Table 4. Employment status by marital status and sex, 2009 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 4. Employment status by marital status and sex, 2009 annual averages
Marital status 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
Total
Total, 16 years of age and over	235,801	154,142	65.4	139,877	59.3	14,265	9.3	81,659
Married, spouse present	122,447	84,378	68.9	79,205	64.7	5,173	6.1	38,070
Unmarried, total	113,353	69,764	61.5	60,672	53.5	9,092	13.0	43,589
Never married	67,588	44,864	66.4	38,428	56.9	6,436	14.3	22,724
Other marital status	45,766	24,900	54.4	22,244	48.6	2,656	10.7	20,865
Divorced	23,248	16,242	69.9	14,555	62.6	1,687	10.4	7,006
Separated	8,342	5,767	69.1	5,043	60.4	725	12.6	2,575
Widowed	14,176	2,891	20.4	2,646	18.7	245	8.5	11,285
Women
Total, 16 years of age and over	121,665	72,019	59.2	66,208	54.4	5,811	8.1	49,646
Married, spouse present	60,675	37,264	61.4	35,207	58.0	2,057	5.5	23,411
Unmarried, total	60,990	34,755	57.0	31,001	50.8	3,754	10.8	26,235
Never married	31,500	20,224	64.2	17,800	56.5	2,424	12.0	11,276
Other marital status	29,490	14,531	49.3	13,201	44.8	1,330	9.2	14,959
Divorced	13,534	9,310	68.8	8,507	62.9	804	8.6	4,223
Separated	4,676	3,036	64.9	2,679	57.3	357	11.8	1,640
Widowed	11,280	2,185	19.4	2,015	17.9	169	7.7	9,096
Men
Total, 16 years of age and over	114,136	82,123	72.0	73,670	64.5	8,453	10.3	32,013
Married, spouse present	61,773	47,114	76.3	43,998	71.2	3,115	6.6	14,659
Unmarried, total	52,363	35,009	66.9	29,671	56.7	5,338	15.2	17,354
Never married	36,087	24,640	68.3	20,628	57.2	4,011	16.3	11,448
Other marital status	16,275	10,370	63.7	9,043	55.6	1,326	12.8	5,906
Divorced	9,714	6,931	71.4	6,048	62.3	883	12.7	2,783
Separated	3,666	2,731	74.5	2,364	64.5	368	13.5	934
Widowed	2,896	707	24.4	631	21.8	76	10.7	2,189
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: March 16, 2011