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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
15. Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker
[In thousands]
Age and sex 2021
Agriculture and related industries Nonagricultural industries
Total Wage and
salary
workers(1)
Self-
employed
workers,
unincor-
porated
Unpaid
family
workers
Total Wage and salary workers(1) Self-
employed
workers,
unincor-
porated
Unpaid
family
workers
Total Private industries Govern-
ment
Total Private
household
workers
Other
private
industries

Total, 16 years and over

2,291 1,524 727 40 150,290 140,993 120,333 659 119,674 20,661 9,230 67

16 to 19 years

76 63 6 8 5,190 5,093 4,912 32 4,881 181 85 12

16 to 17 years

34 27 2 4 1,953 1,921 1,864 10 1,855 56 26 7

18 to 19 years

43 36 3 4 3,236 3,172 3,048 22 3,026 124 59 5

20 to 24 years

157 127 22 7 13,252 12,912 11,890 91 11,799 1,022 333 7

25 to 34 years

411 320 83 8 34,167 32,732 28,570 114 28,456 4,162 1,431 5

35 to 44 years

392 304 85 3 32,342 30,309 25,551 139 25,412 4,758 2,026 7

45 to 54 years

405 288 114 2 30,150 28,108 23,022 122 22,900 5,086 2,027 14

55 to 64 years

423 264 155 4 25,489 23,455 19,299 121 19,177 4,156 2,023 11

65 years and over

428 158 262 7 9,699 8,385 7,090 41 7,049 1,295 1,304 10

Men, 16 years and over

1,649 1,124 505 20 79,180 73,745 64,911 81 64,830 8,834 5,409 26

16 to 19 years

57 45 5 6 2,557 2,489 2,405 4 2,402 84 56 12

16 to 17 years

24 19 2 3 933 907 880 1 879 27 19 6

18 to 19 years

32 26 3 3 1,624 1,582 1,526 3 1,523 56 37 5

20 to 24 years

108 89 15 5 6,732 6,526 6,073 8 6,065 453 199 7

25 to 34 years

295 234 56 5 18,148 17,335 15,498 18 15,479 1,838 811 1

35 to 44 years

282 227 55 1 17,357 16,166 14,141 16 14,125 2,025 1,190 1

45 to 54 years

302 217 84 1 15,729 14,547 12,497 15 12,482 2,050 1,180 1

55 to 64 years

300 194 106 0 13,314 12,122 10,349 13 10,336 1,773 1,191 1

65 years and over

306 118 185 3 5,343 4,559 3,947 7 3,940 611 781 4

Women, 16 years and over

642 400 222 20 71,109 67,248 55,422 577 54,844 11,827 3,821 40

16 to 19 years

20 17 1 2 2,633 2,604 2,507 28 2,479 97 29 0

16 to 17 years

9 8 0 2 1,020 1,014 985 9 976 29 7 0

18 to 19 years

10 9 1 0 1,612 1,590 1,522 19 1,503 68 22 0

20 to 24 years

48 38 7 3 6,520 6,386 5,816 83 5,734 569 134 0

25 to 34 years

116 86 26 3 16,020 15,396 13,072 95 12,977 2,324 620 3

35 to 44 years

110 77 31 3 14,985 14,143 11,410 123 11,287 2,733 836 7

45 to 54 years

103 71 30 2 14,421 13,561 10,525 106 10,418 3,036 847 13

55 to 64 years

123 70 49 4 12,175 11,333 8,950 108 8,841 2,383 832 10

65 years and over

122 40 77 4 4,356 3,826 3,143 34 3,109 683 523 7

Footnotes
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022