Table 3. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 25 years and over by educational attainment,
race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2006-07 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
2006 2007
Characteristic Less than High Some Less than High Some
a high school college Bachelor's a high school college Bachelor's
school graduates, or degree and school graduates, or degree and
diploma no college associate higher (2) diploma no college associate higher (2)
(1) degree (1) degree
FOREIGN BORN
White non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 940 1,803 1,296 2,647 895 1,850 1,338 2,701
Civilian labor force................... 349 971 848 1,969 306 1,035 882 1,991
Participation rate................... 37.1 53.8 65.4 74.4 34.1 55.9 65.9 73.7
Employed.............................. 331 937 819 1,920 292 993 850 1,937
Employment-population ratio.......... 35.2 52.0 63.1 72.6 32.7 53.7 63.5 71.7
Unemployed............................ 18 33 30 48 13 42 32 53
Unemployment rate.................... 5.3 3.4 3.5 2.5 4.3 4.1 3.6 2.7
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 357 648 507 608 318 712 570 654
Civilian labor force................... 226 477 416 510 193 515 474 566
Participation rate................... 63.2 73.7 81.9 83.9 60.7 72.2 83.2 86.6
Employed.............................. 207 453 398 495 177 491 445 549
Employment-population ratio.......... 57.8 69.9 78.4 81.4 55.6 68.9 78.1 84.1
Unemployed............................ 19 25 18 15 16 24 29 17
Unemployment rate.................... 8.6 5.2 4.3 3.0 8.4 4.7 6.1 3.0
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 858 1,340 1,016 3,575 836 1,428 1,066 3,754
Civilian labor force................... 391 862 742 2,743 370 924 769 2,889
Participation rate................... 45.6 64.3 73.0 76.7 44.3 64.7 72.1 77.0
Employed.............................. 376 834 721 2,684 359 892 736 2,828
Employment-population ratio.......... 43.8 62.3 71.0 75.1 43.0 62.5 69.0 75.3
Unemployed............................ 15 27 21 58 11 32 33 61
Unemployment rate.................... 3.9 3.2 2.8 2.1 3.0 3.5 4.3 2.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 7,167 3,506 1,615 1,424 7,368 3,801 1,726 1,508
Civilian labor force................... 4,875 2,677 1,279 1,111 5,001 2,877 1,352 1,189
Participation rate................... 68.0 76.4 79.2 78.0 67.9 75.7 78.3 78.9
Employed.............................. 4,631 2,587 1,234 1,085 4,736 2,764 1,297 1,155
Employment-population ratio.......... 64.6 73.8 76.4 76.1 64.3 72.7 75.1 76.6
Unemployed............................ 243 90 46 27 266 112 56 34
Unemployment rate.................... 5.0 3.4 3.6 2.4 5.3 3.9 4.1 2.9
NATIVE BORN
White non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 11,847 42,087 35,100 39,751 11,099 41,790 35,413 41,067
Civilian labor force................... 4,369 25,714 24,931 30,787 4,092 25,333 25,048 31,725
Participation rate................... 36.9 61.1 71.0 77.4 36.9 60.6 70.7 77.3
Employed.............................. 4,079 24,773 24,157 30,200 3,783 24,377 24,281 31,150
Employment-population ratio.......... 34.4 58.9 68.8 76.0 34.1 58.3 68.6 75.9
Unemployed............................ 289 941 774 586 309 955 767 575
Unemployment rate.................... 6.6 3.7 3.1 1.9 7.5 3.8 3.1 1.8
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 3,396 6,801 5,215 3,379 3,215 6,938 5,306 3,496
Civilian labor force................... 1,236 4,488 3,885 2,762 1,154 4,481 3,948 2,872
Participation rate................... 36.4 66.0 74.5 81.7 35.9 64.6 74.4 82.1
Employed.............................. 1,065 4,115 3,634 2,687 1,003 4,138 3,731 2,788
Employment-population ratio.......... 31.4 60.5 69.7 79.5 31.2 59.6 70.3 79.7
Unemployed............................ 171 373 251 75 151 343 216 84
Unemployment rate.................... 13.8 8.3 6.5 2.7 13.1 7.7 5.5 2.9
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 152 339 391 880 143 397 399 953
Civilian labor force................... 55 188 276 710 58 223 287 757
Participation rate................... 36.4 55.4 70.6 80.7 40.6 56.0 72.0 79.4
Employed.............................. 53 183 265 696 56 218 281 734
Employment-population ratio.......... 35.1 54.0 67.7 79.2 39.4 54.8 70.3 77.0
Unemployed............................ 2 5 11 13 2 5 7 23
Unemployment rate.................... 3.4 2.6 4.1 1.9 2.9 2.2 2.3 3.0
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 2,352 3,232 2,781 1,626 2,275 3,390 2,939 1,784
Civilian labor force................... 1,073 2,331 2,222 1,373 1,039 2,468 2,340 1,517
Participation rate................... 45.6 72.1 79.9 84.4 45.7 72.8 79.6 85.1
Employed.............................. 989 2,214 2,143 1,344 942 2,345 2,245 1,489
Employment-population ratio.......... 42.0 68.5 77.1 82.6 41.4 69.2 76.4 83.5
Unemployed............................ 85 117 79 29 97 122 94 29
Unemployment rate.................... 7.9 5.0 3.6 2.1 9.4 5.0 4.0 1.9
1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated
population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. See the Technical Note for further
information.
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