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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	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	Total	Private household workers	Other private industries	Govern- ment
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