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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
15. Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker
[In thousands]
Age and sex 2024
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 Private
household
workers
Other
private
industries

Total, 16 years and over

2,254 1,564 661 29 159,091 149,788 128,059 649 127,411 21,729 9,259 44

16 to 19 years

97 75 6 15 5,565 5,447 5,157 24 5,133 290 111 7

16 to 17 years

45 32 4 10 2,056 2,013 1,915 10 1,905 97 39 4

18 to 19 years

51 43 3 5 3,508 3,434 3,242 14 3,227 192 71 3

20 to 24 years

163 143 15 5 14,009 13,675 12,428 71 12,357 1,247 333 1

25 to 34 years

398 340 56 2 35,198 33,851 29,499 125 29,374 4,352 1,344 3

35 to 44 years

424 337 86 1 35,773 33,634 28,524 127 28,397 5,111 2,133 6

45 to 54 years

396 300 97 0 31,643 29,524 24,311 118 24,193 5,212 2,108 11

55 to 64 years

373 226 144 3 26,033 24,155 20,094 122 19,972 4,061 1,870 8

65 years and over

404 143 258 3 10,872 9,503 8,046 61 7,985 1,457 1,361 8

Men, 16 years and over

1,598 1,098 481 19 83,715 78,259 68,890 58 68,832 9,369 5,441 15

16 to 19 years

64 50 4 9 2,735 2,658 2,523 3 2,520 135 71 6

16 to 17 years

28 20 2 6 970 940 889 2 887 51 25 4

18 to 19 years

36 31 2 3 1,765 1,717 1,633 1 1,633 84 46 2

20 to 24 years

115 100 10 5 7,089 6,894 6,368 10 6,358 526 194 1

25 to 34 years

280 234 44 2 18,623 17,858 15,939 13 15,927 1,919 764 1

35 to 44 years

298 236 62 0 19,017 17,787 15,544 9 15,535 2,243 1,228 2

45 to 54 years

274 204 69 0 16,647 15,419 13,289 10 13,280 2,129 1,228 1

55 to 64 years

270 168 100 1 13,742 12,632 10,886 7 10,880 1,746 1,109 1

65 years and over

298 105 191 2 5,862 5,011 4,340 6 4,334 671 849 2

Women, 16 years and over

656 465 181 10 75,377 71,530 59,170 591 58,579 12,360 3,817 30

16 to 19 years

33 25 2 6 2,830 2,789 2,634 21 2,613 155 40 1

16 to 17 years

18 13 1 4 1,087 1,073 1,026 8 1,018 47 14 0

18 to 19 years

15 13 0 2 1,743 1,717 1,608 14 1,594 108 26 1

20 to 24 years

48 43 5 1 6,920 6,781 6,060 61 5,999 721 139 0

25 to 34 years

118 106 12 0 16,575 15,993 13,560 112 13,447 2,433 580 2

35 to 44 years

126 101 24 1 16,756 15,847 12,980 117 12,862 2,867 905 4

45 to 54 years

123 95 27 0 14,995 14,105 11,022 109 10,913 3,083 880 10

55 to 64 years

103 58 44 1 12,291 11,523 9,208 115 9,093 2,315 761 7

65 years and over

106 38 67 1 5,010 4,492 3,707 55 3,651 785 512 6

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 29, 2025