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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
14. Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[In thousands]
Age, sex, race, and
Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
2011
Mining,
quarry-
ing,
and oil
and gas
extract-
ion
Con-
struc-
tion
Manu-
facturing
Whole-
sale
and
retail
trade
Trans-
portation
and
util-
ities
Infor-
mation
Finan-
cial ac-
tivities
Profes-
sional
and
busi-
ness
services
Educa-
tion and
health
services
Leisure
and
hos-
pitality
Other
ser-
vices(1)
Public
adminis-
tration

TOTAL

Total, 16 years and over

8179,03914,33619,7267,2003,1509,38615,81931,86712,6976,7246,853

16 to 19 years

121261861,1295859661974931,66219831

20 years and over

8058,91414,15118,5967,1423,0919,32015,62231,37411,0356,5266,822

20 to 24 years

736488972,8373492605901,1822,4522,639660263

25 years and over

7328,26613,25315,7606,7932,8318,73014,43928,9228,3965,8666,559

25 to 54 years

5826,74310,32311,9915,0752,2686,63711,27021,4926,8834,2384,978

55 years and over

1501,5222,9303,7691,7185622,0933,1697,4301,5131,6281,581

Men, 16 years and over

7188,21110,22810,9005,5751,8834,2559,3388,1606,3003,2303,793

16 to 19 years

111141355494833311151737246622

20 years and over

7078,09810,09310,3525,5261,8504,2249,2237,9885,5763,1633,771

20 to 24 years

646086821,5332871432377026721,298313149

25 years and over

6437,4899,4118,8195,2401,7073,9878,5217,3154,2782,8503,622

25 to 54 years

5116,1567,3136,7323,9071,4073,0176,5685,2373,5362,0562,809

55 years and over

1321,3342,0982,0871,3333009701,9532,078742795814

Women, 16 years and over

998284,1088,8261,6251,2675,1326,48023,7066,3973,4943,060

16 to 19 years

1125158192636823209381329

20 years and over

998164,0578,2451,6161,2415,0966,39823,3865,4593,3633,051

20 to 24 years

10392151,304631173534801,7801,341347114

25 years and over

897763,8426,9401,5531,1244,7435,91821,6064,1183,0162,937

25 to 54 years

715873,0105,2581,1688623,6204,70316,2553,3482,1832,169

55 years and over

181898321,6823852621,1231,2165,351770833768

White

Men, 16 years and over

6517,4538,6469,1284,4141,5433,5737,7606,4074,9442,6783,120

16 to 19 years

101051164623928281021386135818

20 years and over

6417,3478,5318,6664,3751,5143,5457,6586,2694,3312,6203,103

20 to 24 years

575605731,2402241211885735261,043269122

25 years and over

5846,7877,9577,4274,1501,3933,3577,0865,7433,2892,3522,981

25 to 54 years

4675,5626,1225,5763,0471,1292,4955,3494,0012,7001,6792,306

55 years and over

1181,2251,8351,8501,1032648621,7361,742588673676

Women, 16 years and over

897623,2977,2641,2041,0184,2295,37518,8075,1022,8462,245

16 to 19 years

1124147882227712698101219

20 years and over

897503,2566,7861,1969964,2025,30518,5384,2922,7252,236

20 to 24 years

9361651,02044942793771,4241,07529283

25 years and over

807143,0915,7661,1519023,9234,92717,1143,2172,4332,153

25 to 54 years

625352,3864,2648586632,9243,85112,7192,5991,7311,559

55 years and over

181797041,5012942399991,0764,396619702594

Black or African American

Men, 16 years and over

324568211,0418191713367401,030705305448

16 to 19 years

0512546217217142

20 years and over

324508099878131693367331,009633301446

20 to 24 years

1275818749142677911552722

25 years and over

31423751800764156310656917479274424

25 to 54 years

24356622683614142255542716421200332

55 years and over

7671301171501455114202587493

Women, 16 years and over

5374249633051705446333,378721310603

16 to 19 years

005671245307630

20 years and over

5374198963051685406293,349645307602

20 to 24 years

0229202151644612511702722

25 years and over

4353906942901524965683,098475280581

25 to 54 years

4313225912281374184782,421405217453

55 years and over

0468103621578906777063127

Asian

Men, 16 years and over

10122562491212123261639530447181111

16 to 19 years

00513111361410

20 years and over

10122557478211122260636524433181111

20 to 24 years

2328604514313147103

25 years and over

8119530418207117246606493386170108

25 to 54 years

69842232415610120353439730413483

55 years and over

221108945115437196813625

Women, 16 years and over

3133024036854259331993365259106

16 to 19 years

002140222112150

20 years and over

3132993896852257330982344254106

20 to 24 years

0115462416275343142

25 years and over

3122843426748240303929301240104

25 to 54 years

310235282444120427273723418280

55 years and over

0349602273631192685823

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Men, 16 years and over

1182,1131,5001,6928861954461,4738451,408568388

16 to 19 years

43524891037222112492

20 years and over

1142,0781,4751,6038761914391,4518241,284558386

20 to 24 years

11211159336562935166782997427

25 years and over

1031,8671,3171,2668201624051,284747985484359

25 to 54 years

961,7261,1571,0996801483481,129598883407305

55 years and over

714115916814115561561481027755

Women, 16 years and over

12886501,2242021065518482,5001,081547306

16 to 19 years

0211801581331131161

20 years and over

12866381,1442001015438352,469950530305

20 to 24 years

2755224121773862392056216

25 years and over

1079584920189834707492,230745469289

25 to 54 years

970510776162734206731,831668380241

55 years and over

197414326105075399778848

Footnotes
(1) Includes private households.

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: March 1, 2012