Table 34. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by native‐ and foreign‐born status, age, and sex, 2009 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

An official website of the United States government

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Bureau of Labor Statistics > Current Population Survey > Home

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2010 Edition)

(Numbers in thousands)

Table 34. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by native- and foreign-born status, age and sex, 2009 annual averages
Native- or foreign-born status, age, and sex	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
Both sexes
Native born (1)
16 years and over	200,585	130,216	64.9	118,269	59.0	11,947	9.2	70,368
16 to 24 years	34,025	19,375	56.9	15,920	46.8	3,455	17.8	14,650
25 to 34 years	32,643	27,392	83.9	24,684	75.6	2,707	9.9	5,252
35 to 44 years	32,540	27,391	84.2	25,307	77.8	2,085	7.6	5,149
45 to 54 years	37,546	30,617	81.5	28,517	76.0	2,101	6.9	6,928
55 to 64 years	30,349	19,667	64.8	18,429	60.7	1,238	6.3	10,682
65 years and over	33,481	5,774	17.2	5,413	16.2	362	6.3	27,706
Foreign born (2)
16 years and over	35,216	23,926	67.9	21,608	61.4	2,317	9.7	11,290
16 to 24 years	3,542	1,986	56.1	1,681	47.5	304	15.3	1,557
25 to 34 years	7,637	5,907	77.3	5,330	69.8	577	9.8	1,731
35 to 44 years	8,379	6,847	81.7	6,210	74.1	637	9.3	1,532
45 to 54 years	6,819	5,588	81.9	5,096	74.7	491	8.8	1,231
55 to 64 years	4,321	2,838	65.7	2,590	59.9	249	8.8	1,483
65 years and over	4,517	760	16.8	701	15.5	59	7.8	3,757
Women
Native born (1)
16 years and over	104,077	62,284	59.8	57,364	55.1	4,920	7.9	41,793
16 to 24 years	16,970	9,536	56.2	8,131	47.9	1,404	14.7	7,434
25 to 34 years	16,545	12,915	78.1	11,831	71.5	1,085	8.4	3,629
35 to 44 years	16,686	12,974	77.8	12,104	72.5	871	6.7	3,712
45 to 54 years	19,252	14,766	76.7	13,916	72.3	849	5.8	4,487
55 to 64 years	15,698	9,476	60.4	8,923	56.8	553	5.8	6,223
65 years and over	18,925	2,617	13.8	2,459	13.0	158	6.0	16,308
Foreign born (2)
16 years and over	17,588	9,735	55.4	8,844	50.3	891	9.2	7,853
16 to 24 years	1,671	759	45.4	631	37.8	128	16.9	912
25 to 34 years	3,569	2,172	60.9	1,960	54.9	212	9.7	1,397
35 to 44 years	4,034	2,746	68.1	2,495	61.9	251	9.1	1,288
45 to 54 years	3,381	2,439	72.1	2,254	66.7	185	7.6	942
55 to 64 years	2,274	1,300	57.1	1,205	53.0	94	7.3	975
65 years and over	2,658	320	12.0	298	11.2	22	6.8	2,339
Men
Native born (1)
16 years and over	96,508	67,933	70.4	60,905	63.1	7,028	10.3	28,575
16 to 24 years	17,055	9,839	57.7	7,788	45.7	2,051	20.8	7,216
25 to 34 years	16,099	14,476	89.9	12,854	79.8	1,623	11.2	1,622
35 to 44 years	15,854	14,417	90.9	13,203	83.3	1,214	8.4	1,437
45 to 54 years	18,293	15,852	86.7	14,600	79.8	1,252	7.9	2,442
55 to 64 years	14,651	10,191	69.6	9,506	64.9	685	6.7	4,460
65 years and over	14,556	3,158	21.7	2,954	20.3	203	6.4	11,398
Foreign born (2)
16 years and over	17,628	14,190	80.5	12,765	72.4	1,426	10.0	3,438
16 to 24 years	1,871	1,226	65.5	1,050	56.1	176	14.4	645
25 to 34 years	4,068	3,735	91.8	3,370	82.8	365	9.8	334
35 to 44 years	4,345	4,101	94.4	3,715	85.5	386	9.4	244
45 to 54 years	3,438	3,149	91.6	2,842	82.7	307	9.7	289
55 to 64 years	2,047	1,539	75.2	1,384	67.6	154	10.0	508
65 years and over	1,859	440	23.7	403	21.7	37	8.5	1,418
Footnotes: (1) The native born are people who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. (2) The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents who were not U.S. citizens. This group includes legally admitted immigrants, refugees, students, temporary workers, and undocumented immigrants. The survey data, however, do not separately identify the number of people in these categories.
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: March 16, 2011