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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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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
2024
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

19,295 63,705 56,987 32,179 24,808 89,612 55,131 34,481

Civilian labor force

9,153 36,257 35,839 19,489 16,350 65,080 39,897 25,183

Participation rate

47.4 56.9 62.9 60.6 65.9 72.6 72.4 73.0

Employed

8,589 34,725 34,627 18,740 15,887 63,571 38,885 24,686

Employment-population ratio

44.5 54.5 60.8 58.2 64.0 70.9 70.5 71.6

Unemployed

563 1,532 1,212 749 463 1,509 1,012 497

Unemployment rate

6.2 4.2 3.4 3.8 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.0

Men

Civilian noninstitutional population

9,945 32,796 26,728 15,614 11,113 41,818 26,014 15,804

Civilian labor force

5,954 21,627 18,463 10,469 7,993 31,852 20,033 11,819

Participation rate

59.9 65.9 69.1 67.1 71.9 76.2 77.0 74.8

Employed

5,623 20,723 17,844 10,080 7,764 31,120 19,522 11,598

Employment-population ratio

56.5 63.2 66.8 64.6 69.9 74.4 75.0 73.4

Unemployed

332 903 619 390 229 732 511 221

Unemployment rate

5.6 4.2 3.4 3.7 2.9 2.3 2.6 1.9

Women

Civilian noninstitutional population

9,350 30,909 30,260 16,565 13,694 47,793 29,117 18,676

Civilian labor force

3,198 14,630 17,377 9,020 8,357 33,228 19,864 13,364

Participation rate

34.2 47.3 57.4 54.5 61.0 69.5 68.2 71.6

Employed

2,966 14,002 16,783 8,660 8,123 32,451 19,363 13,088

Employment-population ratio

31.7 45.3 55.5 52.3 59.3 67.9 66.5 70.1

Unemployed

232 628 593 360 234 777 501 276

Unemployment rate

7.2 4.3 3.4 4.0 2.8 2.3 2.5 2.1

White

Civilian noninstitutional population

14,654 49,060 44,276 24,689 19,587 68,806 42,848 25,957

Civilian labor force

7,231 27,620 27,187 14,515 12,673 49,065 30,614 18,451

Participation rate

49.3 56.3 61.4 58.8 64.7 71.3 71.4 71.1

Employed

6,818 26,604 26,359 14,014 12,345 48,014 29,895 18,119

Employment-population ratio

46.5 54.2 59.5 56.8 63.0 69.8 69.8 69.8

Unemployed

414 1,017 828 500 328 1,051 719 332

Unemployment rate

5.7 3.7 3.0 3.4 2.6 2.1 2.3 1.8

Black or African American

Civilian noninstitutional population

2,596 9,526 8,295 5,055 3,240 8,878 5,538 3,340

Civilian labor force

1,015 5,584 5,734 3,415 2,319 6,884 4,315 2,569

Participation rate

39.1 58.6 69.1 67.5 71.6 77.5 77.9 76.9

Employed

919 5,212 5,465 3,231 2,234 6,676 4,171 2,505

Employment-population ratio

35.4 54.7 65.9 63.9 68.9 75.2 75.3 75.0

Unemployed

96 372 269 184 86 208 144 64

Unemployment rate

9.5 6.7 4.7 5.4 3.7 3.0 3.3 2.5

Asian

Civilian noninstitutional population

1,150 2,724 2,115 1,092 1,023 9,580 5,215 4,365

Civilian labor force

457 1,532 1,374 672 702 7,270 3,758 3,512

Participation rate

39.7 56.2 65.0 61.5 68.6 75.9 72.1 80.5

Employed

441 1,490 1,323 644 679 7,072 3,645 3,427

Employment-population ratio

38.3 54.7 62.6 59.0 66.4 73.8 69.9 78.5

Unemployed

16 42 51 28 23 198 113 84

Unemployment rate

3.5 2.7 3.7 4.1 3.3 2.7 3.0 2.4

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Civilian noninstitutional population

9,388 12,766 8,098 4,719 3,379 8,836 6,129 2,706

Civilian labor force

5,514 8,883 6,040 3,466 2,574 7,028 4,864 2,164

Participation rate

58.7 69.6 74.6 73.5 76.2 79.5 79.4 80.0

Employed

5,194 8,502 5,812 3,331 2,481 6,828 4,709 2,119

Employment-population ratio

55.3 66.6 71.8 70.6 73.4 77.3 76.8 78.3

Unemployed

320 381 228 136 92 200 156 44

Unemployment rate

5.8 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.6 2.8 3.2 2.0

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: January 29, 2025