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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, 1999, 2009, 2019, and projected 2029 (in percent)**
Group	Participation rate				Percentage-point change			Annual growth rate
Group	1999	2009	2019	2029	1999–09	2009–19	2019–29	1999–09	2009–19	2019–29
Total, 16 years and older	67.1	65.4	63.1	61.2	-1.7	-2.3	-1.9	-0.3	-0.4	-0.3
16 to 24	65.5	56.9	55.9	51.3	-8.6	-1.0	-4.6	-1.4	-0.2	-0.8
16 to 19	52.0	37.5	35.3	28.5	-14.5	-2.2	-6.9	-3.2	-0.6	-2.1
20 to 24	77.5	72.9	72.2	69.0	-4.6	-0.8	-3.1	-0.6	-0.1	-0.4
25 to 54	84.1	82.6	82.5	81.8	-1.5	-0.1	-0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
25 to 34	84.6	82.7	82.9	81.9	-2.0	0.2	-1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
35 to 44	84.9	83.7	83.1	82.2	-1.2	-0.5	-1.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
45 to 54	82.6	81.6	81.4	81.3	-1.0	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
55 and older	31.8	40.0	40.2	39.5	8.1	0.3	-0.7	2.3	0.1	-0.2
55 to 64	59.3	64.9	65.3	68.7	5.6	0.4	3.3	0.9	0.1	0.5
65 to 74	18.3	25.6	27.8	33.2	7.4	2.2	5.4	3.5	0.8	1.8
75 and older	5.1	7.3	9.1	11.8	2.1	1.8	2.7	3.6	2.2	2.6

Men, 16 years and older	74.7	72.0	69.2	66.1	-2.8	-2.8	-3.1	-0.4	-0.4	-0.5
16 to 24	68.0	58.5	56.6	50.6	-9.6	-1.9	-6.0	-1.5	-0.3	-1.1
16 to 19	52.9	37.3	34.9	27.3	-15.6	-2.4	-7.6	-3.4	-0.7	-2.4
20 to 24	81.9	76.2	74.0	68.9	-5.7	-2.3	-5.0	-0.7	-0.3	-0.7
25 to 54	91.7	89.7	89.1	87.3	-2.0	-0.6	-1.8	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2
25 to 34	93.3	90.3	89.1	86.7	-3.0	-1.2	-2.4	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3
35 to 44	92.8	91.7	90.8	89.2	-1.1	-0.9	-1.6	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
45 to 54	88.8	87.4	87.4	85.8	-1.4	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
55 and older	39.6	46.3	46.3	44.2	6.7	0.0	-2.1	1.6	0.0	-0.5
55 to 64	67.9	70.2	71.5	72.4	2.3	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.1
65 to 74	23.3	30.4	32.6	37.5	7.2	2.2	4.9	2.7	0.7	1.4
75 and older	8.0	10.3	12.1	14.7	2.3	1.8	2.6	2.6	1.7	1.9

Women, 16 years and older	60.0	59.2	57.4	56.6	-0.8	-1.8	-0.9	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2
16 to 24	62.9	55.2	55.1	52.0	-7.7	-0.1	-3.1	-1.3	0.0	-0.6
16 to 19	51.0	37.7	35.7	29.6	-13.4	-1.9	-6.1	-3.0	-0.5	-1.9
20 to 24	73.2	69.6	70.4	69.1	-3.6	0.7	-1.2	-0.5	0.1	-0.2
25 to 54	76.8	75.6	76.0	76.4	-1.1	0.4	0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.0
25 to 34	76.4	75.0	76.7	77.1	-1.4	1.7	0.4	-0.2	0.2	0.1
35 to 44	77.2	75.9	75.7	75.1	-1.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
45 to 54	76.7	76.0	75.7	77.0	-0.7	-0.3	1.4	-0.1	0.0	0.2
55 and older	25.6	34.7	35.0	35.5	9.1	0.3	0.5	3.1	0.1	0.1
55 to 64	51.5	60.0	59.6	65.2	8.5	-0.4	5.6	1.5	-0.1	0.9
65 to 74	14.1	21.5	23.6	29.4	7.4	2.1	5.8	4.3	0.9	2.2
75 and older	3.3	5.3	6.8	9.6	2.0	1.6	2.7	4.8	2.6	3.4

White	67.3	65.8	63.0	60.9	-1.5	-2.8	-2.2	-0.2	-0.4	-0.4
Men	75.6	72.8	69.6	66.3	-2.7	-3.2	-3.3	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5
Women	59.6	59.1	56.8	55.6	-0.5	-2.3	-1.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.2

Black	65.9	62.4	62.4	60.6	-3.4	0.0	-1.9	-0.5	0.0	-0.3
Men	68.7	65.1	64.8	61.6	-3.6	-0.2	-3.2	-0.5	0.0	-0.5
Women	63.6	60.3	60.5	59.7	-3.3	0.2	-0.8	-0.5	0.0	-0.1

All other groups (1)	66.2	65.2	64.4	63.9	-1.0	-0.8	-0.5	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Men	74.1	72.6	70.9	69.5	-1.6	-1.7	-1.4	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2
Women	59.0	58.4	58.6	58.8	-0.6	0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0

Hispanic origin	67.7	68.0	66.8	65.4	0.2	-1.2	-1.4	0.0	-0.2	-0.2
Men	79.8	78.8	75.9	73.1	-1.0	-2.9	-2.8	-0.1	-0.4	-0.4
Women	55.9	56.5	57.7	57.7	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0

Other than Hispanic origin	67.0	64.9	62.4	60.1	-2.1	-2.6	-2.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4
Men	74.1	70.8	67.7	64.3	-3.3	-3.0	-3.5	-0.5	-0.4	-0.5
Women	60.5	59.6	57.4	56.3	-0.9	-2.2	-1.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.2

Age of baby boomers	35 to 53	45 to 63	55 to 73	65 to 83
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 Populations Survey due to rounding at different aggregate levels Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: September 1, 2020