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Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

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
Age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	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