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

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Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age and sex, 2008 annual averages
Age	Civilian noninstitutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of labor force
Total, both sexes
16 years and over	233,788	154,287	66.0	145,362	62.2	8,924	5.8	79,501
16 to 19 years	17,075	6,858	40.2	5,573	32.6	1,285	18.7	10,218
16 to 17 years	9,133	2,552	27.9	1,989	21.8	563	22.1	6,581
18 to 19 years	7,942	4,306	54.2	3,584	45.1	722	16.8	3,637
20 to 24 years	20,409	15,174	74.4	13,629	66.8	1,545	10.2	5,234
25 to 54 years	125,652	104,396	83.1	99,369	79.1	5,027	4.8	21,255
25 to 34 years	39,993	33,332	83.3	31,383	78.5	1,949	5.8	6,661
25 to 29 years	20,815	17,293	83.1	16,171	77.7	1,122	6.5	3,522
30 to 34 years	19,179	16,039	83.6	15,212	79.3	827	5.2	3,139
35 to 44 years	41,699	35,061	84.1	33,457	80.2	1,604	4.6	6,638
35 to 39 years	20,537	17,218	83.8	16,408	79.9	810	4.7	3,319
40 to 44 years	21,162	17,843	84.3	17,049	80.6	795	4.5	3,318
45 to 54 years	43,960	36,003	81.9	34,529	78.5	1,473	4.1	7,957
45 to 49 years	22,644	18,870	83.3	18,106	80.0	764	4.0	3,774
50 to 54 years	21,316	17,133	80.4	16,423	77.0	710	4.1	4,183
55 to 64 years	33,491	21,615	64.5	20,812	62.1	803	3.7	11,876
55 to 59 years	18,444	13,480	73.1	12,969	70.3	511	3.8	4,964
60 to 64 years	15,047	8,135	54.1	7,843	52.1	292	3.6	6,912
65 years and over	37,161	6,243	16.8	5,979	16.1	264	4.2	30,918
65 to 69 years	11,242	3,451	30.7	3,307	29.4	144	4.2	7,791
70 to 74 years	8,639	1,534	17.8	1,462	16.9	72	4.7	7,105
75 years and over	17,281	1,258	7.3	1,211	7.0	48	3.8	16,023
Women
16 years and over	120,675	71,767	59.5	67,876	56.2	3,891	5.4	48,908
16 to 19 years	8,415	3,385	40.2	2,837	33.7	549	16.2	5,030
16 to 17 years	4,508	1,314	29.2	1,063	23.6	251	19.1	3,194
18 to 19 years	3,907	2,071	53.0	1,774	45.4	297	14.3	1,836
20 to 24 years	10,160	7,109	70.0	6,484	63.8	625	8.8	3,050
25 to 54 years	63,574	48,195	75.8	45,965	72.3	2,229	4.6	15,379
25 to 34 years	19,994	15,030	75.2	14,200	71.0	830	5.5	4,964
25 to 29 years	10,363	7,862	75.9	7,397	71.4	466	5.9	2,501
30 to 34 years	9,631	7,168	74.4	6,803	70.6	365	5.1	2,463
35 to 44 years	21,132	16,089	76.1	15,360	72.7	730	4.5	5,043
35 to 39 years	10,395	7,814	75.2	7,437	71.5	377	4.8	2,581
40 to 44 years	10,737	8,275	77.1	7,922	73.8	353	4.3	2,462
45 to 54 years	22,448	17,075	76.1	16,406	73.1	669	3.9	5,372
45 to 49 years	11,536	8,908	77.2	8,565	74.2	343	3.9	2,628
50 to 54 years	10,912	8,167	74.8	7,841	71.9	326	4.0	2,744
55 to 64 years	17,367	10,270	59.1	9,893	57.0	377	3.7	7,097
55 to 59 years	9,515	6,445	67.7	6,199	65.2	246	3.8	3,070
60 to 64 years	7,852	3,825	48.7	3,694	47.0	132	3.4	4,027
65 years and over	21,160	2,808	13.3	2,697	12.7	111	3.9	18,352
65 to 69 years	5,995	1,585	26.4	1,528	25.5	57	3.6	4,410
70 to 74 years	4,728	676	14.3	644	13.6	32	4.7	4,052
75 years and over	10,437	547	5.2	525	5.0	22	4.0	9,890
Men
16 years and over	113,113	82,520	73.0	77,486	68.5	5,033	6.1	30,593
16 to 19 years	8,660	3,472	40.1	2,736	31.6	736	21.2	5,188
16 to 17 years	4,625	1,238	26.8	926	20.0	312	25.2	3,387
18 to 19 years	4,035	2,235	55.4	1,810	44.9	425	19.0	1,800
20 to 24 years	10,249	8,065	78.7	7,145	69.7	920	11.4	2,184
25 to 54 years	62,078	56,202	90.5	53,404	86.0	2,798	5.0	5,876
25 to 34 years	19,999	18,302	91.5	17,183	85.9	1,119	6.1	1,697
25 to 29 years	10,451	9,431	90.2	8,774	84.0	657	7.0	1,020
30 to 34 years	9,548	8,871	92.9	8,409	88.1	462	5.2	677
35 to 44 years	20,567	18,972	92.2	18,097	88.0	875	4.6	1,595
35 to 39 years	10,142	9,404	92.7	8,971	88.4	433	4.6	739
40 to 44 years	10,425	9,568	91.8	9,126	87.5	442	4.6	857
45 to 54 years	21,512	18,928	88.0	18,124	84.2	804	4.2	2,584
45 to 49 years	11,108	9,962	89.7	9,541	85.9	420	4.2	1,146
50 to 54 years	10,404	8,966	86.2	8,582	82.5	383	4.3	1,438
55 to 64 years	16,123	11,345	70.4	10,919	67.7	425	3.8	4,779
55 to 59 years	8,929	7,035	78.8	6,770	75.8	265	3.8	1,894
60 to 64 years	7,194	4,310	59.9	4,149	57.7	160	3.7	2,885
65 years and over	16,002	3,436	21.5	3,282	20.5	153	4.5	12,566
65 to 69 years	5,246	1,866	35.6	1,779	33.9	87	4.7	3,380
70 to 74 years	3,912	858	21.9	818	20.9	40	4.7	3,053
75 years and over	6,844	711	10.4	685	10.0	26	3.6	6,133

SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.