Table 4. Employment status of persons 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2008

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Table 4. Employment status of persons 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages
Employment status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Total, 25 years and over	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduates, no college	Some college, no degree	Associate degree	Bachelor's degree and higher
Total
Civilian noninstitutional population	196,304	26,122	61,115	33,493	17,611	57,962
Civilian labor force	132,255	12,166	38,263	23,268	13,449	45,108
Percent of population	67.4	46.6	62.6	69.5	76.4	77.8
Employed	126,161	11,073	36,097	22,092	12,948	43,951
Employment-population ratio	64.3	42.4	59.1	66.0	73.5	75.8
Unemployed	6,094	1,092	2,166	1,176	502	1,158
Unemployment rate	4.6	9.0	5.7	5.1	3.7	2.6
Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	94,204	12,990	29,298	15,631	7,620	28,665
Civilian labor force	70,982	7,790	21,364	11,959	6,258	23,612
Percent of population	75.3	60.0	72.9	76.5	82.1	82.4
Employed	67,605	7,108	20,093	11,356	6,021	23,027
Employment-population ratio	71.8	54.7	68.6	72.6	79.0	80.3
Unemployed	3,377	682	1,270	603	236	585
Unemployment rate	4.8	8.8	5.9	5.0	3.8	2.5
Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	102,100	13,133	31,817	17,862	9,991	29,297
Civilian labor force	61,273	4,376	16,899	11,310	7,191	21,497
Percent of population	60.0	33.3	53.1	63.3	72.0	73.4
Employed	58,555	3,965	16,004	10,737	6,926	20,924
Employment-population ratio	57.4	30.2	50.3	60.1	69.3	71.4
Unemployed	2,717	410	896	573	265	573
Unemployment rate	4.4	9.4	5.3	5.1	3.7	2.7
White
Civilian noninstitutional population	160,541	20,653	50,101	27,281	14,597	47,910
Civilian labor force	107,849	9,843	31,065	18,713	11,113	37,115
Percent of population	67.2	47.7	62.0	68.6	76.1	77.5
Employed	103,373	9,036	29,495	17,873	10,742	36,228
Employment-population ratio	64.4	43.8	58.9	65.5	73.6	75.6
Unemployed	4,475	807	1,570	840	371	888
Unemployment rate	4.1	8.2	5.1	4.5	3.3	2.4
Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	77,984	10,566	24,180	12,883	6,378	23,977
Civilian labor force	58,957	6,590	17,668	9,829	5,249	19,620
Percent of population	75.6	62.4	73.1	76.3	82.3	81.8
Employed	56,446	6,066	16,741	9,397	5,070	19,171
Employment-population ratio	72.4	57.4	69.2	72.9	79.5	80.0
Unemployed	2,511	524	927	433	179	449
Unemployment rate	4.3	7.9	5.2	4.4	3.4	2.3
Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	82,558	10,086	25,922	14,398	8,218	23,933
Civilian labor force	48,892	3,253	13,396	8,883	5,864	17,495
Percent of population	59.2	32.3	51.7	61.7	71.4	73.1
Employed	46,928	2,970	12,753	8,477	5,672	17,056
Employment-population ratio	56.8	29.4	49.2	58.9	69.0	71.3
Unemployed	1,964	284	643	407	192	439
Unemployment rate	4.0	8.7	4.8	4.6	3.3	2.5
Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population	22,254	3,629	7,918	4,379	1,956	4,372
Civilian labor force	14,973	1,443	5,200	3,232	1,533	3,564
Percent of population	67.3	39.8	65.7	73.8	78.4	81.5
Employed	13,786	1,234	4,719	2,972	1,439	3,423
Employment-population ratio	62.0	34.0	59.6	67.9	73.6	78.3
Unemployed	1,187	209	482	260	95	141
Unemployment rate	7.9	14.5	9.3	8.0	6.2	4.0
Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	9,810	1,645	3,684	1,862	767	1,852
Civilian labor force	6,978	730	2,636	1,420	617	1,575
Percent of population	71.1	44.4	71.6	76.2	80.5	85.0
Employed	6,357	616	2,358	1,296	579	1,508
Employment-population ratio	64.8	37.5	64.0	69.6	75.6	81.4
Unemployed	621	114	278	124	37	67
Unemployment rate	8.9	15.6	10.6	8.7	6.1	4.2
Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,444	1,983	4,234	2,517	1,189	2,520
Civilian labor force	7,995	713	2,564	1,812	917	1,990
Percent of population	64.2	35.9	60.6	72.0	77.1	79.0
Employed	7,429	617	2,361	1,676	859	1,915
Employment-population ratio	59.7	31.1	55.8	66.6	72.3	76.0
Unemployed	566	95	203	136	57	74
Unemployment rate	7.1	13.4	7.9	7.5	6.3	3.7
Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population	9,248	1,028	1,847	879	639	4,856
Civilian labor force	6,518	469	1,190	626	477	3,757
Percent of population	70.5	45.7	64.4	71.2	74.7	77.4
Employed	6,290	439	1,139	602	459	3,651
Employment-population ratio	68.0	42.8	61.6	68.5	71.9	75.2
Unemployed	229	30	51	24	18	106
Unemployment rate	3.5	6.4	4.3	3.8	3.8	2.8
Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,358	372	805	438	286	2,459
Civilian labor force	3,498	221	603	346	236	2,093
Percent of population	80.3	59.4	74.9	79.0	82.5	85.1
Employed	3,370	203	577	330	225	2,035
Employment-population ratio	77.3	54.6	71.8	75.4	78.7	82.8
Unemployed	128	18	26	16	11	58
Unemployment rate	3.7	8.0	4.2	4.6	4.7	2.8
Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	4,890	656	1,043	441	353	2,397
Civilian labor force	3,020	248	587	280	241	1,664
Percent of population	61.8	37.9	56.3	63.4	68.4	69.4
Employed	2,920	236	562	272	234	1,616
Employment-population ratio	59.7	36.0	53.8	61.6	66.4	67.4
Unemployed	101	12	25	8	7	48
Unemployment rate	3.3	4.9	4.3	2.8	2.9	2.9
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population	25,479	9,555	7,526	3,371	1,612	3,414
Civilian labor force	18,235	5,911	5,576	2,627	1,288	2,833
Percent of population	71.6	61.9	74.1	77.9	79.9	83.0
Employed	17,115	5,426	5,232	2,484	1,236	2,736
Employment-population ratio	67.2	56.8	69.5	73.7	76.7	80.1
Unemployed	1,120	485	344	142	52	97
Unemployment rate	6.1	8.2	6.2	5.4	4.1	3.4
Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	13,081	5,025	3,986	1,677	732	1,660
Civilian labor force	11,035	4,021	3,444	1,448	633	1,489
Percent of population	84.4	80.0	86.4	86.3	86.5	89.7
Employed	10,363	3,714	3,231	1,371	607	1,439
Employment-population ratio	79.2	73.9	81.1	81.8	82.9	86.7
Unemployed	672	307	213	77	26	50
Unemployment rate	6.1	7.6	6.2	5.3	4.1	3.3
Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,398	4,530	3,541	1,694	879	1,754
Civilian labor force	7,200	1,889	2,132	1,179	655	1,344
Percent of population	58.1	41.7	60.2	69.6	74.5	76.6
Employed	6,752	1,712	2,001	1,113	629	1,297
Employment-population ratio	54.5	37.8	56.5	65.7	71.6	73.9
Unemployed	448	178	131	65	26	47
Unemployment rate	6.2	9.4	6.2	5.6	4.0	3.5
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. SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: December 4, 2009