Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2010-2011

Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2010-2011
[Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.]
Industry and class of worker Total White Black or African American Asian Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011

Total employed

 18,564 18,632 15,455 15,367 1,980 1,996 597 638 3,111 3,260

Agriculture and related industries

 372 382 358 369 10 4 0 0 97 121

Nonagricultural industries

 18,192 18,251 15,097 14,998 1,970 1,992 597 638 3,015 3,139

Private wage and salary workers

 16,311 16,472 13,528 13,575 1,782 1,773 525 589 2,709 2,899

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 63 76 63 63 0 0 0 5 12 18

Construction

 819 744 770 684 33 29 0 1 257 265

Manufacturing

 1,015 1,106 849 896 91 116 51 58 213 192

Durable goods

 598 688 507 590 44 49 27 35 113 99

Nondurable goods

 417 418 342 306 47 67 23 24 100 93

Wholesale trade

 297 342 249 278 29 47 7 14 54 112

Retail trade

 3,659 3,869 2,959 3,104 473 502 126 153 495 662

Transportation and utilities

 355 360 301 284 44 66 6 4 63 75

Information

 361 329 254 271 59 22 34 21 66 47

Financial activities

 794 716 686 595 42 66 48 36 117 117

Professional and business services

 1,395 1,326 1,130 1,071 166 141 48 69 282 262

Education and health services

 2,169 1,936 1,692 1,520 337 285 79 75 253 246

Leisure and hospitality

 4,595 4,770 3,879 4,016 449 456 106 127 759 763

Other services

 789 898 697 795 58 42 21 27 138 138

Government wage and salary workers

 1,433 1,382 1,172 1,072 160 190 57 43 224 170

Federal

 221 190 158 134 50 35 4 3 25 11

State

 443 452 373 348 36 61 21 18 63 62

Local

 769 739 642 590 74 95 32 22 136 97

Self-employed and unpaid family workers

 447 397 397 350 28 29 15 5 82 70

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.

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Last Modified Date: August 24, 2011