Table 5. Employment status by sex, presence and age of children, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, March 2008 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 5. Employment status by sex, presence and age of children, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, March 2008
Characteristic	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
Women, 16 years and over	120,300	71,515	59.4	68,054	56.6	3,462	4.8	48,784
With children under 18 years old	36,410	25,930	71.2	24,637	67.7	1,294	5.0	10,479
With children 6 to 17, none younger	19,972	15,479	77.5	14,842	74.3	636	4.1	4,493
With children under 6 years old	16,438	10,452	63.6	9,794	59.6	657	6.3	5,986
With children under 3 years old	9,657	5,754	59.6	5,380	55.7	374	6.5	3,903
With no children under 18 years old	83,890	45,585	54.3	43,417	51.8	2,168	4.8	38,305
Men, 16 years and over	112,695	81,576	72.4	76,737	68.1	4,839	5.9	31,119
With children under 18 years old	27,898	26,192	93.9	25,201	90.3	991	3.8	1,706
With children 6 to 17, none younger	15,301	14,181	92.7	13,710	89.6	471	3.3	1,119
With children under 6 years old	12,597	12,011	95.3	11,491	91.2	520	4.3	587
With children under 3 years old	7,514	7,198	95.8	6,871	91.4	328	4.6	316
With no children under 18 years old	84,797	55,384	65.3	51,536	60.8	3,848	6.9	29,413
White
Women, 16 years and over	96,576	57,044	59.1	54,604	56.5	2,440	4.3	39,532
With children under 18 years old	28,428	20,085	70.7	19,213	67.6	871	4.3	8,343
With children 6 to 17, none younger	15,697	12,115	77.2	11,678	74.4	437	3.6	3,582
With children under 6 years old	12,731	7,970	62.6	7,536	59.2	434	5.4	4,761
With children under 3 years old	7,544	4,458	59.1	4,207	55.8	251	5.6	3,086
With no children under 18 years old	68,149	36,960	54.2	35,390	51.9	1,569	4.2	31,189
Men, 16 years and over	92,469	67,675	73.2	64,105	69.3	3,570	5.3	24,794
With children under 18 years old	23,321	22,070	94.6	21,310	91.4	760	3.4	1,252
With children 6 to 17, none younger	12,729	11,914	93.6	11,554	90.8	360	3.0	815
With children under 6 years old	10,592	10,155	95.9	9,756	92.1	399	3.9	437
With children under 3 years old	6,361	6,133	96.4	5,893	92.6	240	3.9	229
With no children under 18 years old	69,148	45,605	66.0	42,795	61.9	2,810	6.2	23,543
Black or African American
Women, 16 years and over	15,261	9,386	61.5	8,600	56.4	786	8.4	5,875
With children under 18 years old	5,100	3,848	75.4	3,503	68.7	345	9.0	1,252
With children 6 to 17, none younger	2,800	2,240	80.0	2,079	74.2	161	7.2	560
With children under 6 years old	2,300	1,608	69.9	1,424	61.9	184	11.5	692
With children under 3 years old	1,301	808	62.1	706	54.3	102	12.6	493
With no children under 18 years old	10,160	5,538	54.5	5,097	50.2	441	8.0	4,622
Men, 16 years and over	12,448	8,163	65.6	7,266	58.4	898	11.0	4,285
With children under 18 years old	2,377	2,091	88.0	1,950	82.0	142	6.8	286
With children 6 to 17, none younger	1,401	1,196	85.4	1,134	80.9	62	5.2	205
With children under 6 years old	976	895	91.7	816	83.6	79	8.9	81
With children under 3 years old	553	510	92.2	456	82.4	54	10.6	43
With no children under 18 years old	10,071	6,072	60.3	5,316	52.8	756	12.5	3,999
Asian
Women, 16 years and over	5,580	3,384	60.7	3,271	58.6	113	3.3	2,195
With children under 18 years old	1,899	1,321	69.6	1,279	67.3	43	3.2	578
With children 6 to 17, none younger	1,005	756	75.2	731	72.8	24	3.2	249
With children under 6 years old	895	566	63.2	547	61.2	18	3.2	329
With children under 3 years old	513	314	61.3	306	59.7	8	2.6	198
With no children under 18 years old	3,680	2,063	56.1	1,993	54.1	70	3.4	1,617
Men, 16 years and over	4,992	3,753	75.2	3,607	72.3	146	3.9	1,239
With children under 18 years old	1,522	1,424	93.6	1,387	91.1	37	2.6	97
With children 6 to 17, none younger	840	786	93.6	765	91.0	22	2.8	54
With children under 6 years old	681	638	93.6	622	91.3	16	2.5	43
With children under 3 years old	396	372	93.9	361	91.2	11	2.8	24
With no children under 18 years old	3,470	2,328	67.1	2,220	64.0	108	4.6	1,142
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Women, 16 years and over	15,465	8,708	56.3	8,115	52.5	593	6.8	6,757
With children under 18 years old	6,820	4,165	61.1	3,891	57.0	274	6.6	2,655
With children 6 to 17, none younger	3,370	2,359	70.0	2,225	66.0	134	5.7	1,011
With children under 6 years old	3,450	1,806	52.3	1,666	48.3	140	7.8	1,644
With children under 3 years old	1,996	945	47.3	859	43.0	87	9.2	1,051
With no children under 18 years old	8,645	4,543	52.5	4,224	48.9	319	7.0	4,102
Men, 16 years and over	16,355	13,046	79.8	12,002	73.4	1,045	8.0	3,309
With children under 18 years old	5,072	4,780	94.2	4,518	89.1	262	5.5	292
With children 6 to 17, none younger	2,393	2,219	92.7	2,109	88.1	111	5.0	174
With children under 6 years old	2,679	2,561	95.6	2,409	89.9	151	5.9	118
With children under 3 years old	1,578	1,516	96.1	1,424	90.2	92	6.1	62
With no children under 18 years old	11,283	8,267	73.3	7,484	66.3	783	9.5	3,017
NOTE: Children are "own" children and include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. 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: 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.