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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 2006

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 117,814 69,401 58.9 66,168 56.2 3,233 4.7 48,413

 With children under 18 years old..................... 36,823 26,009 70.6 24,728 67.2 1,281 4.9 10,814

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 20,271 15,579 76.9 14,949 73.7 630 4.0 4,693

 With children under 6 years old..................... 16,552 10,430 63.0 9,779 59.1 651 6.2 6,122

 With children under 3 years old..................... 9,753 5,842 59.9 5,458 56.0 384 6.6 3,911

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 80,991 43,392 53.6 41,440 51.2 1,952 4.5 37,599

Total, 16 years and over................................. 59,476 36,192 60.9 35,185 59.2 1,007 2.8 23,284

 With children under 18 years old..................... 26,432 18,067 68.4 17,494 66.2 574 3.2 8,365

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 14,221 10,702 75.3 10,402 73.1 300 2.8 3,520

 With children under 6 years old..................... 12,211 7,366 60.3 7,092 58.1 274 3.7 4,845

 With children under 3 years old..................... 7,295 4,209 57.7 4,050 55.5 159 3.8 3,085

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 33,044 18,124 54.8 17,691 53.5 434 2.4 14,920

Total, 16 years and over................................. 58,338 33,209 56.9 30,983 53.1 2,226 6.7 25,128

 With children under 18 years old..................... 10,391 7,942 76.4 7,234 69.6 708 8.9 2,450

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 6,050 4,877 80.6 4,547 75.2 331 6.8 1,173

 With children under 6 years old..................... 4,341 3,064 70.6 2,687 61.9 377 12.3 1,277

 With children under 3 years old..................... 2,459 1,633 66.4 1,407 57.2 226 13.8 826

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 47,947 25,268 52.7 23,749 49.5 1,519 6.0 22,679

Total, 16 years and over................................. 94,986 55,586 58.5 53,396 56.2 2,190 3.9 39,400

 With children under 18 years old..................... 28,972 20,311 70.1 19,488 67.3 823 4.1 8,661

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 15,941 12,231 76.7 11,826 74.2 405 3.3 3,710

 With children under 6 years old..................... 13,031 8,080 62.0 7,662 58.8 418 5.2 4,951

 With children under 3 years old..................... 7,764 4,605 59.3 4,360 56.2 245 5.3 3,159

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 66,014 35,275 53.4 33,908 51.4 1,367 3.9 30,739

Total, 16 years and over................................. 51,184 30,867 60.3 30,067 58.7 800 2.6 20,317

 With children under 18 years old..................... 22,348 15,179 67.9 14,722 65.9 456 3.0 7,170

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 11,991 8,992 75.0 8,763 73.1 229 2.5 2,999

 With children under 6 years old..................... 10,358 6,187 59.7 5,959 57.5 227 3.7 4,171

 With children under 3 years old..................... 6,217 3,567 57.4 3,442 55.4 125 3.5 2,650

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 28,836 15,689 54.4 15,345 53.2 344 2.2 13,147

Total, 16 years and over................................. 43,802 24,718 56.4 23,328 53.3 1,390 5.6 19,084

 With children under 18 years old..................... 6,624 5,132 77.5 4,766 71.9 367 7.1 1,492

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 3,950 3,239 82.0 3,063 77.5 176 5.4 712

 With children under 6 years old..................... 2,674 1,894 70.8 1,703 63.7 191 10.1 780

 With children under 3 years old..................... 1,547 1,038 67.1 918 59.3 120 11.6 509

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 37,178 19,586 52.7 18,563 49.9 1,023 5.2 17,592

 See footnote at end of table.

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

Total, all marital statuses

Total, married, spouse present

Total, other marital statuses1

White, all marital statuses

White, married, spouse present

White, other marital statuses1

5

51,184

37,178
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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 2006—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 14,807 9,122 61.6 8,280 55.9 841 9.2 5,685 

 With children under 18 years old..................... 5,118 3,895 76.1 3,508 68.5 387 9.9 1,223 

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 2,897 2,318 80.0 2,125 73.4 194 8.3 578 

 With children under 6 years old..................... 2,221 1,577 71.0 1,383 62.3 194 12.3 644 

 With children under 3 years old..................... 1,220 808 66.2 692 56.7 116 14.4 412 

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 9,689 5,227 53.9 4,773 49.3 454 8.7 4,463 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 4,101 2,785 67.9 2,654 64.7 131 4.7 1,317 

 With children under 18 years old..................... 1,983 1,527 77.0 1,451 73.2 76 5.0 456 

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 1,149 939 81.8 888 77.3 51 5.5 209 

 With children under 6 years old..................... 835 588 70.4 563 67.5 25 4.2 247 

 With children under 3 years old..................... 485 318 65.6 298 61.4 20 6.4 167 

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 2,118 1,257 59.4 1,202 56.8 55 4.4 861 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 10,706 6,337 59.2 5,627 52.6 710 11.2 4,369 

 With children under 18 years old..................... 3,134 2,368 75.5 2,057 65.6 311 13.1 766 

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 1,748 1,379 78.9 1,237 70.8 142 10.3 369 

 With children under 6 years old..................... 1,386 989 71.3 820 59.1 169 17.1 398 

 With children under 3 years old..................... 734 490 66.7 394 53.6 96 19.6 245 

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 7,571 3,969 52.4 3,570 47.2 399 10.1 3,602 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 5,261 3,091 58.8 2,986 56.8 105 3.4 2,169 

 With children under 18 years old..................... 1,765 1,175 66.6 1,135 64.3 40 3.4 590 

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 956 688 72.0 671 70.2 17 2.5 268 

 With children under 6 years old..................... 809 487 60.2 464 57.4 23 4.7 322 

 With children under 3 years old..................... 476 271 56.8 257 53.9 14 5.1 206 

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 3,496 1,916 54.8 1,851 53.0 65 3.4 1,579 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 3,097 1,884 60.8 1,820 58.8 64 3.4 1,213 

 With children under 18 years old..................... 1,546 1,015 65.6 979 63.3 36 3.5 532 

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 814 581 71.4 565 69.4 16 2.8 233 

 With children under 6 years old..................... 732 434 59.2 414 56.6 20 4.5 299 

 With children under 3 years old..................... 425 235 55.3 224 52.7 11 4.8 190 

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 1,551 869 56.0 841 54.2 28 3.2 682 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 2,164 1,207 55.8 1,166 53.9 41 3.4 956 

 With children under 18 years old..................... 219 160 73.3 156 71.5 4 2.5 58 

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 142 107 75.5 106 74.9 1 .8 35 

 With children under 6 years old..................... 77 53 69.3 50 65.2 3 5.8 24 

 With children under 3 years old..................... 51 35 69.2 33 63.9 3 7.7 16 

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 1,945 1,047 53.8 1,010 51.9 37 3.5 898 

 See footnote at end of table.

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

Black or African American, all marital statuses

Black or African American, married, spouse present

Black or African American, other marital statuses1

Asian, all marital statuses

Asian, married, spouse present

Asian, other marital statuses1

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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 2006—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 14,484 8,028 55.4 7,522 51.9 505 6.3 6,456 

 With children under 18 years old..................... 6,515 3,941 60.5 3,669 56.3 273 6.9 2,574 

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 3,200 2,218 69.3 2,080 65.0 138 6.2 982 

 With children under 6 years old..................... 3,315 1,723 52.0 1,589 47.9 134 7.8 1,592 

 With children under 3 years old..................... 1,954 940 48.1 861 44.1 79 8.4 1,014 

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 7,969 4,086 51.3 3,853 48.4 233 5.7 3,882 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 7,216 3,912 54.2 3,704 51.3 208 5.3 3,304 

 With children under 18 years old..................... 4,559 2,537 55.7 2,387 52.3 150 5.9 2,022 

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 2,129 1,397 65.6 1,322 62.1 75 5.4 732 

 With children under 6 years old..................... 2,430 1,140 46.9 1,065 43.8 75 6.6 1,289 

 With children under 3 years old..................... 1,422 613 43.1 569 40.0 45 7.3 809 

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 2,657 1,375 51.8 1,318 49.6 57 4.2 1,282 

Total, 16 years and over................................. 7,268 4,116 56.6 3,818 52.5 298 7.2 3,153 

 With children under 18 years old..................... 1,957 1,404 71.8 1,282 65.5 122 8.7 552 

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger... 1,071 821 76.7 758 70.8 63 7.7 250 

 With children under 6 years old..................... 885 583 65.8 524 59.2 59 10.1 303 

 With children under 3 years old..................... 531 327 61.5 292 55.0 34 10.5 205 

 With no children under 18 years old.................. 5,311 2,711 51.0 2,536 47.7 176 6.5 2,600 

Presence and age of children

 Civilian 

noninstitutional

population

Not

in

labor

force

 Total 

Percent

of

population Total 

Percent

of

population

Hispanic or Latino, other marital statuses1

 Total 

 Percent 

of labor 

force

Hispanic or Latino, all marital statuses

Hispanic or Latino, married, spouse present

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. In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as

Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are

classified by ethnicity as well as by race.

SOURCE: 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement,

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics

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 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. 

Details 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. In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as 

Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified 

by ethnicity as well as by race.

SOURCE: 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of 

Labor Statistics.