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	2017
	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	255,079	160,320	62.9	153,337	60.1	6,982	4.4	94,759
16 to 19 years	16,754	5,901	35.2	5,074	30.3	827	14.0	10,853
16 to 17 years	9,073	2,237	24.7	1,890	20.8	347	15.5	6,836
18 to 19 years	7,681	3,664	47.7	3,184	41.4	480	13.1	4,017
20 to 24 years	21,396	15,259	71.3	14,132	66.0	1,127	7.4	6,137
25 to 54 years	125,697	102,683	81.7	98,833	78.6	3,850	3.7	23,014
25 to 34 years	43,958	36,086	82.1	34,439	78.3	1,647	4.6	7,873
25 to 29 years	22,627	18,536	81.9	17,621	77.9	914	4.9	4,092
30 to 34 years	21,331	17,550	82.3	16,817	78.8	733	4.2	3,781
35 to 44 years	39,952	33,034	82.7	31,892	79.8	1,143	3.5	6,917
35 to 39 years	20,713	17,080	82.5	16,477	79.5	604	3.5	3,633
40 to 44 years	19,239	15,954	82.9	15,415	80.1	539	3.4	3,285
45 to 54 years	41,787	33,563	80.3	32,503	77.8	1,060	3.2	8,224
45 to 49 years	20,620	16,891	81.9	16,365	79.4	526	3.1	3,729
50 to 54 years	21,167	16,672	78.8	16,138	76.2	534	3.2	4,495
55 to 64 years	41,691	26,899	64.5	26,064	62.5	835	3.1	14,792
55 to 59 years	21,722	15,625	71.9	15,134	69.7	490	3.1	6,098
60 to 64 years	19,969	11,274	56.5	10,930	54.7	344	3.1	8,694
65 years and over	49,542	9,577	19.3	9,234	18.6	343	3.6	39,964
65 to 69 years	16,734	5,408	32.3	5,219	31.2	189	3.5	11,326
70 to 74 years	12,655	2,487	19.7	2,388	18.9	99	4.0	10,168
75 years and over	20,153	1,682	8.3	1,627	8.1	55	3.3	18,470
Men
16 years and over	123,275	85,145	69.1	81,402	66.0	3,743	4.4	38,130
16 to 19 years	8,493	2,939	34.6	2,483	29.2	457	15.5	5,553
16 to 17 years	4,587	1,057	23.0	882	19.2	175	16.5	3,530
18 to 19 years	3,906	1,882	48.2	1,601	41.0	282	15.0	2,023
20 to 24 years	10,726	7,948	74.1	7,281	67.9	667	8.4	2,778
25 to 54 years	61,851	54,813	88.6	52,817	85.4	1,996	3.6	7,038
25 to 34 years	21,819	19,374	88.8	18,490	84.7	884	4.6	2,446
25 to 29 years	11,268	9,855	87.5	9,353	83.0	502	5.1	1,413
30 to 34 years	10,551	9,519	90.2	9,136	86.6	382	4.0	1,032
35 to 44 years	19,597	17,777	90.7	17,202	87.8	575	3.2	1,820
35 to 39 years	10,184	9,257	90.9	8,953	87.9	304	3.3	927
40 to 44 years	9,413	8,520	90.5	8,248	87.6	271	3.2	893
45 to 54 years	20,435	17,662	86.4	17,125	83.8	537	3.0	2,772
45 to 49 years	10,102	8,919	88.3	8,665	85.8	254	2.8	1,183
50 to 54 years	10,333	8,744	84.6	8,461	81.9	283	3.2	1,589
55 to 64 years	20,054	14,156	70.6	13,710	68.4	445	3.1	5,898
55 to 59 years	10,510	8,201	78.0	7,948	75.6	254	3.1	2,308
60 to 64 years	9,544	5,954	62.4	5,763	60.4	191	3.2	3,590
65 years and over	22,151	5,289	23.9	5,111	23.1	179	3.4	16,862
65 to 69 years	7,860	2,930	37.3	2,827	36.0	102	3.5	4,930
70 to 74 years	5,844	1,384	23.7	1,335	22.8	49	3.6	4,460
75 years and over	8,447	975	11.5	948	11.2	27	2.8	7,472
Women
16 years and over	131,804	75,175	57.0	71,936	54.6	3,239	4.3	56,629
16 to 19 years	8,261	2,962	35.9	2,591	31.4	371	12.5	5,299
16 to 17 years	4,486	1,180	26.3	1,008	22.5	172	14.6	3,306
18 to 19 years	3,775	1,782	47.2	1,583	41.9	199	11.1	1,994
20 to 24 years	10,669	7,311	68.5	6,851	64.2	460	6.3	3,358
25 to 54 years	63,846	47,870	75.0	46,016	72.1	1,854	3.9	15,975
25 to 34 years	22,139	16,712	75.5	15,949	72.0	763	4.6	5,427
25 to 29 years	11,359	8,681	76.4	8,268	72.8	413	4.8	2,678
30 to 34 years	10,780	8,031	74.5	7,681	71.2	351	4.4	2,749
35 to 44 years	20,354	15,257	75.0	14,690	72.2	568	3.7	5,097
35 to 39 years	10,529	7,823	74.3	7,523	71.5	300	3.8	2,706
40 to 44 years	9,826	7,434	75.7	7,167	72.9	268	3.6	2,391
45 to 54 years	21,352	15,901	74.5	15,377	72.0	523	3.3	5,451
45 to 49 years	10,518	7,972	75.8	7,700	73.2	273	3.4	2,546
50 to 54 years	10,834	7,929	73.2	7,678	70.9	251	3.2	2,906
55 to 64 years	21,637	12,743	58.9	12,354	57.1	389	3.1	8,894
55 to 59 years	11,212	7,423	66.2	7,187	64.1	237	3.2	3,789
60 to 64 years	10,425	5,320	51.0	5,167	49.6	153	2.9	5,104
65 years and over	27,390	4,288	15.7	4,124	15.1	164	3.8	23,102
65 to 69 years	8,874	2,478	27.9	2,392	27.0	86	3.5	6,395
70 to 74 years	6,811	1,102	16.2	1,053	15.5	50	4.5	5,708
75 years and over	11,705	707	6.0	679	5.8	28	4.0	10,998

WHITE
16 years and over	198,942	124,941	62.8	120,176	60.4	4,765	3.8	74,001
16 to 19 years	12,339	4,542	36.8	3,989	32.3	554	12.2	7,797
16 to 17 years	6,687	1,766	26.4	1,520	22.7	247	14.0	4,921
18 to 19 years	5,652	2,776	49.1	2,469	43.7	307	11.1	2,876
20 to 24 years	15,701	11,481	73.1	10,738	68.4	743	6.5	4,220
25 to 54 years	95,391	78,569	82.4	76,006	79.7	2,564	3.3	16,821
25 to 34 years	32,541	27,040	83.1	26,001	79.9	1,039	3.8	5,502
25 to 29 years	16,568	13,781	83.2	13,230	79.9	551	4.0	2,786
30 to 34 years	15,974	13,258	83.0	12,771	79.9	488	3.7	2,715
35 to 44 years	30,182	25,056	83.0	24,289	80.5	766	3.1	5,126
35 to 39 years	15,609	12,919	82.8	12,511	80.2	408	3.2	2,690
40 to 44 years	14,573	12,137	83.3	11,778	80.8	359	3.0	2,436
45 to 54 years	32,668	26,474	81.0	25,716	78.7	759	2.9	6,193
45 to 49 years	15,976	13,152	82.3	12,790	80.1	362	2.8	2,824
50 to 54 years	16,692	13,322	79.8	12,925	77.4	397	3.0	3,370
55 to 64 years	33,709	22,209	65.9	21,581	64.0	628	2.8	11,500
55 to 59 years	17,553	12,908	73.5	12,543	71.5	365	2.8	4,645
60 to 64 years	16,155	9,301	57.6	9,038	55.9	263	2.8	6,854
65 years and over	41,803	8,139	19.5	7,863	18.8	277	3.4	33,663
65 to 69 years	13,826	4,516	32.7	4,371	31.6	145	3.2	9,309
70 to 74 years	10,723	2,167	20.2	2,081	19.4	86	4.0	8,557
75 years and over	17,253	1,456	8.4	1,411	8.2	45	3.1	15,797
Men
16 years and over	97,225	67,592	69.5	65,000	66.9	2,592	3.8	29,633
16 to 19 years	6,284	2,296	36.5	1,991	31.7	304	13.3	3,988
16 to 17 years	3,398	855	25.2	727	21.4	128	14.9	2,543
18 to 19 years	2,886	1,441	49.9	1,264	43.8	177	12.3	1,445
20 to 24 years	7,925	6,062	76.5	5,613	70.8	449	7.4	1,863
25 to 54 years	47,681	42,793	89.7	41,430	86.9	1,363	3.2	4,889
25 to 34 years	16,374	14,765	90.2	14,190	86.7	575	3.9	1,609
25 to 29 years	8,343	7,422	89.0	7,107	85.2	316	4.3	921
30 to 34 years	8,030	7,343	91.4	7,083	88.2	260	3.5	688
35 to 44 years	15,088	13,818	91.6	13,422	89.0	396	2.9	1,270
35 to 39 years	7,822	7,177	91.8	6,966	89.1	211	2.9	645
40 to 44 years	7,266	6,641	91.4	6,456	88.9	185	2.8	625
45 to 54 years	16,220	14,210	87.6	13,819	85.2	391	2.8	2,010
45 to 49 years	7,958	7,101	89.2	6,921	87.0	180	2.5	856
50 to 54 years	8,262	7,109	86.0	6,897	83.5	212	3.0	1,153
55 to 64 years	16,413	11,863	72.3	11,531	70.3	331	2.8	4,550
55 to 59 years	8,607	6,879	79.9	6,693	77.8	186	2.7	1,728
60 to 64 years	7,807	4,984	63.8	4,838	62.0	146	2.9	2,823
65 years and over	18,922	4,579	24.2	4,434	23.4	144	3.2	14,343
65 to 69 years	6,592	2,496	37.9	2,419	36.7	77	3.1	4,096
70 to 74 years	5,027	1,218	24.2	1,175	23.4	43	3.5	3,809
75 years and over	7,303	864	11.8	841	11.5	24	2.8	6,439
Women
16 years and over	101,717	57,349	56.4	55,176	54.2	2,173	3.8	44,368
16 to 19 years	6,055	2,247	37.1	1,997	33.0	249	11.1	3,809
16 to 17 years	3,289	911	27.7	792	24.1	119	13.1	2,377
18 to 19 years	2,767	1,335	48.3	1,205	43.5	130	9.8	1,431
20 to 24 years	7,776	5,419	69.7	5,126	65.9	293	5.4	2,356
25 to 54 years	47,709	35,777	75.0	34,576	72.5	1,201	3.4	11,933
25 to 34 years	16,168	12,275	75.9	11,811	73.1	464	3.8	3,893
25 to 29 years	8,224	6,359	77.3	6,124	74.5	235	3.7	1,865
30 to 34 years	7,943	5,916	74.5	5,687	71.6	228	3.9	2,028
35 to 44 years	15,094	11,238	74.5	10,867	72.0	370	3.3	3,856
35 to 39 years	7,787	5,742	73.7	5,546	71.2	197	3.4	2,045
40 to 44 years	7,307	5,496	75.2	5,322	72.8	174	3.2	1,811
45 to 54 years	16,448	12,264	74.6	11,897	72.3	367	3.0	4,184
45 to 49 years	8,018	6,051	75.5	5,869	73.2	182	3.0	1,967
50 to 54 years	8,430	6,213	73.7	6,028	71.5	185	3.0	2,216
55 to 64 years	17,296	10,346	59.8	10,050	58.1	297	2.9	6,949
55 to 59 years	8,947	6,029	67.4	5,850	65.4	179	3.0	2,918
60 to 64 years	8,349	4,317	51.7	4,200	50.3	117	2.7	4,031
65 years and over	22,881	3,560	15.6	3,428	15.0	132	3.7	19,321
65 to 69 years	7,234	2,020	27.9	1,952	27.0	68	3.4	5,214
70 to 74 years	5,697	948	16.6	906	15.9	43	4.5	4,748
75 years and over	9,950	592	5.9	570	5.7	22	3.7	9,359

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
16 years and over	32,247	20,088	62.3	18,587	57.6	1,501	7.5	12,159
16 to 19 years	2,511	754	30.0	573	22.8	181	24.0	1,758
16 to 17 years	1,352	250	18.5	189	14.0	61	24.5	1,102
18 to 19 years	1,159	504	43.5	384	33.1	120	23.8	655
20 to 24 years	3,239	2,241	69.2	1,984	61.3	258	11.5	997
25 to 54 years	16,953	13,530	79.8	12,639	74.6	891	6.6	3,423
25 to 34 years	6,308	5,094	80.8	4,667	74.0	428	8.4	1,213
25 to 29 years	3,425	2,752	80.3	2,497	72.9	255	9.3	673
30 to 34 years	2,883	2,343	81.3	2,170	75.3	173	7.4	540
35 to 44 years	5,311	4,368	82.3	4,115	77.5	253	5.8	942
35 to 39 years	2,783	2,288	82.2	2,155	77.4	134	5.8	495
40 to 44 years	2,528	2,080	82.3	1,960	77.5	120	5.8	448
45 to 54 years	5,335	4,068	76.2	3,858	72.3	210	5.2	1,267
45 to 49 years	2,639	2,102	79.6	1,988	75.3	113	5.4	538
50 to 54 years	2,696	1,966	72.9	1,870	69.4	97	4.9	730
55 to 64 years	4,934	2,741	55.6	2,606	52.8	135	4.9	2,193
55 to 59 years	2,562	1,594	62.2	1,508	58.8	86	5.4	969
60 to 64 years	2,371	1,147	48.4	1,098	46.3	49	4.3	1,224
65 years and over	4,610	822	17.8	786	17.0	36	4.4	3,789
65 to 69 years	1,740	503	28.9	481	27.7	22	4.3	1,237
70 to 74 years	1,152	190	16.5	181	15.7	9	4.6	962
75 years and over	1,718	129	7.5	123	7.2	5	4.2	1,589
Men
16 years and over	14,712	9,508	64.6	8,742	59.4	766	8.1	5,204
16 to 19 years	1,249	345	27.6	241	19.3	104	30.0	903
16 to 17 years	673	103	15.4	74	11.0	29	28.5	569
18 to 19 years	576	242	42.0	168	29.1	74	30.7	334
20 to 24 years	1,571	1,091	69.4	946	60.2	144	13.2	481
25 to 54 years	7,795	6,388	81.9	5,958	76.4	430	6.7	1,407
25 to 34 years	2,963	2,460	83.0	2,249	75.9	211	8.6	503
25 to 29 years	1,636	1,351	82.6	1,224	74.8	126	9.4	285
30 to 34 years	1,327	1,110	83.6	1,025	77.2	85	7.6	218
35 to 44 years	2,401	2,041	85.0	1,920	80.0	121	5.9	360
35 to 39 years	1,265	1,077	85.1	1,011	79.9	66	6.1	188
40 to 44 years	1,137	964	84.8	909	80.0	55	5.7	172
45 to 54 years	2,430	1,887	77.6	1,789	73.6	98	5.2	544
45 to 49 years	1,197	966	80.7	917	76.6	49	5.0	231
50 to 54 years	1,233	921	74.7	871	70.7	49	5.4	312
55 to 64 years	2,234	1,304	58.4	1,231	55.1	73	5.6	930
55 to 59 years	1,151	747	64.9	703	61.1	44	5.9	403
60 to 64 years	1,083	557	51.4	528	48.8	29	5.1	526
65 years and over	1,864	380	20.4	365	19.6	15	4.0	1,483
65 to 69 years	736	225	30.5	215	29.2	10	4.5	511
70 to 74 years	480	95	19.9	92	19.2	3	3.2	385
75 years and over	647	60	9.3	58	9.0	2	3.3	587
Women
16 years and over	17,535	10,580	60.3	9,845	56.1	735	6.9	6,955
16 to 19 years	1,263	409	32.4	331	26.2	77	18.9	854
16 to 17 years	679	146	21.6	115	16.9	32	21.7	533
18 to 19 years	584	262	44.9	216	37.1	46	17.4	321
20 to 24 years	1,667	1,151	69.0	1,038	62.2	113	9.8	516
25 to 54 years	9,159	7,143	78.0	6,682	73.0	461	6.5	2,016
25 to 34 years	3,344	2,634	78.8	2,418	72.3	216	8.2	710
25 to 29 years	1,789	1,401	78.3	1,272	71.1	129	9.2	388
30 to 34 years	1,555	1,233	79.3	1,145	73.6	88	7.1	322
35 to 44 years	2,909	2,327	80.0	2,194	75.4	133	5.7	582
35 to 39 years	1,518	1,212	79.8	1,144	75.3	68	5.6	307
40 to 44 years	1,391	1,116	80.2	1,051	75.5	65	5.8	276
45 to 54 years	2,905	2,181	75.1	2,069	71.2	112	5.1	723
45 to 49 years	1,442	1,136	78.8	1,071	74.3	65	5.7	306
50 to 54 years	1,463	1,045	71.5	998	68.3	47	4.5	417
55 to 64 years	2,700	1,437	53.2	1,375	50.9	62	4.3	1,263
55 to 59 years	1,412	847	60.0	805	57.0	42	4.9	565
60 to 64 years	1,288	590	45.8	570	44.2	21	3.5	698
65 years and over	2,747	441	16.1	421	15.3	21	4.7	2,305
65 to 69 years	1,004	278	27.7	267	26.6	12	4.2	726
70 to 74 years	672	94	14.1	89	13.2	6	6.1	577
75 years and over	1,071	68	6.4	65	6.1	3	4.9	1,002

ASIAN
16 years and over	15,368	9,781	63.6	9,448	61.5	333	3.4	5,587
16 to 19 years	878	207	23.5	183	20.8	24	11.5	672
16 to 17 years	480	70	14.6	64	13.4	6	8.7	409
18 to 19 years	399	136	34.2	119	29.8	18	13.0	262
20 to 24 years	1,359	727	53.5	675	49.6	52	7.2	632
25 to 54 years	8,816	7,005	79.5	6,819	77.3	187	2.7	1,811
25 to 34 years	3,235	2,437	75.3	2,362	73.0	74	3.1	799
25 to 29 years	1,612	1,175	72.9	1,136	70.4	39	3.3	437
30 to 34 years	1,623	1,262	77.7	1,227	75.6	35	2.8	361
35 to 44 years	2,981	2,427	81.4	2,364	79.3	62	2.6	554
35 to 39 years	1,540	1,244	80.8	1,214	78.8	30	2.4	296
40 to 44 years	1,441	1,183	82.1	1,150	79.8	33	2.8	258
45 to 54 years	2,600	2,142	82.4	2,092	80.5	50	2.3	458
45 to 49 years	1,376	1,154	83.8	1,126	81.8	28	2.4	223
50 to 54 years	1,224	988	80.7	966	78.9	22	2.2	236
55 to 64 years	2,050	1,401	68.3	1,350	65.9	51	3.6	649
55 to 59 years	1,100	818	74.4	790	71.8	28	3.4	282
60 to 64 years	950	583	61.3	560	59.0	23	3.9	367
65 years and over	2,265	441	19.5	422	18.6	20	4.4	1,824
65 to 69 years	826	277	33.6	262	31.7	16	5.7	548
70 to 74 years	545	94	17.3	94	17.2	1	0.6	450
75 years and over	894	69	7.8	66	7.4	3	4.4	825
Men
16 years and over	7,181	5,166	71.9	4,989	69.5	177	3.4	2,015
16 to 19 years	434	105	24.2	93	21.3	13	12.1	329
16 to 17 years	236	36	15.5	33	13.9	4	10.1	199
18 to 19 years	199	69	34.6	60	30.1	9	13.1	130
20 to 24 years	678	364	53.7	333	49.1	31	8.6	314
25 to 54 years	4,166	3,748	90.0	3,654	87.7	93	2.5	419
25 to 34 years	1,565	1,347	86.1	1,312	83.8	35	2.6	217
25 to 29 years	793	651	82.1	631	79.6	20	3.0	142
30 to 34 years	772	696	90.2	681	88.2	16	2.2	75
35 to 44 years	1,388	1,291	93.0	1,260	90.8	31	2.4	97
35 to 39 years	720	674	93.6	660	91.7	14	2.1	46
40 to 44 years	668	617	92.4	601	89.9	17	2.7	51
45 to 54 years	1,213	1,109	91.4	1,082	89.2	27	2.4	104
45 to 49 years	661	610	92.3	594	89.9	16	2.6	51
50 to 54 years	552	499	90.3	487	88.3	11	2.3	53
55 to 64 years	931	710	76.3	683	73.4	27	3.8	221
55 to 59 years	507	414	81.8	398	78.6	16	3.9	92
60 to 64 years	424	296	69.7	285	67.2	11	3.7	128
65 years and over	971	239	24.6	226	23.3	13	5.3	733
65 to 69 years	373	154	41.4	143	38.4	11	7.3	218
70 to 74 years	223	51	22.7	50	22.4	1	1.1	173
75 years and over	376	34	9.1	33	8.9	1	-	342
Women
16 years and over	8,187	4,615	56.4	4,458	54.5	156	3.4	3,572
16 to 19 years	444	101	22.9	90	20.3	11	11.0	342
16 to 17 years	244	34	13.9	31	12.9	2	-	210
18 to 19 years	200	68	33.8	59	29.5	9	12.9	132
20 to 24 years	681	363	53.3	341	50.2	21	5.8	318
25 to 54 years	4,650	3,258	70.1	3,164	68.1	93	2.9	1,392
25 to 34 years	1,671	1,089	65.2	1,050	62.9	39	3.6	581
25 to 29 years	819	524	64.0	504	61.6	20	3.8	295
30 to 34 years	852	566	66.4	546	64.1	20	3.5	286
35 to 44 years	1,592	1,135	71.3	1,104	69.3	31	2.8	457
35 to 39 years	820	570	69.5	554	67.6	16	2.7	250
40 to 44 years	772	566	73.2	550	71.2	16	2.8	207
45 to 54 years	1,387	1,033	74.5	1,010	72.8	23	2.2	354
45 to 49 years	715	543	76.0	531	74.3	12	2.2	172
50 to 54 years	672	489	72.8	479	71.3	11	2.2	182
55 to 64 years	1,119	690	61.7	667	59.6	24	3.4	428
55 to 59 years	593	404	68.0	392	66.0	12	2.9	190
60 to 64 years	526	287	54.6	275	52.3	12	4.1	239
65 years and over	1,293	202	15.6	195	15.1	7	3.4	1,091
65 to 69 years	453	123	27.2	119	26.1	5	3.7	330
70 to 74 years	322	44	13.6	44	13.6	0	0.0	278
75 years and over	518	35	6.8	33	6.4	2	6.4	483
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 19, 2018

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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