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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2008

(Numbers in thousands)
Table 8. Employment and unemployment in families by type of family, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages
Family type and employment status of family membersTotalWhiteBlack or
African American
AsianHispanic or
Latino ethnicity

 

     

Total families

77,94363,4909,2973,40310,500

With employed member(s)

64,05852,2737,2903,0529,135

As a percent of total families

82.282.378.489.787.0

With unemployed member(s)

6,1044,5061,1882151,159

As a percent of total families

7.87.112.86.311.0

Some member(s) employed

4,3193,332686172846

As a percent of families with unemployed member(s)

70.874.057.879.973.0

Some usually work full time

3,8302,955605158743

As a percent of families with unemployed member(s)

62.765.650.973.464.1

 

     

Married-couple families

58,12549,9674,3112,7476,839

 

     

With employed member(s)

48,54141,4683,6482,4766,162

As a percent of total families

83.583.084.690.190.1

With unemployed member(s)

3,7963,076446167726

As a percent of total families

6.56.210.36.110.6

Some member(s) employed

3,1332,552356142586

As a percent of families with unemployed member(s)

82.583.079.885.080.7

Some usually work full time

2,8372,301328133528

As a percent of families with unemployed member(s)

74.774.873.579.672.7

 

     

Families maintained by women

14,3839,4594,0494242,515

 

     

With employed member(s)

10,9297,3312,9143601,936

As a percent of total families

76.077.572.084.977.0

With unemployed member(s)

1,66697859136295

As a percent of total families

11.610.314.68.511.7

Some member(s) employed

81751325222168

As a percent of families with unemployed member(s)

49.052.542.661.156.9

Some usually work full time

66641620817133

As a percent of families with unemployed member(s)

40.042.535.247.245.1

 

     

Families maintained by men

5,4354,0649372331,145

 

     

With employed member(s)

4,5893,4747282171,036

As a percent of total families

84.485.577.793.190.5

With unemployed member(s)

64245215012138

As a percent of total families

11.811.116.05.212.1

Some member(s) employed

36826778892

As a percent of families with unemployed member(s)

57.359.152.066.766.7

Some usually work full time

32623869783

As a percent of families with unemployed member(s)

50.852.746.058.360.1

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 17, 2009