Table 1. Volunteers by selected characteristics, September 2010
Table 1. Volunteers by selected characteristics, September 2010
(Numbers in thousands)
Total, both sexes Men Women
Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers
Characteristics in September 2010 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................ 238,322 62,790 26.3 115,433 26,787 23.2 122,889 36,004 29.3
16 to 24 years........................ 37,948 8,297 21.9 19,126 3,657 19.1 18,822 4,640 24.7
16 to 19 years..................... 16,839 4,403 26.1 8,546 1,959 22.9 8,293 2,443 29.5
20 to 24 years..................... 21,110 3,894 18.4 10,581 1,698 16.0 10,529 2,196 20.9
25 years and over..................... 200,374 54,493 27.2 96,307 23,129 24.0 104,067 31,364 30.1
25 to 34 years..................... 41,045 9,140 22.3 20,545 3,756 18.3 20,500 5,384 26.3
35 to 44 years..................... 40,014 12,904 32.2 19,773 5,351 27.1 20,240 7,553 37.3
45 to 54 years..................... 44,333 13,435 30.3 21,736 5,935 27.3 22,597 7,500 33.2
55 to 64 years..................... 36,148 9,830 27.2 17,419 4,303 24.7 18,729 5,527 29.5
65 years and over.................. 38,834 9,184 23.6 16,834 3,784 22.5 22,001 5,400 24.5
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White................................... 192,391 53,556 27.8 94,254 23,004 24.4 98,137 30,552 31.1
Black or African American............... 28,794 5,580 19.4 12,982 2,232 17.2 15,812 3,348 21.2
Asian................................... 11,247 2,207 19.6 5,368 952 17.7 5,879 1,255 21.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............ 33,927 4,982 14.7 17,473 2,126 12.2 16,454 2,856 17.4
Educational attainment (1)
Less than a high school diploma......... 25,243 2,231 8.8 12,473 912 7.3 12,770 1,319 10.3
High school graduates, no college (2)... 60,912 10,887 17.9 29,697 4,696 15.8 31,215 6,192 19.8
Some college or associate degree ....... 53,068 15,505 29.2 24,284 6,176 25.4 28,785 9,329 32.4
Bachelor's degree and higher (3)........ 61,151 25,870 42.3 29,854 11,346 38.0 31,297 14,524 46.4
Marital status
Single, never married................... 69,699 14,145 20.3 37,143 6,373 17.2 32,556 7,772 23.9
Married, spouse present................. 121,301 38,765 32.0 61,287 17,527 28.6 60,015 21,239 35.4
Other marital status (4)................ 47,322 9,880 20.9 17,004 2,887 17.0 30,318 6,992 23.1
Presence of own children
under 18 years (5)
Without own children under 18........... 170,955 40,130 23.5 85,570 17,662 20.6 85,385 22,467 26.3
With own children under 18.............. 67,367 22,661 33.6 29,863 9,124 30.6 37,503 13,536 36.1
Employment status
Civilian labor force.................... 155,170 44,522 28.7 82,548 20,953 25.4 72,622 23,569 32.5
Employed.............................. 140,316 40,980 29.2 74,323 19,304 26.0 65,993 21,677 32.8
Full time (6)....................... 112,160 31,625 28.2 64,271 16,573 25.8 47,889 15,053 31.4
Part time (7)....................... 28,157 9,355 33.2 10,053 2,731 27.2 18,104 6,624 36.6
Unemployed............................ 14,854 3,542 23.8 8,225 1,649 20.0 6,629 1,893 28.6
Not in the labor force.................. 83,152 18,268 22.0 32,885 5,834 17.7 50,266 12,434 24.7
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, 2009, through the survey period in September 2010. 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.
