Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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ANNUAL AVERAGES
3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race
[Numbers in thousands]
Age, sex, and race	2012
	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Number	Percent of labor force
TOTAL
16 years and over	243,284	154,975	63.7	142,469	58.6	12,506	8.1	88,310
16 to 19 years	16,984	5,823	34.3	4,426	26.1	1,397	24.0	11,162
16 to 17 years	8,891	1,952	22.0	1,419	16.0	533	27.3	6,939
18 to 19 years	8,093	3,870	47.8	3,007	37.2	863	22.3	4,223
20 to 24 years	21,799	15,462	70.9	13,408	61.5	2,054	13.3	6,337
25 to 54 years	124,314	101,253	81.4	94,150	75.7	7,103	7.0	23,061
25 to 34 years	40,975	33,465	81.7	30,701	74.9	2,764	8.3	7,510
25 to 29 years	20,653	16,792	81.3	15,293	74.0	1,500	8.9	3,860
30 to 34 years	20,322	16,673	82.0	15,408	75.8	1,265	7.6	3,650
35 to 44 years	39,642	32,734	82.6	30,576	77.1	2,158	6.6	6,908
35 to 39 years	19,025	15,658	82.3	14,560	76.5	1,098	7.0	3,367
40 to 44 years	20,617	17,076	82.8	16,016	77.7	1,060	6.2	3,541
45 to 54 years	43,697	35,054	80.2	32,874	75.2	2,181	6.2	8,643
45 to 49 years	21,359	17,456	81.7	16,371	76.6	1,086	6.2	3,902
50 to 54 years	22,339	17,598	78.8	16,503	73.9	1,095	6.2	4,741
55 to 64 years	38,318	24,710	64.5	23,239	60.6	1,470	5.9	13,608
55 to 59 years	20,574	14,908	72.5	14,015	68.1	892	6.0	5,667
60 to 64 years	17,743	9,802	55.2	9,224	52.0	578	5.9	7,941
65 years and over	41,869	7,727	18.5	7,245	17.3	482	6.2	34,142
65 to 69 years	13,801	4,427	32.1	4,133	29.9	295	6.7	9,373
70 to 74 years	9,853	1,917	19.5	1,794	18.2	124	6.4	7,936
75 years and over	18,216	1,383	7.6	1,319	7.2	64	4.6	16,833
Men
16 years and over	117,343	82,327	70.2	75,555	64.4	6,771	8.2	35,017
16 to 19 years	8,657	2,940	34.0	2,152	24.9	787	26.8	5,717
16 to 17 years	4,550	950	20.9	659	14.5	291	30.6	3,600
18 to 19 years	4,107	1,990	48.5	1,493	36.4	497	25.0	2,117
20 to 24 years	10,889	8,110	74.5	6,948	63.8	1,163	14.3	2,778
25 to 54 years	60,959	54,053	88.7	50,310	82.5	3,742	6.9	6,907
25 to 34 years	20,205	18,083	89.5	16,607	82.2	1,476	8.2	2,122
25 to 29 years	10,216	9,027	88.4	8,219	80.5	808	9.0	1,188
30 to 34 years	9,989	9,055	90.7	8,387	84.0	668	7.4	934
35 to 44 years	19,416	17,607	90.7	16,483	84.9	1,124	6.4	1,808
35 to 39 years	9,309	8,502	91.3	7,930	85.2	572	6.7	807
40 to 44 years	10,107	9,106	90.1	8,553	84.6	552	6.1	1,001
45 to 54 years	21,339	18,363	86.1	17,221	80.7	1,142	6.2	2,976
45 to 49 years	10,449	9,205	88.1	8,633	82.6	572	6.2	1,244
50 to 54 years	10,890	9,157	84.1	8,588	78.9	570	6.2	1,732
55 to 64 years	18,416	12,879	69.9	12,068	65.5	811	6.3	5,537
55 to 59 years	9,922	7,737	78.0	7,243	73.0	494	6.4	2,185
60 to 64 years	8,495	5,142	60.5	4,826	56.8	317	6.2	3,352
65 years and over	18,422	4,345	23.6	4,077	22.1	268	6.2	14,078
65 to 69 years	6,499	2,412	37.1	2,252	34.7	159	6.6	4,088
70 to 74 years	4,537	1,096	24.2	1,025	22.6	71	6.5	3,441
75 years and over	7,386	837	11.3	800	10.8	37	4.4	6,549
Women
16 years and over	125,941	72,648	57.7	66,914	53.1	5,734	7.9	53,293
16 to 19 years	8,327	2,883	34.6	2,274	27.3	609	21.1	5,444
16 to 17 years	4,341	1,003	23.1	760	17.5	242	24.2	3,338
18 to 19 years	3,986	1,880	47.2	1,514	38.0	367	19.5	2,106
20 to 24 years	10,910	7,352	67.4	6,460	59.2	891	12.1	3,559
25 to 54 years	63,355	47,200	74.5	43,840	69.2	3,361	7.1	16,154
25 to 34 years	20,770	15,382	74.1	14,094	67.9	1,288	8.4	5,388
25 to 29 years	10,437	7,765	74.4	7,073	67.8	692	8.9	2,672
30 to 34 years	10,333	7,617	73.7	7,021	67.9	597	7.8	2,716
35 to 44 years	20,226	15,127	74.8	14,093	69.7	1,034	6.8	5,100
35 to 39 years	9,716	7,156	73.7	6,630	68.2	526	7.3	2,560
40 to 44 years	10,510	7,970	75.8	7,462	71.0	508	6.4	2,540
45 to 54 years	22,358	16,692	74.7	15,653	70.0	1,039	6.2	5,667
45 to 49 years	10,909	8,251	75.6	7,738	70.9	513	6.2	2,658
50 to 54 years	11,449	8,440	73.7	7,915	69.1	525	6.2	3,009
55 to 64 years	19,902	11,830	59.4	11,171	56.1	659	5.6	8,071
55 to 59 years	10,653	7,171	67.3	6,773	63.6	398	5.6	3,482
60 to 64 years	9,249	4,660	50.4	4,399	47.6	261	5.6	4,589
65 years and over	23,447	3,383	14.4	3,168	13.5	214	6.3	20,064
65 to 69 years	7,301	2,015	27.6	1,880	25.8	135	6.7	5,286
70 to 74 years	5,316	821	15.4	769	14.5	52	6.4	4,495
75 years and over	10,830	546	5.0	519	4.8	27	4.9	10,284

WHITE
16 years and over	193,204	123,684	64.0	114,769	59.4	8,915	7.2	69,520
16 to 19 years	12,658	4,669	36.9	3,665	29.0	1,004	21.5	7,988
16 to 17 years	6,617	1,605	24.2	1,207	18.2	397	24.8	5,013
18 to 19 years	6,040	3,065	50.7	2,458	40.7	607	19.8	2,975
20 to 24 years	16,289	11,914	73.1	10,561	64.8	1,353	11.4	4,375
25 to 54 years	96,774	79,635	82.3	74,626	77.1	5,009	6.3	17,139
25 to 34 years	31,242	25,806	82.6	23,925	76.6	1,881	7.3	5,435
25 to 29 years	15,738	12,971	82.4	11,947	75.9	1,024	7.9	2,767
30 to 34 years	15,504	12,835	82.8	11,978	77.3	857	6.7	2,669
35 to 44 years	30,597	25,445	83.2	23,931	78.2	1,514	5.9	5,152
35 to 39 years	14,540	12,017	82.6	11,276	77.5	741	6.2	2,524
40 to 44 years	16,057	13,429	83.6	12,656	78.8	773	5.8	2,628
45 to 54 years	34,935	28,384	81.2	26,769	76.6	1,614	5.7	6,552
45 to 49 years	16,920	13,992	82.7	13,204	78.0	787	5.6	2,928
50 to 54 years	18,015	14,392	79.9	13,565	75.3	827	5.7	3,623
55 to 64 years	31,511	20,752	65.9	19,608	62.2	1,144	5.5	10,759
55 to 59 years	16,810	12,458	74.1	11,761	70.0	698	5.6	4,352
60 to 64 years	14,701	8,294	56.4	7,847	53.4	447	5.4	6,407
65 years and over	35,973	6,714	18.7	6,309	17.5	405	6.0	29,259
65 to 69 years	11,675	3,836	32.9	3,587	30.7	249	6.5	7,839
70 to 74 years	8,412	1,654	19.7	1,551	18.4	103	6.2	6,757
75 years and over	15,886	1,223	7.7	1,171	7.4	52	4.3	14,663
Men
16 years and over	94,266	66,921	71.0	61,990	65.8	4,931	7.4	27,345
16 to 19 years	6,486	2,382	36.7	1,797	27.7	584	24.5	4,104
16 to 17 years	3,387	785	23.2	563	16.6	222	28.3	2,602
18 to 19 years	3,099	1,596	51.5	1,234	39.8	362	22.7	1,502
20 to 24 years	8,211	6,339	77.2	5,547	67.6	792	12.5	1,872
25 to 54 years	48,242	43,395	90.0	40,701	84.4	2,694	6.2	4,847
25 to 34 years	15,691	14,256	90.9	13,212	84.2	1,044	7.3	1,435
25 to 29 years	7,913	7,113	89.9	6,537	82.6	577	8.1	800
30 to 34 years	7,779	7,143	91.8	6,676	85.8	468	6.5	635
35 to 44 years	15,263	14,018	91.8	13,224	86.6	794	5.7	1,245
35 to 39 years	7,255	6,694	92.3	6,304	86.9	390	5.8	560
40 to 44 years	8,008	7,323	91.4	6,920	86.4	404	5.5	685
45 to 54 years	17,287	15,121	87.5	14,264	82.5	856	5.7	2,167
45 to 49 years	8,397	7,507	89.4	7,085	84.4	422	5.6	890
50 to 54 years	8,890	7,614	85.6	7,179	80.8	435	5.7	1,276
55 to 64 years	15,333	10,970	71.6	10,334	67.4	637	5.8	4,362
55 to 59 years	8,215	6,567	79.9	6,174	75.2	393	6.0	1,648
60 to 64 years	7,118	4,403	61.9	4,160	58.4	243	5.5	2,714
65 years and over	15,995	3,835	24.0	3,611	22.6	224	5.8	12,160
65 to 69 years	5,573	2,128	38.2	1,994	35.8	134	6.3	3,445
70 to 74 years	3,908	960	24.6	900	23.0	59	6.2	2,948
75 years and over	6,514	747	11.5	717	11.0	30	4.0	5,767
Women
16 years and over	98,938	56,763	57.4	52,779	53.3	3,985	7.0	42,175
16 to 19 years	6,172	2,288	37.1	1,868	30.3	420	18.4	3,884
16 to 17 years	3,230	819	25.4	644	19.9	176	21.4	2,411
18 to 19 years	2,942	1,469	49.9	1,224	41.6	245	16.7	1,473
20 to 24 years	8,078	5,575	69.0	5,014	62.1	561	10.1	2,503
25 to 54 years	48,532	36,240	74.7	33,925	69.9	2,314	6.4	12,292
25 to 34 years	15,550	11,550	74.3	10,713	68.9	837	7.2	4,001
25 to 29 years	7,825	5,858	74.9	5,411	69.1	447	7.6	1,967
30 to 34 years	7,725	5,692	73.7	5,302	68.6	389	6.8	2,033
35 to 44 years	15,334	11,428	74.5	10,708	69.8	720	6.3	3,906
35 to 39 years	7,285	5,322	73.1	4,972	68.2	351	6.6	1,963
40 to 44 years	8,049	6,106	75.9	5,736	71.3	370	6.1	1,943
45 to 54 years	17,648	13,263	75.2	12,505	70.9	758	5.7	4,385
45 to 49 years	8,523	6,485	76.1	6,119	71.8	365	5.6	2,038
50 to 54 years	9,125	6,778	74.3	6,386	70.0	392	5.8	2,347
55 to 64 years	16,179	9,782	60.5	9,274	57.3	508	5.2	6,397
55 to 59 years	8,595	5,891	68.5	5,587	65.0	304	5.2	2,704
60 to 64 years	7,583	3,890	51.3	3,687	48.6	203	5.2	3,693
65 years and over	19,978	2,879	14.4	2,698	13.5	181	6.3	17,099
65 to 69 years	6,102	1,708	28.0	1,593	26.1	115	6.7	4,394
70 to 74 years	4,504	694	15.4	651	14.4	44	6.3	3,809
75 years and over	9,372	476	5.1	454	4.8	22	4.7	8,896

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
16 years and over	29,907	18,400	61.5	15,856	53.0	2,544	13.8	11,508
16 to 19 years	2,643	711	26.9	438	16.6	272	38.3	1,932
16 to 17 years	1,381	213	15.4	119	8.6	94	44.0	1,168
18 to 19 years	1,262	498	39.5	319	25.3	179	35.9	764
20 to 24 years	3,326	2,210	66.5	1,700	51.1	510	23.1	1,115
25 to 54 years	16,008	12,510	78.1	11,016	68.8	1,494	11.9	3,498
25 to 34 years	5,455	4,333	79.4	3,693	67.7	640	14.8	1,121
25 to 29 years	2,767	2,188	79.1	1,842	66.6	346	15.8	580
30 to 34 years	2,687	2,146	79.8	1,851	68.9	295	13.7	542
35 to 44 years	5,107	4,120	80.7	3,662	71.7	457	11.1	988
35 to 39 years	2,476	2,029	81.9	1,783	72.0	246	12.1	447
40 to 44 years	2,631	2,091	79.5	1,879	71.4	212	10.1	541
45 to 54 years	5,446	4,057	74.5	3,660	67.2	397	9.8	1,389
45 to 49 years	2,714	2,087	76.9	1,873	69.0	213	10.2	628
50 to 54 years	2,732	1,971	72.1	1,787	65.4	183	9.3	761
55 to 64 years	4,281	2,369	55.3	2,161	50.5	209	8.8	1,912
55 to 59 years	2,400	1,481	61.7	1,351	56.3	131	8.8	918
60 to 64 years	1,881	888	47.2	810	43.1	78	8.8	993
65 years and over	3,650	599	16.4	540	14.8	59	9.8	3,051
65 to 69 years	1,312	355	27.0	320	24.3	35	9.9	958
70 to 74 years	871	148	16.9	133	15.3	15	9.9	723
75 years and over	1,467	97	6.6	88	6.0	9	9.1	1,370
Men
16 years and over	13,508	8,594	63.6	7,302	54.1	1,292	15.0	4,913
16 to 19 years	1,319	338	25.6	198	15.1	140	41.3	981
16 to 17 years	707	99	13.9	52	7.4	47	47.2	609
18 to 19 years	612	239	39.2	146	23.9	93	38.9	372
20 to 24 years	1,586	1,054	66.4	784	49.5	269	25.6	532
25 to 54 years	7,231	5,823	80.5	5,082	70.3	740	12.7	1,408
25 to 34 years	2,461	2,030	82.5	1,723	70.0	308	15.2	431
25 to 29 years	1,260	1,030	81.8	871	69.1	160	15.5	230
30 to 34 years	1,201	1,000	83.3	852	70.9	148	14.8	201
35 to 44 years	2,286	1,908	83.5	1,667	72.9	241	12.6	378
35 to 39 years	1,101	941	85.5	812	73.7	130	13.8	160
40 to 44 years	1,185	967	81.6	855	72.2	111	11.5	218
45 to 54 years	2,484	1,884	75.9	1,693	68.2	191	10.2	599
45 to 49 years	1,234	978	79.3	875	70.9	103	10.6	255
50 to 54 years	1,250	906	72.5	818	65.4	88	9.7	344
55 to 64 years	1,923	1,099	57.1	988	51.4	110	10.1	825
55 to 59 years	1,086	687	63.3	620	57.1	67	9.8	398
60 to 64 years	837	411	49.1	368	43.9	43	10.5	426
65 years and over	1,449	281	19.4	249	17.2	32	11.5	1,168
65 to 69 years	557	157	28.2	137	24.6	20	12.7	400
70 to 74 years	367	67	18.4	60	16.4	7	10.8	299
75 years and over	525	57	10.8	52	9.8	5	9.0	468
Women
16 years and over	16,400	9,805	59.8	8,553	52.2	1,252	12.8	6,595
16 to 19 years	1,324	373	28.2	240	18.1	133	35.6	951
16 to 17 years	674	114	17.0	67	10.0	47	41.3	559
18 to 19 years	650	258	39.7	173	26.6	85	33.1	392
20 to 24 years	1,740	1,157	66.5	916	52.6	241	20.8	583
25 to 54 years	8,777	6,687	76.2	5,933	67.6	754	11.3	2,090
25 to 34 years	2,994	2,303	76.9	1,970	65.8	333	14.4	691
25 to 29 years	1,507	1,157	76.8	971	64.4	186	16.1	350
30 to 34 years	1,486	1,146	77.1	999	67.2	146	12.8	341
35 to 44 years	2,821	2,212	78.4	1,995	70.7	216	9.8	609
35 to 39 years	1,375	1,088	79.1	972	70.7	116	10.7	287
40 to 44 years	1,446	1,124	77.7	1,024	70.8	100	8.9	322
45 to 54 years	2,963	2,173	73.3	1,968	66.4	205	9.4	790
45 to 49 years	1,481	1,108	74.8	998	67.4	110	9.9	373
50 to 54 years	1,482	1,065	71.9	970	65.4	95	8.9	417
55 to 64 years	2,358	1,271	53.9	1,173	49.7	98	7.7	1,087
55 to 59 years	1,314	794	60.4	731	55.6	64	8.0	520
60 to 64 years	1,044	477	45.7	442	42.4	35	7.2	567
65 years and over	2,201	317	14.4	291	13.2	26	8.2	1,884
65 to 69 years	755	198	26.2	182	24.1	15	7.7	558
70 to 74 years	504	80	15.9	73	14.4	7	9.1	424
75 years and over	942	40	4.2	36	3.9	4	9.1	902

ASIAN
16 years and over	12,815	8,188	63.9	7,705	60.1	483	5.9	4,627
16 to 19 years	802	162	20.1	128	15.9	34	20.8	640
16 to 17 years	422	44	10.5	36	8.6	8	18.0	378
18 to 19 years	380	117	30.9	92	24.1	26	21.9	263
20 to 24 years	1,151	608	52.8	544	47.3	64	10.5	543
25 to 54 years	7,526	5,978	79.4	5,679	75.5	300	5.0	1,547
25 to 34 years	2,699	2,067	76.6	1,956	72.5	111	5.4	631
25 to 29 years	1,344	1,001	74.5	946	70.4	55	5.5	343
30 to 34 years	1,354	1,066	78.7	1,010	74.6	56	5.3	289
35 to 44 years	2,632	2,129	80.9	2,038	77.5	90	4.2	503
35 to 39 years	1,330	1,069	80.4	1,016	76.4	54	5.0	261
40 to 44 years	1,302	1,060	81.4	1,023	78.6	37	3.5	242
45 to 54 years	2,195	1,782	81.2	1,684	76.7	98	5.5	413
45 to 49 years	1,156	949	82.1	899	77.8	49	5.2	207
50 to 54 years	1,039	834	80.2	785	75.5	49	5.8	206
55 to 64 years	1,719	1,144	66.5	1,071	62.3	73	6.4	575
55 to 59 years	915	692	75.6	652	71.2	40	5.8	223
60 to 64 years	805	452	56.2	419	52.1	33	7.3	352
65 years and over	1,617	296	18.3	283	17.5	12	4.2	1,321
65 to 69 years	571	177	31.0	171	30.0	6	3.2	394
70 to 74 years	410	78	19.1	74	18.0	5	5.8	332
75 years and over	636	40	6.3	38	6.0	2	5.4	596
Men
16 years and over	6,000	4,334	72.2	4,085	68.1	249	5.8	1,666
16 to 19 years	411	77	18.7	59	14.4	18	22.8	334
16 to 17 years	224	21	9.5	17	7.7	4	-	202
18 to 19 years	187	56	29.6	42	22.4	13	24.2	132
20 to 24 years	576	328	57.0	295	51.1	34	10.2	248
25 to 54 years	3,532	3,179	90.0	3,027	85.7	152	4.8	353
25 to 34 years	1,279	1,117	87.3	1,066	83.3	51	4.6	163
25 to 29 years	642	536	83.5	506	78.9	30	5.5	106
30 to 34 years	638	581	91.1	559	87.7	22	3.7	57
35 to 44 years	1,228	1,135	92.4	1,090	88.8	44	3.9	94
35 to 39 years	625	582	93.2	555	88.8	27	4.7	42
40 to 44 years	603	552	91.5	535	88.7	17	3.1	51
45 to 54 years	1,024	928	90.6	871	85.0	57	6.1	97
45 to 49 years	541	499	92.3	473	87.5	26	5.2	42
50 to 54 years	484	429	88.6	398	82.3	31	7.2	55
55 to 64 years	772	580	75.2	543	70.3	38	6.5	192
55 to 59 years	405	342	84.5	323	79.8	19	5.6	63
60 to 64 years	367	238	64.9	219	59.8	19	7.9	129
65 years and over	708	170	23.9	161	22.8	8	4.9	539
65 to 69 years	262	96	36.8	94	35.8	3	2.6	166
70 to 74 years	186	49	26.5	45	24.3	4	8.5	137
75 years and over	260	24	9.2	22	8.6	2	-	237
Women
16 years and over	6,815	3,853	56.5	3,620	53.1	234	6.1	2,962
16 to 19 years	391	85	21.7	69	17.5	16	19.0	306
16 to 17 years	198	23	11.5	19	9.6	4	-	175
18 to 19 years	192	62	32.1	50	25.8	12	19.7	131
20 to 24 years	575	280	48.7	250	43.4	31	10.9	295
25 to 54 years	3,994	2,799	70.1	2,652	66.4	148	5.3	1,194
25 to 34 years	1,419	950	67.0	890	62.7	60	6.3	469
25 to 29 years	703	466	66.3	440	62.6	25	5.5	237
30 to 34 years	716	485	67.7	450	62.8	34	7.1	232
35 to 44 years	1,404	994	70.8	948	67.5	46	4.7	409
35 to 39 years	705	487	69.0	461	65.3	26	5.4	219
40 to 44 years	698	507	72.7	487	69.8	20	4.0	191
45 to 54 years	1,171	855	73.0	813	69.5	41	4.9	316
45 to 49 years	615	450	73.1	426	69.3	24	5.2	166
50 to 54 years	556	405	72.9	387	69.7	18	4.4	151
55 to 64 years	947	563	59.5	528	55.8	35	6.3	384
55 to 59 years	509	349	68.6	328	64.4	21	6.0	160
60 to 64 years	438	214	48.9	200	45.6	14	6.7	224
65 years and over	909	126	13.9	122	13.4	4	3.2	783
65 to 69 years	309	81	26.1	78	25.1	3	3.9	228
70 to 74 years	224	29	12.9	29	12.7	0	-	195
75 years and over	376	16	4.3	16	4.2	1	-	359
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: February 5, 2013