Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Less than a high school diploma		High school graduates, no college(1)		Some college or associate degree						Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
	2011	2012	2011	2012	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		2011	2012
	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012	2011	2012
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	25,122	24,881	61,932	61,812	53,089	54,294	33,898	34,298	19,191	19,996	61,277	63,514
Civilian labor force	11,599	11,328	37,344	36,772	36,831	37,360	22,686	22,685	14,145	14,675	46,846	48,230
Participation rate	46.2	45.5	60.3	59.5	69.4	68.8	66.9	66.1	73.7	73.4	76.4	75.9
Employed	9,967	9,923	33,823	33,718	33,895	34,705	20,712	20,936	13,182	13,770	44,822	46,288
Employment-population ratio	39.7	39.9	54.6	54.5	63.8	63.9	61.1	61.0	68.7	68.9	73.1	72.9
Unemployed	1,632	1,405	3,521	3,053	2,937	2,655	1,974	1,750	963	905	2,024	1,942
Unemployment rate	14.1	12.4	9.4	8.3	8.0	7.1	8.7	7.7	6.8	6.2	4.3	4.0

Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,563	12,325	30,264	30,131	24,307	24,701	16,078	16,094	8,229	8,608	29,758	30,640
Civilian labor force	7,398	7,133	21,169	20,964	18,229	18,511	11,760	11,738	6,469	6,773	24,183	24,669
Participation rate	58.9	57.9	69.9	69.6	75.0	74.9	73.1	72.9	78.6	78.7	81.3	80.5
Employed	6,388	6,309	19,059	19,192	16,771	17,226	10,741	10,862	6,029	6,364	23,138	23,729
Employment-population ratio	50.9	51.2	63.0	63.7	69.0	69.7	66.8	67.5	73.3	73.9	77.8	77.4
Unemployed	1,009	824	2,110	1,772	1,458	1,285	1,018	876	440	409	1,045	940
Unemployment rate	13.6	11.6	10.0	8.5	8.0	6.9	8.7	7.5	6.8	6.0	4.3	3.8

Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,559	12,556	31,668	31,681	28,782	29,593	17,820	18,204	10,962	11,389	31,519	32,874
Civilian labor force	4,201	4,195	16,175	15,808	18,602	18,849	10,926	10,948	7,676	7,901	22,663	23,561
Participation rate	33.5	33.4	51.1	49.9	64.6	63.7	61.3	60.1	70.0	69.4	71.9	71.7
Employed	3,579	3,614	14,764	14,527	17,124	17,479	9,971	10,074	7,153	7,405	21,684	22,559
Employment-population ratio	28.5	28.8	46.6	45.9	59.5	59.1	56.0	55.3	65.3	65.0	68.8	68.6
Unemployed	623	581	1,411	1,281	1,478	1,370	955	874	523	496	978	1,002
Unemployment rate	14.8	13.9	8.7	8.1	7.9	7.3	8.7	8.0	6.8	6.3	4.3	4.3

White
Civilian noninstitutional population	19,765	19,394	50,280	49,774	43,136	43,577	27,370	27,281	15,765	16,295	50,516	51,513
Civilian labor force	9,443	9,147	30,093	29,298	29,717	29,728	18,109	17,819	11,609	11,909	38,492	38,928
Participation rate	47.8	47.2	59.8	58.9	68.9	68.2	66.2	65.3	73.6	73.1	76.2	75.6
Employed	8,248	8,100	27,568	27,112	27,635	27,854	16,713	16,594	10,922	11,260	36,975	37,476
Employment-population ratio	41.7	41.8	54.8	54.5	64.1	63.9	61.1	60.8	69.3	69.1	73.2	72.8
Unemployed	1,195	1,047	2,524	2,185	2,083	1,874	1,396	1,226	687	648	1,516	1,451
Unemployment rate	12.7	11.4	8.4	7.5	7.0	6.3	7.7	6.9	5.9	5.4	3.9	3.7

Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,545	3,494	8,176	8,208	6,877	7,101	4,563	4,756	2,314	2,345	4,755	5,135
Civilian labor force	1,343	1,277	5,088	5,080	4,960	5,066	3,233	3,303	1,727	1,763	3,738	4,057
Participation rate	37.9	36.5	62.2	61.9	72.1	71.3	70.8	69.4	74.6	75.2	78.6	79.0
Employed	1,013	1,016	4,298	4,397	4,311	4,503	2,792	2,919	1,519	1,584	3,474	3,801
Employment-population ratio	28.6	29.1	52.6	53.6	62.7	63.4	61.2	61.4	65.6	67.6	73.1	74.0
Unemployed	330	260	790	683	649	563	440	384	208	179	264	255
Unemployment rate	24.6	20.4	15.5	13.4	13.1	11.1	13.6	11.6	12.1	10.2	7.1	6.3

Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population	1,097	1,164	2,072	2,136	1,652	1,870	1,015	1,113	637	757	5,027	5,692
Civilian labor force	463	516	1,265	1,290	1,167	1,313	707	769	460	544	3,831	4,299
Participation rate	42.2	44.3	61.1	60.4	70.6	70.2	69.6	69.2	72.2	71.8	76.2	75.5
Employed	419	481	1,169	1,212	1,080	1,225	650	716	430	509	3,632	4,115
Employment-population ratio	38.2	41.3	56.4	56.7	65.4	65.5	64.0	64.3	67.6	67.3	72.2	72.3
Unemployed	44	35	96	79	86	88	57	53	30	34	199	184
Unemployment rate	9.5	6.8	7.6	6.1	7.4	6.7	8.0	7.0	6.5	6.3	5.2	4.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population	9,612	9,779	8,000	8,633	5,466	5,977	3,622	3,931	1,844	2,046	3,761	4,211
Civilian labor force	5,859	5,920	5,813	6,168	4,214	4,584	2,770	2,973	1,444	1,611	3,030	3,384
Participation rate	61.0	60.5	72.7	71.4	77.1	76.7	76.5	75.6	78.3	78.7	80.6	80.4
Employed	5,156	5,269	5,216	5,613	3,830	4,216	2,513	2,734	1,317	1,482	2,857	3,210
Employment-population ratio	53.6	53.9	65.2	65.0	70.1	70.5	69.4	69.6	71.4	72.4	76.0	76.2
Unemployed	703	650	597	554	384	368	257	239	127	130	173	173
Unemployment rate	12.0	11.0	10.3	9.0	9.1	8.0	9.3	8.0	8.8	8.0	5.7	5.1
Footnotes (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes persons with bachelor`s, master`s, professional, and doctoral degrees.
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: February 5, 2013