Table 1. Volunteers by selected characteristics, September 2012
(Numbers in thousands)
Total, both sexes Men Women
Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers
Characteristics in September 2012 Civilian Civilian Civilian
noninsti- noninsti- noninsti-
tutional Percent tutional Percent tutional Percent
popula- Number of popula- Number of popula- Number of
tion popula- tion popula- tion popula-
tion tion tion
Age
Total, 16 years and over................ 243,772 64,513 26.5 117,600 27,238 23.2 126,172 37,274 29.5
16 to 24 years........................ 38,800 8,776 22.6 19,556 3,914 20.0 19,244 4,862 25.3
16 to 19 years..................... 16,931 4,644 27.4 8,628 2,166 25.1 8,303 2,478 29.8
20 to 24 years..................... 21,869 4,132 18.9 10,928 1,748 16.0 10,941 2,384 21.8
25 years and over..................... 204,973 55,737 27.2 98,045 23,324 23.8 106,928 32,413 30.3
25 to 34 years..................... 41,072 9,513 23.2 20,263 3,813 18.8 20,810 5,700 27.4
35 to 44 years..................... 39,632 12,527 31.6 19,412 5,130 26.4 20,221 7,397 36.6
45 to 54 years..................... 43,608 12,777 29.3 21,294 5,569 26.2 22,314 7,208 32.3
55 to 64 years..................... 38,442 10,619 27.6 18,475 4,547 24.6 19,966 6,072 30.4
65 years and over.................. 42,219 10,301 24.4 18,601 4,265 22.9 23,618 6,036 25.6
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White................................... 193,503 53,778 27.8 94,429 22,961 24.3 99,074 30,817 31.1
Black or African American............... 29,991 6,316 21.1 13,550 2,429 17.9 16,441 3,886 23.6
Asian................................... 12,875 2,524 19.6 6,040 1,057 17.5 6,835 1,467 21.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............ 36,969 5,635 15.2 18,546 2,422 13.1 18,424 3,213 17.4
Educational attainment (1)
Less than a high school diploma......... 24,697 2,177 8.8 12,293 956 7.8 12,404 1,221 9.8
High school graduates, no college (2)... 60,767 10,527 17.3 29,747 4,391 14.8 31,020 6,136 19.8
Some college or associate degree ....... 55,081 15,832 28.7 25,004 6,123 24.5 30,077 9,709 32.3
Bachelor's degree and higher (3)........ 64,428 27,202 42.2 31,000 11,855 38.2 33,427 15,346 45.9
Marital status
Single, never married................... 72,102 14,920 20.7 38,024 6,501 17.1 34,078 8,419 24.7
Married, spouse present................. 123,194 39,290 31.9 61,981 17,711 28.6 61,213 21,579 35.3
Other marital status (4)................ 48,476 10,302 21.3 17,595 3,027 17.2 30,881 7,276 23.6
Presence of own children
under 18 years (5)
Without own children under 18........... 176,911 42,105 23.8 88,080 18,248 20.7 88,831 23,857 26.9
With own children under 18.............. 66,861 22,408 33.5 29,521 8,991 30.5 37,340 13,417 35.9
Employment status
Civilian labor force.................... 156,594 44,974 28.7 83,124 20,882 25.1 73,469 24,092 32.8
Employed.............................. 144,450 42,083 29.1 76,695 19,681 25.7 67,755 22,402 33.1
Full time (6)....................... 115,983 32,568 28.1 66,207 16,873 25.5 49,775 15,695 31.5
Part time (7)....................... 28,468 9,515 33.4 10,488 2,807 26.8 17,980 6,707 37.3
Unemployed............................ 12,144 2,891 23.8 6,430 1,202 18.7 5,714 1,689 29.6
Not in the labor force.................. 87,179 19,539 22.4 34,476 6,356 18.4 52,703 13,183 25.0
1 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
2 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
3 Includes persons with bachelor's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
4 Includes divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
5 Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews,
grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.
6 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
7 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Data on volunteers relate to persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities for an organization at any point
from September 1, 2011, through the survey period in September 2012. 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.
