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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race
[Numbers in thousands]
Age, sex, and race 2012
Civilian
noninsti-
tutional
population
Civilian labor force Not
in
labor
force
Total Percent
of
population
Employed Unemployed
Total Percent
of
population
Number Percent
of
labor
force

TOTAL

16 years and over

243,284 154,975 63.7 142,469 58.6 12,506 8.1 88,310

16 to 19 years

16,984 5,823 34.3 4,426 26.1 1,397 24.0 11,162

16 to 17 years

8,891 1,952 22.0 1,419 16.0 533 27.3 6,939

18 to 19 years

8,093 3,870 47.8 3,007 37.2 863 22.3 4,223

20 to 24 years

21,799 15,462 70.9 13,408 61.5 2,054 13.3 6,337

25 to 54 years

124,314 101,253 81.4 94,150 75.7 7,103 7.0 23,061

25 to 34 years

40,975 33,465 81.7 30,701 74.9 2,764 8.3 7,510

25 to 29 years

20,653 16,792 81.3 15,293 74.0 1,500 8.9 3,860

30 to 34 years

20,322 16,673 82.0 15,408 75.8 1,265 7.6 3,650

35 to 44 years

39,642 32,734 82.6 30,576 77.1 2,158 6.6 6,908

35 to 39 years

19,025 15,658 82.3 14,560 76.5 1,098 7.0 3,367

40 to 44 years

20,617 17,076 82.8 16,016 77.7 1,060 6.2 3,541

45 to 54 years

43,697 35,054 80.2 32,874 75.2 2,181 6.2 8,643

45 to 49 years

21,359 17,456 81.7 16,371 76.6 1,086 6.2 3,902

50 to 54 years

22,339 17,598 78.8 16,503 73.9 1,095 6.2 4,741

55 to 64 years

38,318 24,710 64.5 23,239 60.6 1,470 5.9 13,608

55 to 59 years

20,574 14,908 72.5 14,015 68.1 892 6.0 5,667

60 to 64 years

17,743 9,802 55.2 9,224 52.0 578 5.9 7,941

65 years and over

41,869 7,727 18.5 7,245 17.3 482 6.2 34,142

65 to 69 years

13,801 4,427 32.1 4,133 29.9 295 6.7 9,373

70 to 74 years

9,853 1,917 19.5 1,794 18.2 124 6.4 7,936

75 years and over

18,216 1,383 7.6 1,319 7.2 64 4.6 16,833

Men

16 years and over

117,343 82,327 70.2 75,555 64.4 6,771 8.2 35,017

16 to 19 years

8,657 2,940 34.0 2,152 24.9 787 26.8 5,717

16 to 17 years

4,550 950 20.9 659 14.5 291 30.6 3,600

18 to 19 years

4,107 1,990 48.5 1,493 36.4 497 25.0 2,117

20 to 24 years

10,889 8,110 74.5 6,948 63.8 1,163 14.3 2,778

25 to 54 years

60,959 54,053 88.7 50,310 82.5 3,742 6.9 6,907

25 to 34 years

20,205 18,083 89.5 16,607 82.2 1,476 8.2 2,122

25 to 29 years

10,216 9,027 88.4 8,219 80.5 808 9.0 1,188

30 to 34 years

9,989 9,055 90.7 8,387 84.0 668 7.4 934

35 to 44 years

19,416 17,607 90.7 16,483 84.9 1,124 6.4 1,808

35 to 39 years

9,309 8,502 91.3 7,930 85.2 572 6.7 807

40 to 44 years

10,107 9,106 90.1 8,553 84.6 552 6.1 1,001

45 to 54 years

21,339 18,363 86.1 17,221 80.7 1,142 6.2 2,976

45 to 49 years

10,449 9,205 88.1 8,633 82.6 572 6.2 1,244

50 to 54 years

10,890 9,157 84.1 8,588 78.9 570 6.2 1,732

55 to 64 years

18,416 12,879 69.9 12,068 65.5 811 6.3 5,537

55 to 59 years

9,922 7,737 78.0 7,243 73.0 494 6.4 2,185

60 to 64 years

8,495 5,142 60.5 4,826 56.8 317 6.2 3,352

65 years and over

18,422 4,345 23.6 4,077 22.1 268 6.2 14,078

65 to 69 years

6,499 2,412 37.1 2,252 34.7 159 6.6 4,088

70 to 74 years

4,537 1,096 24.2 1,025 22.6 71 6.5 3,441

75 years and over

7,386 837 11.3 800 10.8 37 4.4 6,549

Women

16 years and over

125,941 72,648 57.7 66,914 53.1 5,734 7.9 53,293

16 to 19 years

8,327 2,883 34.6 2,274 27.3 609 21.1 5,444

16 to 17 years

4,341 1,003 23.1 760 17.5 242 24.2 3,338

18 to 19 years

3,986 1,880 47.2 1,514 38.0 367 19.5 2,106

20 to 24 years

10,910 7,352 67.4 6,460 59.2 891 12.1 3,559

25 to 54 years

63,355 47,200 74.5 43,840 69.2 3,361 7.1 16,154

25 to 34 years

20,770 15,382 74.1 14,094 67.9 1,288 8.4 5,388

25 to 29 years

10,437 7,765 74.4 7,073 67.8 692 8.9 2,672

30 to 34 years

10,333 7,617 73.7 7,021 67.9 597 7.8 2,716

35 to 44 years

20,226 15,127 74.8 14,093 69.7 1,034 6.8 5,100

35 to 39 years

9,716 7,156 73.7 6,630 68.2 526 7.3 2,560

40 to 44 years

10,510 7,970 75.8 7,462 71.0 508 6.4 2,540

45 to 54 years

22,358 16,692 74.7 15,653 70.0 1,039 6.2 5,667

45 to 49 years

10,909 8,251 75.6 7,738 70.9 513 6.2 2,658

50 to 54 years

11,449 8,440 73.7 7,915 69.1 525 6.2 3,009

55 to 64 years

19,902 11,830 59.4 11,171 56.1 659 5.6 8,071

55 to 59 years

10,653 7,171 67.3 6,773 63.6 398 5.6 3,482

60 to 64 years

9,249 4,660 50.4 4,399 47.6 261 5.6 4,589

65 years and over

23,447 3,383 14.4 3,168 13.5 214 6.3 20,064

65 to 69 years

7,301 2,015 27.6 1,880 25.8 135 6.7 5,286

70 to 74 years

5,316 821 15.4 769 14.5 52 6.4 4,495

75 years and over

10,830 546 5.0 519 4.8 27 4.9 10,284

WHITE

16 years and over

193,204 123,684 64.0 114,769 59.4 8,915 7.2 69,520

16 to 19 years

12,658 4,669 36.9 3,665 29.0 1,004 21.5 7,988

16 to 17 years

6,617 1,605 24.2 1,207 18.2 397 24.8 5,013

18 to 19 years

6,040 3,065 50.7 2,458 40.7 607 19.8 2,975

20 to 24 years

16,289 11,914 73.1 10,561 64.8 1,353 11.4 4,375

25 to 54 years

96,774 79,635 82.3 74,626 77.1 5,009 6.3 17,139

25 to 34 years

31,242 25,806 82.6 23,925 76.6 1,881 7.3 5,435

25 to 29 years

15,738 12,971 82.4 11,947 75.9 1,024 7.9 2,767

30 to 34 years

15,504 12,835 82.8 11,978 77.3 857 6.7 2,669

35 to 44 years

30,597 25,445 83.2 23,931 78.2 1,514 5.9 5,152

35 to 39 years

14,540 12,017 82.6 11,276 77.5 741 6.2 2,524

40 to 44 years

16,057 13,429 83.6 12,656 78.8 773 5.8 2,628

45 to 54 years

34,935 28,384 81.2 26,769 76.6 1,614 5.7 6,552

45 to 49 years

16,920 13,992 82.7 13,204 78.0 787 5.6 2,928

50 to 54 years

18,015 14,392 79.9 13,565 75.3 827 5.7 3,623

55 to 64 years

31,511 20,752 65.9 19,608 62.2 1,144 5.5 10,759

55 to 59 years

16,810 12,458 74.1 11,761 70.0 698 5.6 4,352

60 to 64 years

14,701 8,294 56.4 7,847 53.4 447 5.4 6,407

65 years and over

35,973 6,714 18.7 6,309 17.5 405 6.0 29,259

65 to 69 years

11,675 3,836 32.9 3,587 30.7 249 6.5 7,839

70 to 74 years

8,412 1,654 19.7 1,551 18.4 103 6.2 6,757

75 years and over

15,886 1,223 7.7 1,171 7.4 52 4.3 14,663

Men

16 years and over

94,266 66,921 71.0 61,990 65.8 4,931 7.4 27,345

16 to 19 years

6,486 2,382 36.7 1,797 27.7 584 24.5 4,104

16 to 17 years

3,387 785 23.2 563 16.6 222 28.3 2,602

18 to 19 years

3,099 1,596 51.5 1,234 39.8 362 22.7 1,502

20 to 24 years

8,211 6,339 77.2 5,547 67.6 792 12.5 1,872

25 to 54 years

48,242 43,395 90.0 40,701 84.4 2,694 6.2 4,847

25 to 34 years

15,691 14,256 90.9 13,212 84.2 1,044 7.3 1,435

25 to 29 years

7,913 7,113 89.9 6,537 82.6 577 8.1 800

30 to 34 years

7,779 7,143 91.8 6,676 85.8 468 6.5 635

35 to 44 years

15,263 14,018 91.8 13,224 86.6 794 5.7 1,245

35 to 39 years

7,255 6,694 92.3 6,304 86.9 390 5.8 560

40 to 44 years

8,008 7,323 91.4 6,920 86.4 404 5.5 685

45 to 54 years

17,287 15,121 87.5 14,264 82.5 856 5.7 2,167

45 to 49 years

8,397 7,507 89.4 7,085 84.4 422 5.6 890

50 to 54 years

8,890 7,614 85.6 7,179 80.8 435 5.7 1,276

55 to 64 years

15,333 10,970 71.6 10,334 67.4 637 5.8 4,362

55 to 59 years

8,215 6,567 79.9 6,174 75.2 393 6.0 1,648

60 to 64 years

7,118 4,403 61.9 4,160 58.4 243 5.5 2,714

65 years and over

15,995 3,835 24.0 3,611 22.6 224 5.8 12,160

65 to 69 years

5,573 2,128 38.2 1,994 35.8 134 6.3 3,445

70 to 74 years

3,908 960 24.6 900 23.0 59 6.2 2,948

75 years and over

6,514 747 11.5 717 11.0 30 4.0 5,767

Women

16 years and over

98,938 56,763 57.4 52,779 53.3 3,985 7.0 42,175

16 to 19 years

6,172 2,288 37.1 1,868 30.3 420 18.4 3,884

16 to 17 years

3,230 819 25.4 644 19.9 176 21.4 2,411

18 to 19 years

2,942 1,469 49.9 1,224 41.6 245 16.7 1,473

20 to 24 years

8,078 5,575 69.0 5,014 62.1 561 10.1 2,503

25 to 54 years

48,532 36,240 74.7 33,925 69.9 2,314 6.4 12,292

25 to 34 years

15,550 11,550 74.3 10,713 68.9 837 7.2 4,001

25 to 29 years

7,825 5,858 74.9 5,411 69.1 447 7.6 1,967

30 to 34 years

7,725 5,692 73.7 5,302 68.6 389 6.8 2,033

35 to 44 years

15,334 11,428 74.5 10,708 69.8 720 6.3 3,906

35 to 39 years

7,285 5,322 73.1 4,972 68.2 351 6.6 1,963

40 to 44 years

8,049 6,106 75.9 5,736 71.3 370 6.1 1,943

45 to 54 years

17,648 13,263 75.2 12,505 70.9 758 5.7 4,385

45 to 49 years

8,523 6,485 76.1 6,119 71.8 365 5.6 2,038

50 to 54 years

9,125 6,778 74.3 6,386 70.0 392 5.8 2,347

55 to 64 years

16,179 9,782 60.5 9,274 57.3 508 5.2 6,397

55 to 59 years

8,595 5,891 68.5 5,587 65.0 304 5.2 2,704

60 to 64 years

7,583 3,890 51.3 3,687 48.6 203 5.2 3,693

65 years and over

19,978 2,879 14.4 2,698 13.5 181 6.3 17,099

65 to 69 years

6,102 1,708 28.0 1,593 26.1 115 6.7 4,394

70 to 74 years

4,504 694 15.4 651 14.4 44 6.3 3,809

75 years and over

9,372 476 5.1 454 4.8 22 4.7 8,896

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

16 years and over

29,907 18,400 61.5 15,856 53.0 2,544 13.8 11,508

16 to 19 years

2,643 711 26.9 438 16.6 272 38.3 1,932

16 to 17 years

1,381 213 15.4 119 8.6 94 44.0 1,168

18 to 19 years

1,262 498 39.5 319 25.3 179 35.9 764

20 to 24 years

3,326 2,210 66.5 1,700 51.1 510 23.1 1,115

25 to 54 years

16,008 12,510 78.1 11,016 68.8 1,494 11.9 3,498

25 to 34 years

5,455 4,333 79.4 3,693 67.7 640 14.8 1,121

25 to 29 years

2,767 2,188 79.1 1,842 66.6 346 15.8 580

30 to 34 years

2,687 2,146 79.8 1,851 68.9 295 13.7 542

35 to 44 years

5,107 4,120 80.7 3,662 71.7 457 11.1 988

35 to 39 years

2,476 2,029 81.9 1,783 72.0 246 12.1 447

40 to 44 years

2,631 2,091 79.5 1,879 71.4 212 10.1 541

45 to 54 years

5,446 4,057 74.5 3,660 67.2 397 9.8 1,389

45 to 49 years

2,714 2,087 76.9 1,873 69.0 213 10.2 628

50 to 54 years

2,732 1,971 72.1 1,787 65.4 183 9.3 761

55 to 64 years

4,281 2,369 55.3 2,161 50.5 209 8.8 1,912

55 to 59 years

2,400 1,481 61.7 1,351 56.3 131 8.8 918

60 to 64 years

1,881 888 47.2 810 43.1 78 8.8 993

65 years and over

3,650 599 16.4 540 14.8 59 9.8 3,051

65 to 69 years

1,312 355 27.0 320 24.3 35 9.9 958

70 to 74 years

871 148 16.9 133 15.3 15 9.9 723

75 years and over

1,467 97 6.6 88 6.0 9 9.1 1,370

Men

16 years and over

13,508 8,594 63.6 7,302 54.1 1,292 15.0 4,913

16 to 19 years

1,319 338 25.6 198 15.1 140 41.3 981

16 to 17 years

707 99 13.9 52 7.4 47 47.2 609

18 to 19 years

612 239 39.2 146 23.9 93 38.9 372

20 to 24 years

1,586 1,054 66.4 784 49.5 269 25.6 532

25 to 54 years

7,231 5,823 80.5 5,082 70.3 740 12.7 1,408

25 to 34 years

2,461 2,030 82.5 1,723 70.0 308 15.2 431

25 to 29 years

1,260 1,030 81.8 871 69.1 160 15.5 230

30 to 34 years

1,201 1,000 83.3 852 70.9 148 14.8 201

35 to 44 years

2,286 1,908 83.5 1,667 72.9 241 12.6 378

35 to 39 years

1,101 941 85.5 812 73.7 130 13.8 160

40 to 44 years

1,185 967 81.6 855 72.2 111 11.5 218

45 to 54 years

2,484 1,884 75.9 1,693 68.2 191 10.2 599

45 to 49 years

1,234 978 79.3 875 70.9 103 10.6 255

50 to 54 years

1,250 906 72.5 818 65.4 88 9.7 344

55 to 64 years

1,923 1,099 57.1 988 51.4 110 10.1 825

55 to 59 years

1,086 687 63.3 620 57.1 67 9.8 398

60 to 64 years

837 411 49.1 368 43.9 43 10.5 426

65 years and over

1,449 281 19.4 249 17.2 32 11.5 1,168

65 to 69 years

557 157 28.2 137 24.6 20 12.7 400

70 to 74 years

367 67 18.4 60 16.4 7 10.8 299

75 years and over

525 57 10.8 52 9.8 5 9.0 468

Women

16 years and over

16,400 9,805 59.8 8,553 52.2 1,252 12.8 6,595

16 to 19 years

1,324 373 28.2 240 18.1 133 35.6 951

16 to 17 years

674 114 17.0 67 10.0 47 41.3 559

18 to 19 years

650 258 39.7 173 26.6 85 33.1 392

20 to 24 years

1,740 1,157 66.5 916 52.6 241 20.8 583

25 to 54 years

8,777 6,687 76.2 5,933 67.6 754 11.3 2,090

25 to 34 years

2,994 2,303 76.9 1,970 65.8 333 14.4 691

25 to 29 years

1,507 1,157 76.8 971 64.4 186 16.1 350

30 to 34 years

1,486 1,146 77.1 999 67.2 146 12.8 341

35 to 44 years

2,821 2,212 78.4 1,995 70.7 216 9.8 609

35 to 39 years

1,375 1,088 79.1 972 70.7 116 10.7 287

40 to 44 years

1,446 1,124 77.7 1,024 70.8 100 8.9 322

45 to 54 years

2,963 2,173 73.3 1,968 66.4 205 9.4 790

45 to 49 years

1,481 1,108 74.8 998 67.4 110 9.9 373

50 to 54 years

1,482 1,065 71.9 970 65.4 95 8.9 417

55 to 64 years

2,358 1,271 53.9 1,173 49.7 98 7.7 1,087

55 to 59 years

1,314 794 60.4 731 55.6 64 8.0 520

60 to 64 years

1,044 477 45.7 442 42.4 35 7.2 567

65 years and over

2,201 317 14.4 291 13.2 26 8.2 1,884

65 to 69 years

755 198 26.2 182 24.1 15 7.7 558

70 to 74 years

504 80 15.9 73 14.4 7 9.1 424

75 years and over

942 40 4.2 36 3.9 4 9.1 902

ASIAN

16 years and over

12,815 8,188 63.9 7,705 60.1 483 5.9 4,627

16 to 19 years

802 162 20.1 128 15.9 34 20.8 640

16 to 17 years

422 44 10.5 36 8.6 8 18.0 378

18 to 19 years

380 117 30.9 92 24.1 26 21.9 263

20 to 24 years

1,151 608 52.8 544 47.3 64 10.5 543

25 to 54 years

7,526 5,978 79.4 5,679 75.5 300 5.0 1,547

25 to 34 years

2,699 2,067 76.6 1,956 72.5 111 5.4 631

25 to 29 years

1,344 1,001 74.5 946 70.4 55 5.5 343

30 to 34 years

1,354 1,066 78.7 1,010 74.6 56 5.3 289

35 to 44 years

2,632 2,129 80.9 2,038 77.5 90 4.2 503

35 to 39 years

1,330 1,069 80.4 1,016 76.4 54 5.0 261

40 to 44 years

1,302 1,060 81.4 1,023 78.6 37 3.5 242

45 to 54 years

2,195 1,782 81.2 1,684 76.7 98 5.5 413

45 to 49 years

1,156 949 82.1 899 77.8 49 5.2 207

50 to 54 years

1,039 834 80.2 785 75.5 49 5.8 206

55 to 64 years

1,719 1,144 66.5 1,071 62.3 73 6.4 575

55 to 59 years

915 692 75.6 652 71.2 40 5.8 223

60 to 64 years

805 452 56.2 419 52.1 33 7.3 352

65 years and over

1,617 296 18.3 283 17.5 12 4.2 1,321

65 to 69 years

571 177 31.0 171 30.0 6 3.2 394

70 to 74 years

410 78 19.1 74 18.0 5 5.8 332

75 years and over

636 40 6.3 38 6.0 2 5.4 596

Men

16 years and over

6,000 4,334 72.2 4,085 68.1 249 5.8 1,666

16 to 19 years

411 77 18.7 59 14.4 18 22.8 334

16 to 17 years

224 21 9.5 17 7.7 4 - 202

18 to 19 years

187 56 29.6 42 22.4 13 24.2 132

20 to 24 years

576 328 57.0 295 51.1 34 10.2 248

25 to 54 years

3,532 3,179 90.0 3,027 85.7 152 4.8 353

25 to 34 years

1,279 1,117 87.3 1,066 83.3 51 4.6 163

25 to 29 years

642 536 83.5 506 78.9 30 5.5 106

30 to 34 years

638 581 91.1 559 87.7 22 3.7 57

35 to 44 years

1,228 1,135 92.4 1,090 88.8 44 3.9 94

35 to 39 years

625 582 93.2 555 88.8 27 4.7 42

40 to 44 years

603 552 91.5 535 88.7 17 3.1 51

45 to 54 years

1,024 928 90.6 871 85.0 57 6.1 97

45 to 49 years

541 499 92.3 473 87.5 26 5.2 42

50 to 54 years

484 429 88.6 398 82.3 31 7.2 55

55 to 64 years

772 580 75.2 543 70.3 38 6.5 192

55 to 59 years

405 342 84.5 323 79.8 19 5.6 63

60 to 64 years

367 238 64.9 219 59.8 19 7.9 129

65 years and over

708 170 23.9 161 22.8 8 4.9 539

65 to 69 years

262 96 36.8 94 35.8 3 2.6 166

70 to 74 years

186 49 26.5 45 24.3 4 8.5 137

75 years and over

260 24 9.2 22 8.6 2 - 237

Women

16 years and over

6,815 3,853 56.5 3,620 53.1 234 6.1 2,962

16 to 19 years

391 85 21.7 69 17.5 16 19.0 306

16 to 17 years

198 23 11.5 19 9.6 4 - 175

18 to 19 years

192 62 32.1 50 25.8 12 19.7 131

20 to 24 years

575 280 48.7 250 43.4 31 10.9 295

25 to 54 years

3,994 2,799 70.1 2,652 66.4 148 5.3 1,194

25 to 34 years

1,419 950 67.0 890 62.7 60 6.3 469

25 to 29 years

703 466 66.3 440 62.6 25 5.5 237

30 to 34 years

716 485 67.7 450 62.8 34 7.1 232

35 to 44 years

1,404 994 70.8 948 67.5 46 4.7 409

35 to 39 years

705 487 69.0 461 65.3 26 5.4 219

40 to 44 years

698 507 72.7 487 69.8 20 4.0 191

45 to 54 years

1,171 855 73.0 813 69.5 41 4.9 316

45 to 49 years

615 450 73.1 426 69.3 24 5.2 166

50 to 54 years

556 405 72.9 387 69.7 18 4.4 151

55 to 64 years

947 563 59.5 528 55.8 35 6.3 384

55 to 59 years

509 349 68.6 328 64.4 21 6.0 160

60 to 64 years

438 214 48.9 200 45.6 14 6.7 224

65 years and over

909 126 13.9 122 13.4 4 3.2 783

65 to 69 years

309 81 26.1 78 25.1 3 3.9 228

70 to 74 years

224 29 12.9 29 12.7 0 - 195

75 years and over

376 16 4.3 16 4.2 1 - 359

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013