Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, March 2009 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, March 2009
Presence and age of children	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, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over	121,328	71,771	59.2	66,422	54.7	5,348	7.5	49,557
With children under 18 years old	36,507	26,122	71.6	24,079	66.0	2,043	7.8	10,385
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	19,990	15,625	78.2	14,562	72.8	1,063	6.8	4,366
With children under 6 years old	16,517	10,497	63.6	9,517	57.6	980	9.3	6,020
With children under 3 years old	9,757	5,960	61.1	5,401	55.4	559	9.4	3,798
With no children under 18 years old	84,820	45,649	53.8	42,343	49.9	3,306	7.2	39,171
Total, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over	60,818	37,536	61.7	35,540	58.4	1,996	5.3	23,282
With children under 18 years old	25,781	17,995	69.8	17,018	66.0	977	5.4	7,785
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	14,035	10,764	76.7	10,213	72.8	551	5.1	3,271
With children under 6 years old	11,746	7,231	61.6	6,805	57.9	426	5.9	4,514
With children under 3 years old	7,078	4,236	59.8	3,994	56.4	242	5.7	2,842
With no children under 18 years old	35,037	19,541	55.8	18,521	52.9	1,019	5.2	15,497
Total, other marital statuses(1)
Total women, 16 years and over	60,509	34,235	56.6	30,883	51.0	3,352	9.8	26,274
With children under 18 years old	10,727	8,127	75.8	7,061	65.8	1,066	13.1	2,600
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	5,955	4,861	81.6	4,349	73.0	512	10.5	1,094
With children under 6 years old	4,771	3,266	68.5	2,712	56.8	554	17.0	1,505
With children under 3 years old	2,679	1,723	64.3	1,407	52.5	317	18.4	956
With no children under 18 years old	49,783	26,108	52.4	23,822	47.9	2,286	8.8	23,675
White, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over	97,257	57,351	59.0	53,409	54.9	3,941	6.9	39,906
With children under 18 years old	28,463	20,239	71.1	18,830	66.2	1,409	7.0	8,224
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	15,654	12,212	78.0	11,455	73.2	757	6.2	3,442
With children under 6 years old	12,809	8,027	62.7	7,375	57.6	652	8.1	4,782
With children under 3 years old	7,589	4,596	60.6	4,242	55.9	354	7.7	2,993
With no children under 18 years old	68,794	37,111	53.9	34,579	50.3	2,532	6.8	31,683
White, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over	51,912	31,834	61.3	30,194	58.2	1,640	5.2	20,078
With children under 18 years old	21,589	14,995	69.5	14,199	65.8	796	5.3	6,595
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	11,758	8,988	76.4	8,534	72.6	454	5.1	2,769
With children under 6 years old	9,832	6,006	61.1	5,665	57.6	342	5.7	3,826
With children under 3 years old	5,932	3,545	59.8	3,352	56.5	193	5.5	2,387
With no children under 18 years old	30,322	16,839	55.5	15,995	52.7	844	5.0	13,483
White, other marital statuses(1)
Total women, 16 years and over	45,345	25,517	56.3	23,215	51.2	2,301	9.0	19,828
With children under 18 years old	6,873	5,245	76.3	4,631	67.4	614	11.7	1,629
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	3,896	3,224	82.7	2,921	75.0	303	9.4	672
With children under 6 years old	2,977	2,021	67.9	1,710	57.4	311	15.4	956
With children under 3 years old	1,657	1,051	63.4	890	53.7	160	15.3	606
With no children under 18 years old	38,472	20,272	52.7	18,585	48.3	1,688	8.3	18,199
Black or African American, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over	15,474	9,388	60.7	8,372	54.1	1,016	10.8	6,086
With children under 18 years old	5,159	3,904	75.7	3,427	66.4	476	12.2	1,255
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	2,857	2,294	80.3	2,067	72.3	227	9.9	564
With children under 6 years old	2,302	1,610	70.0	1,360	59.1	250	15.5	692
With children under 3 years old	1,322	872	66.0	705	53.3	167	19.2	450
With no children under 18 years old	10,314	5,484	53.2	4,945	47.9	539	9.8	4,830
Black or African American, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over	4,368	2,930	67.1	2,752	63.0	178	6.1	1,438
With children under 18 years old	1,930	1,497	77.5	1,415	73.3	82	5.5	434
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	1,123	920	81.9	871	77.6	49	5.3	203
With children under 6 years old	808	577	71.4	544	67.3	33	5.7	231
With children under 3 years old	457	298	65.2	277	60.5	21	7.2	159
With no children under 18 years old	2,437	1,433	58.8	1,337	54.9	96	6.7	1,004
Black or African American, other marital statuses(1)
Total women, 16 years and over	11,106	6,458	58.2	5,620	50.6	838	13.0	4,647
With children under 18 years old	3,229	2,407	74.6	2,013	62.3	395	16.4	822
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	1,735	1,374	79.2	1,196	68.9	178	12.9	361
With children under 6 years old	1,494	1,033	69.2	817	54.7	217	21.0	461
With children under 3 years old	864	574	66.4	428	49.5	146	25.4	290
With no children under 18 years old	7,877	4,051	51.4	3,608	45.8	444	10.9	3,826
Asian, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over	5,613	3,269	58.2	3,085	55.0	184	5.6	2,343
With children under 18 years old	1,877	1,300	69.2	1,229	65.5	71	5.4	578
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	981	745	75.9	706	72.0	39	5.2	236
With children under 6 years old	896	555	61.9	523	58.3	32	5.7	342
With children under 3 years old	532	323	60.7	305	57.5	17	5.3	209
With no children under 18 years old	3,735	1,969	52.7	1,856	49.7	113	5.7	1,766
Asian, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over	3,366	2,090	62.1	1,971	58.6	119	5.7	1,277
With children under 18 years old	1,660	1,118	67.4	1,060	63.9	58	5.2	541
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	848	627	74.0	600	70.8	27	4.3	221
With children under 6 years old	812	491	60.5	460	56.6	32	6.4	321
With children under 3 years old	497	295	59.4	278	55.9	17	5.8	202
With no children under 18 years old	1,707	971	56.9	911	53.4	60	6.2	736
Asian, other marital statuses(1)
Total women, 16 years and over	2,246	1,179	52.5	1,114	49.6	65	5.5	1,067
With children under 18 years old	218	181	83.2	169	77.6	12	6.7	37
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	133	118	88.5	106	79.5	12	10.1	15
With children under 6 years old	84	63	74.8	63	74.5	-	-	21
With children under 3 years old	35	28	79.7	28	79.0	-	-	7
With no children under 18 years old	2,028	998	49.2	945	46.6	53	5.3	1,030
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over	15,849	9,023	56.9	8,030	50.7	993	11.0	6,826
With children under 18 years old	6,931	4,322	62.3	3,810	55.0	512	11.8	2,610
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	3,435	2,442	71.1	2,188	63.7	254	10.4	992
With children under 6 years old	3,497	1,879	53.7	1,622	46.4	258	13.7	1,617
With children under 3 years old	2,001	1,011	50.5	871	43.5	140	13.9	990
With no children under 18 years old	8,917	4,701	52.7	4,220	47.3	481	10.2	4,216
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over	7,596	4,194	55.2	3,773	49.7	421	10.0	3,402
With children under 18 years old	4,642	2,652	57.1	2,366	51.0	286	10.8	1,990
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	2,309	1,541	66.7	1,379	59.7	162	10.5	768
With children under 6 years old	2,333	1,111	47.6	987	42.3	125	11.2	1,221
With children under 3 years old	1,371	617	45.0	550	40.1	67	10.9	754
With no children under 18 years old	2,954	1,542	52.2	1,407	47.6	135	8.8	1,413
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, other marital statuses(1)
Total women, 16 years and over	8,253	4,829	58.5	4,257	51.6	572	11.8	3,424
With children under 18 years old	2,290	1,669	72.9	1,444	63.0	226	13.5	620
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	1,126	902	80.1	809	71.8	93	10.3	224
With children under 6 years old	1,164	768	66.0	635	54.5	133	17.3	396
With children under 3 years old	630	394	62.5	321	50.9	73	18.5	236
With no children under 18 years old	5,963	3,160	53.0	2,814	47.2	346	11.0	2,803
Footnotes: (1) Includes never-married, divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
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. Detail 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: 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: March 16, 2011