3 606

 With no children under 18 years old......... 38,472 20,272 52.7 18,585 48.3 1,688 8.3 18,199

 See footnote at end of table.

White, married, spouse present

White, other marital statuses1

White, all marital statuses

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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 2009—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total 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 years old, 

 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

Total women, 16 years and over............... 4,368 2,930 67.1 2,752 63.0 178 6.1 1,438

 With children under 18 years old............ 1,930 1,497 77.5 1,415 73.3 82 5.5 434

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 1,123 920 81.9 871 77.6 49 5.3 203

 With children under 6 years old............ 808 577 71.4 544 67.3 33 5.7 231

 With children under 3 years old............ 457 298 65.2 277 60.5 21 7.2 159

 With no children under 18 years old......... 2,437 1,433 58.8 1,337 54.9 96 6.7 1,004

Total women, 16 years and over............... 11,106 6,458 58.2 5,620 50.6 838 13.0 4,647

 With children under 18 years old............ 3,229 2,407 74.6 2,013 62.3 395 16.4 822

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 1,735 1,374 79.2 1,196 68.9 178 12.9 361

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 labor 

force 

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population 

y g

 With children under 6 years old............ 1,494 1,033 69.2 817 54.7 217 21.0 461

 With children under 3 years old............ 864 574 66.4 428 49.5 146 25.4 290

 With no children under 18 years old......... 7,877 4,051 51.4 3,608 45.8 444 10.9 3,826

Total 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 years old, 

 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

Total women, 16 years and over............... 3,366 2,090 62.1 1,971 58.6 119 5.7 1,277

 With children under 18 years old............ 1,660 1,118 67.4 1,060 63.9 58 5.2 541

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 848 627 74.0 600 70.8 27 4.3 221

 With children under 6 years old............ 812 491 60.5 460 56.6 32 6.4 321

 With children under 3 years old............ 497 295 59.4 278 55.9 17 5.8 202

 With no children under 18 years old......... 1,707 971 56.9 911 53.4 60 6.2 736

Total women, 16 years and over............... 2,246 1,179 52.5 1,114 49.6 65 5.5 1,067

 With children under 18 years old............ 218 181 83.2 169 77.6 12 6.7 37

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 133 118 88.5 106 79.5 12 10.1 15

 With children under 6 years old............ 84 63 74.8 63 74.5 - - 21

 With children under 3 years old............ 35 28 79.7 28 79.0 - - 7

 With no children under 18 years old......... 2,028 998 49.2 945 46.6 53 5.3 1,030

 See footnote at end of table.

Asian, married, spouse present

Asian, other marital statuses1

Asian, all marital statuses

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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 2009—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total 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 years old, 

 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

 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

Total women, 16 years and over............... 7,596 4,194 55.2 3,773 49.7 421 10.0 3,402

 With children under 18 years old............ 4,642 2,652 57.1 2,366 51.0 286 10.8 1,990

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 2,309 1,541 66.7 1,379 59.7 162 10.5 768

 With children under 6 years old............ 2,333 1,111 47.6 987 42.3 125 11.2 1,221

 With children under 3 years old............ 1,371 617 45.0 550 40.1 67 10.9 754

 With no children under 18 years old......... 2,954 1,542 52.2 1,407 47.6 135 8.8 1,413

Total women, 16 years and over............... 8,253 4,829 58.5 4,257 51.6 572 11.8 3,424

 With children under 18 years old............ 2,290 1,669 72.9 1,444 63.0 226 13.5 620

 With children 6 to 17 years old, 

 none younger.................................. 1,126 902 80.1 809 71.8 93 10.3 224

Presence and age of children

 Civilian 

noninstitutional 

population 

Not 

in 

labor 

force 

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population 

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, other marital statuses1

 Total 

 Percent 

of labor 

force 

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, all marital statuses

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, married, spouse present

 Total 

Percent 

of 

population 

y g

 With children under 6 years old............ 1,164 768 66.0 635 54.5 133 17.3 396

 With children under 3 years old............ 630 394 62.5 321 50.9 73 18.5 236

 With no children under 18 years old......... 5,963 3,160 53.0 2,814 47.2 346 11.0 2,803

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

Labor Statistics.

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