Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
15. Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker
[In thousands]
Age and sex	2017
	Agriculture and related industries				Nonagricultural industries
	Total	Wage and salary workers(1)	Self- employed workers, unincor- porated	Unpaid family workers	Total	Wage and salary workers(1)					Self- employed workers, unincor- porated	Unpaid family workers
						Total	Private industries			Govern- ment
						Total	Total	Private household workers	Other private industries	Govern- ment
Total, 16 years and over	2,454	1,640	790	24	150,883	142,096	121,260	657	120,603	20,835	8,736	52
16 to 19 years	92	77	7	8	4,982	4,902	4,663	45	4,618	239	75	5
16 to 17 years	44	36	3	5	1,847	1,808	1,725	23	1,703	83	36	2
18 to 19 years	48	41	4	3	3,136	3,094	2,938	22	2,915	156	39	3
20 to 24 years	176	156	15	5	13,956	13,720	12,558	91	12,467	1,162	233	4
25 to 34 years	422	351	70	2	34,017	32,682	28,562	108	28,455	4,120	1,333	1
35 to 44 years	439	332	106	2	31,452	29,620	24,947	108	24,839	4,673	1,825	8
45 to 54 years	464	335	127	1	32,039	29,958	24,661	140	24,521	5,297	2,063	18
55 to 64 years	463	266	194	2	25,602	23,606	19,452	117	19,335	4,155	1,982	13
65 years and over	399	124	272	4	8,835	7,607	6,417	49	6,369	1,190	1,224	4

Men, 16 years and over	1,843	1,263	568	13	79,559	74,352	65,310	55	65,255	9,043	5,191	15
16 to 19 years	67	58	4	5	2,416	2,367	2,253	5	2,249	114	45	4
16 to 17 years	32	26	2	3	850	824	784	2	781	40	24	2
18 to 19 years	34	32	1	2	1,566	1,543	1,470	2	1,467	73	21	2
20 to 24 years	144	129	12	4	7,136	7,000	6,472	8	6,464	527	135	2
25 to 34 years	327	277	48	1	18,163	17,364	15,473	10	15,463	1,891	799	1
35 to 44 years	322	243	79	0	16,880	15,827	13,777	7	13,770	2,050	1,053	1
45 to 54 years	348	265	83	0	16,777	15,564	13,323	12	13,311	2,241	1,210	3
55 to 64 years	337	201	135	1	13,373	12,195	10,522	10	10,513	1,672	1,174	4
65 years and over	298	90	207	1	4,813	4,037	3,489	4	3,485	548	775	1

Women, 16 years and over	611	378	222	11	71,324	67,743	55,951	602	55,349	11,793	3,544	37
16 to 19 years	25	19	3	3	2,566	2,535	2,410	40	2,370	125	30	1
16 to 17 years	11	9	0	2	997	984	942	20	921	42	12	0
18 to 19 years	14	10	3	1	1,569	1,551	1,468	20	1,448	83	18	1
20 to 24 years	31	27	3	1	6,820	6,720	6,085	83	6,003	635	98	1
25 to 34 years	95	73	22	0	15,853	15,318	13,090	98	12,992	2,228	535	1
35 to 44 years	118	89	27	1	14,572	13,793	11,170	101	11,068	2,624	771	7
45 to 54 years	115	69	44	1	15,262	14,395	11,338	128	11,210	3,056	853	15
55 to 64 years	125	66	59	1	12,229	11,412	8,929	107	8,822	2,482	808	9
65 years and over	102	33	65	4	4,022	3,571	2,928	44	2,884	643	448	3
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 19, 2018

US Department of Labor

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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