Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Less than a high school diploma		High school graduates, no college(1)		Some college or associate degree						Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
	2010	2011	2010	2011	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		2010	2011
	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011	2010	2011
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	25,666	25,122	62,037	61,932	52,222	53,089	33,656	33,898	18,565	19,191	59,957	61,277
Civilian labor force	11,880	11,599	38,236	37,344	36,840	36,831	22,958	22,686	13,882	14,145	45,998	46,846
Participation rate	46.3	46.2	61.6	60.3	70.5	69.4	68.2	66.9	74.8	73.7	76.7	76.4
Employed	10,115	9,967	34,293	33,823	33,747	33,895	20,838	20,712	12,910	13,182	43,832	44,822
Employment-population ratio	39.4	39.7	55.3	54.6	64.6	63.8	61.9	61.1	69.5	68.7	73.1	73.1
Unemployed	1,765	1,632	3,943	3,521	3,093	2,937	2,120	1,974	973	963	2,167	2,024
Unemployment rate	14.9	14.1	10.3	9.4	8.4	8.0	9.2	8.7	7.0	6.8	4.7	4.3

Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,820	12,563	30,282	30,264	23,752	24,307	15,889	16,078	7,863	8,229	29,191	29,758
Civilian labor force	7,571	7,398	21,611	21,169	18,212	18,229	11,890	11,760	6,322	6,469	23,736	24,183
Participation rate	59.1	58.9	71.4	69.9	76.7	75.0	74.8	73.1	80.4	78.6	81.3	81.3
Employed	6,434	6,388	19,159	19,059	16,566	16,771	10,737	10,741	5,829	6,029	22,606	23,138
Employment-population ratio	50.2	50.9	63.3	63.0	69.7	69.0	67.6	66.8	74.1	73.3	77.4	77.8
Unemployed	1,137	1,009	2,452	2,110	1,646	1,458	1,153	1,018	493	440	1,130	1,045
Unemployment rate	15.0	13.6	11.3	10.0	9.0	8.0	9.7	8.7	7.8	6.8	4.8	4.3

Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,846	12,559	31,755	31,668	28,470	28,782	17,767	17,820	10,702	10,962	30,766	31,519
Civilian labor force	4,309	4,201	16,625	16,175	18,628	18,602	11,068	10,926	7,560	7,676	22,263	22,663
Participation rate	33.5	33.5	52.4	51.1	65.4	64.6	62.3	61.3	70.6	70.0	72.4	71.9
Employed	3,681	3,579	15,134	14,764	17,181	17,124	10,101	9,971	7,080	7,153	21,226	21,684
Employment-population ratio	28.7	28.5	47.7	46.6	60.4	59.5	56.9	56.0	66.2	65.3	69.0	68.8
Unemployed	628	623	1,492	1,411	1,447	1,478	967	955	480	523	1,037	978
Unemployment rate	14.6	14.8	9.0	8.7	7.8	7.9	8.7	8.7	6.3	6.8	4.7	4.3

White
Civilian noninstitutional population	20,176	19,765	50,794	50,280	42,501	43,136	27,196	27,370	15,306	15,765	49,432	50,516
Civilian labor force	9,627	9,443	31,065	30,093	29,785	29,717	18,339	18,109	11,445	11,609	37,798	38,492
Participation rate	47.7	47.8	61.2	59.8	70.1	68.9	67.4	66.2	74.8	73.6	76.5	76.2
Employed	8,290	8,248	28,128	27,568	27,506	27,635	16,800	16,713	10,707	10,922	36,176	36,975
Employment-population ratio	41.1	41.7	55.4	54.8	64.7	64.1	61.8	61.1	70.0	69.3	73.2	73.2
Unemployed	1,337	1,195	2,937	2,524	2,278	2,083	1,540	1,396	738	687	1,622	1,516
Unemployment rate	13.9	12.7	9.5	8.4	7.6	7.0	8.4	7.7	6.5	5.9	4.3	3.9

Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,672	3,545	7,880	8,176	6,747	6,877	4,559	4,563	2,188	2,314	4,655	4,755
Civilian labor force	1,423	1,343	5,029	5,088	4,960	4,960	3,299	3,233	1,661	1,727	3,701	3,738
Participation rate	38.8	37.9	63.8	62.2	73.5	72.1	72.4	70.8	75.9	74.6	79.5	78.6
Employed	1,103	1,013	4,234	4,298	4,346	4,311	2,864	2,792	1,482	1,519	3,409	3,474
Employment-population ratio	30.0	28.6	53.7	52.6	64.4	62.7	62.8	61.2	67.7	65.6	73.2	73.1
Unemployed	321	330	795	790	614	649	435	440	179	208	292	264
Unemployment rate	22.5	24.6	15.8	15.5	12.4	13.1	13.2	13.6	10.8	12.1	7.9	7.1

Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population	1,099	1,097	1,980	2,072	1,599	1,652	966	1,015	633	637	4,932	5,027
Civilian labor force	485	463	1,244	1,265	1,129	1,167	675	707	454	460	3,743	3,831
Participation rate	44.1	42.2	62.8	61.1	70.6	70.6	69.8	69.6	71.8	72.2	75.9	76.2
Employed	431	419	1,149	1,169	1,037	1,080	611	650	426	430	3,538	3,632
Employment-population ratio	39.2	38.2	58.1	56.4	64.8	65.4	63.2	64.0	67.3	67.6	71.7	72.2
Unemployed	54	44	95	96	92	86	64	57	28	30	205	199
Unemployment rate	11.1	9.5	7.6	7.6	8.1	7.4	9.5	8.0	6.2	6.5	5.5	5.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population	9,646	9,612	7,915	8,000	5,302	5,466	3,565	3,622	1,737	1,844	3,727	3,761
Civilian labor force	5,970	5,859	5,849	5,813	4,124	4,214	2,753	2,770	1,372	1,444	3,044	3,030
Participation rate	61.9	61.0	73.9	72.7	77.8	77.1	77.2	76.5	79.0	78.3	81.7	80.6
Employed	5,183	5,156	5,175	5,216	3,725	3,830	2,474	2,513	1,252	1,317	2,862	2,857
Employment-population ratio	53.7	53.6	65.4	65.2	70.3	70.1	69.4	69.4	72.0	71.4	76.8	76.0
Unemployed	787	703	674	597	399	384	279	257	120	127	182	173
Unemployment rate	13.2	12.0	11.5	10.3	9.7	9.1	10.1	9.3	8.8	8.8	6.0	5.7
Footnotes (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.

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012