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)
	2012	2013	2012	2013	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		2012	2013
	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013	2012	2013
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	24,881	24,424	61,812	61,949	54,294	55,038	34,298	34,532	19,996	20,506	63,514	65,430
Civilian labor force	11,328	11,005	36,772	36,359	37,360	37,294	22,685	22,488	14,675	14,806	48,230	49,351
Participation rate	45.5	45.1	59.5	58.7	68.8	67.8	66.1	65.1	73.4	72.2	75.9	75.4
Employed	9,923	9,798	33,718	33,619	34,705	34,925	20,936	20,914	13,770	14,011	46,288	47,531
Employment-population ratio	39.9	40.1	54.5	54.3	63.9	63.5	61.0	60.6	68.9	68.3	72.9	72.6
Unemployed	1,405	1,207	3,053	2,740	2,655	2,369	1,750	1,574	905	795	1,942	1,820
Unemployment rate	12.4	11.0	8.3	7.5	7.1	6.4	7.7	7.0	6.2	5.4	4.0	3.7

Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,325	12,151	30,131	30,172	24,701	25,085	16,094	16,309	8,608	8,776	30,640	31,572
Civilian labor force	7,133	7,040	20,964	20,744	18,511	18,562	11,738	11,765	6,773	6,797	24,669	25,242
Participation rate	57.9	57.9	69.6	68.8	74.9	74.0	72.9	72.1	78.7	77.5	80.5	80.0
Employed	6,309	6,335	19,192	19,103	17,226	17,392	10,862	10,946	6,364	6,446	23,729	24,333
Employment-population ratio	51.2	52.1	63.7	63.3	69.7	69.3	67.5	67.1	73.9	73.4	77.4	77.1
Unemployed	824	705	1,772	1,641	1,285	1,170	876	819	409	351	940	909
Unemployment rate	11.6	10.0	8.5	7.9	6.9	6.3	7.5	7.0	6.0	5.2	3.8	3.6

Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,556	12,274	31,681	31,777	29,593	29,953	18,204	18,222	11,389	11,730	32,874	33,858
Civilian labor force	4,195	3,965	15,808	15,615	18,849	18,732	10,948	10,723	7,901	8,009	23,561	24,109
Participation rate	33.4	32.3	49.9	49.1	63.7	62.5	60.1	58.8	69.4	68.3	71.7	71.2
Employed	3,614	3,463	14,527	14,516	17,479	17,533	10,074	9,968	7,405	7,565	22,559	23,198
Employment-population ratio	28.8	28.2	45.9	45.7	59.1	58.5	55.3	54.7	65.0	64.5	68.6	68.5
Unemployed	581	501	1,281	1,099	1,370	1,199	874	755	496	444	1,002	911
Unemployment rate	13.9	12.6	8.1	7.0	7.3	6.4	8.0	7.0	6.3	5.5	4.3	3.8

White
Civilian noninstitutional population	19,394	18,850	49,774	49,702	43,577	44,116	27,281	27,351	16,295	16,765	51,513	52,809
Civilian labor force	9,147	8,729	29,298	28,970	29,728	29,547	17,819	17,501	11,909	12,046	38,928	39,597
Participation rate	47.2	46.3	58.9	58.3	68.2	67.0	65.3	64.0	73.1	71.9	75.6	75.0
Employed	8,100	7,885	27,112	27,049	27,854	27,885	16,594	16,425	11,260	11,460	37,476	38,228
Employment-population ratio	41.8	41.8	54.5	54.4	63.9	63.2	60.8	60.1	69.1	68.4	72.8	72.4
Unemployed	1,047	844	2,185	1,921	1,874	1,662	1,226	1,076	648	586	1,451	1,369
Unemployment rate	11.4	9.7	7.5	6.6	6.3	5.6	6.9	6.1	5.4	4.9	3.7	3.5

Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,494	3,502	8,208	8,339	7,101	7,207	4,756	4,856	2,345	2,351	5,135	5,338
Civilian labor force	1,277	1,338	5,080	4,970	5,066	5,121	3,303	3,390	1,763	1,731	4,057	4,198
Participation rate	36.5	38.2	61.9	59.6	71.3	71.1	69.4	69.8	75.2	73.6	79.0	78.6
Employed	1,016	1,064	4,397	4,343	4,503	4,617	2,919	3,034	1,584	1,583	3,801	3,961
Employment-population ratio	29.1	30.4	53.6	52.1	63.4	64.1	61.4	62.5	67.6	67.4	74.0	74.2
Unemployed	260	275	683	626	563	504	384	356	179	148	255	237
Unemployment rate	20.4	20.5	13.4	12.6	11.1	9.8	11.6	10.5	10.2	8.5	6.3	5.7

Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population	1,164	1,154	2,136	2,172	1,870	1,927	1,113	1,144	757	783	5,692	6,010
Civilian labor force	516	492	1,290	1,336	1,313	1,360	769	779	544	581	4,299	4,544
Participation rate	44.3	42.6	60.4	61.5	70.2	70.6	69.2	68.1	71.8	74.2	75.5	75.6
Employed	481	458	1,212	1,264	1,225	1,282	716	725	509	556	4,115	4,383
Employment-population ratio	41.3	39.7	56.7	58.2	65.5	66.5	64.3	63.4	67.3	71.1	72.3	72.9
Unemployed	35	34	79	72	88	78	53	53	34	25	184	161
Unemployment rate	6.8	6.9	6.1	5.4	6.7	5.7	7.0	6.9	6.3	4.3	4.3	3.6

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population	9,779	9,608	8,633	8,954	5,977	6,181	3,931	4,041	2,046	2,140	4,211	4,552
Civilian labor force	5,920	5,825	6,168	6,247	4,584	4,647	2,973	3,008	1,611	1,639	3,384	3,644
Participation rate	60.5	60.6	71.4	69.8	76.7	75.2	75.6	74.4	78.7	76.6	80.4	80.1
Employed	5,269	5,297	5,613	5,754	4,216	4,324	2,734	2,781	1,482	1,543	3,210	3,460
Employment-population ratio	53.9	55.1	65.0	64.3	70.5	70.0	69.6	68.8	72.4	72.1	76.2	76.0
Unemployed	650	527	554	493	368	323	239	227	130	96	173	183
Unemployment rate	11.0	9.1	9.0	7.9	8.0	7.0	8.0	7.6	8.0	5.9	5.1	5.0
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: February 26, 2014