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

(See other file format and annual average tables or tables for other years.)

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
15. Employed persons in agriculture and nonagricultural industries by age, sex, and class of worker
[In thousands]
Age and sex	2023
	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	2,264	1,531	698	35	158,772	149,692	128,154	673	127,481	21,538	9,030	50
16 to 19 years	101	75	10	16	5,546	5,443	5,197	29	5,168	246	95	9
16 to 17 years	50	35	6	10	2,124	2,086	2,012	14	1,998	74	35	3
18 to 19 years	50	41	4	6	3,423	3,357	3,185	15	3,170	172	60	6
20 to 24 years	162	138	20	4	14,563	14,239	13,053	75	12,978	1,186	318	6
25 to 34 years	370	313	54	2	35,468	34,038	29,697	109	29,588	4,341	1,427	3
35 to 44 years	457	354	100	3	34,943	32,962	27,781	118	27,662	5,181	1,973	8
45 to 54 years	373	280	90	3	31,613	29,525	24,341	135	24,206	5,183	2,078	10
55 to 64 years	405	238	162	6	26,157	24,332	20,263	133	20,129	4,069	1,818	7
65 years and over	397	133	262	1	10,482	9,154	7,822	74	7,748	1,332	1,321	8

Men, 16 years and over	1,601	1,092	495	14	83,899	78,523	69,190	54	69,136	9,333	5,355	20
16 to 19 years	66	52	5	8	2,737	2,673	2,562	2	2,560	110	56	7
16 to 17 years	35	25	4	7	996	973	936	2	934	37	21	3
18 to 19 years	30	28	2	1	1,740	1,700	1,626	0	1,626	74	35	5
20 to 24 years	110	94	13	2	7,331	7,139	6,670	3	6,667	469	190	1
25 to 34 years	255	217	37	0	18,861	18,008	16,054	11	16,042	1,955	852	1
35 to 44 years	335	263	72	1	18,719	17,582	15,279	11	15,268	2,303	1,135	2
45 to 54 years	264	196	68	0	16,729	15,497	13,339	10	13,329	2,158	1,229	2
55 to 64 years	291	174	115	2	13,861	12,782	11,045	11	11,034	1,737	1,076	4
65 years and over	281	95	185	1	5,661	4,842	4,241	6	4,235	600	816	3

Women, 16 years and over	663	439	203	20	74,874	71,169	58,964	619	58,345	12,205	3,675	30
16 to 19 years	35	23	4	8	2,810	2,770	2,634	26	2,608	135	39	1
16 to 17 years	15	10	2	3	1,127	1,113	1,076	11	1,064	37	14	0
18 to 19 years	20	13	2	5	1,682	1,657	1,559	15	1,544	98	25	1
20 to 24 years	52	44	7	1	7,233	7,100	6,384	72	6,311	716	128	5
25 to 34 years	115	96	17	2	16,607	16,030	13,644	98	13,546	2,387	574	2
35 to 44 years	121	91	28	2	16,223	15,379	12,502	108	12,394	2,877	839	6
45 to 54 years	109	84	22	3	14,884	14,027	11,002	125	10,877	3,026	849	8
55 to 64 years	114	64	47	4	12,296	11,551	9,218	123	9,096	2,332	742	3
65 years and over	116	38	78	0	4,821	4,312	3,581	68	3,513	732	504	5
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 26, 2024