Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, March 2008 : 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 2008
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, 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 years old, 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
Total, married, spouse present
Total, 16 years and over	60,108	37,074	61.7	35,919	59.8	1,155	3.1	23,034
With children under 18 years old	25,754	17,886	69.4	17,269	67.1	616	3.4	7,868
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	13,919	10,601	76.2	10,270	73.8	331	3.1	3,318
With children under 6 years old	11,835	7,285	61.6	6,999	59.1	285	3.9	4,551
With children under 3 years old	7,091	4,146	58.5	3,981	56.1	165	4.0	2,945
With no children under 18 years old	34,354	19,188	55.9	18,650	54.3	539	2.8	15,166
Total, other marital statuses (1)
Total, 16 years and over	60,192	34,441	57.2	32,135	53.4	2,307	6.7	25,750
With children under 18 years old	10,656	8,045	75.5	7,367	69.1	677	8.4	2,611
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	6,053	4,878	80.6	4,573	75.5	305	6.3	1,176
With children under 6 years old	4,603	3,167	68.8	2,795	60.7	372	11.7	1,436
With children under 3 years old	2,566	1,608	62.7	1,399	54.5	209	13.0	958
With no children under 18 years old	49,536	26,397	53.3	24,767	50.0	1,629	6.2	23,139
White, all marital statuses
Total, 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 years old, 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
White, married, spouse present
Total, 16 years and over	51,326	31,375	61.1	30,442	59.3	933	3.0	19,951
With children under 18 years old	21,566	14,870	69.0	14,381	66.7	489	3.3	6,696
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	11,636	8,817	75.8	8,552	73.5	265	3.0	2,819
With children under 6 years old	9,929	6,053	61.0	5,830	58.7	223	3.7	3,876
With children under 3 years old	6,005	3,504	58.4	3,376	56.2	128	3.7	2,501
With no children under 18 years old	29,760	16,505	55.5	16,061	54.0	445	2.7	13,255
White, other marital statuses (1)
Total, 16 years and over	45,250	25,669	56.7	24,162	53.4	1,507	5.9	19,581
With children under 18 years old	6,862	5,215	76.0	4,832	70.4	383	7.3	1,647
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	4,060	3,298	81.2	3,126	77.0	172	5.2	763
With children under 6 years old	2,801	1,917	68.4	1,706	60.9	211	11.0	884
With children under 3 years old	1,539	954	62.0	831	54.0	123	12.9	585
With no children under 18 years old	38,388	20,454	53.3	19,330	50.4	1,124	5.5	17,934
Black or African American, all marital statuses
Total, 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 years old, 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
Black or African American, married, spouse present
Total, 16 years and over	4,298	2,897	67.4	2,764	64.3	133	4.6	1,402
With children under 18 years old	1,912	1,473	77.0	1,394	72.9	79	5.4	439
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	1,117	923	82.6	885	79.3	38	4.1	194
With children under 6 years old	795	550	69.1	508	63.9	41	7.5	246
With children under 3 years old	442	263	59.5	238	54.0	24	9.3	179
With no children under 18 years old	2,386	1,424	59.7	1,370	57.4	54	3.8	962
Black or African American, other marital statuses (1)
Total, 16 years and over	10,962	6,489	59.2	5,836	53.2	653	10.1	4,473
With children under 18 years old	3,188	2,375	74.5	2,109	66.2	266	11.2	813
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	1,683	1,317	78.2	1,194	70.9	123	9.3	367
With children under 6 years old	1,505	1,058	70.3	915	60.8	143	13.5	446
With children under 3 years old	859	545	63.5	468	54.4	78	14.2	314
With no children under 18 years old	7,774	4,114	52.9	3,727	47.9	387	9.4	3,660
Asian, all marital statuses
Total, 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 years old, 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
Asian, married, spouse present
Total, 16 years and over	3,293	2,064	62.7	2,009	61.0	55	2.6	1,229
With children under 18 years old	1,656	1,119	67.6	1,087	65.7	31	2.8	537
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	874	640	73.3	619	70.8	21	3.3	234
With children under 6 years old	782	478	61.2	468	59.9	10	2.1	303
With children under 3 years old	452	269	59.5	263	58.1	6	2.4	183
With no children under 18 years old	1,637	945	57.7	922	56.3	23	2.5	692
Asian, other marital statuses (1)
Total, 16 years and over	2,287	1,320	57.7	1,262	55.2	59	4.4	966
With children under 18 years old	244	203	83.2	191	78.6	11	5.5	41
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	131	116	88.2	112	85.8	3	2.7	15
With children under 6 years old	113	87	77.3	79	70.2	8	9.2	26
With children under 3 years old	60	45	74.9	43	72.0	2	3.9	15
With no children under 18 years old	2,043	1,118	54.7	1,070	52.4	47	4.2	925
Hispanic or Latino, all marital statuses
Total, 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 years old, 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
Hispanic or Latino, married, spouse present
Total, 16 years and over	7,557	4,103	54.3	3,874	51.3	229	5.6	3,454
With children under 18 years old	4,663	2,625	56.3	2,482	53.2	143	5.4	2,038
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	2,259	1,482	65.6	1,414	62.6	67	4.5	778
With children under 6 years old	2,403	1,143	47.6	1,067	44.4	76	6.6	1,260
With children under 3 years old	1,407	614	43.6	564	40.1	50	8.1	793
With no children under 18 years old	2,894	1,479	51.1	1,393	48.1	86	5.8	1,415
Hispanic or Latino, other marital statuses (1)
Total, 16 years and over	7,908	4,605	58.2	4,241	53.6	364	7.9	3,304
With children under 18 years old	2,157	1,540	71.4	1,409	65.3	131	8.5	617
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger	1,110	877	79.0	810	73.0	67	7.6	233
With children under 6 years old	1,047	663	63.3	599	57.2	64	9.7	384
With children under 3 years old	589	331	56.2	294	49.9	37	11.1	258
With no children under 18 years old	5,751	3,064	53.3	2,832	49.2	233	7.6	2,687
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: 2008 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.