Table 4. Employment status by marital status and sex, 2008 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

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Table 4. Employment status by marital status and sex, 2008 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 and over	233,788	154,287	66.0	145,362	62.2	8,924	5.8	79,501
Married, spouse present	122,349	84,644	69.2	81,729	66.8	2,915	3.4	37,705
Unmarried, total	111,439	69,643	62.5	63,634	57.1	6,010	8.6	41,796
Never married	66,254	44,874	67.7	40,452	61.1	4,422	9.9	21,381
Other marital status	45,185	24,769	54.8	23,182	51.3	1,587	6.4	20,415
Divorced	22,864	16,126	70.5	15,182	66.4	944	5.9	6,738
Separated	8,198	5,772	70.4	5,296	64.6	475	8.2	2,427
Widowed	14,122	2,872	20.3	2,704	19.1	168	5.9	11,251
Women
Total, 16 years and over	120,675	71,767	59.5	67,876	56.2	3,891	5.4	48,908
Married, spouse present	60,554	37,194	61.4	35,869	59.2	1,325	3.6	23,360
Unmarried, total	60,121	34,573	57.5	32,007	53.2	2,566	7.4	25,548
Never married	30,980	20,231	65.3	18,513	59.8	1,717	8.5	10,749
Other marital status	29,141	14,342	49.2	13,494	46.3	849	5.9	14,799
Divorced	13,379	9,222	68.9	8,743	65.4	479	5.2	4,157
Separated	4,520	2,947	65.2	2,702	59.8	246	8.3	1,572
Widowed	11,242	2,173	19.3	2,048	18.2	125	5.7	9,069
Men
Total, 16 years and over	113,113	82,520	73.0	77,486	68.5	5,033	6.1	30,593
Married, spouse present	61,794	47,450	76.8	45,860	74.2	1,590	3.4	14,345
Unmarried, total	51,318	35,070	68.3	31,627	61.6	3,443	9.8	16,248
Never married	35,274	24,643	69.9	21,938	62.2	2,705	11.0	10,631
Other marital status	16,044	10,427	65.0	9,688	60.4	739	7.1	5,617
Divorced	9,486	6,905	72.8	6,439	67.9	465	6.7	2,581
Separated	3,678	2,824	76.8	2,594	70.5	230	8.1	854
Widowed	2,880	698	24.3	655	22.7	43	6.2	2,181
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.