2016 Annual Averages ‐ 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	2016
	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduates, no college(1)	Some college or associate degree			Bachelor's degree and higher
	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduates, no college(1)	Total	Some college, no degree	Associate degree	Total(2)	Bachelor's degree only	Advanced degree
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	23,368	62,022	57,185	35,489	21,696	72,528	45,327	27,201
Civilian labor force	10,679	35,649	37,934	22,667	15,267	53,723	33,384	20,339
Participation rate	45.7	57.5	66.3	63.9	70.4	74.1	73.7	74.8
Employed	9,884	33,801	36,386	21,668	14,718	52,374	32,475	19,899
Employment-population ratio	42.3	54.5	63.6	61.1	67.8	72.2	71.6	73.2
Unemployed	795	1,847	1,549	1,000	549	1,349	909	440
Unemployment rate	7.4	5.2	4.1	4.4	3.6	2.5	2.7	2.2
Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	11,713	30,692	26,072	16,678	9,394	34,648	21,606	13,042
Civilian labor force	6,803	20,760	18,993	11,803	7,191	27,249	17,127	10,123
Participation rate	58.1	67.6	72.8	70.8	76.5	78.6	79.3	77.6
Employed	6,354	19,691	18,239	11,311	6,928	26,588	16,670	9,918
Employment-population ratio	54.2	64.2	70.0	67.8	73.7	76.7	77.2	76.0
Unemployed	448	1,069	755	491	263	661	456	205
Unemployment rate	6.6	5.1	4.0	4.2	3.7	2.4	2.7	2.0
Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	11,655	31,329	31,113	18,811	12,302	37,880	23,721	14,159
Civilian labor force	3,876	14,888	18,941	10,865	8,076	26,474	16,258	10,216
Participation rate	33.3	47.5	60.9	57.8	65.6	69.9	68.5	72.1
Employed	3,530	14,110	18,147	10,357	7,790	25,786	15,805	9,981
Employment-population ratio	30.3	45.0	58.3	55.1	63.3	68.1	66.6	70.5
Unemployed	346	778	794	508	286	688	453	235
Unemployment rate	8.9	5.2	4.2	4.7	3.5	2.6	2.8	2.3
White
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,853	49,010	45,364	27,787	17,577	57,700	36,253	21,447
Civilian labor force	8,429	27,874	29,745	17,462	12,284	42,439	26,639	15,801
Participation rate	47.2	56.9	65.6	62.8	69.9	73.6	73.5	73.7
Employed	7,879	26,623	28,668	16,786	11,881	41,454	25,967	15,487
Employment-population ratio	44.1	54.3	63.2	60.4	67.6	71.8	71.6	72.2
Unemployed	549	1,251	1,078	675	402	985	672	314
Unemployment rate	6.5	4.5	3.6	3.9	3.3	2.3	2.5	2.0
Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,292	8,763	7,825	5,209	2,615	6,161	3,950	2,211
Civilian labor force	1,244	5,185	5,431	3,511	1,920	4,788	3,062	1,727
Participation rate	37.8	59.2	69.4	67.4	73.4	77.7	77.5	78.1
Employed	1,069	4,737	5,099	3,282	1,817	4,612	2,942	1,670
Employment-population ratio	32.5	54.1	65.2	63.0	69.5	74.9	74.5	75.5
Unemployed	175	448	332	230	103	176	120	57
Unemployment rate	14.1	8.6	6.1	6.5	5.3	3.7	3.9	3.3
Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population	1,282	2,428	2,066	1,227	839	7,147	4,125	3,021
Civilian labor force	520	1,459	1,414	821	594	5,272	2,888	2,384
Participation rate	40.6	60.1	68.5	66.9	70.7	73.8	70.0	78.9
Employed	500	1,400	1,359	788	571	5,127	2,798	2,328
Employment-population ratio	39.0	57.7	65.8	64.3	68.0	71.7	67.8	77.1
Unemployed	20	59	55	33	23	145	90	55
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.0	3.9	4.0	3.8	2.8	3.1	2.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population	9,855	9,791	7,052	4,569	2,482	5,510	3,765	1,745
Civilian labor force	5,815	6,743	5,277	3,376	1,902	4,398	2,981	1,417
Participation rate	59.0	68.9	74.8	73.9	76.6	79.8	79.2	81.2
Employed	5,472	6,398	5,053	3,227	1,826	4,263	2,884	1,379
Employment-population ratio	55.5	65.3	71.7	70.6	73.6	77.4	76.6	79.0
Unemployed	344	346	224	149	76	135	96	38
Unemployment rate	5.9	5.1	4.3	4.4	4.0	3.1	3.2	2.7
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: February 8, 2017