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, 2007-08 annual averages
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, 2007-08 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
2007 2008
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.... 895 1,850 1,338 2,701 891 1,884 1,360 2,744
Civilian labor force................... 306 1,035 882 1,991 276 990 885 2,024
Participation rate................... 34.1 55.9 65.9 73.7 30.9 52.5 65.1 73.7
Employed.............................. 292 993 850 1,937 253 939 838 1,952
Employment-population ratio.......... 32.7 53.7 63.5 71.7 28.4 49.9 61.6 71.2
Unemployed............................ 13 42 32 53 22 50 48 71
Unemployment rate.................... 4.3 4.1 3.6 2.7 8.1 5.1 5.4 3.5
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 318 712 570 654 334 758 629 677
Civilian labor force................... 193 515 474 566 192 561 501 582
Participation rate................... 60.7 72.2 83.2 86.6 57.4 74.0 79.7 86.0
Employed.............................. 177 491 445 549 176 516 466 559
Employment-population ratio.......... 55.6 68.9 78.1 84.1 52.9 68.1 74.0 82.5
Unemployed............................ 16 24 29 17 15 45 36 24
Unemployment rate.................... 8.4 4.7 6.1 3.0 7.9 8.0 7.1 4.1
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 836 1,428 1,066 3,754 864 1,453 1,033 3,880
Civilian labor force................... 370 924 769 2,889 402 951 758 2,979
Participation rate................... 44.3 64.7 72.1 77.0 46.6 65.5 73.4 76.8
Employed.............................. 359 892 736 2,828 375 913 725 2,898
Employment-population ratio.......... 43.0 62.5 69.0 75.3 43.4 62.8 70.2 74.7
Unemployed............................ 11 32 33 61 27 39 33 81
Unemployment rate.................... 3.0 3.5 4.3 2.1 6.8 4.1 4.4 2.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 7,368 3,801 1,726 1,508 7,292 3,940 1,852 1,579
Civilian labor force................... 5,001 2,877 1,352 1,189 4,871 2,967 1,439 1,245
Participation rate................... 67.9 75.7 78.3 78.9 66.8 75.3 77.7 78.9
Employed.............................. 4,736 2,764 1,297 1,155 4,495 2,790 1,368 1,198
Employment-population ratio.......... 64.3 72.7 75.1 76.6 61.6 70.8 73.9 75.9
Unemployed............................ 266 112 56 34 376 177 71 47
Unemployment rate.................... 5.3 3.9 4.1 2.9 7.7 6.0 5.0 3.7
NATIVE BORN
White non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 11,099 41,790 35,413 41,067 10,723 41,180 35,972 41,982
Civilian labor force................... 4,092 25,333 25,048 31,725 3,975 24,863 25,386 32,458
Participation rate................... 36.9 60.6 70.7 77.3 37.1 60.4 70.6 77.3
Employed.............................. 3,783 24,377 24,281 31,150 3,644 23,659 24,397 31,727
Employment-population ratio.......... 34.1 58.3 68.6 75.9 34.0 57.5 67.8 75.6
Unemployed............................ 309 955 767 575 331 1,204 990 731
Unemployment rate.................... 7.5 3.8 3.1 1.8 8.3 4.8 3.9 2.3
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 3,215 6,938 5,306 3,496 3,128 6,923 5,533 3,582
Civilian labor force................... 1,154 4,481 3,948 2,872 1,167 4,467 4,125 2,881
Participation rate................... 35.9 64.6 74.4 82.1 37.3 64.5 74.6 80.4
Employed.............................. 1,003 4,138 3,731 2,788 979 4,046 3,815 2,769
Employment-population ratio.......... 31.2 59.6 70.3 79.7 31.3 58.4 69.0 77.3
Unemployed............................ 151 343 216 84 187 420 310 113
Unemployment rate.................... 13.1 7.7 5.5 2.9 16.0 9.4 7.5 3.9
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 143 397 399 953 147 360 442 929
Civilian labor force................... 58 223 287 757 57 210 308 737
Participation rate................... 40.6 56.0 72.0 79.4 38.9 58.2 69.6 79.3
Employed.............................. 56 218 281 734 55 200 301 715
Employment-population ratio.......... 39.4 54.8 70.3 77.0 37.7 55.4 68.2 76.9
Unemployed............................ 2 5 7 23 2 10 6 23
Unemployment rate.................... 2.9 2.2 2.3 3.0 2.9 4.9 2.1 3.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 2,275 3,390 2,939 1,784 2,264 3,587 3,131 1,835
Civilian labor force................... 1,039 2,468 2,340 1,517 1,040 2,609 2,476 1,588
Participation rate................... 45.7 72.8 79.6 85.1 45.9 72.8 79.1 86.5
Employed.............................. 942 2,345 2,245 1,489 931 2,442 2,353 1,537
Employment-population ratio.......... 41.4 69.2 76.4 83.5 41.1 68.1 75.2 83.8
Unemployed............................ 97 122 94 29 109 167 123 50
Unemployment rate.................... 9.4 5.0 4.0 1.9 10.4 6.4 5.0 3.2
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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