Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by disability status and selected characteristics, 2011 annual averages

Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by disability status and selected characteristics, 2011 annual averages
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic Civilian
noninsti-
tutional
population		 Civilian labor force Not in
labor
force
Total Participation
rate		 Employed Unemployed
Total Percent of
population		 Total Rate

TOTAL

Total, 16 years and over

 239,618 153,617 64.1 139,869 58.4 13,747 8.9 86,001

Men

 116,317 81,975 70.5 74,290 63.9 7,684 9.4 34,343

Women

 123,300 71,642 58.1 65,579 53.2 6,063 8.5 51,658

PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY

Total, 16 years and over

 27,382 5,722 20.9 4,861 17.8 861 15.0 21,659

Men

 12,633 3,152 24.9 2,670 21.1 482 15.3 9,481

Women

 14,749 2,571 17.4 2,192 14.9 379 14.7 12,178

Age

16 to 64 years

 15,047 4,854 32.3 4,067 27.0 787 16.2 10,192

16 to 19 years

 589 124 21.0 71 12.1 53 42.4 465

20 to 24 years

 726 302 41.6 220 30.3 82 27.1 424

25 to 34 years

 1,697 740 43.6 579 34.1 161 21.7 958

35 to 44 years

 2,167 793 36.6 661 30.5 133 16.7 1,374

45 to 54 years

 4,212 1,359 32.3 1,167 27.7 193 14.2 2,853

55 to 64 years

 5,656 1,536 27.2 1,370 24.2 167 10.8 4,119

65 years and over

 12,335 868 7.0 794 6.4 74 8.5 11,467

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White

 22,386 4,779 21.3 4,122 18.4 657 13.7 17,607

Black or African American

 3,494 604 17.3 462 13.2 142 23.5 2,889

Asian

 657 134 20.5 120 18.2 15 11.0 523

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 2,527 517 20.5 412 16.3 105 20.3 2,010

Educational attainment

Total, 25 years and over

 26,067 5,297 20.3 4,570 17.5 727 13.7 20,770

Less than a high school diploma

 6,081 623 10.2 493 8.1 130 20.8 5,458

High school graduates, no college(1)

 9,603 1,695 17.6 1,465 15.3 229 13.5 7,909

Some college or associate degree

 6,312 1,656 26.2 1,408 22.3 248 15.0 4,656

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)

 4,070 1,323 32.5 1,203 29.6 120 9.1 2,747

PERSONS WITH NO DISABILITY

Total, 16 years and over

 212,236 147,894 69.7 135,008 63.6 12,886 8.7 64,342

Men

 103,684 78,823 76.0 71,621 69.1 7,202 9.1 24,861

Women

 108,552 69,071 63.6 63,387 58.4 5,684 8.2 39,480

Age

16 to 64 years

 184,842 141,650 76.6 129,155 69.9 12,495 8.8 43,192

16 to 19 years

 16,186 5,603 34.6 4,255 26.3 1,347 24.0 10,583

20 to 24 years

 20,697 14,968 72.3 12,816 61.9 2,153 14.4 5,729

25 to 34 years

 39,666 32,985 83.2 29,958 75.5 3,027 9.2 6,681

35 to 44 years

 37,332 31,866 85.4 29,610 79.3 2,256 7.1 5,465

45 to 54 years

 39,630 34,000 85.8 31,700 80.0 2,300 6.8 5,630

55 to 64 years

 31,332 22,228 70.9 20,816 66.4 1,412 6.4 9,103

65 years and over

 27,394 6,244 22.8 5,853 21.4 391 6.3 21,150

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White

 170,691 119,800 70.2 110,569 64.8 9,232 7.7 50,891

Black or African American

 25,620 17,277 67.4 14,589 56.9 2,688 15.6 8,343

Asian

 10,782 7,251 67.3 6,748 62.6 504 6.9 3,531

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 31,910 22,380 70.1 19,856 62.2 2,524 11.3 9,530

Educational attainment

Total, 25 years and over

 175,353 127,323 72.6 117,937 67.3 9,386 7.4 48,030

Less than a high school diploma

 19,041 10,976 57.6 9,474 49.8 1,502 13.7 8,065

High school graduates, no college(1)

 52,329 35,649 68.1 32,358 61.8 3,292 9.2 16,679

Some college or associate degree

 46,777 35,175 75.2 32,486 69.4 2,689 7.6 11,602

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)

 57,207 45,523 79.6 43,619 76.2 1,904 4.2 11,684

Footnotes
 (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(2) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.

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.

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Last Modified Date: June 08, 2012