Table 2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2006-2009
Table 2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by sex, race, and
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2006-2009
(Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.)
Employment status, sex, race, and 2006 (1) 2007 (1) 2008 (1) 2009 (1)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 36,989 37,443 37,506 37,586
Civilian labor force........................................... 24,664 24,339 24,429 23,691
Participation rate....................................... 66.7 65.0 65.1 63.0
Employed..................................................... 21,914 21,717 21,021 19,304
Employment-population ratio.............................. 59.2 58.0 56.0 51.4
Unemployed................................................... 2,750 2,622 3,408 4,387
Looking for full-time work............................... 2,028 1,892 2,552 3,430
Looking for part-time work............................... 722 730 856 957
Unemployment rate........................................ 11.2 10.8 14.0 18.5
Not in labor force............................................. 12,324 13,104 13,076 13,895
Men
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 18,675 18,926 18,919 18,935
Civilian labor force........................................... 13,024 12,845 12,882 12,298
Participation rate....................................... 69.7 67.9 68.1 64.9
Employed..................................................... 11,568 11,421 10,946 9,880
Employment-population ratio.............................. 61.9 60.3 57.9 52.2
Unemployed................................................... 1,456 1,424 1,935 2,418
Looking for full-time work............................... 1,152 1,059 1,483 1,973
Looking for part-time work............................... 303 365 453 444
Unemployment rate........................................ 11.2 11.1 15.0 19.7
Not in labor force............................................. 5,651 6,081 6,037 6,637
Women
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 18,314 18,517 18,587 18,650
Civilian labor force........................................... 11,641 11,494 11,547 11,393
Participation rate....................................... 63.6 62.1 62.1 61.1
Employed..................................................... 10,346 10,296 10,075 9,424
Employment-population ratio.............................. 56.5 55.6 54.2 50.5
Unemployed................................................... 1,295 1,198 1,473 1,969
Looking for full-time work............................... 876 833 1,070 1,456
Looking for part-time work............................... 419 365 403 513
Unemployment rate........................................ 11.1 10.4 12.8 17.3
Not in labor force............................................. 6,673 7,023 7,039 7,257
White
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 28,736 29,012 29,012 29,010
Civilian labor force........................................... 20,002 19,734 19,760 19,147
Participation rate....................................... 69.6 68.0 68.1 66.0
Employed..................................................... 18,193 17,899 17,323 16,000
Employment-population ratio.............................. 63.3 61.7 59.7 55.2
Unemployed................................................... 1,808 1,835 2,437 3,147
Looking for full-time work............................... 1,289 1,304 1,759 2,403
Looking for part-time work............................... 520 531 678 744
Unemployment rate........................................ 9.0 9.3 12.3 16.4
Not in labor force............................................. 8,735 9,278 9,252 9,863
Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 5,426 5,539 5,595 5,662
Civilian labor force........................................... 3,133 2,998 3,062 2,995
Participation rate....................................... 57.7 54.1 54.7 52.9
Employed..................................................... 2,361 2,382 2,302 2,060
Employment-population ratio.............................. 43.5 43.0 41.2 36.4
Unemployed................................................... 772 616 760 935
Looking for full-time work............................... 617 488 647 772
Looking for part-time work............................... 155 128 112 163
Unemployment rate........................................ 24.7 20.5 24.8 31.2
Not in labor force............................................. 2,293 2,541 2,533 2,667
Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 1,474 1,511 1,516 1,500
Civilian labor force........................................... 687 747 767 740
Participation rate....................................... 46.6 49.4 50.6 49.3
Employed..................................................... 631 689 703 619
Employment-population ratio.............................. 42.8 45.6 46.4 41.3
Unemployed................................................... 56 58 64 121
Looking for full-time work............................... 33 32 38 96
Looking for part-time work............................... 23 26 26 24
Unemployment rate........................................ 8.2 7.7 8.4 16.3
Not in labor force............................................. 787 764 748 760
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 6,406 6,597 6,669 6,752
Civilian labor force........................................... 3,943 3,928 4,007 4,014
Participation rate....................................... 61.5 59.5 60.1 59.4
Employed..................................................... 3,534 3,465 3,367 3,143
Employment-population ratio.............................. 55.2 52.5 50.5 46.5
Unemployed................................................... 409 464 639 871
Looking for full-time work............................... 287 341 487 693
Looking for part-time work............................... 122 123 153 178
Unemployment rate........................................ 10.4 11.8 16.0 21.7
Not in labor force............................................. 2,463 2,669 2,662 2,738
1 Data not comparable with prior years due to revisions in the population controls.
NOTE: 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. In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of
any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as by race.
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