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Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
15. Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker
[In thousands]
Age and sex	2011
	Agriculture and related industries				Nonagricultural industries
	Total	Wage and salary workers(1)	Self- employed workers, unincor- porated	Unpaid family workers	Total	Wage and salary workers(1)					Self- employed workers, unincor- porated	Unpaid family workers
						Total	Private industries			Govern- ment
						Total	Total	Private household workers	Other private industries	Govern- ment
Total, 16 years and over	2,254	1,380	846	28	137,615	128,934	108,398	722	107,676	20,536	8,603	78
16 to 19 years	109	90	7	11	4,218	4,138	3,934	55	3,879	204	75	6
16 to 17 years	51	42	2	7	1,304	1,269	1,202	19	1,183	67	32	2
18 to 19 years	58	48	5	5	2,914	2,869	2,732	36	2,695	137	42	3
20 to 24 years	185	158	21	6	12,851	12,589	11,528	102	11,426	1,061	252	9
25 to 34 years	369	303	64	1	30,169	28,910	25,004	117	24,887	3,906	1,248	11
35 to 44 years	361	265	94	2	29,910	28,087	23,446	125	23,320	4,641	1,812	11
45 to 54 years	464	275	187	2	32,403	30,006	24,378	162	24,216	5,628	2,380	17
55 to 64 years	428	201	224	3	21,758	19,825	15,629	118	15,510	4,197	1,917	15
65 years and over	339	89	248	2	6,308	5,380	4,480	42	4,438	900	920	7

Men, 16 years and over	1,698	1,050	632	16	72,592	67,306	58,384	78	58,307	8,922	5,262	24
16 to 19 years	87	73	5	9	2,021	1,967	1,864	5	1,859	104	50	4
16 to 17 years	40	34	1	5	609	582	550	2	548	32	25	2
18 to 19 years	47	39	4	4	1,412	1,385	1,314	2	1,311	72	24	2
20 to 24 years	139	120	14	4	6,687	6,526	6,043	16	6,026	484	157	4
25 to 34 years	297	247	49	1	16,377	15,604	13,851	11	13,840	1,753	771	2
35 to 44 years	274	204	69	1	16,096	15,003	12,949	13	12,936	2,054	1,089	4
45 to 54 years	338	195	143	0	16,775	15,327	12,999	13	12,986	2,328	1,445	3
55 to 64 years	307	146	160	0	11,162	9,981	8,212	14	8,198	1,768	1,177	4
65 years and over	256	64	191	1	3,473	2,898	2,466	5	2,461	432	573	3

Women, 16 years and over	556	330	214	12	65,023	61,628	50,014	644	49,370	11,614	3,341	54
16 to 19 years	22	17	2	3	2,197	2,170	2,070	50	2,020	100	25	2
16 to 17 years	11	8	1	2	694	687	652	16	636	35	7	1
18 to 19 years	11	9	1	1	1,502	1,483	1,418	34	1,384	65	18	1
20 to 24 years	46	38	7	2	6,163	6,063	5,486	86	5,400	577	95	5
25 to 34 years	72	56	15	1	13,792	13,305	11,152	105	11,047	2,153	477	9
35 to 44 years	87	60	25	1	13,814	13,083	10,497	113	10,384	2,587	723	8
45 to 54 years	126	79	45	2	15,627	14,678	11,379	149	11,230	3,300	935	14
55 to 64 years	121	55	63	3	10,596	9,845	7,416	104	7,312	2,428	740	11
65 years and over	83	25	57	1	2,834	2,483	2,014	37	1,977	469	347	5
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: March 1, 2012