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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 rates by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, 2002, 2012, 2022, and projected 2032**
(in percent)
Group	Participation rate, 2002	Participation rate, 2012	Participation rate, 2022	Participation rate, 2032	Participation rate change, 2002–12	Participation rate change, 2012–22	Participation rate change, 2022–32	Compound annual rate of change, 2002–12	Compound annual rate of change, 2012–22	Compound annual rate of change, 2022–32
Total, 16 years and older	66.6	63.7	62.2	60.4	-2.9	-1.5	-1.8	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3
16 to 24	63.3	54.9	55.6	51.3	-8.4	0.7	-4.3	-1.4	0.1	-0.8
16 to 19	47.4	34.3	36.8	30.9	-13.1	2.5	-5.9	-3.2	0.7	-1.7
20 to 24	76.4	70.9	71.0	67.8	-5.5	0.0	-3.2	-0.7	0.0	-0.5
25 to 54	83.3	81.4	82.4	81.7	-1.9	1.0	-0.8	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
25 to 34	83.7	81.7	83.2	82.1	-2.0	1.5	-1.0	-0.2	0.2	-0.1
35 to 44	84.1	82.6	83.0	81.9	-1.6	0.4	-1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
45 to 54	82.1	80.2	81.1	80.9	-1.9	0.9	-0.2	-0.2	0.1	0.0
55 and older	34.5	40.5	38.8	37.4	5.9	-1.6	-1.4	1.6	-0.4	-0.4
55 to 64	61.9	64.5	65.2	68.4	2.6	0.7	3.2	0.4	0.1	0.5
65 to 74	20.4	26.8	26.6	29.9	6.5	-0.3	3.3	2.8	-0.1	1.2
75 and older	5.1	7.6	8.2	9.9	2.5	0.6	1.7	4.1	0.8	1.9

Men, 16 years and older	74.1	70.2	68.0	65.2	-3.9	-2.2	-2.8	-0.5	-0.3	-0.4
16 to 24	65.5	56.5	56.5	51.0	-9.0	0.0	-5.5	-1.5	0.0	-1.0
16 to 19	47.5	34.0	36.3	30.1	-13.5	2.4	-6.2	-3.3	0.7	-1.9
20 to 24	80.7	74.5	73.2	68.2	-6.2	-1.3	-5.0	-0.8	-0.2	-0.7
25 to 54	91.0	88.7	88.6	86.7	-2.4	-0.1	-1.9	-0.3	0.0	-0.2
25 to 34	92.4	89.5	88.7	86.2	-2.9	-0.8	-2.5	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3
35 to 44	92.1	90.7	89.7	88.0	-1.4	-1.0	-1.7	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2
45 to 54	88.5	86.0	87.1	85.6	-2.4	1.1	-1.5	-0.3	0.1	-0.2
55 and older	42.0	46.8	44.7	42.3	4.7	-2.1	-2.4	1.1	-0.5	-0.5
55 to 64	69.2	69.9	71.0	72.2	0.7	1.1	1.2	0.1	0.2	0.2
65 to 74	25.5	31.8	31.4	34.5	6.3	-0.4	3.1	2.2	-0.1	1.0
75 and older	7.6	11.3	11.1	12.9	3.7	-0.2	1.7	4.0	-0.2	1.5

Women, 16 years and older	59.6	57.7	56.8	55.9	-1.9	-0.9	-0.9	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2
16 to 24	61.1	53.2	54.6	51.5	-7.9	1.4	-3.1	-1.4	0.3	-0.6
16 to 19	47.3	34.6	37.2	31.7	-12.7	2.6	-5.5	-3.1	0.7	-1.6
20 to 24	72.1	67.4	68.7	67.3	-4.7	1.3	-1.4	-0.7	0.2	-0.2
25 to 54	75.9	74.5	76.4	76.7	-1.4	1.9	0.3	-0.2	0.3	0.0
25 to 34	75.1	74.1	77.6	78.2	-1.1	3.6	0.5	-0.1	0.5	0.1
35 to 44	76.4	74.8	76.3	75.7	-1.6	1.5	-0.5	-0.2	0.2	-0.1
45 to 54	76.0	74.7	75.2	76.3	-1.4	0.6	1.0	-0.2	0.1	0.1
55 and older	28.5	35.1	33.6	33.1	6.6	-1.5	-0.5	2.1	-0.4	-0.1
55 to 64	55.2	59.4	59.6	64.7	4.3	0.1	5.1	0.8	0.0	0.8
65 to 74	16.1	22.5	22.3	25.7	6.4	-0.2	3.4	3.4	-0.1	1.4
75 and older	3.5	5.0	6.0	7.6	1.5	0.9	1.7	3.7	1.7	2.5

White	66.8	64.0	62.0	59.9	-2.8	-2.0	-2.1	-0.4	-0.3	-0.3
Men	74.8	71.0	68.1	65.1	-3.8	-2.9	-3.0	-0.5	-0.4	-0.5
Women	59.3	57.4	56.1	54.9	-2.0	-1.3	-1.2	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2

Black	64.8	61.5	62.2	60.4	-3.2	0.7	-1.8	-0.5	0.1	-0.3
Men	68.4	63.6	65.2	62.2	-4.8	1.6	-2.9	-0.7	0.2	-0.5
Women	61.8	59.8	59.7	58.8	-2.0	-0.1	-0.9	-0.3	0.0	-0.1

All other groups (1)	66.8	63.9	64.2	63.6	-2.9	0.3	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
Men	75.5	71.2	70.6	69.2	-4.3	-0.6	-1.4	-0.6	-0.1	-0.2
Women	58.9	57.3	58.3	58.5	-1.6	1.0	0.2	-0.3	0.2	0.0

Hispanic origin	69.1	66.4	66.3	65.3	-2.8	-0.1	-1.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
Men	80.2	76.1	75.2	72.7	-4.2	-0.8	-2.5	-0.5	-0.1	-0.3
Women	57.6	56.6	57.3	57.9	-1.0	0.7	0.5	-0.2	0.1	0.1

Other than Hispanic origin	66.2	63.2	61.4	59.2	-3.0	-1.8	-2.2	-0.5	-0.3	-0.4
Men	73.2	69.1	66.4	63.2	-4.2	-2.7	-3.2	-0.6	-0.4	-0.5
Women	59.9	57.9	56.7	55.4	-2.0	-1.2	-1.3	-0.3	-0.2	-0.2

Age of baby boomers	38 to 56	48 to 66	58 to 76	68 to 86
Footnotes: (1) The "all other groups" category includes (1) those classified as being of multiple racial origin and (2) the race categories of (2a) Asian, (2b) American Indian and Alaska Native or (2c) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders. Note: Historic data may not match BLS Current Population Survey (CPS) data due to rounding at different aggregate levels. Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: September 6, 2023