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Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by age and sex

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
4. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by age and sex
[Numbers in thousands]
Age and sex	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
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
16 years and over	36,759	24,391	66.4	21,878	59.5	2,514	10.3	12,368
16 to 19 years	3,656	1,131	30.9	808	22.1	324	28.6	2,524
16 to 17 years	1,906	315	16.5	204	10.7	111	35.2	1,591
18 to 19 years	1,750	817	46.7	604	34.5	213	26.1	933
20 to 24 years	4,502	3,205	71.2	2,761	61.3	444	13.8	1,297
25 to 54 years	21,894	17,358	79.3	15,858	72.4	1,500	8.6	4,536
25 to 34 years	8,512	6,736	79.1	6,119	71.9	618	9.2	1,776
25 to 29 years	4,283	3,380	78.9	3,048	71.2	332	9.8	903
30 to 34 years	4,230	3,357	79.4	3,071	72.6	286	8.5	873
35 to 44 years	7,551	6,053	80.2	5,552	73.5	502	8.3	1,498
35 to 39 years	3,928	3,138	79.9	2,873	73.1	266	8.5	790
40 to 44 years	3,623	2,915	80.5	2,679	74.0	236	8.1	708
45 to 54 years	5,831	4,569	78.4	4,188	71.8	381	8.3	1,262
45 to 49 years	3,172	2,544	80.2	2,332	73.5	212	8.3	627
50 to 54 years	2,659	2,024	76.1	1,856	69.8	169	8.3	635
55 to 64 years	3,613	2,185	60.5	1,983	54.9	201	9.2	1,428
55 to 59 years	2,063	1,404	68.0	1,267	61.4	137	9.8	659
60 to 64 years	1,550	781	50.4	717	46.2	64	8.2	769
65 years and over	3,094	512	16.5	467	15.1	44	8.7	2,582
65 to 69 years	1,097	296	27.0	266	24.3	30	10.1	801
70 to 74 years	728	119	16.4	110	15.1	10	8.0	608
75 years and over	1,269	96	7.6	91	7.2	5	5.3	1,173

Men
16 years and over	18,434	14,026	76.1	12,643	68.6	1,383	9.9	4,408
16 to 19 years	1,879	620	33.0	431	22.9	189	30.5	1,259
16 to 17 years	970	162	16.8	97	10.0	66	40.6	807
18 to 19 years	909	457	50.3	334	36.7	123	26.9	452
20 to 24 years	2,341	1,837	78.5	1,584	67.6	254	13.8	504
25 to 54 years	11,157	10,074	90.3	9,276	83.1	798	7.9	1,083
25 to 34 years	4,424	4,053	91.6	3,714	83.9	339	8.4	372
25 to 29 years	2,244	2,024	90.2	1,845	82.2	179	8.8	220
30 to 34 years	2,181	2,029	93.0	1,869	85.7	160	7.9	152
35 to 44 years	3,822	3,480	91.1	3,229	84.5	251	7.2	342
35 to 39 years	1,991	1,828	91.8	1,697	85.3	130	7.1	163
40 to 44 years	1,831	1,652	90.2	1,531	83.6	120	7.3	179
45 to 54 years	2,911	2,542	87.3	2,334	80.2	208	8.2	369
45 to 49 years	1,594	1,426	89.4	1,306	81.9	119	8.4	169
50 to 54 years	1,316	1,116	84.8	1,027	78.0	89	8.0	200
55 to 64 years	1,729	1,215	70.3	1,097	63.4	119	9.8	513
55 to 59 years	991	775	78.3	697	70.4	78	10.1	215
60 to 64 years	738	440	59.6	400	54.2	40	9.1	298
65 years and over	1,329	280	21.1	256	19.2	24	8.6	1,049
65 to 69 years	501	152	30.3	137	27.4	15	9.6	349
70 to 74 years	299	66	22.0	60	20.0	6	9.0	233
75 years and over	529	62	11.8	59	11.1	4	5.7	467

Women
16 years and over	18,324	10,365	56.6	9,235	50.4	1,130	10.9	7,959
16 to 19 years	1,776	512	28.8	377	21.2	135	26.4	1,265
16 to 17 years	936	152	16.3	107	11.5	45	29.4	784
18 to 19 years	841	360	42.8	269	32.0	90	25.1	481
20 to 24 years	2,161	1,368	63.3	1,178	54.5	190	13.9	794
25 to 54 years	10,738	7,284	67.8	6,582	61.3	702	9.6	3,454
25 to 34 years	4,088	2,683	65.6	2,405	58.8	278	10.4	1,405
25 to 29 years	2,039	1,356	66.5	1,203	59.0	153	11.3	683
30 to 34 years	2,049	1,328	64.8	1,202	58.7	126	9.5	721
35 to 44 years	3,729	2,574	69.0	2,323	62.3	251	9.7	1,156
35 to 39 years	1,937	1,310	67.6	1,175	60.7	135	10.3	627
40 to 44 years	1,792	1,263	70.5	1,148	64.0	116	9.1	529
45 to 54 years	2,920	2,027	69.4	1,854	63.5	173	8.5	893
45 to 49 years	1,577	1,119	70.9	1,026	65.0	93	8.3	458
50 to 54 years	1,343	908	67.6	828	61.7	80	8.8	435
55 to 64 years	1,884	969	51.4	887	47.1	83	8.5	915
55 to 59 years	1,073	628	58.6	570	53.1	59	9.3	444
60 to 64 years	812	341	42.0	317	39.0	24	7.1	471
65 years and over	1,765	232	13.2	212	12.0	20	8.8	1,533
65 to 69 years	596	145	24.3	129	21.7	15	10.6	452
70 to 74 years	429	54	12.5	50	11.7	4	6.7	375
75 years and over	740	34	4.6	32	4.4	2	-	706
NOTE: 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. 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