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Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2022-2023

Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2022-2023 [Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.]
Industry and class of worker Total White Black or African American Asian Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
July
2022
July
2023
July
2022
July
2023
July
2022
July
2023
July
2022
July
2023
July
2022
July
2023

Total employed

20,992 21,623 16,197 16,681 2,574 2,530 971 1,137 4,607 4,993

Agriculture and related industries

347 345 317 308 11 11 0 0 75 83

Nonagricultural industries

20,645 21,278 15,880 16,374 2,563 2,518 971 1,137 4,531 4,910

Private wage and salary workers(1)

19,014 19,507 14,661 15,043 2,346 2,297 886 1,016 4,216 4,556

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

54 47 39 32 4 14 0 0 5 4

Construction

1,190 1,329 971 1,203 116 48 0 11 429 440

Manufacturing

1,339 1,465 1,008 1,141 161 163 101 86 246 315

Durable goods

846 915 648 706 87 107 55 70 154 173

Nondurable goods

493 550 360 436 73 56 46 16 92 142

Wholesale trade

236 250 168 197 25 22 27 12 52 38

Retail trade

3,916 3,800 3,008 2,883 587 540 122 183 919 941

Transportation and utilities

1,115 840 810 527 201 185 41 75 267 190

Information

205 189 162 156 21 23 9 7 42 27

Financial activities

593 649 487 505 53 72 51 46 88 123

Professional and business services

1,794 1,835 1,362 1,395 183 200 156 161 381 445

Education and health services

2,468 2,712 1,871 2,083 347 319 145 171 457 497

Leisure and hospitality

5,115 5,344 3,972 4,108 581 575 201 243 1,083 1,248

Other services

988 1,047 806 811 67 135 33 22 248 289

Government wage and salary workers

1,223 1,343 908 985 176 182 49 104 221 237

Federal

223 205 132 108 56 74 14 10 41 10

State

355 441 296 323 21 46 15 57 57 76

Local

645 697 481 554 99 63 21 37 122 151

Self-employed, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

408 428 311 346 41 38 37 17 94 117

Footnotes
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

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. 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.

Last Modified Date: August 16, 2023