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Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by educational attainment and age

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
7b. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by educational attainment and age[Numbers in thousands]
Age and educational attainment	2025
	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	Total	Percent of labor force
16 to 24 years old	39,766	22,105	55.6	19,898	50.0	2,206	10.0	17,661
Less than a high school diploma	12,685	3,821	30.1	3,253	25.6	568	14.9	8,864
High school graduates, no college(1)	11,796	8,075	68.5	7,175	60.8	900	11.1	3,721
Some college or associate degree	10,907	6,710	61.5	6,215	57.0	495	7.4	4,197
Some college, no degree	8,919	5,234	58.7	4,828	54.1	406	7.8	3,684
Associate degree	1,988	1,476	74.2	1,388	69.8	88	6.0	512
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	4,379	3,499	79.9	3,255	74.3	244	7.0	880
Bachelor's degree only	3,960	3,187	80.5	2,963	74.8	224	7.0	774
Advanced degree	419	312	74.6	292	69.7	20	6.5	106
25 to 54 years old	131,082	109,534	83.6	105,616	80.6	3,919	3.6	21,547
Less than a high school diploma	9,250	6,364	68.8	5,946	64.3	418	6.6	2,886
High school graduates, no college(1)	33,830	26,351	77.9	25,101	74.2	1,250	4.7	7,479
Some college or associate degree	31,227	26,116	83.6	25,178	80.6	938	3.6	5,111
Some college, no degree	17,362	14,190	81.7	13,621	78.5	569	4.0	3,172
Associate degree	13,865	11,926	86.0	11,557	83.4	369	3.1	1,939
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	56,775	50,704	89.3	49,390	87.0	1,313	2.6	6,071
Bachelor's degree only	35,423	31,196	88.1	30,338	85.6	857	2.7	4,227
Advanced degree	21,352	19,508	91.4	19,052	89.2	456	2.3	1,844
55 to 64 years old	41,137	27,402	66.6	26,605	64.7	797	2.9	13,735
Less than a high school diploma	3,689	1,897	51.4	1,808	49.0	90	4.7	1,792
High school graduates, no college(1)	11,843	7,257	61.3	7,037	59.4	220	3.0	4,586
Some college or associate degree	10,684	7,073	66.2	6,890	64.5	183	2.6	3,611
Some college, no degree	5,738	3,732	65.1	3,625	63.2	107	2.9	2,005
Associate degree	4,946	3,341	67.5	3,265	66.0	76	2.3	1,605
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	14,920	11,174	74.9	10,870	72.9	304	2.7	3,746
Bachelor's degree only	9,349	6,859	73.4	6,669	71.3	190	2.8	2,490
Advanced degree	5,571	4,315	77.5	4,201	75.4	114	2.6	1,256
65 years and older	61,668	11,766	19.1	11,374	18.4	392	3.3	49,902
Less than a high school diploma	6,069	740	12.2	701	11.5	39	5.3	5,329
High school graduates, no college(1)	18,518	2,899	15.7	2,815	15.2	84	2.9	15,619
Some college or associate degree	15,936	3,080	19.3	2,960	18.6	120	3.9	12,857
Some college, no degree	9,289	1,761	19.0	1,688	18.2	73	4.2	7,528
Associate degree	6,647	1,318	19.8	1,272	19.1	46	3.5	5,329
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	21,144	5,047	23.9	4,898	23.2	149	2.9	16,097
Bachelor's degree only	12,134	2,724	22.4	2,641	21.8	83	3.1	9,411
Advanced degree	9,010	2,323	25.8	2,258	25.1	66	2.8	6,687
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

Last Modified Date: February 20, 2026