Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2008

(Numbers in thousands)

Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages
Employment status, sex, and age	Total	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, both sexes
Civilian noninstitutional population	233,788	189,540	27,843	10,751	32,141
Civilian labor force	154,287	125,635	17,740	7,202	22,024
Percent of population	66.0	66.3	63.7	67.0	68.5
Employed	145,362	119,126	15,953	6,917	20,346
Percent of population	62.2	62.8	57.3	64.3	63.3
Unemployed	8,924	6,509	1,788	285	1,678
Unemployment rate	5.8	5.2	10.1	4.0	7.6
Not in labor force	79,501	63,905	10,103	3,549	10,116
Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	113,113	92,725	12,516	5,112	16,524
Civilian labor force	82,520	68,351	8,347	3,852	13,255
Percent of population	73.0	73.7	66.7	75.3	80.2
Employed	77,486	64,624	7,398	3,692	12,248
Percent of population	68.5	69.7	59.1	72.2	74.1
Unemployed	5,033	3,727	949	160	1,007
Unemployment rate	6.1	5.5	11.4	4.1	7.6
Not in labor force	30,593	24,374	4,169	1,260	3,270
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	104,453	86,056	11,194	4,787	14,971
Civilian labor force	79,047	65,483	7,962	3,767	12,629
Percent of population	75.7	76.1	71.1	78.7	84.4
Employed	74,750	62,304	7,151	3,621	11,769
Percent of population	71.6	72.4	63.9	75.6	78.6
Unemployed	4,297	3,179	811	146	860
Unemployment rate	5.4	4.9	10.2	3.9	6.8
Not in labor force	25,406	20,573	3,232	1,021	2,342
Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	120,675	96,814	15,328	5,639	15,616
Civilian labor force	71,767	57,284	9,393	3,350	8,769
Percent of population	59.5	59.2	61.3	59.4	56.2
Employed	67,876	54,501	8,554	3,225	8,098
Percent of population	56.2	56.3	55.8	57.2	51.9
Unemployed	3,891	2,782	839	125	672
Unemployment rate	5.4	4.9	8.9	3.7	7.7
Not in labor force	48,908	39,531	5,934	2,289	6,847
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	112,260	90,400	13,974	5,333	14,127
Civilian labor force	68,382	54,508	8,991	3,278	8,274
Percent of population	60.9	60.3	64.3	61.5	58.6
Employed	65,039	52,124	8,260	3,162	7,707
Percent of population	57.9	57.7	59.1	59.3	54.6
Unemployed	3,342	2,384	732	116	567
Unemployment rate	4.9	4.4	8.1	3.5	6.9
Not in labor force	43,878	35,892	4,982	2,055	5,853
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,075	13,084	2,676	630	3,042
Civilian labor force	6,858	5,644	787	157	1,121
Percent of population	40.2	43.1	29.4	24.9	36.9
Employed	5,573	4,697	541	134	870
Percent of population	32.6	35.9	20.2	21.3	28.6
Unemployed	1,285	947	246	23	251
Unemployment rate	18.7	16.8	31.2	14.6	22.4
Not in labor force	10,218	7,440	1,889	473	1,921
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: December 17, 2009