Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2010-11
(Numbers in thousands)
Total Men Women
Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population.......................... 192,792 192,898 94,689 94,146 98,103 98,752
Total who worked or looked for work......................... 129,249 127,809 69,593 68,304 59,656 59,505
Percent of the population................................. 67.0 66.3 73.5 72.6 60.8 60.3
Total who worked during the year (1) ....................... 124,651 123,717 66,984 66,180 57,667 57,537
Percent of the population................................. 64.7 64.1 70.7 70.3 58.8 58.3
Percent who worked during the year (1) ..................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Full time (2)............................................. 77.9 78.4 84.5 85.1 70.2 70.6
50 to 52 weeks.......................................... 64.5 65.8 69.6 71.7 58.6 59.0
27 to 49 weeks.......................................... 7.7 7.2 8.5 7.7 6.7 6.7
1 to 26 weeks........................................... 5.7 5.4 6.4 5.8 4.9 5.0
Part time (3)............................................. 22.1 21.6 15.5 14.9 29.8 29.4
50 to 52 weeks.......................................... 11.5 11.4 7.3 7.0 16.4 16.5
27 to 49 weeks.......................................... 4.5 4.2 3.1 3.0 6.0 5.5
1 to 26 weeks........................................... 6.1 6.0 5.1 4.8 7.3 7.4
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population.......................... 29,004 29,790 13,108 13,447 15,896 16,343
Total who worked or looked for work......................... 18,263 18,822 8,466 8,685 9,797 10,137
Percent of the population................................. 63.0 63.2 64.6 64.6 61.6 62.0
Total who worked during the year (1) ....................... 16,868 17,332 7,708 7,932 9,160 9,399
Percent of the population................................. 58.2 58.2 58.8 59.0 57.6 57.5
Percent who worked during the year (1) ..................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Full time (2)............................................. 79.6 79.4 82.0 82.2 77.6 77.1
50 to 52 weeks.......................................... 64.5 65.0 66.0 66.1 63.2 64.0
27 to 49 weeks.......................................... 8.3 7.2 8.6 8.1 8.0 6.5
1 to 26 weeks........................................... 6.8 7.2 7.4 8.1 6.3 6.5
Part time (3)............................................. 20.4 20.6 18.0 17.8 22.4 22.9
50 to 52 weeks.......................................... 9.5 10.0 7.3 8.3 11.4 11.3
27 to 49 weeks.......................................... 3.4 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.6 4.6
1 to 26 weeks........................................... 7.4 6.7 7.5 6.3 7.4 7.0
ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population.......................... 11,320 12,813 5,325 5,979 5,995 6,834
Total who worked or looked for work......................... 7,569 8,364 3,955 4,347 3,614 4,017
Percent of the population................................. 66.9 65.3 74.3 72.7 60.3 58.8
Total who worked during the year (1) ....................... 7,253 8,048 3,811 4,194 3,442 3,854
Percent of the population................................. 64.1 62.8 71.6 70.1 57.4 56.4
Percent who worked during the year (1) ..................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Full time (2)............................................. 81.7 81.4 87.2 87.0 75.7 75.3
50 to 52 weeks.......................................... 70.7 70.4 76.4 76.6 64.4 63.6
27 to 49 weeks.......................................... 5.7 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.5 6.7
1 to 26 weeks........................................... 5.4 4.9 5.0 4.7 5.8 5.0
Part time (3)............................................. 18.3 18.6 12.8 13.0 24.3 24.7
50 to 52 weeks.......................................... 10.1 11.0 6.6 7.2 14.1 15.1
27 to 49 weeks.......................................... 3.6 3.1 2.6 2.0 4.7 4.3
1 to 26 weeks........................................... 4.5 4.5 3.6 3.8 5.5 5.3
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population.......................... 34,155 36,461 17,602 18,276 16,552 18,185
Total who worked or looked for work......................... 22,825 24,216 13,301 13,683 9,524 10,533
Percent of the population................................. 66.8 66.4 75.6 74.9 57.5 57.9
Total who worked during the year (1) ....................... 21,686 23,124 12,663 13,127 9,023 9,997
Percent of the population................................. 63.5 63.4 71.9 71.8 54.5 55.0
Percent who worked during the year (1) ..................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Full time (2)............................................. 78.9 79.2 84.0 84.6 71.8 72.1
50 to 52 weeks.......................................... 62.2 64.3 65.7 68.6 57.2 58.8
27 to 49 weeks.......................................... 9.8 8.5 11.0 9.6 8.1 7.1
1 to 26 weeks........................................... 7.0 6.3 7.3 6.4 6.5 6.2
Part time (3)............................................. 21.1 20.8 16.0 15.4 28.2 27.9
50 to 52 weeks.......................................... 11.2 11.3 8.0 7.8 15.8 15.9
27 to 49 weeks.......................................... 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.0 5.0 4.8
1 to 26 weeks........................................... 5.8 5.7 4.6 4.7 7.4 7.2
1 Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
2 Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.
3 Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in
table 1 because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be
of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
