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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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2015 Annual Averages ‐ Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
| Employment status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity | 2015 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than a high school diploma | High school graduates, no college(1) | Some college or associate degree | Bachelor's degree and higher | |||||
| Total | Some college, no degree | Associate degree | Total(2) | Bachelor's degree only | Advanced degree | |||
| TOTAL | ||||||||
| Civilian noninstitutional population | 24,175 | 61,712 | 56,263 | 35,326 | 20,937 | 70,061 | 44,086 | 25,975 |
| Civilian labor force | 10,971 | 35,322 | 37,481 | 22,706 | 14,774 | 52,133 | 32,684 | 19,449 |
| Participation rate | 45.4 | 57.2 | 66.6 | 64.3 | 70.6 | 74.4 | 74.1 | 74.9 |
| Employed | 10,098 | 33,402 | 35,785 | 21,573 | 14,213 | 50,792 | 31,772 | 19,020 |
| Employment-population ratio | 41.8 | 54.1 | 63.6 | 61.1 | 67.9 | 72.5 | 72.1 | 73.2 |
| Unemployed | 873 | 1,920 | 1,695 | 1,134 | 562 | 1,341 | 912 | 429 |
| Unemployment rate | 8.0 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| Men | ||||||||
| Civilian noninstitutional population | 12,137 | 30,388 | 25,664 | 16,644 | 9,020 | 33,471 | 21,048 | 12,423 |
| Civilian labor force | 7,081 | 20,416 | 18,772 | 11,862 | 6,911 | 26,429 | 16,767 | 9,662 |
| Participation rate | 58.3 | 67.2 | 73.1 | 71.3 | 76.6 | 79.0 | 79.7 | 77.8 |
| Employed | 6,573 | 19,302 | 17,953 | 11,293 | 6,660 | 25,776 | 16,323 | 9,453 |
| Employment-population ratio | 54.2 | 63.5 | 70.0 | 67.9 | 73.8 | 77.0 | 77.6 | 76.1 |
| Unemployed | 507 | 1,114 | 820 | 569 | 251 | 654 | 444 | 210 |
| Unemployment rate | 7.2 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| Women | ||||||||
| Civilian noninstitutional population | 12,038 | 31,325 | 30,599 | 18,682 | 11,918 | 36,590 | 23,038 | 13,552 |
| Civilian labor force | 3,891 | 14,906 | 18,708 | 10,845 | 7,864 | 25,704 | 15,917 | 9,786 |
| Participation rate | 32.3 | 47.6 | 61.1 | 58.0 | 66.0 | 70.2 | 69.1 | 72.2 |
| Employed | 3,525 | 14,100 | 17,832 | 10,280 | 7,553 | 25,016 | 15,449 | 9,567 |
| Employment-population ratio | 29.3 | 45.0 | 58.3 | 55.0 | 63.4 | 68.4 | 67.1 | 70.6 |
| Unemployed | 366 | 806 | 876 | 565 | 311 | 687 | 468 | 219 |
| Unemployment rate | 9.4 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| White | ||||||||
| Civilian noninstitutional population | 18,672 | 49,012 | 44,779 | 27,796 | 16,983 | 55,911 | 35,289 | 20,622 |
| Civilian labor force | 8,723 | 27,790 | 29,492 | 17,588 | 11,904 | 41,361 | 26,072 | 15,289 |
| Participation rate | 46.7 | 56.7 | 65.9 | 63.3 | 70.1 | 74.0 | 73.9 | 74.1 |
| Employed | 8,128 | 26,508 | 28,320 | 16,820 | 11,501 | 40,380 | 25,395 | 14,984 |
| Employment-population ratio | 43.5 | 54.1 | 63.2 | 60.5 | 67.7 | 72.2 | 72.0 | 72.7 |
| Unemployed | 595 | 1,282 | 1,171 | 768 | 404 | 981 | 677 | 304 |
| Unemployment rate | 6.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| Black or African American | ||||||||
| Civilian noninstitutional population | 3,271 | 8,566 | 7,715 | 5,135 | 2,580 | 5,917 | 3,801 | 2,116 |
| Civilian labor force | 1,228 | 5,035 | 5,416 | 3,526 | 1,891 | 4,600 | 2,967 | 1,633 |
| Participation rate | 37.5 | 58.8 | 70.2 | 68.7 | 73.3 | 77.7 | 78.0 | 77.2 |
| Employed | 1,033 | 4,549 | 5,017 | 3,242 | 1,775 | 4,418 | 2,850 | 1,567 |
| Employment-population ratio | 31.6 | 53.1 | 65.0 | 63.1 | 68.8 | 74.7 | 75.0 | 74.1 |
| Unemployed | 196 | 486 | 399 | 284 | 115 | 182 | 116 | 66 |
| Unemployment rate | 15.9 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Asian | ||||||||
| Civilian noninstitutional population | 1,217 | 2,385 | 1,919 | 1,165 | 754 | 6,773 | 4,013 | 2,760 |
| Civilian labor force | 497 | 1,402 | 1,308 | 763 | 545 | 4,993 | 2,849 | 2,144 |
| Participation rate | 40.8 | 58.8 | 68.1 | 65.5 | 72.3 | 73.7 | 71.0 | 77.7 |
| Employed | 470 | 1,344 | 1,265 | 737 | 528 | 4,855 | 2,759 | 2,096 |
| Employment-population ratio | 38.6 | 56.4 | 65.9 | 63.2 | 70.0 | 71.7 | 68.7 | 75.9 |
| Unemployed | 27 | 57 | 43 | 26 | 17 | 138 | 90 | 48 |
| Unemployment rate | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
| Hispanic or Latino ethnicity | ||||||||
| Civilian noninstitutional population | 10,094 | 9,261 | 6,774 | 4,401 | 2,373 | 5,086 | 3,494 | 1,592 |
| Civilian labor force | 5,986 | 6,444 | 5,112 | 3,295 | 1,817 | 4,076 | 2,798 | 1,278 |
| Participation rate | 59.3 | 69.6 | 75.5 | 74.9 | 76.6 | 80.1 | 80.1 | 80.3 |
| Employed | 5,592 | 6,064 | 4,858 | 3,119 | 1,739 | 3,936 | 2,694 | 1,242 |
| Employment-population ratio | 55.4 | 65.5 | 71.7 | 70.9 | 73.3 | 77.4 | 77.1 | 78.0 |
| Unemployed | 394 | 379 | 254 | 175 | 78 | 140 | 104 | 36 |
| Unemployment rate | 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| Footnotes | ||||||||
| 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 10, 2016