Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

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)
	2013	2014	2013	2014	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		2013	2014
	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	24,424	24,143	61,949	62,060	55,038	55,695	34,532	34,856	20,506	20,839	65,430	67,337
Civilian labor force	11,005	10,828	36,359	36,033	37,294	37,320	22,488	22,518	14,806	14,802	49,351	50,446
Participation rate	45.1	44.9	58.7	58.1	67.8	67.0	65.1	64.6	72.2	71.0	75.4	74.9
Employed	9,798	9,852	33,619	33,865	34,925	35,299	20,914	21,159	14,011	14,139	47,531	48,848
Employment-population ratio	40.1	40.8	54.3	54.6	63.5	63.4	60.6	60.7	68.3	67.9	72.6	72.5
Unemployed	1,207	976	2,740	2,167	2,369	2,022	1,574	1,359	795	663	1,820	1,599
Unemployment rate	11.0	9.0	7.5	6.0	6.4	5.4	7.0	6.0	5.4	4.5	3.7	3.2

Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,151	12,056	30,172	30,467	25,085	25,499	16,309	16,572	8,776	8,927	31,572	32,210
Civilian labor force	7,040	6,967	20,744	20,683	18,562	18,649	11,765	11,825	6,797	6,824	25,242	25,574
Participation rate	57.9	57.8	68.8	67.9	74.0	73.1	72.1	71.4	77.5	76.4	80.0	79.4
Employed	6,335	6,410	19,103	19,403	17,392	17,681	10,946	11,151	6,446	6,531	24,333	24,791
Employment-population ratio	52.1	53.2	63.3	63.7	69.3	69.3	67.1	67.3	73.4	73.2	77.1	77.0
Unemployed	705	557	1,641	1,280	1,170	968	819	674	351	294	909	784
Unemployment rate	10.0	8.0	7.9	6.2	6.3	5.2	7.0	5.7	5.2	4.3	3.6	3.1

Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,274	12,087	31,777	31,592	29,953	30,195	18,222	18,284	11,730	11,911	33,858	35,127
Civilian labor force	3,965	3,861	15,615	15,349	18,732	18,671	10,723	10,693	8,009	7,978	24,109	24,872
Participation rate	32.3	31.9	49.1	48.6	62.5	61.8	58.8	58.5	68.3	67.0	71.2	70.8
Employed	3,463	3,442	14,516	14,462	17,533	17,618	9,968	10,009	7,565	7,609	23,198	24,057
Employment-population ratio	28.2	28.5	45.7	45.8	58.5	58.3	54.7	54.7	64.5	63.9	68.5	68.5
Unemployed	501	419	1,099	887	1,199	1,054	755	685	444	369	911	815
Unemployment rate	12.6	10.8	7.0	5.8	6.4	5.6	7.0	6.4	5.5	4.6	3.8	3.3

White
Civilian noninstitutional population	18,850	18,527	49,702	49,627	44,116	44,481	27,351	27,457	16,765	17,025	52,809	54,157
Civilian labor force	8,729	8,565	28,970	28,599	29,547	29,502	17,501	17,454	12,046	12,048	39,597	40,258
Participation rate	46.3	46.2	58.3	57.6	67.0	66.3	64.0	63.6	71.9	70.8	75.0	74.3
Employed	7,885	7,895	27,049	27,132	27,885	28,112	16,425	16,556	11,460	11,556	38,228	39,106
Employment-population ratio	41.8	42.6	54.4	54.7	63.2	63.2	60.1	60.3	68.4	67.9	72.4	72.2
Unemployed	844	670	1,921	1,467	1,662	1,391	1,076	898	586	493	1,369	1,152
Unemployment rate	9.7	7.8	6.6	5.1	5.6	4.7	6.1	5.1	4.9	4.1	3.5	2.9

Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,502	3,461	8,339	8,382	7,207	7,511	4,856	5,029	2,351	2,482	5,338	5,522
Civilian labor force	1,338	1,308	4,970	4,976	5,121	5,261	3,390	3,464	1,731	1,797	4,198	4,341
Participation rate	38.2	37.8	59.6	59.4	71.1	70.0	69.8	68.9	73.6	72.4	78.6	78.6
Employed	1,064	1,084	4,343	4,442	4,617	4,793	3,034	3,119	1,583	1,674	3,961	4,117
Employment-population ratio	30.4	31.3	52.1	53.0	64.1	63.8	62.5	62.0	67.4	67.5	74.2	74.6
Unemployed	275	225	626	534	504	468	356	345	148	122	237	224
Unemployment rate	20.5	17.2	12.6	10.7	9.8	8.9	10.5	10.0	8.5	6.8	5.7	5.2

Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population	1,154	1,213	2,172	2,280	1,927	1,922	1,144	1,174	783	749	6,010	6,325
Civilian labor force	492	493	1,336	1,350	1,360	1,316	779	774	581	542	4,544	4,765
Participation rate	42.6	40.6	61.5	59.2	70.6	68.5	68.1	66.0	74.2	72.4	75.6	75.3
Employed	458	459	1,264	1,289	1,282	1,252	725	732	556	521	4,383	4,589
Employment-population ratio	39.7	37.8	58.2	56.5	66.5	65.1	63.4	62.3	71.1	69.5	72.9	72.6
Unemployed	34	34	72	61	78	64	53	43	25	21	161	176
Unemployment rate	6.9	6.9	5.4	4.5	5.7	4.9	6.9	5.5	4.3	3.9	3.6	3.7

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population	9,608	9,683	8,954	9,098	6,181	6,463	4,041	4,236	2,140	2,227	4,552	4,851
Civilian labor force	5,825	5,792	6,247	6,349	4,647	4,912	3,008	3,187	1,639	1,725	3,644	3,893
Participation rate	60.6	59.8	69.8	69.8	75.2	76.0	74.4	75.2	76.6	77.5	80.1	80.2
Employed	5,297	5,365	5,754	5,954	4,324	4,626	2,781	2,990	1,543	1,636	3,460	3,741
Employment-population ratio	55.1	55.4	64.3	65.4	70.0	71.6	68.8	70.6	72.1	73.5	76.0	77.1
Unemployed	527	428	493	395	323	286	227	197	96	89	183	151
Unemployment rate	9.1	7.4	7.9	6.2	7.0	5.8	7.6	6.2	5.9	5.2	5.0	3.9
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 12, 2015