Demographics

This page contains information about labor force statistics with demographic characteristics available from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Data on the labor force characteristics of employed and unemployed persons, plus hours of work and earnings, also are available.

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Age

Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics by age group. See also Older Workers and Youth.

Age distributions and median age of workers by industry and occupation are available on request. Contact the Current Population Survey staff to obtain these data.

  • Database: Retrieve historical data series
  • Annual table: Employment status by detailed age group, sex, and race (TXT) (PDF)
  • Monthly table: Employment status by detailed age group, sex, and race (TXT) (PDF)
  • Article: Trends in labor force participation in the United States (October 2006)
    (Abstract) (Excerpt) (PDF)

Disability

Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics for persons with or without a disability.

  • Current monthly data: Employment Situation news release (Monthly, beginning with January 2010), Table A-6
    (HTML) (PDF) (Archives)
  • Frequently asked questions about disability data
  • Database: Retrieve historical data series
  • Monthly tables: Disability tables, 2008-09 (prior to publication in the Employment Situation news release)
  • Working paper: Discussion and Presentation of the Disability Test Results from the Current Population Survey (August 2006) - testing disability questions in the February 2006 CPS
    (Abstract) (PDF)
  • Working paper: Designing Questions To Identify People with Disabilities in Labor Force Surveys (August 2005) - early development work on disability questions for the CPS
    (Abstract) (PDF)
  • Census Bureau report: Evaluation Report Covering Disability (January 2007) - testing done in the 2006 American Community Survey
    (PDF, Census Bureau's 2006 ACS Content Test Report Series, report P.4)
  • The lack of a disability measure in today's Current Population Survey (June 2001)
    (Abstract) (PDF)

Educational attainment

Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics by educational attainment for persons age 25 and older. See also Earnings by Education.


Families and marital status

Additional tables on parents, families, and marital status are available in the annual report on Women in the labor force.

Employment, unemployment, and labor force participation in families

Employment and unemployment statistics for married men and women

Unemployment statistics by marital status
  • Annual table: Unemployment levels and rates by marital status (TXT) (PDF)

Foreign-born workers

Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics by foreign- and native-born status (nativity).


Older Workers

See also Age.
Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics by single year of age for persons age 55 and older are available on request. Contact the Current Population Survey staff to obtain these data.

  • Database: Retrieve historical data series
  • Annual table: Employment status by detailed age group, sex, and race (TXT) (PDF)
  • Monthly table: Employment status by detailed age group, sex, and race (TXT) (PDF)
  • Charts: Older Workers, Spotlight on Statistics (July 2008), includes CPS and other BLS survey data

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics for whites, blacks or African Americans, Asians, and persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity. See also Earnings by Demographics.


School enrollment

Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics for youth ages 16 to 24 by school enrollment status. See also Youth.

  • News release: College enrollment and work activity of high school graduates (Annual)
    (HTML) (PDF) (Archives)
  • Monthly table: Employment status by school enrollment, sex, race, and Hispanic ethnicity (TXT) (PDF)
  • Article: Youth enrollment and employment during the school year (February 2008)
    (Abstract) (Excerpt) (PDF)

Veterans

Labor force, employment, unemployment statistics for veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces by period of service and service-connected disability.


Volunteering

Statistics on persons who volunteer through or for an organization.

  • News release: Volunteering in the United States (Annual)
    (HTML) (PDF) (Archives)
  • Charts: Volunteering in the United States, 2005: a visual essay (PDF)
  • Article: Volunteerism in the United States (August 2003)
    (Abstract) (Excerpt) (PDF)

Women

Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics for women. See also Families and marital status.


Youth

Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics for youth ages 16 to 24. See also Age and School Enrollment.

  • News release: Summer employment and unemployment among youth (Annual)
    (HTML) (PDF) (Archives)
  • News release: College enrollment and work activity of high school graduates (Annual)
    (HTML) (PDF) (Archives)
  • Article: Youth enrollment and employment during the school year (February 2008)
    (Abstract) (Excerpt) (PDF)
  • Article: Declining teen labor force participation (September 2002) (PDF)
  • Report on the Youth Labor Force (November 2000)

 

Last Modified Date: February 05, 2010