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Table 5. Employment status by sex, presence and age of children, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 

March 2006

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

 Total 

Percent

of

population

 Total Percent of 

labor force 

Total

Women, 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, 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 

 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 

Men, 16 years and over..................... 110,161 80,267 72.9 75,979 69.0 4,287 5.3 29,894 

 With children under 18 years old......... 28,473 26,816 94.2 25,959 91.2 857 3.2 1,657 

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 15,603 14,543 93.2 14,094 90.3 449 3.1 1,060 

 With children under 6 years old......... 12,869 12,273 95.4 11,865 92.2 408 3.3 597 

 Under 3 years old........................ 7,690 7,333 95.4 7,098 92.3 235 3.2 357 

 With no children under 18 years old...... 81,688 53,451 65.4 50,021 61.2 3,431 6.4 28,237 

White

Women, 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, 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 

 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 

Men, 16 years and over..................... 90,642 66,854 73.8 63,770 70.4 3,084 4.6 23,788 

 With children under 18 years old......... 23,907 22,722 95.0 22,059 92.3 663 2.9 1,185 

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 13,077 12,323 94.2 11,974 91.6 349 2.8 755 

 With children under 6 years old......... 10,830 10,399 96.0 10,085 93.1 314 3.0 430 

 Under 3 years old........................ 6,494 6,255 96.3 6,070 93.5 185 3.0 239 

 With no children under 18 years old...... 66,735 44,132 66.1 41,711 62.5 2,421 5.5 22,603 

Black or African American

Women, 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, 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 

 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 

Men, 16 years and over..................... 12,059 7,942 65.9 7,053 58.5 889 11.2 4,117 

 With children under 18 years old......... 2,466 2,166 87.8 2,043 82.8 123 5.7 300 

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 1,423 1,219 85.7 1,161 81.5 59 4.8 204 

 With children under 6 years old......... 1,043 946 90.8 882 84.6 64 6.8 96 

 Under 3 years old.......................... 615 546 88.8 513 83.3 34 6.2 69 

 With no children under 18 years old...... 9,593 5,776 60.2 5,010 52.2 766 13.3 3,817 

 See note at end of table.

Characteristic

 Civilian 

noninstitutional

population

Not

in

labor

force

 Total 

Percent

of

population

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Table 5. Employment status by sex, presence and age of children, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 

March 2006—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

 Civilian labor force 

 Employed Unemployed 

 Total 

Percent

of

population

 Total Percent of 

labor force 

Asian

Women, 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, 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 

 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 

Men, 16 years and over..................... 4,742 3,528 74.4 3,382 71.3 146 4.1 1,214 

 With children under 18 years old......... 1,438 1,326 92.2 1,287 89.5 40 3.0 112 

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 770 701 91.1 671 87.2 30 4.3 69 

 With children under 6 years old......... 668 625 93.6 615 92.2 10 1.5 43 

 Under 3 years old........................ 384 351 91.4 348 90.6 3 .8 33 

 With no children under 18 years old...... 3,304 2,202 66.6 2,096 63.4 107 4.8 1,102 

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Women, 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, 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 

 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 

Men, 16 years and over..................... 15,309 12,235 79.9 11,569 75.6 666 5.4 3,074 

 With children under 18 years old......... 4,950 4,658 94.1 4,483 90.6 174 3.7 292 

 With children 6 to 17, none younger... 2,275 2,117 93.1 2,052 90.2 65 3.1 157 

 With children under 6 years old......... 2,675 2,540 95.0 2,431 90.9 109 4.3 135 

 Under 3 years old........................ 1,581 1,506 95.3 1,455 92.1 50 3.3 75 

 With no children under 18 years old...... 10,359 7,577 73.1 7,085 68.4 492 6.5 2,782 

Characteristic

 Civilian 

noninstitutional

population

Not

in

labor

force

 Total 

Percent

of

population

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.

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. 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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