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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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

(Numbers in thousands)
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 childrenCivilian
noninstitutional
population
Civilian labor forceNot in
labor
force
TotalPercent of
population
EmployedUnemployed
TotalPercent of
population
TotalPercent of
labor force
Total, all marital statuses

Total, 16 years and over

120,30071,51559.468,05456.63,4624.848,784

With children under 18 years old

36,41025,93071.224,63767.71,2945.010,479

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

19,97215,47977.514,84274.36364.14,493

With children under 6 years old

16,43810,45263.69,79459.66576.35,986

With children under 3 years old

9,6575,75459.65,38055.73746.53,903

With no children under 18 years old

83,89045,58554.343,41751.82,1684.838,305
Total, married, spouse present

Total, 16 years and over

60,10837,07461.735,91959.81,1553.123,034

With children under 18 years old

25,75417,88669.417,26967.16163.47,868

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

13,91910,60176.210,27073.83313.13,318

With children under 6 years old

11,8357,28561.66,99959.12853.94,551

With children under 3 years old

7,0914,14658.53,98156.11654.02,945

With no children under 18 years old

34,35419,18855.918,65054.35392.815,166
Total, other marital statuses (1)

Total, 16 years and over

60,19234,44157.232,13553.42,3076.725,750

With children under 18 years old

10,6568,04575.57,36769.16778.42,611

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

6,0534,87880.64,57375.53056.31,176

With children under 6 years old

4,6033,16768.82,79560.737211.71,436

With children under 3 years old

2,5661,60862.71,39954.520913.0958

With no children under 18 years old

49,53626,39753.324,76750.01,6296.223,139
White, all marital statuses

Total, 16 years and over

96,57657,04459.154,60456.52,4404.339,532

With children under 18 years old

28,42820,08570.719,21367.68714.38,343

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

15,69712,11577.211,67874.44373.63,582

With children under 6 years old

12,7317,97062.67,53659.24345.44,761

With children under 3 years old

7,5444,45859.14,20755.82515.63,086

With no children under 18 years old

68,14936,96054.235,39051.91,5694.231,189
White, married, spouse present

Total, 16 years and over

51,32631,37561.130,44259.39333.019,951

With children under 18 years old

21,56614,87069.014,38166.74893.36,696

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

11,6368,81775.88,55273.52653.02,819

With children under 6 years old

9,9296,05361.05,83058.72233.73,876

With children under 3 years old

6,0053,50458.43,37656.21283.72,501

With no children under 18 years old

29,76016,50555.516,06154.04452.713,255
White, other marital statuses (1)

Total, 16 years and over

45,25025,66956.724,16253.41,5075.919,581

With children under 18 years old

6,8625,21576.04,83270.43837.31,647

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

4,0603,29881.23,12677.01725.2763

With children under 6 years old

2,8011,91768.41,70660.921111.0884

With children under 3 years old

1,53995462.083154.012312.9585

With no children under 18 years old

38,38820,45453.319,33050.41,1245.517,934
Black or African American, all marital statuses

Total, 16 years and over

15,2619,38661.58,60056.47868.45,875

With children under 18 years old

5,1003,84875.43,50368.73459.01,252

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

2,8002,24080.02,07974.21617.2560

With children under 6 years old

2,3001,60869.91,42461.918411.5692

With children under 3 years old

1,30180862.170654.310212.6493

With no children under 18 years old

10,1605,53854.55,09750.24418.04,622
Black or African American, married, spouse present

Total, 16 years and over

4,2982,89767.42,76464.31334.61,402

With children under 18 years old

1,9121,47377.01,39472.9795.4439

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

1,11792382.688579.3384.1194

With children under 6 years old

79555069.150863.9417.5246

With children under 3 years old

44226359.523854.0249.3179

With no children under 18 years old

2,3861,42459.71,37057.4543.8962
Black or African American, other marital statuses (1)

Total, 16 years and over

10,9626,48959.25,83653.265310.14,473

With children under 18 years old

3,1882,37574.52,10966.226611.2813

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

1,6831,31778.21,19470.91239.3367

With children under 6 years old

1,5051,05870.391560.814313.5446

With children under 3 years old

85954563.546854.47814.2314

With no children under 18 years old

7,7744,11452.93,72747.93879.43,660
Asian, all marital statuses

Total, 16 years and over

5,5803,38460.73,27158.61133.32,195

With children under 18 years old

1,8991,32169.61,27967.3433.2578

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

1,00575675.273172.8243.2249

With children under 6 years old

89556663.254761.2183.2329

With children under 3 years old

51331461.330659.782.6198

With no children under 18 years old

3,6802,06356.11,99354.1703.41,617
Asian, married, spouse present

Total, 16 years and over

3,2932,06462.72,00961.0552.61,229

With children under 18 years old

1,6561,11967.61,08765.7312.8537

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

87464073.361970.8213.3234

With children under 6 years old

78247861.246859.9102.1303

With children under 3 years old

45226959.526358.162.4183

With no children under 18 years old

1,63794557.792256.3232.5692
Asian, other marital statuses (1)

Total, 16 years and over

2,2871,32057.71,26255.2594.4966

With children under 18 years old

24420383.219178.6115.541

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

13111688.211285.832.715

With children under 6 years old

1138777.37970.289.226

With children under 3 years old

604574.94372.023.915

With no children under 18 years old

2,0431,11854.71,07052.4474.2925
Hispanic or Latino, all marital statuses

Total, 16 years and over

15,4658,70856.38,11552.55936.86,757

With children under 18 years old

6,8204,16561.13,89157.02746.62,655

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

3,3702,35970.02,22566.01345.71,011

With children under 6 years old

3,4501,80652.31,66648.31407.81,644

With children under 3 years old

1,99694547.385943.0879.21,051

With no children under 18 years old

8,6454,54352.54,22448.93197.04,102
Hispanic or Latino, married, spouse present

Total, 16 years and over

7,5574,10354.33,87451.32295.63,454

With children under 18 years old

4,6632,62556.32,48253.21435.42,038

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

2,2591,48265.61,41462.6674.5778

With children under 6 years old

2,4031,14347.61,06744.4766.61,260

With children under 3 years old

1,40761443.656440.1508.1793

With no children under 18 years old

2,8941,47951.11,39348.1865.81,415
Hispanic or Latino, other marital statuses (1)

Total, 16 years and over

7,9084,60558.24,24153.63647.93,304

With children under 18 years old

2,1571,54071.41,40965.31318.5617

With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger

1,11087779.081073.0677.6233

With children under 6 years old

1,04766363.359957.2649.7384

With children under 3 years old

58933156.229449.93711.1258

With no children under 18 years old

5,7513,06453.32,83249.22337.62,687

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.