2015 Annual Averages ‐ Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race
[Numbers in thousands]
Age, sex, and race	2015
	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
TOTAL
16 years and over	250,801	157,130	62.7	148,834	59.3	8,296	5.3	93,671
16 to 19 years	16,619	5,700	34.3	4,734	28.5	966	16.9	10,919
16 to 17 years	8,852	1,987	22.5	1,624	18.3	363	18.3	6,864
18 to 19 years	7,767	3,713	47.8	3,110	40.0	603	16.2	4,055
20 to 24 years	21,971	15,523	70.7	14,022	63.8	1,501	9.7	6,448
25 to 54 years	125,109	101,152	80.9	96,638	77.2	4,515	4.5	23,957
25 to 34 years	42,771	34,647	81.0	32,742	76.6	1,905	5.5	8,125
25 to 29 years	21,716	17,494	80.6	16,437	75.7	1,057	6.0	4,223
30 to 34 years	21,055	17,153	81.5	16,305	77.4	848	4.9	3,902
35 to 44 years	39,701	32,603	82.1	31,252	78.7	1,351	4.1	7,098
35 to 39 years	19,885	16,267	81.8	15,559	78.2	708	4.4	3,618
40 to 44 years	19,816	16,336	82.4	15,693	79.2	643	3.9	3,479
45 to 54 years	42,637	33,902	79.5	32,643	76.6	1,259	3.7	8,734
45 to 49 years	20,531	16,640	81.0	16,024	78.0	616	3.7	3,891
50 to 54 years	22,106	17,262	78.1	16,619	75.2	643	3.7	4,844
55 to 64 years	40,594	25,954	63.9	24,975	61.5	978	3.8	14,640
55 to 59 years	21,524	15,395	71.5	14,818	68.8	576	3.7	6,129
60 to 64 years	19,070	10,559	55.4	10,157	53.3	402	3.8	8,511
65 years and over	46,509	8,801	18.9	8,465	18.2	337	3.8	37,708
65 to 69 years	15,976	5,124	32.1	4,926	30.8	198	3.9	10,852
70 to 74 years	11,329	2,104	18.6	2,021	17.8	83	3.9	9,225
75 years and over	19,203	1,573	8.2	1,517	7.9	56	3.5	17,630
Men
16 years and over	121,101	83,620	69.1	79,131	65.3	4,490	5.4	37,481
16 to 19 years	8,430	2,885	34.2	2,354	27.9	531	18.4	5,545
16 to 17 years	4,509	997	22.1	799	17.7	197	19.8	3,513
18 to 19 years	3,920	1,888	48.2	1,555	39.7	333	17.6	2,032
20 to 24 years	11,012	8,038	73.0	7,173	65.1	865	10.8	2,974
25 to 54 years	61,425	54,226	88.3	51,851	84.4	2,374	4.4	7,199
25 to 34 years	21,142	18,776	88.8	17,746	83.9	1,030	5.5	2,366
25 to 29 years	10,778	9,418	87.4	8,841	82.0	577	6.1	1,360
30 to 34 years	10,364	9,358	90.3	8,905	85.9	454	4.8	1,006
35 to 44 years	19,444	17,556	90.3	16,861	86.7	695	4.0	1,887
35 to 39 years	9,757	8,813	90.3	8,444	86.6	369	4.2	944
40 to 44 years	9,687	8,743	90.3	8,417	86.9	327	3.7	944
45 to 54 years	20,839	17,893	85.9	17,245	82.8	649	3.6	2,945
45 to 49 years	10,061	8,839	87.9	8,533	84.8	306	3.5	1,222
50 to 54 years	10,778	9,054	84.0	8,712	80.8	343	3.8	1,723
55 to 64 years	19,518	13,627	69.8	13,092	67.1	536	3.9	5,891
55 to 59 years	10,421	8,032	77.1	7,713	74.0	319	4.0	2,389
60 to 64 years	9,097	5,595	61.5	5,378	59.1	217	3.9	3,502
65 years and over	20,717	4,845	23.4	4,661	22.5	184	3.8	15,872
65 to 69 years	7,489	2,754	36.8	2,652	35.4	103	3.7	4,735
70 to 74 years	5,223	1,192	22.8	1,141	21.9	50	4.2	4,031
75 years and over	8,004	898	11.2	868	10.8	31	3.4	7,106
Women
16 years and over	129,700	73,510	56.7	69,703	53.7	3,807	5.2	56,190
16 to 19 years	8,189	2,815	34.4	2,380	29.1	435	15.5	5,374
16 to 17 years	4,342	991	22.8	825	19.0	166	16.7	3,351
18 to 19 years	3,847	1,824	47.4	1,555	40.4	269	14.8	2,023
20 to 24 years	10,959	7,485	68.3	6,849	62.5	636	8.5	3,474
25 to 54 years	63,684	46,926	73.7	44,786	70.3	2,140	4.6	16,758
25 to 34 years	21,629	15,871	73.4	14,996	69.3	874	5.5	5,758
25 to 29 years	10,938	8,076	73.8	7,596	69.4	480	5.9	2,862
30 to 34 years	10,691	7,795	72.9	7,400	69.2	394	5.1	2,896
35 to 44 years	20,257	15,047	74.3	14,391	71.0	656	4.4	5,210
35 to 39 years	10,129	7,454	73.6	7,115	70.2	339	4.5	2,675
40 to 44 years	10,128	7,593	75.0	7,276	71.8	317	4.2	2,536
45 to 54 years	21,798	16,009	73.4	15,399	70.6	610	3.8	5,789
45 to 49 years	10,470	7,801	74.5	7,491	71.6	310	4.0	2,669
50 to 54 years	11,328	8,208	72.5	7,907	69.8	300	3.7	3,121
55 to 64 years	21,076	12,326	58.5	11,884	56.4	442	3.6	8,749
55 to 59 years	11,103	7,362	66.3	7,105	64.0	257	3.5	3,740
60 to 64 years	9,973	4,964	49.8	4,779	47.9	185	3.7	5,009
65 years and over	25,792	3,957	15.3	3,804	14.7	153	3.9	21,835
65 to 69 years	8,487	2,370	27.9	2,275	26.8	95	4.0	6,117
70 to 74 years	6,106	913	14.9	880	14.4	33	3.6	5,194
75 years and over	11,199	674	6.0	649	5.8	25	3.7	10,525

WHITE
16 years and over	196,868	123,607	62.8	117,944	59.9	5,662	4.6	73,261
16 to 19 years	12,323	4,487	36.4	3,824	31.0	662	14.8	7,836
16 to 17 years	6,538	1,579	24.2	1,319	20.2	260	16.5	4,959
18 to 19 years	5,784	2,908	50.3	2,505	43.3	402	13.8	2,877
20 to 24 years	16,171	11,755	72.7	10,784	66.7	970	8.3	4,416
25 to 54 years	95,856	78,300	81.7	75,276	78.5	3,024	3.9	17,556
25 to 34 years	32,036	26,305	82.1	25,111	78.4	1,194	4.5	5,731
25 to 29 years	16,141	13,228	82.0	12,562	77.8	666	5.0	2,913
30 to 34 years	15,895	13,077	82.3	12,549	78.9	529	4.0	2,818
35 to 44 years	30,186	24,929	82.6	24,012	79.5	917	3.7	5,257
35 to 39 years	15,047	12,387	82.3	11,911	79.2	476	3.8	2,660
40 to 44 years	15,139	12,541	82.8	12,101	79.9	441	3.5	2,598
45 to 54 years	33,633	27,066	80.5	26,154	77.8	913	3.4	6,567
45 to 49 years	16,035	13,143	82.0	12,709	79.3	434	3.3	2,892
50 to 54 years	17,598	13,923	79.1	13,445	76.4	478	3.4	3,675
55 to 64 years	33,005	21,534	65.2	20,783	63.0	751	3.5	11,471
55 to 59 years	17,472	12,734	72.9	12,293	70.4	441	3.5	4,738
60 to 64 years	15,533	8,800	56.7	8,490	54.7	310	3.5	6,733
65 years and over	39,513	7,531	19.1	7,276	18.4	255	3.4	31,982
65 to 69 years	13,298	4,340	32.6	4,195	31.5	145	3.3	8,959
70 to 74 years	9,632	1,847	19.2	1,780	18.5	67	3.7	7,785
75 years and over	16,582	1,344	8.1	1,301	7.8	43	3.2	15,238
Men
16 years and over	96,147	67,018	69.7	63,892	66.5	3,126	4.7	29,129
16 to 19 years	6,282	2,308	36.7	1,934	30.8	375	16.2	3,974
16 to 17 years	3,328	798	24.0	653	19.6	144	18.1	2,530
18 to 19 years	2,955	1,511	51.1	1,280	43.3	231	15.3	1,444
20 to 24 years	8,164	6,165	75.5	5,585	68.4	581	9.4	1,999
25 to 54 years	47,831	42,829	89.5	41,198	86.1	1,630	3.8	5,003
25 to 34 years	16,087	14,533	90.3	13,866	86.2	667	4.6	1,554
25 to 29 years	8,120	7,236	89.1	6,862	84.5	374	5.2	884
30 to 34 years	7,967	7,297	91.6	7,004	87.9	293	4.0	670
35 to 44 years	15,067	13,757	91.3	13,273	88.1	484	3.5	1,311
35 to 39 years	7,529	6,884	91.4	6,630	88.1	254	3.7	645
40 to 44 years	7,539	6,873	91.2	6,643	88.1	230	3.3	666
45 to 54 years	16,677	14,539	87.2	14,059	84.3	480	3.3	2,139
45 to 49 years	7,985	7,120	89.2	6,899	86.4	221	3.1	865
50 to 54 years	8,692	7,419	85.3	7,161	82.4	258	3.5	1,274
55 to 64 years	16,067	11,489	71.5	11,088	69.0	400	3.5	4,579
55 to 59 years	8,561	6,758	78.9	6,520	76.2	238	3.5	1,802
60 to 64 years	7,506	4,730	63.0	4,568	60.9	162	3.4	2,776
65 years and over	17,802	4,227	23.7	4,088	23.0	139	3.3	13,575
65 to 69 years	6,359	2,370	37.3	2,296	36.1	75	3.2	3,988
70 to 74 years	4,498	1,064	23.7	1,022	22.7	42	3.9	3,434
75 years and over	6,946	793	11.4	770	11.1	23	2.9	6,153
Women
16 years and over	100,720	56,589	56.2	54,052	53.7	2,537	4.5	44,132
16 to 19 years	6,040	2,178	36.1	1,891	31.3	288	13.2	3,862
16 to 17 years	3,211	782	24.3	666	20.7	116	14.8	2,429
18 to 19 years	2,829	1,397	49.4	1,225	43.3	172	12.3	1,432
20 to 24 years	8,007	5,589	69.8	5,200	64.9	390	7.0	2,418
25 to 54 years	48,024	35,472	73.9	34,078	71.0	1,393	3.9	12,553
25 to 34 years	15,950	11,772	73.8	11,245	70.5	527	4.5	4,177
25 to 29 years	8,022	5,992	74.7	5,700	71.1	292	4.9	2,030
30 to 34 years	7,928	5,780	72.9	5,545	69.9	236	4.1	2,148
35 to 44 years	15,119	11,172	73.9	10,739	71.0	433	3.9	3,947
35 to 39 years	7,518	5,504	73.2	5,281	70.2	223	4.0	2,015
40 to 44 years	7,600	5,668	74.6	5,458	71.8	211	3.7	1,932
45 to 54 years	16,956	12,527	73.9	12,094	71.3	433	3.5	4,429
45 to 49 years	8,050	6,024	74.8	5,811	72.2	213	3.5	2,027
50 to 54 years	8,906	6,504	73.0	6,284	70.6	220	3.4	2,402
55 to 64 years	16,938	10,045	59.3	9,695	57.2	351	3.5	6,893
55 to 59 years	8,911	5,975	67.1	5,772	64.8	203	3.4	2,936
60 to 64 years	8,027	4,070	50.7	3,922	48.9	148	3.6	3,957
65 years and over	21,711	3,304	15.2	3,188	14.7	116	3.5	18,407
65 to 69 years	6,940	1,969	28.4	1,899	27.4	70	3.5	4,971
70 to 74 years	5,134	783	15.3	758	14.8	26	3.3	4,351
75 years and over	9,637	552	5.7	531	5.5	20	3.7	9,085

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
16 years and over	31,386	19,318	61.5	17,472	55.7	1,846	9.6	12,068
16 to 19 years	2,491	701	28.1	502	20.1	199	28.4	1,790
16 to 17 years	1,343	233	17.3	164	12.2	69	29.6	1,110
18 to 19 years	1,148	469	40.8	338	29.4	131	27.9	680
20 to 24 years	3,425	2,337	68.2	1,953	57.0	384	16.4	1,089
25 to 54 years	16,545	12,984	78.5	11,924	72.1	1,061	8.2	3,561
25 to 34 years	5,929	4,707	79.4	4,190	70.7	517	11.0	1,222
25 to 29 years	3,133	2,465	78.7	2,179	69.5	286	11.6	668
30 to 34 years	2,797	2,242	80.2	2,011	71.9	231	10.3	555
35 to 44 years	5,232	4,226	80.8	3,928	75.1	298	7.1	1,006
35 to 39 years	2,651	2,149	81.1	1,986	74.9	162	7.6	502
40 to 44 years	2,582	2,078	80.5	1,942	75.2	136	6.6	504
45 to 54 years	5,383	4,051	75.3	3,806	70.7	245	6.1	1,332
45 to 49 years	2,622	2,040	77.8	1,915	73.0	126	6.2	582
50 to 54 years	2,761	2,011	72.8	1,891	68.5	119	5.9	750
55 to 64 years	4,718	2,584	54.8	2,433	51.6	151	5.8	2,134
55 to 59 years	2,544	1,578	62.0	1,491	58.6	87	5.5	966
60 to 64 years	2,174	1,007	46.3	943	43.4	64	6.4	1,167
65 years and over	4,207	711	16.9	660	15.7	51	7.2	3,496
65 to 69 years	1,601	449	28.0	414	25.9	35	7.7	1,152
70 to 74 years	1,018	136	13.4	127	12.5	9	6.7	882
75 years and over	1,587	126	7.9	119	7.5	8	6.0	1,461
Men
16 years and over	14,268	9,099	63.8	8,164	57.2	935	10.3	5,169
16 to 19 years	1,237	326	26.3	226	18.2	100	30.8	911
16 to 17 years	697	112	16.1	75	10.8	37	33.1	585
18 to 19 years	540	213	39.5	150	27.9	63	29.5	326
20 to 24 years	1,662	1,145	68.9	936	56.3	209	18.3	517
25 to 54 years	7,547	6,105	80.9	5,591	74.1	514	8.4	1,442
25 to 34 years	2,740	2,250	82.1	1,995	72.8	254	11.3	490
25 to 29 years	1,470	1,199	81.6	1,057	71.9	143	11.9	271
30 to 34 years	1,269	1,050	82.7	938	73.9	112	10.7	219
35 to 44 years	2,353	1,956	83.1	1,816	77.2	140	7.2	397
35 to 39 years	1,195	991	82.9	913	76.4	78	7.9	204
40 to 44 years	1,158	965	83.3	903	78.0	62	6.4	193
45 to 54 years	2,454	1,899	77.4	1,780	72.5	119	6.3	555
45 to 49 years	1,192	955	80.1	896	75.2	58	6.1	237
50 to 54 years	1,263	945	74.8	884	70.0	60	6.4	318
55 to 64 years	2,130	1,204	56.5	1,115	52.3	89	7.4	927
55 to 59 years	1,158	721	62.3	668	57.7	53	7.4	436
60 to 64 years	973	482	49.6	446	45.9	36	7.5	490
65 years and over	1,692	320	18.9	297	17.5	23	7.2	1,372
65 to 69 years	669	205	30.6	190	28.4	15	7.3	465
70 to 74 years	416	61	14.8	57	13.8	4	6.8	355
75 years and over	606	54	8.8	50	8.2	4	7.1	553
Women
16 years and over	17,118	10,218	59.7	9,308	54.4	911	8.9	6,899
16 to 19 years	1,254	376	29.9	276	22.0	99	26.4	879
16 to 17 years	646	120	18.6	89	13.7	32	26.3	525
18 to 19 years	609	255	41.9	188	30.8	68	26.5	354
20 to 24 years	1,764	1,192	67.6	1,017	57.7	174	14.6	572
25 to 54 years	8,998	6,880	76.5	6,333	70.4	547	8.0	2,118
25 to 34 years	3,190	2,457	77.0	2,195	68.8	263	10.7	732
25 to 29 years	1,662	1,266	76.1	1,122	67.5	144	11.4	397
30 to 34 years	1,528	1,192	78.0	1,073	70.2	119	10.0	336
35 to 44 years	2,879	2,270	78.9	2,112	73.4	158	7.0	609
35 to 39 years	1,456	1,158	79.5	1,074	73.7	84	7.3	298
40 to 44 years	1,423	1,113	78.2	1,039	73.0	74	6.7	311
45 to 54 years	2,929	2,152	73.5	2,026	69.2	126	5.9	777
45 to 49 years	1,431	1,086	75.9	1,019	71.2	67	6.2	345
50 to 54 years	1,498	1,066	71.2	1,007	67.2	59	5.5	432
55 to 64 years	2,588	1,381	53.4	1,319	51.0	62	4.5	1,207
55 to 59 years	1,386	856	61.7	822	59.3	34	3.9	530
60 to 64 years	1,201	524	43.7	496	41.3	28	5.3	677
65 years and over	2,515	391	15.6	363	14.4	28	7.2	2,123
65 to 69 years	932	244	26.2	224	24.1	20	8.0	688
70 to 74 years	602	75	12.4	70	11.6	5	6.6	527
75 years and over	981	73	7.4	69	7.0	4	5.2	909

ASIAN
16 years and over	14,420	9,053	62.8	8,706	60.4	347	3.8	5,366
16 to 19 years	833	172	20.6	147	17.7	25	14.4	661
16 to 17 years	446	58	13.0	49	10.9	9	15.7	388
18 to 19 years	388	114	29.4	98	25.4	16	13.8	274
20 to 24 years	1,293	682	52.8	625	48.4	57	8.4	610
25 to 54 years	8,317	6,476	77.9	6,283	75.5	193	3.0	1,842
25 to 34 years	3,045	2,253	74.0	2,176	71.5	76	3.4	792
25 to 29 years	1,472	1,052	71.5	1,012	68.8	40	3.8	420
30 to 34 years	1,573	1,200	76.3	1,164	74.0	36	3.0	372
35 to 44 years	2,855	2,283	80.0	2,222	77.8	62	2.7	571
35 to 39 years	1,470	1,150	78.2	1,119	76.1	31	2.7	321
40 to 44 years	1,384	1,134	81.9	1,103	79.7	31	2.7	251
45 to 54 years	2,418	1,940	80.2	1,885	78.0	55	2.8	478
45 to 49 years	1,237	988	79.8	958	77.4	30	3.0	249
50 to 54 years	1,181	952	80.6	927	78.5	25	2.6	229
55 to 64 years	1,960	1,315	67.1	1,263	64.4	53	4.0	644
55 to 59 years	1,032	762	73.8	729	70.7	32	4.3	270
60 to 64 years	928	554	59.7	533	57.5	20	3.7	374
65 years and over	2,017	408	20.2	388	19.3	20	4.8	1,609
65 to 69 years	768	254	33.1	241	31.4	13	5.1	513
70 to 74 years	481	85	17.7	81	16.8	4	4.8	396
75 years and over	769	69	8.9	66	8.6	3	3.7	700
Men
16 years and over	6,737	4,811	71.4	4,620	68.6	191	4.0	1,925
16 to 19 years	406	83	20.5	69	16.9	15	17.7	322
16 to 17 years	219	32	14.8	26	11.9	6	-	187
18 to 19 years	187	51	27.2	42	22.7	8	16.5	136
20 to 24 years	656	347	53.0	318	48.6	29	8.4	308
25 to 54 years	3,911	3,488	89.2	3,389	86.7	99	2.9	423
25 to 34 years	1,449	1,234	85.1	1,195	82.5	39	3.2	215
25 to 29 years	715	573	80.1	552	77.1	21	3.7	143
30 to 34 years	734	661	90.1	643	87.7	18	2.7	73
35 to 44 years	1,330	1,232	92.6	1,199	90.1	33	2.7	98
35 to 39 years	692	638	92.2	620	89.6	18	2.8	54
40 to 44 years	638	594	93.1	579	90.7	15	2.5	44
45 to 54 years	1,132	1,023	90.4	995	87.9	28	2.7	109
45 to 49 years	580	528	90.9	514	88.6	13	2.5	53
50 to 54 years	551	495	89.8	481	87.3	14	2.9	56
55 to 64 years	883	664	75.1	630	71.3	34	5.1	219
55 to 59 years	476	388	81.4	366	76.9	21	5.5	89
60 to 64 years	407	276	67.9	263	64.8	13	4.6	131
65 years and over	882	229	25.9	215	24.4	14	6.1	653
65 to 69 years	335	142	42.4	133	39.8	9	6.2	193
70 to 74 years	209	49	23.4	46	21.9	3	6.8	160
75 years and over	337	38	11.1	36	10.6	2	4.7	300
Women
16 years and over	7,683	4,242	55.2	4,086	53.2	156	3.7	3,441
16 to 19 years	428	89	20.8	79	18.4	10	11.4	339
16 to 17 years	227	25	11.2	23	10.0	3	-	201
18 to 19 years	201	63	31.5	56	27.9	7	11.6	138
20 to 24 years	637	335	52.6	307	48.2	28	8.4	302
25 to 54 years	4,407	2,988	67.8	2,894	65.7	93	3.1	1,419
25 to 34 years	1,596	1,019	63.9	982	61.5	37	3.7	577
25 to 29 years	756	479	63.4	460	60.9	19	4.0	277
30 to 34 years	839	540	64.3	522	62.1	18	3.4	300
35 to 44 years	1,525	1,052	69.0	1,023	67.1	29	2.7	473
35 to 39 years	778	512	65.7	499	64.1	13	2.5	267
40 to 44 years	747	540	72.3	524	70.2	16	3.0	207
45 to 54 years	1,286	917	71.3	889	69.2	27	3.0	369
45 to 49 years	657	460	70.1	443	67.5	17	3.6	197
50 to 54 years	629	457	72.5	446	70.9	11	2.3	173
55 to 64 years	1,077	652	60.5	633	58.8	19	2.9	425
55 to 59 years	556	374	67.3	363	65.3	11	3.0	181
60 to 64 years	521	278	53.3	270	51.8	8	2.8	243
65 years and over	1,135	179	15.8	174	15.3	6	3.2	956
65 to 69 years	433	112	25.9	108	25.0	4	3.7	321
70 to 74 years	271	36	13.2	35	12.9	1	2.1	236
75 years and over	431	31	7.2	30	7.1	1	-	400
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. 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 10, 2016