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**Table 3.1. Civilian labor force by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, 1999, 2009, 2019, and projected 2029 (Numbers in thousands)**
Group	Level	Change	Percent change	Percent distribution	Annual growth rate (percent)
Total, 16 years and older	139,371	154,140	163,537	171,531	14,769	9,397	7,994	10.6	6.1	4.9	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	1.0	0.6	0.5
16 to 24	22,269	21,360	21,091	19,472	-909	-269	-1,619	-4.1	-1.3	-7.7	16.0	13.9	12.9	11.4	-0.4	-0.1	-0.8
16 to 19	8,335	6,389	5,896	4,717	-1,946	-493	-1,179	-23.3	-7.7	-20.0	6.0	4.1	3.6	2.8	-2.6	-0.8	-2.2
20 to 24	13,934	14,971	15,195	14,755	1,037	224	-440	7.4	1.5	-2.9	10.0	9.7	9.3	8.6	0.7	0.1	-0.3
25 to 54	99,414	103,740	104,179	108,771	4,326	439	4,592	4.4	0.4	4.4	71.3	67.3	63.7	63.4	0.4	0.0	0.4
25 to 34	32,144	33,298	37,191	36,845	1,154	3,893	-346	3.6	11.7	-0.9	23.1	21.6	22.7	21.5	0.4	1.1	-0.1
35 to 44	37,882	34,238	34,057	38,520	-3,644	-181	4,463	-9.6	-0.5	13.1	27.2	22.2	20.8	22.5	-1.0	-0.1	1.2
45 to 54	29,388	36,204	32,931	33,406	6,816	-3,273	475	23.2	-9.0	1.4	21.1	23.5	20.1	19.5	2.1	-0.9	0.1
55 and older	17,688	29,040	38,267	43,288	11,352	9,227	5,021	64.2	31.8	13.1	12.7	18.8	23.4	25.2	5.1	2.8	1.2
55 to 64	13,682	22,505	27,603	26,787	8,823	5,098	-816	64.5	22.7	-3.0	9.8	14.6	16.9	15.6	5.1	2.1	-0.3
65 to 74	3,254	5,264	8,700	12,696	2,010	3,436	3,996	61.8	65.3	45.9	2.3	3.4	5.3	7.4	4.9	5.2	3.9
75 and older	752	1,271	1,964	3,805	519	693	1,841	69.0	54.5	93.7	0.5	0.8	1.2	2.2	5.4	4.4	6.8

Men, 16 years and older	74,514	82,121	86,685	89,838	7,607	4,564	3,153	10.2	5.6	3.6	53.5	53.3	53.0	52.4	1.0	0.5	0.4
16 to 24	11,610	11,065	10,739	9,647	-545	-326	-1,092	-4.7	-2.9	-10.2	8.3	7.2	6.6	5.6	-0.5	-0.3	-1.1
16 to 19	4,319	3,226	2,950	2,297	-1,093	-276	-653	-25.3	-8.6	-22.1	3.1	2.1	1.8	1.3	-2.9	-0.9	-2.5
20 to 24	7,291	7,839	7,789	7,350	548	-50	-439	7.5	-0.6	-5.6	5.2	5.1	4.8	4.3	0.7	-0.1	-0.6
25 to 54	53,094	55,729	55,531	57,727	2,635	-198	2,196	5.0	-0.4	4.0	38.1	36.2	34.0	33.7	0.5	0.0	0.4
25 to 34	17,318	18,211	19,948	19,492	893	1,737	-456	5.2	9.5	-2.3	12.4	11.8	12.2	11.4	0.5	0.9	-0.2
35 to 44	20,382	18,518	18,296	20,930	-1,864	-222	2,634	-9.1	-1.2	14.4	14.6	12.0	11.2	12.2	-1.0	-0.1	1.4
45 to 54	15,394	19,000	17,287	17,306	3,606	-1,713	19	23.4	-9.0	0.1	11.0	12.3	10.6	10.1	2.1	-0.9	0.0
55 and older	9,810	15,327	20,415	22,463	5,517	5,088	2,048	56.2	33.2	10.0	7.0	9.9	12.5	13.1	4.6	2.9	1.0
55 to 64	7,477	11,729	14,547	13,683	4,252	2,818	-864	56.9	24.0	-5.9	5.4	7.6	8.9	8.0	4.6	2.2	-0.6
65 to 74	1,875	2,882	4,755	6,723	1,007	1,873	1,968	53.7	65.0	41.4	1.3	1.9	2.9	3.9	4.4	5.1	3.5
75 and older	458	716	1,113	2,057	258	397	944	56.3	55.4	84.8	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.2	4.6	4.5	6.3

Women, 16 years and older	64,857	72,019	76,852	81,693	7,162	4,833	4,841	11.0	6.7	6.3	46.5	46.7	47.0	47.6	1.1	0.7	0.6
16 to 24	10,659	10,295	10,352	9,825	-364	57	-527	-3.4	0.6	-5.1	7.6	6.7	6.3	5.7	-0.3	0.1	-0.5
16 to 19	4,016	3,163	2,946	2,420	-853	-217	-526	-21.2	-6.9	-17.9	2.9	2.1	1.8	1.4	-2.4	-0.7	-1.9
20 to 24	6,643	7,132	7,406	7,405	489	274	-1	7.4	3.8	0.0	4.8	4.6	4.5	4.3	0.7	0.4	0.0
25 to 54	46,320	48,011	48,648	51,044	1,691	637	2,396	3.7	1.3	4.9	33.2	31.1	29.7	29.8	0.4	0.1	0.5
25 to 34	14,826	15,087	17,243	17,353	261	2,156	110	1.8	14.3	0.6	10.6	9.8	10.5	10.1	0.2	1.3	0.1
35 to 44	17,500	15,720	15,761	17,590	-1,780	41	1,829	-10.2	0.3	11.6	12.6	10.2	9.6	10.3	-1.1	0.0	1.1
45 to 54	13,994	17,204	15,644	16,100	3,210	-1,560	456	22.9	-9.1	2.9	10.0	11.2	9.6	9.4	2.1	-0.9	0.3
55 and older	7,878	13,713	17,852	20,824	5,835	4,139	2,972	74.1	30.2	16.6	5.7	8.9	10.9	12.1	5.7	2.7	1.6
55 to 64	6,205	10,776	13,056	13,104	4,571	2,280	48	73.7	21.2	0.4	4.5	7.0	8.0	7.6	5.7	1.9	0.0
65 to 74	1,379	2,382	3,945	5,973	1,003	1,563	2,028	72.7	65.6	51.4	1.0	1.5	2.4	3.5	5.6	5.2	4.2
75 and older	294	555	851	1,748	261	296	897	88.8	53.3	105.4	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.0	6.6	4.4	7.5
											0.0
White	116,509	125,644	126,600	128,814	9,135	956	2,214	7.8	0.8	1.7	83.6	81.5	77.4	75.1	0.8	0.1	0.2
Men	63,413	68,051	68,367	68,784	4,638	316	417	7.3	0.5	0.6	45.5	44.1	41.8	40.1	0.7	0.0	0.1
Women	53,096	57,593	58,233	60,030	4,497	640	1,797	8.5	1.1	3.1	38.1	37.4	35.6	35.0	0.8	0.1	0.3

Black	16,370	17,632	20,631	22,344	1,263	2,999	1,713	7.7	17.0	8.3	11.7	11.4	12.6	13.0	0.7	1.6	0.8
Men	7,654	8,265	9,788	10,491	611	1,523	703	8.0	18.4	7.2	5.5	5.4	6.0	6.1	0.8	1.7	0.7
Women	8,716	9,367	10,843	11,853	652	1,476	1,010	7.5	15.8	9.3	6.3	6.1	6.6	6.9	0.7	1.5	0.9

All other groups (1)	6,493	10,864	16,306	20,373	4,371	5,442	4,067	67.3	50.1	24.9	4.7	7.0	10.0	11.9	5.3	4.1	2.3
Men	3,447	5,805	8,530	10,563	2,358	2,725	2,033	68.4	46.9	23.8	2.5	3.8	5.2	6.2	5.4	3.9	2.2
Women	3,046	5,059	7,776	9,810	2,013	2,717	2,034	66.1	53.7	26.2	2.2	3.3	4.8	5.7	5.2	4.4	2.4

Hispanic origin	14,665	22,353	29,054	35,964	7,688	6,701	6,910	52.4	30.0	23.8	10.5	14.5	17.8	21.0	4.3	2.7	2.2
Men	8,546	13,310	16,441	20,097	4,764	3,131	3,656	55.7	23.5	22.2	6.1	8.6	10.1	11.7	4.5	2.1	2.0
Women	6,119	9,043	12,613	15,868	2,924	3,570	3,255	47.8	39.5	25.8	4.4	5.9	7.7	9.3	4.0	3.4	2.3

Other than Hispanic origin	124,706	131,787	134,483	135,566	7,081	2,696	1,083	5.7	2.0	0.8	89.5	85.5	82.2	79.0	0.6	0.2	0.1
Men	65,968	68,811	70,244	69,741	2,843	1,433	-503	4.3	2.1	-0.7	47.3	44.6	43.0	40.7	0.4	0.2	-0.1
Women	58,738	62,976	64,239	65,825	4,238	1,263	1,586	7.2	2.0	2.5	42.1	40.9	39.3	38.4	0.7	0.2	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 racial categories of (2a) Asian (2b) American Indian and Alaska Native and (2c) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders. Note: Details may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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

Table 3.1. Civilian labor force by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, 1999, 2009, 2019, and projected 2029 (Numbers in thousands)

Group

Level

Change

Percent change

Percent distribution

Annual growth rate (percent)

1999

2009

2019

2029

1999–09

2009–19

2019–29

1999–09

2009–19

2019–29

1999

2009

2019

2029

1999–09

2009–19

2019–29

Total, 16 years and older

139,371

154,140

163,537

171,531

14,769

9,397

7,994

10.6

6.1

4.9

100.0

1.0

0.6

0.5

16 to 24

22,269

21,360

21,091

19,472

-909

-269

-1,619

-4.1

-1.3

-7.7

16.0

13.9

12.9

11.4

-0.4

-0.1

-0.8

16 to 19

8,335

6,389

5,896

4,717

-1,946

-493

-1,179

-23.3

-7.7

-20.0

6.0

4.1

3.6

2.8

-2.6

-0.8

-2.2

20 to 24

13,934

14,971

15,195

14,755

1,037

224

-440

7.4

1.5

-2.9

10.0

9.7

9.3

8.6

0.7

0.1

-0.3

25 to 54

99,414

103,740

104,179

108,771

4,326

439

4,592

4.4

0.4

4.4

71.3

67.3

63.7

63.4

0.4

0.0

0.4

25 to 34

32,144

33,298

37,191

36,845

1,154

3,893

-346

3.6

11.7

-0.9

23.1

21.6

22.7

21.5

0.4

1.1

-0.1

35 to 44

37,882

34,238

34,057

38,520

-3,644

-181

4,463

-9.6

-0.5

13.1

27.2

22.2

20.8

22.5

-1.0

-0.1

1.2

45 to 54

29,388

36,204

32,931

33,406

6,816

-3,273

475

23.2

-9.0

1.4

21.1

23.5

20.1

19.5

2.1

-0.9

0.1

55 and older

17,688

29,040

38,267

43,288

11,352

9,227

5,021

64.2

31.8

13.1

12.7

18.8

23.4

25.2

5.1

2.8

1.2

55 to 64

13,682

22,505

27,603

26,787

8,823

5,098

-816

64.5

22.7

-3.0

9.8

14.6

16.9

15.6

5.1

2.1

-0.3

65 to 74

3,254

5,264

8,700

12,696

2,010

3,436

3,996

61.8

65.3

45.9

2.3

3.4

5.3

7.4

4.9

5.2

3.9

75 and older

752

1,271

1,964

3,805

519

693

1,841

69.0

54.5

93.7

0.5

0.8

1.2

2.2

5.4

4.4

6.8

Men, 16 years and older

74,514

82,121

86,685

89,838

7,607

4,564

3,153

10.2

5.6

3.6

53.5

53.3

53.0

52.4

1.0

0.5

0.4

16 to 24

11,610

11,065

10,739

9,647

-545

-326

-1,092

-4.7

-2.9

-10.2

8.3

7.2

6.6

5.6

-0.5

-0.3

-1.1

16 to 19

4,319

3,226

2,950

2,297

-1,093

-276

-653

-25.3

-8.6

-22.1

3.1

2.1

1.8

1.3

-2.9

-0.9

-2.5

20 to 24

7,291

7,839

7,789

7,350

548

-50

-439

7.5

-0.6

-5.6

5.2

5.1

4.8

4.3

0.7

-0.1

-0.6

25 to 54

53,094

55,729

55,531

57,727

2,635

-198

2,196

5.0

-0.4

4.0

38.1

36.2

34.0

33.7

0.5

0.0

0.4

25 to 34

17,318

18,211

19,948

19,492

893

1,737

-456

5.2

9.5

-2.3

12.4

11.8

12.2

11.4

0.5

0.9

-0.2

35 to 44

20,382

18,518

18,296

20,930

-1,864

-222

2,634

-9.1

-1.2

14.4

14.6

12.0

11.2

12.2

-1.0

-0.1

1.4

45 to 54

15,394

19,000

17,287

17,306

3,606

-1,713

23.4

-9.0

0.1

11.0

12.3

10.6

10.1

2.1

-0.9

0.0

55 and older

9,810

15,327

20,415

22,463

5,517

5,088

2,048

56.2

33.2

10.0

7.0

9.9

12.5

13.1

4.6

2.9

1.0

55 to 64

7,477

11,729

14,547

13,683

4,252

2,818

-864

56.9

24.0

-5.9

5.4

7.6

8.9

8.0

4.6

2.2

-0.6

65 to 74

1,875

2,882

4,755

6,723

1,007

1,873

1,968

53.7

65.0

41.4

1.3

1.9

2.9

3.9

4.4

5.1

3.5

75 and older

458

716

1,113

2,057

258

397

944

56.3

55.4

84.8

0.3

0.5

0.7

1.2

4.6

4.5

6.3

Women, 16 years and older

64,857

72,019

76,852

81,693

7,162

4,833

4,841

11.0

6.7

6.3

46.5

46.7

47.0

47.6

1.1

0.7

0.6

16 to 24

10,659

10,295

10,352

9,825

-364

-527

-3.4

0.6

-5.1

7.6

6.7

6.3

5.7

-0.3

0.1

-0.5

16 to 19

4,016

3,163

2,946

2,420

-853

-217

-526

-21.2

-6.9

-17.9

2.9

2.1

1.8

1.4

-2.4

-0.7

-1.9

20 to 24

6,643

7,132

7,406

7,405

489

274

-1

7.4

3.8

0.0

4.8

4.6

4.5

4.3

0.7

0.4

0.0

25 to 54

46,320

48,011

48,648

51,044

1,691

637

2,396

3.7

1.3

4.9

33.2

31.1

29.7

29.8

0.4

0.1

0.5

25 to 34

14,826

15,087

17,243

17,353

261

2,156

110

1.8

14.3

0.6

10.6

9.8

10.5

10.1

0.2

1.3

0.1

35 to 44

17,500

15,720

15,761

17,590

-1,780

1,829

-10.2

0.3

11.6

12.6

10.2

9.6

10.3

-1.1

0.0

1.1

45 to 54

13,994

17,204

15,644

16,100

3,210

-1,560

456

22.9

-9.1

2.9

10.0

11.2

9.6

9.4

2.1

-0.9

0.3

55 and older

7,878

13,713

17,852

20,824

5,835

4,139

2,972

74.1

30.2

16.6

5.7

8.9

10.9

12.1

5.7

2.7

1.6

55 to 64

6,205

10,776

13,056

13,104

4,571

2,280

73.7

21.2

0.4

4.5

7.0

8.0

7.6

5.7

1.9

0.0

65 to 74

1,379

2,382

3,945

5,973

1,003

1,563

2,028

72.7

65.6

51.4

1.0

1.5

2.4

3.5

5.6

5.2

4.2

75 and older

294

555

851

1,748

261

296

897

88.8

53.3

105.4

0.2

0.4

0.5

1.0

6.6

4.4

7.5

0.0

White

116,509

125,644

126,600

128,814

9,135

956

2,214

7.8

0.8

1.7

83.6

81.5

77.4

75.1

0.8

0.1

0.2

Men

63,413

68,051

68,367

68,784

4,638

316

417

7.3

0.5

0.6

45.5

44.1

41.8

40.1

0.7

0.0

0.1

Women

53,096

57,593

58,233

60,030

4,497

640

1,797

8.5

1.1

3.1

38.1

37.4

35.6

35.0

0.8

0.1

0.3

Black

16,370

17,632

20,631

22,344

1,263

2,999

1,713

7.7

17.0

8.3

11.7

11.4

12.6

13.0

0.7

1.6

0.8

Men

7,654

8,265

9,788

10,491

611

1,523

703

8.0

18.4

7.2

5.5

5.4

6.0

6.1

0.8

1.7

0.7

Women

8,716

9,367

10,843

11,853

652

1,476

1,010

7.5

15.8

9.3

6.3

6.1

6.6

6.9

0.7

1.5

0.9

All other groups (1)

6,493

10,864

16,306

20,373

4,371

5,442

4,067

67.3

50.1

24.9

4.7

7.0

10.0

11.9

5.3

4.1

2.3

Men

3,447

5,805

8,530

10,563

2,358

2,725

2,033

68.4

46.9

23.8

2.5

3.8

5.2

6.2

5.4

3.9

2.2

Women

3,046

5,059

7,776

9,810

2,013

2,717

2,034

66.1

53.7

26.2

2.2

3.3

4.8

5.7

5.2

4.4

2.4

Hispanic origin

14,665

22,353

29,054

35,964

7,688

6,701

6,910

52.4

30.0

23.8

10.5

14.5

17.8

21.0

4.3

2.7

2.2

Men

8,546

13,310

16,441

20,097

4,764

3,131

3,656

55.7

23.5

22.2

6.1

8.6

10.1

11.7

4.5

2.1

2.0

Women

6,119

9,043

12,613

15,868

2,924

3,570

3,255

47.8

39.5

25.8

4.4

5.9

7.7

9.3

4.0

3.4

2.3

Other than Hispanic origin

124,706

131,787

134,483

135,566

7,081

2,696

1,083

5.7

2.0

0.8

89.5

85.5

82.2

79.0

0.6

0.2

0.1

Men

65,968

68,811

70,244

69,741

2,843

1,433

-503

4.3

2.1

-0.7

47.3

44.6

43.0

40.7

0.4

0.2

-0.1

Women

58,738

62,976

64,239

65,825

4,238

1,263

1,586

7.2

2.0

2.5

42.1

40.9

39.3

38.4

0.7

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 racial categories of (2a) Asian (2b) American Indian and Alaska Native and (2c) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders.
Note: Details may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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