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

2015

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..................... 24,175 61,712 56,263 35,326 20,937 70,061 44,086 25,975

Civilian labor force..................................... 10,971 35,322 37,481 22,706 14,774 52,133 32,684 19,449

Participation rate.................................... 45.4 57.2 66.6 64.3 70.6 74.4 74.1 74.9

Employed............................................. 10,098 33,402 35,785 21,573 14,213 50,792 31,772 19,020

Employment-population ratio.................... 41.8 54.1 63.6 61.1 67.9 72.5 72.1 73.2

Unemployed.......................................... 873 1,920 1,695 1,134 562 1,341 912 429

Unemployment rate.............................. 8.0 5.4 4.5 5.0 3.8 2.6 2.8 2.2

Men

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 12,137 30,388 25,664 16,644 9,020 33,471 21,048 12,423

Civilian labor force..................................... 7,081 20,416 18,772 11,862 6,911 26,429 16,767 9,662

Participation rate.................................... 58.3 67.2 73.1 71.3 76.6 79.0 79.7 77.8

Employed............................................. 6,573 19,302 17,953 11,293 6,660 25,776 16,323 9,453

Employment-population ratio.................... 54.2 63.5 70.0 67.9 73.8 77.0 77.6 76.1

Unemployed.......................................... 507 1,114 820 569 251 654 444 210

Unemployment rate.............................. 7.2 5.5 4.4 4.8 3.6 2.5 2.6 2.2

Women

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 12,038 31,325 30,599 18,682 11,918 36,590 23,038 13,552

Civilian labor force..................................... 3,891 14,906 18,708 10,845 7,864 25,704 15,917 9,786

Participation rate.................................... 32.3 47.6 61.1 58.0 66.0 70.2 69.1 72.2

Employed............................................. 3,525 14,100 17,832 10,280 7,553 25,016 15,449 9,567

Employment-population ratio.................... 29.3 45.0 58.3 55.0 63.4 68.4 67.1 70.6

Unemployed.......................................... 366 806 876 565 311 687 468 219

Unemployment rate.............................. 9.4 5.4 4.7 5.2 4.0 2.7 2.9 2.2

White

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 18,672 49,012 44,779 27,796 16,983 55,911 35,289 20,622

Civilian labor force..................................... 8,723 27,790 29,492 17,588 11,904 41,361 26,072 15,289

Participation rate.................................... 46.7 56.7 65.9 63.3 70.1 74.0 73.9 74.1

Employed............................................. 8,128 26,508 28,320 16,820 11,501 40,380 25,395 14,984

Employment-population ratio.................... 43.5 54.1 63.2 60.5 67.7 72.2 72.0 72.7

Unemployed.......................................... 595 1,282 1,171 768 404 981 677 304

Unemployment rate.............................. 6.8 4.6 4.0 4.4 3.4 2.4 2.6 2.0

Black or African American

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 3,271 8,566 7,715 5,135 2,580 5,917 3,801 2,116

Civilian labor force..................................... 1,228 5,035 5,416 3,526 1,891 4,600 2,967 1,633

Participation rate.................................... 37.5 58.8 70.2 68.7 73.3 77.7 78.0 77.2

Employed............................................. 1,033 4,549 5,017 3,242 1,775 4,418 2,850 1,567

Employment-population ratio.................... 31.6 53.1 65.0 63.1 68.8 74.7 75.0 74.1

Unemployed.......................................... 196 486 399 284 115 182 116 66

Unemployment rate.............................. 15.9 9.7 7.4 8.0 6.1 4.0 3.9 4.0

Asian

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 1,217 2,385 1,919 1,165 754 6,773 4,013 2,760

Civilian labor force..................................... 497 1,402 1,308 763 545 4,993 2,849 2,144

Participation rate.................................... 40.8 58.8 68.1 65.5 72.3 73.7 71.0 77.7

Employed............................................. 470 1,344 1,265 737 528 4,855 2,759 2,096

Employment-population ratio.................... 38.6 56.4 65.9 63.2 70.0 71.7 68.7 75.9

Unemployed.......................................... 27 57 43 26 17 138 90 48

Unemployment rate.............................. 5.4 4.1 3.3 3.4 3.1 2.8 3.2 2.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Civilian noninstitutional population..................... 10,094 9,261 6,774 4,401 2,373 5,086 3,494 1,592

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

2015

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

Civilian labor force..................................... 5,986 6,444 5,112 3,295 1,817 4,076 2,798 1,278

Participation rate.................................... 59.3 69.6 75.5 74.9 76.6 80.1 80.1 80.3

Employed............................................. 5,592 6,064 4,858 3,119 1,739 3,936 2,694 1,242

Employment-population ratio.................... 55.4 65.5 71.7 70.9 73.3 77.4 77.1 78.0

Unemployed.......................................... 394 379 254 175 78 140 104 36

Unemployment rate.............................. 6.6 5.9 5.0 5.3 4.3 3.4 3.7 2.8

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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