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Civilian labor force participation rate, by age, sex, race, and ethnicity

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**Table 3.3 Civilian labor force participation rate, by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, 1996, 2006, 2016, and projected 2026 (in percent)**
Group	Participation rate				Percentage-point change			Annual growth rate
Group	1996	2006	2016	2026	1996–06	2006–16	2016–26	1996–06	2006–16	2016–26
Total, 16 years and older	66.8	66.2	62.8	61.0	-0.6	-3.4	-1.8	-0.1	-0.5	-0.3
16 to 24	65.5	60.6	55.2	52.5	-4.9	-5.4	-2.7	-0.8	-0.9	-0.5
16 to 19	52.3	43.7	35.2	31.7	-8.6	-8.5	-3.5	-1.8	-2.1	-1.0
20 to 24	76.8	74.6	70.5	68.8	-2.2	-4.1	-1.7	-0.3	-0.6	-0.2
25 to 54	83.8	82.9	81.3	81.6	-0.9	-1.6	0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
25 to 34	84.1	83.0	81.6	81.8	-1.1	-1.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
35 to 44	84.8	83.8	82.4	82.3	-1.0	-1.4	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
45 to 54	82.1	81.9	80.0	80.7	-0.2	-1.9	0.7	0.0	-0.2	0.1
55 and older	30.3	38.0	40.0	38.9	7.7	2.0	-1.1	2.3	0.5	-0.3
55 to 64	57.9	63.7	64.1	66.6	5.8	0.4	2.5	1.0	0.1	0.4
55 to 59	68.5	72.0	71.5	73.9	3.5	-0.5	2.4	0.5	-0.1	0.3
60 to 64	45.8	52.5	55.8	59.6	6.7	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	0.7
60 to 61	56.2	60.6	63.2	66.6	4.4	2.6	3.4	0.8	0.4	0.5
62 to 64	38.4	46.7	50.4	55.0	8.3	3.7	4.6	2	0.8	0.9
65 and older	12.1	15.4	19.3	21.8	3.3	3.9	2.5	2.4	2.3	1.2
65 to 74	17.5	23.6	26.8	30.2	6.1	3.2	3.4	3.0	1.3	1.2
65 to 69	21.9	29.0	32.2	36.6	7.1	3.2	4.4	2.8	1.1	1.3
70 to 74	12.5	17.0	19.2	22.7	4.5	2.2	3.5	3.1	1.2	1.7
75 and older	4.7	6.4	8.4	10.8	1.7	2	2.4	3.1	2.8	2.5
75 to 79	6.8	9.6	12.1	15.1	2.8	2.5	3.0	3.5	2.3	2.2

Men, 16 years and older	74.9	73.5	69.2	66.2	-1.4	-4.3	-3.0	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4
16 to 24	68.8	63.3	56.5	52.6	-5.5	-6.8	-3.9	-0.8	-1.1	-0.7
16 to 19	53.2	43.7	35.3	30.8	-9.5	-8.4	-4.5	-1.9	-2.1	-1.4
20 to 24	82.5	79.6	73.0	70.0	-2.9	-6.6	-3.0	-0.4	-0.9	-0.4
25 to 54	91.8	90.6	88.5	87.6	-1.2	-2.1	-0.9	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1
25 to 34	93.2	91.7	88.8	87.6	-1.5	-2.9	-1.2	-0.2	-0.3	-0.1
35 to 44	92.4	92.1	90.6	89.8	-0.3	-1.5	-0.8	0.0	-0.2	-0.1
45 to 54	89.1	88.1	86.3	85.2	-1.0	-1.8	-1.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1
55 and older	38.3	44.9	46.2	43.4	6.6	1.3	-2.8	1.6	0.3	-0.6
55 to 64	67.0	69.6	70.2	70.1	2.6	0.6	-0.1	0.4	0.1	0.0
55 to 59	77.9	77.7	77.4	76.8	-0.2	-0.3	-0.6	0.0	0.0	-0.1
60 to 64	54.3	58.6	62.0	63.4	4.3	3.4	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.2
60 to 61	66.2	67.2	69.8	69.4	1.0	2.6	-0.4	0.2	0.4	-0.1
62 to 64	45.7	52.4	56.1	59.5	6.7	3.7	3.4	1.4	0.7	0.6
65 and older	16.9	20.3	24.0	25.9	3.4	3.7	1.9	1.8	1.7	0.8
65 to 74	22.9	28.8	31.5	34.7	5.9	2.7	3.2	2.3	0.9	1.0
65 to 69	27.5	34.4	36.9	40.5	6.9	2.5	3.6	2.3	0.7	0.9
70 to 74	17.3	21.6	23.8	27.8	4.3	2.2	4.0	2.2	1.0	1.6
75 and older	7.3	9.5	11.7	13.6	2.2	2.2	1.9	2.7	2.1	1.5
75 to 79	9.7	13.2	15.3	18.0	3.5	2.1	2.7	3.1	1.5	1.6

Women, 16 years and older	59.3	59.4	56.8	56.1	0.1	-2.6	-0.7	0.0	-0.4	-0.1
16 to 24	62.2	57.9	53.8	52.3	-4.3	-4.1	-1.5	-0.7	-0.7	-0.3
16 to 19	51.3	43.7	35.1	32.7	-7.6	-8.6	-2.4	-1.6	-2.2	-0.7
20 to 24	71.3	69.5	68.0	67.6	-1.8	-1.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1
25 to 54	76.1	75.5	74.3	75.7	-0.6	-1.2	1.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.2
25 to 34	75.2	74.4	74.5	76.0	-0.8	0.1	1.5	-0.1	0.0	0.2
35 to 44	77.5	75.9	74.5	74.8	-1.6	-1.4	0.3	-0.2	-0.2	0.0
45 to 54	75.4	76.0	73.9	76.4	0.6	-2.1	2.5	0.1	-0.3	0.3
55 and older	23.9	32.3	34.7	34.9	8.4	2.4	0.2	3.1	0.7	0.1
55 to 64	49.6	58.2	58.4	63.4	8.6	0.2	5.0	1.6	0.0	0.8
55 to 59	59.8	66.7	65.9	71.1	6.9	-0.8	5.2	1.1	-0.1	0.8
60 to 64	38.2	47.0	50.1	56.0	8.8	3.1	5.9	2.1	0.6	1.1
60 to 61	47.2	54.6	57.0	63.9	7.4	2.4	6.9	1.5	0.4	1.1
62 to 64	31.8	41.5	45.3	51.0	9.7	3.8	5.7	2.7	0.9	1.2
65 and older	8.6	11.7	15.5	18.3	3.1	3.8	2.8	3.1	2.9	1.7
65 to 74	13.1	19.2	22.7	26.2	6.1	3.5	3.5	3.9	1.7	1.4
65 to 69	17.2	24.2	28.0	33.2	7.0	3.8	5.2	3.5	1.5	1.7
70 to 74	8.8	13.1	15.2	18.3	4.3	2.1	3.1	4.1	1.5	1.9
75 and older	3.1	4.4	6.1	8.6	0.8	1.2	4.9	3.9	4.0	8.8
75 to 79	4.7	7.0	9.5	12.7	2.3	2.5	3.2	4.1	3.1	2.9

Race:
White	67.2	66.5	62.9	61.1	-0.7	-3.6	-1.8	-0.1	-0.6	-0.3
Men	75.8	74.3	69.8	66.8	-1.5	-4.5	-3.0	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4
Women	59.1	59.0	56.3	55.6	-0.1	-2.7	-0.7	0.0	-0.5	-0.1

Black	64.1	64.1	61.6	59.9	0.0	-2.5	-1.7	0.0	-0.4	-0.3
Men	68.7	67.0	64.1	61.1	-1.7	-2.9	-3.0	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5
Women	60.4	61.7	59.4	58.8	1.3	-2.3	-0.6	0.2	-0.4	-0.1

Asian	65.8	66.2	63.2	62.8	0.4	-3.0	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	-0.1
Men	73.4	75.0	72.1	71.4	1.6	-2.9	-0.7	0.2	-0.4	-0.1
Women	58.8	58.3	55.5	55.3	-0.5	-2.8	-0.2	-0.1	-0.5	0.0

All other groups ¹	–	65.9	64.1	59.7	–	-1.8	-4.4	–	-0.3	-0.7
Men	–	72.1	68.8	61.7	–	-3.3	-7.1	–	-0.5	-1.1
Women	–	60.1	59.7	57.6	–	-0.4	-2.1	–	-0.1	-0.4

Ethnicity:
Hispanic origin	66.5	68.7	65.8	65.9	2.2	-2.9	0.1	0.3	-0.4	0.0
Men	79.6	80.7	76.0	74.4	1.1	-4.7	-1.6	0.1	-0.6	-0.2
Women	53.4	56.1	55.8	57.4	2.7	-0.3	1.6	0.5	-0.1	0.3

Other than Hispanic origin	66.8	65.8	62.2	59.8	-1.0	-3.6	-2.4	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4
Men	74.4	72.3	67.8	64.2	-2.1	-4.4	-3.7	-0.3	-0.6	-0.6
Women	59.9	59.8	57.0	55.8	0.0	-2.8	-1.2	0.0	-0.5	-0.2

White non-Hispanic	67.3	66.1	62.3	59.8	-1.2	-3.8	-2.5	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4
Men	75.3	73.0	68.3	64.5	-2.3	-4.7	-3.8	-0.3	-0.7	-0.6
Women	59.8	59.6	56.6	55.4	-0.2	-3.0	-1.2	0.0	-0.5	-0.2

Age of baby boomers	32 to 50	42 to 60	52 to 70	62 to 80
Footnotes: 1 The "all other groups" category includes (1) those classified as being of multiple racial origin and (2) the race categories of (2a) American Indian and Alaska Native or (2b) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders. Note: Dash indicates no data collected for category. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding. Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: October 24, 2017

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