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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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
2012
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

957 8,964 14,686 19,876 7,271 2,971 9,590 16,539 32,350 13,193 7,168 6,717

16 to 19 years

10 148 172 1,122 59 62 63 213 509 1,707 225 31

20 years and over

947 8,816 14,514 18,754 7,212 2,910 9,527 16,326 31,841 11,485 6,943 6,687

20 to 24 years

81 599 982 2,913 378 258 637 1,167 2,502 2,770 684 241

25 years and over

865 8,218 13,533 15,841 6,835 2,651 8,889 15,160 29,339 8,715 6,259 6,446

25 to 54 years

690 6,549 10,307 11,988 4,996 2,102 6,631 11,620 21,659 7,128 4,475 4,866

55 years and over

175 1,669 3,225 3,853 1,838 549 2,258 3,540 7,680 1,587 1,784 1,580

Men, 16 years and over

831 8,162 10,432 11,004 5,581 1,838 4,482 9,741 8,263 6,487 3,439 3,669

16 to 19 years

8 133 123 548 43 44 21 133 147 767 91 16

20 years and over

822 8,029 10,309 10,456 5,538 1,794 4,462 9,608 8,116 5,719 3,349 3,653

20 to 24 years

70 564 728 1,509 305 138 288 687 716 1,323 318 150

25 years and over

752 7,465 9,581 8,947 5,232 1,656 4,174 8,921 7,401 4,396 3,031 3,503

25 to 54 years

603 5,994 7,282 6,800 3,824 1,341 3,083 6,810 5,222 3,604 2,187 2,706

55 years and over

149 1,472 2,300 2,147 1,408 315 1,091 2,110 2,178 792 844 798

Women, 16 years and over

126 802 4,255 8,871 1,691 1,134 5,108 6,798 24,087 6,706 3,728 3,048

16 to 19 years

2 15 49 574 16 18 43 80 362 940 134 15

20 years and over

124 787 4,206 8,297 1,675 1,116 5,065 6,718 23,725 5,766 3,594 3,033

20 to 24 years

11 35 254 1,404 72 120 350 479 1,786 1,447 365 91

25 years and over

113 752 3,952 6,893 1,602 996 4,715 6,239 21,938 4,319 3,229 2,942

25 to 54 years

87 555 3,026 5,188 1,172 761 3,548 4,810 16,437 3,524 2,288 2,160

55 years and over

26 198 926 1,706 430 234 1,167 1,429 5,502 795 940 782

White

Men, 16 years and over

756 7,330 8,778 9,034 4,365 1,492 3,725 7,881 6,365 5,018 2,787 2,946

16 to 19 years

8 123 106 443 34 35 19 109 115 642 74 14

20 years and over

748 7,207 8,671 8,591 4,331 1,457 3,706 7,772 6,250 4,376 2,712 2,932

20 to 24 years

65 511 613 1,161 237 110 220 538 543 1,022 270 118

25 years and over

682 6,696 8,059 7,430 4,094 1,347 3,486 7,234 5,707 3,354 2,443 2,814

25 to 54 years

547 5,353 6,043 5,528 2,947 1,074 2,527 5,377 3,914 2,717 1,735 2,150

55 years and over

136 1,342 2,016 1,902 1,147 274 959 1,857 1,794 637 708 664

Women, 16 years and over

109 721 3,343 7,146 1,246 881 4,175 5,515 18,770 5,248 2,919 2,187

16 to 19 years

2 13 41 457 13 13 37 67 291 784 114 11

20 years and over

108 708 3,303 6,689 1,233 868 4,137 5,448 18,479 4,463 2,805 2,176

20 to 24 years

10 33 198 1,066 53 90 276 359 1,390 1,131 300 67

25 years and over

98 675 3,104 5,623 1,180 778 3,861 5,089 17,089 3,333 2,506 2,109

25 to 54 years

76 492 2,323 4,151 843 569 2,817 3,829 12,627 2,706 1,733 1,498

55 years and over

21 183 782 1,472 337 209 1,044 1,261 4,462 627 772 611

Black or African American

Men, 16 years and over

36 460 817 1,086 844 180 362 864 1,083 723 339 459

16 to 19 years

0 7 10 64 7 5 1 14 12 69 8 1

20 years and over

36 453 807 1,023 837 175 362 850 1,071 654 330 457

20 to 24 years

2 26 67 220 48 15 35 67 91 166 28 16

25 years and over

33 427 740 803 788 160 327 783 979 488 303 442

25 to 54 years

25 348 599 689 600 142 257 648 739 429 222 349

55 years and over

8 80 140 113 188 18 70 134 240 59 81 93

Women, 16 years and over

9 39 466 1,012 315 149 561 718 3,545 765 367 597

16 to 19 years

0 2 6 73 2 3 2 8 38 92 13 1

20 years and over

9 37 460 939 313 147 559 710 3,507 673 353 596

20 to 24 years

0 0 33 230 13 16 41 79 263 196 28 14

25 years and over

9 36 426 709 300 131 518 631 3,244 477 326 582

25 to 54 years

6 28 348 591 237 117 444 527 2,518 405 249 458

55 years and over

3 9 78 119 63 14 74 103 726 72 77 125

Asian

Men, 16 years and over

11 146 586 570 209 117 298 732 576 454 226 143

16 to 19 years

0 1 3 13 1 2 1 1 10 23 3 0

20 years and over

11 145 583 557 208 114 297 731 566 430 223 143

20 to 24 years

0 3 21 64 9 8 22 45 43 59 11 8

25 years and over

11 142 562 493 199 107 276 686 523 371 212 135

25 to 54 years

10 117 448 386 150 95 226 598 426 287 168 106

55 years and over

1 25 113 106 49 12 50 88 98 84 44 28

Women, 16 years and over

2 24 326 444 73 67 254 411 1,124 422 328 131

16 to 19 years

0 0 1 21 0 2 2 1 15 22 4 1

20 years and over

2 24 325 423 73 65 252 409 1,109 400 324 131

20 to 24 years

0 1 7 44 4 4 19 26 71 52 16 4

25 years and over

2 23 318 379 69 61 233 383 1,038 347 307 127

25 to 54 years

2 20 266 294 46 55 197 333 824 268 235 104

55 years and over

0 2 52 85 23 6 36 51 214 80 72 22

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Men, 16 years and over

151 2,106 1,530 1,773 932 195 501 1,538 897 1,553 662 418

16 to 19 years

3 37 31 99 11 8 3 35 19 153 16 2

20 years and over

148 2,069 1,498 1,674 921 187 497 1,503 879 1,400 646 416

20 to 24 years

18 185 151 332 64 25 47 160 111 332 85 25

25 years and over

130 1,884 1,347 1,341 858 162 450 1,343 768 1,067 562 391

25 to 54 years

117 1,726 1,135 1,186 738 150 369 1,192 625 962 472 324

55 years and over

13 158 213 156 119 12 81 151 144 105 89 67

Women, 16 years and over

16 82 716 1,302 247 108 618 972 2,778 1,338 625 329

16 to 19 years

1 2 11 102 4 4 8 14 50 161 16 0

20 years and over

16 80 705 1,199 244 105 610 957 2,729 1,177 609 328

20 to 24 years

3 6 54 252 21 17 86 97 268 292 58 13

25 years and over

13 74 651 947 223 88 524 861 2,461 885 550 315

25 to 54 years

13 67 563 814 188 78 465 749 2,067 812 443 245

55 years and over

0 7 88 132 35 9 59 112 394 73 107 70

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: February 5, 2013