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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
14. Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[In thousands]
Age, sex, race, and
Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
2021
Mining,
quarry-
ing,
and oil
and gas
extract-
ion
Con-
struc-
tion
Manu-
facturing
Whole-
sale
and
retail
trade
Trans-
portation
and
util-
ities
Infor-
mation
Finan-
cial ac-
tivities
Profes-
sional
and
busi-
ness
services
Educa-
tion and
health
services
Leisure
and
hos-
pitality
Other
ser-
vices(1)
Public
adminis-
tration

TOTAL

Total, 16 years and over

603 11,271 14,718 19,623 9,377 2,721 10,725 19,295 34,725 12,635 7,186 7,410

16 to 19 years

8 221 203 1,293 190 40 54 237 530 2,171 212 30

20 years and over

595 11,050 14,515 18,330 9,187 2,682 10,671 19,058 34,195 10,463 6,974 7,380

20 to 24 years

23 846 988 2,799 758 179 585 1,372 2,520 2,235 659 288

25 years and over

573 10,204 13,527 15,531 8,429 2,502 10,086 17,686 31,675 8,228 6,315 7,091

25 to 54 years

450 7,740 9,752 11,058 6,157 1,913 7,177 13,266 23,292 6,357 4,420 5,077

55 years and over

123 2,464 3,775 4,473 2,271 589 2,909 4,421 8,382 1,870 1,895 2,015

Men, 16 years and over

510 10,030 10,416 10,727 7,052 1,652 5,137 11,082 8,929 6,206 3,457 3,982

16 to 19 years

7 211 139 652 137 22 21 138 125 985 104 16

20 years and over

504 9,818 10,277 10,075 6,915 1,630 5,116 10,944 8,805 5,221 3,353 3,966

20 to 24 years

21 766 705 1,430 554 98 295 765 616 1,015 295 171

25 years and over

482 9,052 9,572 8,644 6,361 1,532 4,821 10,179 8,189 4,206 3,058 3,795

25 to 54 years

383 6,904 6,855 6,236 4,605 1,189 3,431 7,617 5,861 3,269 2,112 2,772

55 years and over

100 2,149 2,717 2,408 1,755 343 1,389 2,562 2,328 938 946 1,023

Women, 16 years and over

93 1,241 4,302 8,896 2,325 1,069 5,588 8,213 25,796 6,429 3,729 3,428

16 to 19 years

1 10 64 641 53 18 33 99 405 1,187 108 14

20 years and over

92 1,232 4,238 8,255 2,271 1,052 5,555 8,114 25,390 5,242 3,621 3,414

20 to 24 years

2 80 283 1,368 204 81 289 607 1,904 1,220 364 117

25 years and over

90 1,152 3,955 6,887 2,068 970 5,266 7,507 23,486 4,022 3,257 3,297

25 to 54 years

67 836 2,897 4,822 1,552 725 3,746 5,648 17,432 3,089 2,308 2,304

55 years and over

24 316 1,058 2,065 516 246 1,520 1,859 6,054 933 949 992

White

Men, 16 years and over

452 8,835 8,406 8,357 5,089 1,254 4,138 8,586 6,625 4,682 2,784 3,094

16 to 19 years

6 191 111 506 96 19 17 114 87 770 96 12

20 years and over

446 8,644 8,295 7,851 4,994 1,235 4,121 8,472 6,538 3,911 2,688 3,082

20 to 24 years

21 671 573 1,083 388 74 229 587 432 771 251 138

25 years and over

425 7,973 7,722 6,768 4,606 1,161 3,892 7,885 6,105 3,140 2,437 2,944

25 to 54 years

335 6,028 5,431 4,744 3,245 867 2,676 5,685 4,273 2,423 1,672 2,149

55 years and over

90 1,945 2,291 2,024 1,361 294 1,217 2,200 1,832 718 765 795

Women, 16 years and over

72 1,075 3,302 6,892 1,585 811 4,270 6,311 19,501 4,891 2,834 2,339

16 to 19 years

1 9 57 504 33 16 29 72 315 933 91 10

20 years and over

71 1,066 3,245 6,387 1,552 795 4,241 6,239 19,185 3,959 2,743 2,329

20 to 24 years

1 59 217 1,009 140 57 210 441 1,464 951 291 81

25 years and over

71 1,007 3,028 5,379 1,412 739 4,031 5,798 17,721 3,008 2,452 2,248

25 to 54 years

50 716 2,168 3,651 1,018 533 2,739 4,236 13,007 2,293 1,697 1,558

55 years and over

21 291 860 1,728 394 206 1,292 1,562 4,714 715 755 691

Black or African American

Men, 16 years and over

27 637 996 1,330 1,321 180 470 1,018 1,207 736 364 532

16 to 19 years

0 14 11 90 21 1 1 12 20 103 3 0

20 years and over

27 623 985 1,240 1,300 179 469 1,006 1,188 634 361 532

20 to 24 years

0 45 68 228 113 8 36 88 94 130 25 19

25 years and over

27 577 917 1,011 1,187 171 433 918 1,094 504 336 513

25 to 54 years

25 462 716 820 932 140 341 736 796 412 243 353

55 years and over

2 115 201 192 255 31 91 182 298 92 94 160

Women, 16 years and over

9 70 525 1,131 521 136 740 874 3,948 773 388 721

16 to 19 years

0 1 4 88 14 1 3 16 47 143 7 2

20 years and over

9 70 521 1,043 508 135 737 858 3,901 630 381 719

20 to 24 years

0 9 40 222 45 14 48 75 246 138 35 18

25 years and over

9 61 481 821 462 121 690 783 3,655 493 346 701

25 to 54 years

7 50 381 645 386 93 562 623 2,733 403 275 497

55 years and over

2 11 100 175 76 28 128 160 922 90 71 204

Asian

Men, 16 years and over

12 190 692 649 387 164 396 1,148 825 439 194 176

16 to 19 years

0 0 9 19 6 0 1 6 12 27 3 0

20 years and over

12 190 683 630 382 164 395 1,142 812 411 191 176

20 to 24 years

0 7 23 65 17 10 19 56 65 35 8 6

25 years and over

12 183 660 565 365 153 376 1,087 747 376 183 169

25 to 54 years

11 140 491 422 258 141 318 952 597 273 127 126

55 years and over

2 43 169 143 107 12 58 135 150 103 56 44

Women, 16 years and over

10 43 346 483 128 94 406 751 1,507 403 358 188

16 to 19 years

0 0 1 15 1 0 0 4 20 35 3 2

20 years and over

10 43 345 468 127 94 406 747 1,487 368 356 186

20 to 24 years

0 4 9 43 8 7 22 58 108 49 19 11

25 years and over

9 38 336 425 118 86 384 690 1,379 318 337 175

25 to 54 years

9 29 262 314 88 80 304 586 1,092 227 239 122

55 years and over

0 9 74 110 30 6 80 103 287 91 98 54

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Men, 16 years and over

96 3,406 1,717 1,969 1,439 229 663 1,821 1,113 1,596 747 518

16 to 19 years

2 62 26 150 41 3 4 37 18 226 28 1

20 years and over

93 3,344 1,691 1,819 1,398 226 659 1,785 1,095 1,370 719 516

20 to 24 years

6 282 164 363 154 14 54 155 104 282 82 27

25 years and over

88 3,062 1,527 1,456 1,244 212 605 1,630 992 1,087 637 489

25 to 54 years

75 2,641 1,216 1,179 969 182 492 1,315 783 927 502 408

55 years and over

13 421 311 277 275 30 112 315 208 160 135 81

Women, 16 years and over

7 273 838 1,687 446 108 688 1,387 3,504 1,464 682 446

16 to 19 years

0 3 13 117 17 2 8 24 62 245 19 3

20 years and over

7 270 825 1,570 429 107 680 1,362 3,443 1,219 663 443

20 to 24 years

0 24 72 379 67 6 52 121 380 293 69 15

25 years and over

7 245 754 1,191 361 101 627 1,242 3,063 926 594 428

25 to 54 years

5 218 603 955 308 88 542 1,012 2,481 759 486 321

55 years and over

2 28 151 236 54 13 85 230 582 167 108 108

Footnotes
(1) Includes private households.

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: January 20, 2022