Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race [Numbers in thousands]
Age, sex, and race	2020
	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	260,329	160,742	61.7	147,795	56.8	12,947	8.1	99,587
16 to 19 years	16,567	5,720	34.5	4,695	28.3	1,025	17.9	10,846
16 to 17 years	8,764	2,082	23.8	1,718	19.6	364	17.5	6,682
18 to 19 years	7,803	3,638	46.6	2,977	38.2	661	18.2	4,164
20 to 24 years	20,918	14,487	69.3	12,497	59.7	1,990	13.7	6,431
25 to 54 years	126,045	102,630	81.4	95,331	75.6	7,298	7.1	23,416
25 to 34 years	44,844	36,506	81.4	33,426	74.5	3,080	8.4	8,339
25 to 29 years	22,583	18,332	81.2	16,596	73.5	1,736	9.5	4,252
30 to 34 years	22,261	18,174	81.6	16,831	75.6	1,344	7.4	4,087
35 to 44 years	41,330	33,983	82.2	31,807	77.0	2,177	6.4	7,347
35 to 39 years	21,375	17,608	82.4	16,472	77.1	1,136	6.5	3,767
40 to 44 years	19,955	16,376	82.1	15,335	76.8	1,041	6.4	3,580
45 to 54 years	39,871	32,141	80.6	30,099	75.5	2,042	6.4	7,730
45 to 49 years	19,676	16,171	82.2	15,149	77.0	1,022	6.3	3,505
50 to 54 years	20,195	15,969	79.1	14,949	74.0	1,020	6.4	4,226
55 to 64 years	42,191	27,293	64.7	25,454	60.3	1,839	6.7	14,898
55 to 59 years	21,348	15,399	72.1	14,375	67.3	1,025	6.7	5,949
60 to 64 years	20,843	11,894	57.1	11,079	53.2	815	6.8	8,950
65 years and over	54,608	10,613	19.4	9,818	18.0	795	7.5	43,995
65 to 69 years	17,773	5,864	33.0	5,422	30.5	443	7.5	11,909
70 to 74 years	14,615	2,762	18.9	2,549	17.4	213	7.7	11,854
75 years and over	22,220	1,987	8.9	1,847	8.3	140	7.0	20,233
Men
16 years and over	125,922	85,204	67.7	78,560	62.4	6,644	7.8	40,718
16 to 19 years	8,373	2,859	34.1	2,333	27.9	526	18.4	5,514
16 to 17 years	4,400	974	22.1	803	18.3	171	17.5	3,426
18 to 19 years	3,973	1,885	47.4	1,530	38.5	355	18.8	2,088
20 to 24 years	10,448	7,417	71.0	6,401	61.3	1,016	13.7	3,032
25 to 54 years	62,218	54,675	87.9	50,890	81.8	3,785	6.9	7,543
25 to 34 years	22,387	19,509	87.1	17,844	79.7	1,664	8.5	2,878
25 to 29 years	11,311	9,680	85.6	8,722	77.1	958	9.9	1,631
30 to 34 years	11,076	9,829	88.7	9,122	82.4	707	7.2	1,247
35 to 44 years	20,343	18,246	89.7	17,120	84.2	1,126	6.2	2,096
35 to 39 years	10,544	9,560	90.7	8,976	85.1	583	6.1	985
40 to 44 years	9,798	8,687	88.7	8,144	83.1	543	6.3	1,112
45 to 54 years	19,488	16,920	86.8	15,926	81.7	995	5.9	2,568
45 to 49 years	9,612	8,522	88.7	8,020	83.4	502	5.9	1,090
50 to 54 years	9,876	8,398	85.0	7,906	80.0	492	5.9	1,478
55 to 64 years	20,327	14,382	70.8	13,467	66.2	916	6.4	5,945
55 to 59 years	10,362	8,087	78.0	7,592	73.3	495	6.1	2,274
60 to 64 years	9,966	6,295	63.2	5,875	58.9	420	6.7	3,671
65 years and over	24,556	5,871	23.9	5,470	22.3	401	6.8	18,685
65 to 69 years	8,337	3,221	38.6	2,990	35.9	231	7.2	5,116
70 to 74 years	6,768	1,534	22.7	1,427	21.1	107	7.0	5,234
75 years and over	9,451	1,116	11.8	1,053	11.1	63	5.7	8,335
Women
16 years and over	134,407	75,538	56.2	69,234	51.5	6,304	8.3	58,869
16 to 19 years	8,194	2,861	34.9	2,361	28.8	500	17.5	5,333
16 to 17 years	4,364	1,108	25.4	914	20.9	193	17.5	3,256
18 to 19 years	3,830	1,753	45.8	1,447	37.8	306	17.5	2,077
20 to 24 years	10,470	7,070	67.5	6,096	58.2	974	13.8	3,400
25 to 54 years	63,828	47,955	75.1	44,442	69.6	3,513	7.3	15,873
25 to 34 years	22,458	16,997	75.7	15,582	69.4	1,416	8.3	5,460
25 to 29 years	11,272	8,652	76.8	7,873	69.8	778	9.0	2,621
30 to 34 years	11,185	8,346	74.6	7,708	68.9	637	7.6	2,840
35 to 44 years	20,987	15,737	75.0	14,687	70.0	1,050	6.7	5,250
35 to 39 years	10,830	8,048	74.3	7,496	69.2	552	6.9	2,782
40 to 44 years	10,157	7,689	75.7	7,191	70.8	498	6.5	2,468
45 to 54 years	20,383	15,220	74.7	14,173	69.5	1,047	6.9	5,162
45 to 49 years	10,064	7,649	76.0	7,130	70.8	520	6.8	2,415
50 to 54 years	10,318	7,571	73.4	7,043	68.3	528	7.0	2,747
55 to 64 years	21,864	12,911	59.1	11,987	54.8	924	7.2	8,953
55 to 59 years	10,986	7,312	66.6	6,783	61.7	529	7.2	3,674
60 to 64 years	10,878	5,599	51.5	5,204	47.8	394	7.0	5,279
65 years and over	30,052	4,742	15.8	4,348	14.5	394	8.3	25,310
65 to 69 years	9,436	2,643	28.0	2,432	25.8	211	8.0	6,793
70 to 74 years	7,847	1,228	15.6	1,122	14.3	106	8.6	6,620
75 years and over	12,768	871	6.8	794	6.2	77	8.8	11,898

WHITE
16 years and over	201,306	124,431	61.8	115,341	57.3	9,090	7.3	76,875
16 to 19 years	12,151	4,467	36.8	3,723	30.6	744	16.6	7,683
16 to 17 years	6,427	1,652	25.7	1,377	21.4	275	16.6	4,775
18 to 19 years	5,723	2,815	49.2	2,346	41.0	469	16.7	2,908
20 to 24 years	15,335	10,951	71.4	9,633	62.8	1,318	12.0	4,384
25 to 54 years	94,426	77,804	82.4	72,797	77.1	5,007	6.4	16,621
25 to 34 years	32,699	27,028	82.7	24,982	76.4	2,046	7.6	5,671
25 to 29 years	16,363	13,544	82.8	12,415	75.9	1,129	8.3	2,819
30 to 34 years	16,336	13,484	82.5	12,567	76.9	917	6.8	2,853
35 to 44 years	30,990	25,740	83.1	24,230	78.2	1,510	5.9	5,250
35 to 39 years	15,977	13,289	83.2	12,504	78.3	786	5.9	2,688
40 to 44 years	15,014	12,451	82.9	11,726	78.1	725	5.8	2,562
45 to 54 years	30,736	25,036	81.5	23,586	76.7	1,451	5.8	5,700
45 to 49 years	14,992	12,441	83.0	11,732	78.3	709	5.7	2,550
50 to 54 years	15,745	12,595	80.0	11,853	75.3	742	5.9	3,150
55 to 64 years	33,772	22,278	66.0	20,889	61.9	1,389	6.2	11,495
55 to 59 years	17,071	12,524	73.4	11,750	68.8	774	6.2	4,547
60 to 64 years	16,701	9,753	58.4	9,139	54.7	615	6.3	6,948
65 years and over	45,623	8,930	19.6	8,298	18.2	633	7.1	36,692
65 to 69 years	14,547	4,903	33.7	4,557	31.3	346	7.1	9,644
70 to 74 years	12,197	2,325	19.1	2,153	17.7	173	7.4	9,872
75 years and over	18,878	1,702	9.0	1,588	8.4	114	6.7	17,176
Men
16 years and over	98,456	67,171	68.2	62,446	63.4	4,725	7.0	31,285
16 to 19 years	6,173	2,267	36.7	1,876	30.4	391	17.3	3,906
16 to 17 years	3,230	779	24.1	650	20.1	129	16.6	2,451
18 to 19 years	2,943	1,488	50.6	1,226	41.7	262	17.6	1,454
20 to 24 years	7,712	5,676	73.6	5,008	64.9	668	11.8	2,035
25 to 54 years	47,317	42,224	89.2	39,577	83.6	2,648	6.3	5,093
25 to 34 years	16,505	14,665	88.8	13,537	82.0	1,127	7.7	1,840
25 to 29 years	8,266	7,236	87.5	6,609	80.0	627	8.7	1,030
30 to 34 years	8,239	7,429	90.2	6,928	84.1	501	6.7	810
35 to 44 years	15,528	14,128	91.0	13,325	85.8	804	5.7	1,399
35 to 39 years	8,015	7,383	92.1	6,975	87.0	408	5.5	631
40 to 44 years	7,513	6,745	89.8	6,349	84.5	396	5.9	768
45 to 54 years	15,284	13,431	87.9	12,715	83.2	716	5.3	1,853
45 to 49 years	7,460	6,676	89.5	6,327	84.8	349	5.2	784
50 to 54 years	7,824	6,755	86.3	6,388	81.6	367	5.4	1,069
55 to 64 years	16,480	11,971	72.6	11,270	68.4	701	5.9	4,509
55 to 59 years	8,383	6,677	79.7	6,305	75.2	373	5.6	1,705
60 to 64 years	8,097	5,293	65.4	4,965	61.3	328	6.2	2,804
65 years and over	20,775	5,032	24.2	4,715	22.7	317	6.3	15,743
65 to 69 years	6,919	2,750	39.7	2,571	37.2	178	6.5	4,169
70 to 74 years	5,728	1,316	23.0	1,229	21.5	87	6.6	4,412
75 years and over	8,128	967	11.9	915	11.3	52	5.4	7,161
Women
16 years and over	102,850	57,260	55.7	52,895	51.4	4,365	7.6	45,590
16 to 19 years	5,978	2,200	36.8	1,847	30.9	353	16.0	3,778
16 to 17 years	3,197	873	27.3	727	22.8	145	16.6	2,324
18 to 19 years	2,781	1,327	47.7	1,120	40.3	207	15.6	1,453
20 to 24 years	7,623	5,275	69.2	4,625	60.7	650	12.3	2,348
25 to 54 years	47,109	35,580	75.5	33,221	70.5	2,359	6.6	11,529
25 to 34 years	16,194	12,363	76.3	11,445	70.7	918	7.4	3,831
25 to 29 years	8,097	6,308	77.9	5,806	71.7	502	8.0	1,789
30 to 34 years	8,097	6,055	74.8	5,638	69.6	416	6.9	2,043
35 to 44 years	15,463	11,612	75.1	10,905	70.5	707	6.1	3,851
35 to 39 years	7,962	5,906	74.2	5,528	69.4	378	6.4	2,056
40 to 44 years	7,500	5,706	76.1	5,377	71.7	329	5.8	1,794
45 to 54 years	15,452	11,605	75.1	10,871	70.4	734	6.3	3,847
45 to 49 years	7,531	5,765	76.5	5,405	71.8	360	6.2	1,766
50 to 54 years	7,921	5,840	73.7	5,466	69.0	375	6.4	2,081
55 to 64 years	17,292	10,307	59.6	9,619	55.6	688	6.7	6,986
55 to 59 years	8,688	5,847	67.3	5,446	62.7	401	6.9	2,841
60 to 64 years	8,604	4,460	51.8	4,173	48.5	287	6.4	4,144
65 years and over	24,848	3,898	15.7	3,582	14.4	316	8.1	20,950
65 to 69 years	7,628	2,153	28.2	1,986	26.0	168	7.8	5,475
70 to 74 years	6,469	1,010	15.6	923	14.3	86	8.5	5,460
75 years and over	10,750	735	6.8	673	6.3	62	8.5	10,015

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
16 years and over	33,344	20,177	60.5	17,873	53.6	2,304	11.4	13,167
16 to 19 years	2,419	720	29.8	546	22.6	173	24.1	1,699
16 to 17 years	1,260	256	20.3	193	15.3	63	24.5	1,004
18 to 19 years	1,159	464	40.0	353	30.5	111	23.9	695
20 to 24 years	3,079	2,005	65.1	1,600	52.0	404	20.2	1,074
25 to 54 years	17,404	13,588	78.1	12,205	70.1	1,384	10.2	3,816
25 to 34 years	6,709	5,222	77.8	4,566	68.1	656	12.6	1,487
25 to 29 years	3,487	2,660	76.3	2,281	65.4	380	14.3	827
30 to 34 years	3,222	2,562	79.5	2,285	70.9	276	10.8	660
35 to 44 years	5,550	4,419	79.6	4,036	72.7	383	8.7	1,131
35 to 39 years	2,870	2,305	80.3	2,097	73.0	208	9.0	565
40 to 44 years	2,680	2,114	78.9	1,940	72.4	174	8.3	566
45 to 54 years	5,146	3,947	76.7	3,603	70.0	345	8.7	1,198
45 to 49 years	2,566	2,023	78.8	1,834	71.5	188	9.3	543
50 to 54 years	2,580	1,925	74.6	1,768	68.5	156	8.1	655
55 to 64 years	5,140	2,902	56.5	2,652	51.6	250	8.6	2,238
55 to 59 years	2,510	1,631	65.0	1,497	59.6	134	8.2	880
60 to 64 years	2,630	1,272	48.3	1,156	43.9	116	9.1	1,359
65 years and over	5,302	962	18.2	869	16.4	93	9.7	4,339
65 to 69 years	1,953	539	27.6	487	24.9	52	9.7	1,414
70 to 74 years	1,400	248	17.7	221	15.8	27	10.8	1,152
75 years and over	1,949	176	9.0	161	8.3	14	8.2	1,773
Men
16 years and over	15,250	9,542	62.6	8,392	55.0	1,150	12.1	5,708
16 to 19 years	1,197	322	26.9	242	20.2	81	25.0	875
16 to 17 years	634	107	16.9	79	12.4	28	26.5	527
18 to 19 years	563	215	38.1	163	28.9	52	24.3	349
20 to 24 years	1,485	987	66.4	777	52.3	210	21.2	498
25 to 54 years	8,069	6,465	80.1	5,770	71.5	695	10.8	1,604
25 to 34 years	3,208	2,574	80.3	2,237	69.7	338	13.1	633
25 to 29 years	1,689	1,330	78.8	1,121	66.4	209	15.7	359
30 to 34 years	1,519	1,244	81.9	1,116	73.5	128	10.3	275
35 to 44 years	2,536	2,055	81.0	1,859	73.3	196	9.5	481
35 to 39 years	1,320	1,071	81.1	957	72.5	114	10.7	249
40 to 44 years	1,216	984	80.9	902	74.2	82	8.3	232
45 to 54 years	2,326	1,836	78.9	1,675	72.0	161	8.8	490
45 to 49 years	1,152	945	82.0	849	73.7	96	10.2	207
50 to 54 years	1,173	891	75.9	825	70.3	65	7.3	283
55 to 64 years	2,332	1,318	56.5	1,203	51.6	116	8.8	1,013
55 to 59 years	1,157	765	66.1	699	60.5	66	8.6	392
60 to 64 years	1,175	553	47.1	503	42.8	50	9.0	622
65 years and over	2,167	449	20.7	401	18.5	49	10.8	1,718
65 to 69 years	845	249	29.4	219	26.0	29	11.8	596
70 to 74 years	578	115	19.9	102	17.6	13	11.3	463
75 years and over	745	86	11.5	79	10.7	6	7.5	659
Women
16 years and over	18,094	10,635	58.8	9,481	52.4	1,155	10.9	7,459
16 to 19 years	1,221	397	32.5	305	24.9	93	23.3	824
16 to 17 years	626	149	23.7	114	18.3	34	23.0	478
18 to 19 years	595	249	41.8	190	32.0	58	23.5	346
20 to 24 years	1,594	1,018	63.9	824	51.7	195	19.1	576
25 to 54 years	9,335	7,123	76.3	6,434	68.9	688	9.7	2,212
25 to 34 years	3,501	2,647	75.6	2,329	66.5	318	12.0	854
25 to 29 years	1,798	1,330	74.0	1,160	64.5	170	12.8	468
30 to 34 years	1,703	1,317	77.4	1,169	68.7	148	11.2	385
35 to 44 years	3,014	2,364	78.4	2,177	72.2	187	7.9	651
35 to 39 years	1,550	1,234	79.6	1,140	73.5	94	7.6	316
40 to 44 years	1,464	1,130	77.2	1,037	70.8	93	8.2	334
45 to 54 years	2,820	2,112	74.9	1,928	68.4	184	8.7	708
45 to 49 years	1,413	1,078	76.2	985	69.7	92	8.6	336
50 to 54 years	1,407	1,034	73.5	943	67.0	91	8.8	372
55 to 64 years	2,809	1,584	56.4	1,450	51.6	134	8.5	1,225
55 to 59 years	1,354	866	63.9	797	58.9	68	7.9	488
60 to 64 years	1,455	718	49.4	652	44.8	66	9.2	737
65 years and over	3,134	513	16.4	468	14.9	45	8.7	2,621
65 to 69 years	1,108	290	26.2	267	24.1	23	7.9	818
70 to 74 years	822	133	16.2	119	14.5	14	10.2	689
75 years and over	1,204	90	7.5	82	6.8	8	8.9	1,114

ASIAN
16 years and over	16,467	10,331	62.7	9,437	57.3	894	8.7	6,136
16 to 19 years	921	177	19.2	151	16.4	26	14.9	744
16 to 17 years	485	54	11.2	49	10.0	6	10.2	431
18 to 19 years	435	123	28.2	102	23.4	21	17.0	313
20 to 24 years	1,341	727	54.2	605	45.1	122	16.8	614
25 to 54 years	9,342	7,418	79.4	6,867	73.5	551	7.4	1,924
25 to 34 years	3,388	2,617	77.2	2,391	70.6	225	8.6	772
25 to 29 years	1,679	1,280	76.2	1,148	68.4	132	10.3	399
30 to 34 years	1,709	1,337	78.2	1,244	72.8	93	7.0	373
35 to 44 years	3,205	2,587	80.7	2,432	75.9	155	6.0	618
35 to 39 years	1,687	1,348	79.9	1,271	75.4	76	5.6	340
40 to 44 years	1,518	1,240	81.7	1,161	76.5	79	6.4	278
45 to 54 years	2,749	2,214	80.5	2,044	74.3	171	7.7	535
45 to 49 years	1,482	1,201	81.1	1,112	75.1	89	7.4	281
50 to 54 years	1,268	1,013	79.9	932	73.5	82	8.1	254
55 to 64 years	2,216	1,475	66.6	1,335	60.2	141	9.5	741
55 to 59 years	1,166	838	71.9	763	65.5	75	9.0	327
60 to 64 years	1,051	637	60.6	571	54.4	65	10.2	414
65 years and over	2,647	534	20.2	480	18.2	53	10.0	2,113
65 to 69 years	888	310	34.9	275	31.0	34	11.1	578
70 to 74 years	744	140	18.8	129	17.4	11	7.5	604
75 years and over	1,015	84	8.3	76	7.5	9	10.1	930
Men
16 years and over	7,708	5,468	70.9	5,041	65.4	427	7.8	2,240
16 to 19 years	448	97	21.7	84	18.7	13	13.6	351
16 to 17 years	219	32	14.7	29	13.1	3	-	187
18 to 19 years	228	65	28.4	55	24.1	10	15.1	164
20 to 24 years	669	345	51.6	284	42.5	61	17.7	324
25 to 54 years	4,433	3,960	89.3	3,709	83.7	251	6.3	473
25 to 34 years	1,652	1,409	85.3	1,298	78.6	111	7.9	243
25 to 29 years	825	672	81.4	602	73.0	70	10.3	153
30 to 34 years	826	737	89.1	696	84.2	41	5.6	90
35 to 44 years	1,503	1,399	93.0	1,338	89.0	61	4.4	105
35 to 39 years	786	736	93.7	708	90.1	28	3.8	50
40 to 44 years	717	662	92.3	630	87.8	33	4.9	55
45 to 54 years	1,278	1,153	90.2	1,073	83.9	80	6.9	125
45 to 49 years	690	634	91.9	593	86.0	41	6.4	56
50 to 54 years	589	519	88.2	480	81.5	39	7.6	69
55 to 64 years	1,019	774	76.0	702	68.9	72	9.3	245
55 to 59 years	541	443	81.8	406	75.1	36	8.2	98
60 to 64 years	478	332	69.3	296	61.8	36	10.9	147
65 years and over	1,139	291	25.6	262	23.0	29	9.9	847
65 to 69 years	376	159	42.4	142	37.7	18	11.0	217
70 to 74 years	336	81	24.1	74	22.0	7	8.7	255
75 years and over	426	51	11.9	47	10.9	4	8.4	375
Women
16 years and over	8,759	4,863	55.5	4,396	50.2	467	9.6	3,896
16 to 19 years	473	80	16.9	67	14.1	13	16.5	393
16 to 17 years	266	22	8.3	20	7.5	2	-	244
18 to 19 years	207	58	27.9	47	22.6	11	19.1	149
20 to 24 years	672	382	56.8	321	47.7	61	16.0	290
25 to 54 years	4,909	3,458	70.4	3,159	64.3	300	8.7	1,451
25 to 34 years	1,737	1,208	69.6	1,093	63.0	115	9.5	529
25 to 29 years	853	608	71.2	545	63.9	63	10.3	246
30 to 34 years	883	600	68.0	548	62.1	52	8.7	283
35 to 44 years	1,702	1,189	69.9	1,094	64.3	94	7.9	513
35 to 39 years	901	611	67.8	564	62.5	48	7.8	290
40 to 44 years	800	577	72.2	531	66.3	46	8.0	223
45 to 54 years	1,471	1,061	72.2	971	66.0	91	8.5	410
45 to 49 years	792	568	71.6	519	65.6	48	8.5	225
50 to 54 years	679	494	72.8	452	66.5	42	8.6	185
55 to 64 years	1,197	701	58.5	633	52.8	68	9.7	496
55 to 59 years	625	396	63.3	357	57.1	39	9.9	229
60 to 64 years	572	305	53.3	276	48.2	29	9.6	267
65 years and over	1,508	243	16.1	218	14.5	25	10.1	1,265
65 to 69 years	512	150	29.4	133	26.1	17	11.2	361
70 to 74 years	408	59	14.4	55	13.6	4	6.0	349
75 years and over	588	33	5.7	29	5.0	4	-	555
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: January 22, 2021