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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, 2005

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 116,534 68,597 58.9 65,113 55.9 3,484 5.1 47,937

 With children under 18 years old........................... 37,112 26,168 70.5 24,787 66.8 1,382 5.3 10,944

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 20,470 15,744 76.9 15,077 73.7 667 4.2 4,726

 With children under 6 years old........................... 16,642 10,424 62.6 9,709 58.3 715 6.9 6,218

 With children under 3 years old........................ 9,742 5,744 59.0 5,339 54.8 405 7.1 3,998

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 79,422 42,428 53.4 40,326 50.8 2,102 5.0 36,993

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 59,449 35,809 60.2 34,738 58.4 1,071 3.0 23,641

 With children under 18 years old........................... 26,709 18,184 68.1 17,626 66.0 558 3.1 8,525

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 14,495 10,875 75.0 10,563 72.9 312 2.9 3,620

 With children under 6 years old........................... 12,214 7,309 59.8 7,063 57.8 246 3.4 4,905

 With children under 3 years old........................ 7,345 4,185 57.0 4,049 55.1 136 3.3 3,160

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 32,741 17,625 53.8 17,112 52.3 513 2.9 15,116

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 57,084 32,788 57.4 30,375 53.2 2,413 7.4 24,296

 With children under 18 years old........................... 10,403 7,985 76.8 7,161 68.8 824 10.3 2,419

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 5,975 4,869 81.5 4,515 75.6 355 7.3 1,106

 With children under 6 years old........................... 4,428 3,115 70.4 2,646 59.8 469 15.1 1,313

 With children under 3 years old........................ 2,397 1,559 65.0 1,290 53.8 269 17.2 838

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 46,681 24,803 53.1 23,214 49.7 1,589 6.4 21,878

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 94,166 55,102 58.5 52,758 56.0 2,344 4.3 39,064

 With children under 18 years old........................... 29,330 20,532 70.0 19,691 67.1 841 4.1 8,799

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 16,264 12,488 76.8 12,061 74.2 427 3.4 3,776

 With children under 6 years old........................... 13,066 8,044 61.6 7,630 58.4 414 5.1 5,022

 With children under 3 years old........................ 7,751 4,499 58.0 4,274 55.1 225 5.0 3,252

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 64,836 34,571 53.3 33,067 51.0 1,504 4.4 30,265

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 51,119 30,576 59.8 29,703 58.1 873 2.9 20,544

 With children under 18 years old........................... 22,535 15,279 67.8 14,842 65.9 438 2.9 7,256

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 12,236 9,173 75.0 8,929 73.0 245 2.7 3,063

 With children under 6 years old........................... 10,299 6,106 59.3 5,913 57.4 193 3.2 4,193

 With children under 3 years old........................ 6,243 3,541 56.7 3,431 54.9 111 3.1 2,702

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 28,584 15,296 53.5 14,861 52.0 435 2.8 13,287

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 43,047 24,527 57.0 23,055 53.6 1,471 6.0 18,520

 With children under 18 years old........................... 6,795 5,252 77.3 4,850 71.4 403 7.7 1,542

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 4,028 3,315 82.3 3,133 77.8 182 5.5 713

 With children under 6 years old........................... 2,767 1,938 70.0 1,717 62.1 221 11.4 829

 With children under 3 years old........................ 1,507 957 63.5 843 55.9 114 11.9 550

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 36,252 19,274 53.2 18,206 50.2 1,069 5.5 16,978

White, married, spouse present

White, other marital statuses1

Total, all marital statuses

Total, married, spouse present

Total, other marital statuses1

White, all marital statuses

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 

 See footnote at end of table
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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, 2005—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 14,565 8,925 61.3 8,039 55.2 886 9.9 5,640

 With children under 18 years old........................... 5,023 3,818 76.0 3,374 67.2 444 11.6 1,205

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 2,745 2,187 79.7 1,994 72.6 193 8.8 559

 With children under 6 years old........................... 2,278 1,631 71.6 1,380 60.6 251 15.4 646

 With children under 3 years old........................ 1,207 817 67.7 673 55.8 144 17.7 389

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 9,542 5,107 53.5 4,664 48.9 442 8.7 4,435

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 4,168 2,765 66.3 2,661 63.8 104 3.8 1,403

 With children under 18 years old.......................... 1,997 1,526 76.4 1,461 73.2 65 4.3 470

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 1,130 895 79.2 858 76.0 37 4.1 235

 With children under 6 years old........................... 867 631 72.8 603 69.6 28 4.4 236

 With children under 3 years old........................... 468 322 68.7 310 66.1 12 3.8 147

 With no children under 18 years old...................... 2,171 1,238 57.0 1,200 55.2 39 3.1 933

Total, 16 years and over........................................ 10,397 6,160 59.2 5,378 51.7 782 12.7 4,237

 With children under 18 years old........................... 3,027 2,292 75.7 1,913 63.2 379 16.5 735

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 1,616 1,292 79.9 1,136 70.3 156 12.1 324

 With children under 6 years old........................... 1,411 1,000 70.9 777 55.1 223 22.3 411

 With children under 3 years old........................ 738 496 67.1 363 49.2 132 26.7 243

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 7,371 3,868 52.5 3,465 47.0 404 10.4 3,502

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 5,108 2,924 57.2 2,806 54.9 119 4.1 2,184

 With children under 18 years old........................... 1,797 1,167 64.9 1,129 62.8 37 3.2 631

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 945 685 72.5 664 70.3 21 3.1 260

 With children under 6 years old........................... 853 481 56.5 465 54.6 16 3.3 371

 With children under 3 years old........................ 511 268 52.5 262 51.2 6 2.4 243

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 3,311 1,758 53.1 1,676 50.6 82 4.6 1,553

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 3,054 1,790 58.6 1,741 57.0 49 2.8 1,264

 With children under 18 years old........................... 1,574 987 62.7 960 61.0 27 2.8 586

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 800 566 70.8 550 68.8 16 2.8 234

 With children under 6 years old........................... 774 421 54.4 409 52.9 12 2.7 353

 With children under 3 years old........................ 472 238 50.3 234 49.5 4 1.6 235

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 1,480 803 54.2 781 52.8 22 2.7 677

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 2,055 1,135 55.2 1,065 51.8 69 6.1 920

 With children under 18 years old........................... 224 180 80.2 170 75.9 10 5.4 44

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 145 119 82.1 114 78.4 5 4.5 26

 With children under 6 years old........................... 79 60 76.7 56 71.3 4 7.1 18

 With children under 3 years old........................ 39 31 78.6 28 71.7 3 8.8 8

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 1,831 955 52.2 895 48.9 60 6.3 876

Asian, all marital statuses

Asian, married, spouse present

Asian, other marital statuses1

 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

Presence and age of children

 Civilian 

noninstitutional 

population 

 Not in 

labor 

force Total Percent of 

population Total Percent of 

population Total 
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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, 2005—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 14,023 7,726 55.1 7,208 51.4 518 6.7 6,297

 With children under 18 years old........................... 6,341 3,726 58.8 3,490 55.0 236 6.3 2,616

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 3,068 2,088 68.1 1,975 64.4 113 5.4 980

 With children under 6 years old........................... 3,273 1,638 50.0 1,515 46.3 123 7.5 1,636

 With children under 3 years old........................ 1,905 847 44.5 786 41.3 61 7.3 1,058

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 7,682 4,000 52.1 3,718 48.4 282 7.1 3,682

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 6,888 3,628 52.7 3,463 50.3 165 4.5 3,260

 With children under 18 years old........................... 4,379 2,339 53.4 2,237 51.1 102 4.4 2,040

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 2,035 1,294 63.6 1,241 61.0 53 4.1 741

 With children under 6 years old........................... 2,344 1,045 44.6 996 42.5 49 4.7 1,299

 With children under 3 years old........................ 1,385 556 40.1 529 38.2 27 4.8 830

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 2,510 1,289 51.4 1,227 48.9 63 4.9 1,220

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 7,135 4,097 57.4 3,745 52.5 353 8.6 3,038

 With children under 18 years old........................... 1,963 1,387 70.7 1,253 63.9 133 9.6 576

 With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger......... 1,033 794 76.9 734 71.1 60 7.5 239

 With children under 6 years old........................... 930 593 63.8 519 55.9 73 12.4 337

 With children under 3 years old........................ 520 292 56.1 257 49.5 35 11.8 228

 With no children under 18 years old........................ 5,172 2,711 52.4 2,491 48.2 220 8.1 2,461

Hispanic or Latino, other marital statuses1

 Total 

 Percent 

of labor 

force 

Hispanic or Latino, all marital statuses

Hispanic or Latino, married, spouse present

Presence and age of children

 Civilian 

noninstitutional 

population 

 Not in 

labor 

force Total Percent of 

population Total Percent of 

population 

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: 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor

Statistics