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VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2007
About 60.8 million people volunteered through or for an organization at
least once between September 2006 and September 2007, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The proportion
of the population who volunteered was 26.2 percent. This 0.5 percentage
point decrease in the volunteer rate follows a decline of 2.1 percentage
points in the prior year. The volunteer rate had held constant at 28.8 per-
cent from 2003 through 2005, after rising slightly from its 2002 level of
27.4 percent.
These data on volunteering were collected through a supplement to the
September 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS). The supplement was spon-
sored by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The CPS is a
monthly survey of about 60,000 households that obtains information on
employment and unemployment among the nation's civilian noninstitutional
population age 16 and over. Volunteers are defined as persons who did
unpaid work (except for expenses) through or for an organization. For
more information about the volunteer supplement, see the Technical Note.
Volunteering Among Demographic Groups
In the year ending September 2007, both the number of volunteers and the
volunteer rate declined from the previous year. About 29.3 percent of women
did volunteer work during the year, down from 30.1 percent during the prior
year. The volunteer rate for men was about unchanged at 22.9 percent. As
in previous years, women volunteered at a higher rate than men across all
age groups, educational levels, and other major characteristics. (See tables
A and 1.)
By age, persons age 35 to 54 continued to be the most likely to volunteer
(30.3 percent), while persons in their early twenties were the least likely
(17.7 percent). The volunteer rate for teens showed the largest decline in
the year ending in September 2007; the rate for females age 16 to 19 fell
from 28.8 to 26.6 percent and the volunteer rate for males of that age fell
from 24.1 to 22.5 percent.
Whites continued to volunteer at a higher rate (27.9 percent) than blacks
(18.2 percent) and Asians (17.7 percent). Among Hispanics, 13.5 percent
volunteered.
Married persons volunteered at a higher rate (31.9 percent) than those
who had never married (19.2 percent) and those with other marital statuses
(20.9 percent). Parents with children under age 18 were substantially more
likely to volunteer than were persons without children of that age, 33.7
versus 23.2 percent.
Individuals with higher levels of educational attainment volunteered at
higher rates than did those with less education. Among persons age 25 and
over, more than 4 in 10 college graduates volunteered compared with fewer
than 2 in 10 high school graduates and almost 1 in 10 of those with less
than a high school diploma. The volunteer rate of college graduates of
each sex declined more than did that of individuals of that sex with lower
levels of education.
Among employed persons, 28.3 percent had volunteered during the year
ended in September 2007. By comparison, 23.2 percent of unemployed persons
and 22.3 percent of those not in the labor force volunteered. Among the
employed, part-time workers were more likely than full-time workers to have
participated in volunteer activities--35.4 versus 26.9 percent.
Total Annual Hours Spent Volunteering
Volunteers of both sexes spent a median of 52 hours on volunteer activi-
ties during the period from September 2006 to September 2007. Median annual
hours spent on volunteer activities ranged from a high of 96 hours for vol-
unteers age 65 and over to a low of 36 hours for those 25 to 34 years old.
(See table 2.)
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Table A. Volunteers by selected characteristics, September 2003 through September 2007
(Numbers in thousands)
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|September 2003|September 2004|September 2005|September 2006|September 2007
Characteristic |---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |Percent| |Percent| |Percent| |Percent| |Percent
|Number|of pop-|Number|of pop-|Number|of pop-|Number|of pop-|Number|of pop-
| |ulation| |ulation| |ulation| |ulation| |ulation
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Sex | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total, both sexes ............|63,791| 28.8 |64,542| 28.8 |65,357| 28.8 |61,199| 26.7 |60,838| 26.2
Men .......................|26,805| 25.1 |27,011| 25.0 |27,370| 25.0 |25,546| 23.0 |25,724| 22.9
Women .....................|36,987| 32.2 |37,530| 32.4 |37,987| 32.4 |35,653| 30.1 |35,114| 29.3
| | | | | | | | | |
Age | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Total, 16 years and over .....|63,791| 28.8 |64,542| 28.8 |65,357| 28.8 |61,199| 26.7 |60,838| 26.2
16 to 24 years ............| 8,671| 24.1 | 8,821| 24.2 | 8,955| 24.4 | 8,044| 21.7 | 7,798| 20.8
25 to 34 years ............|10,337| 26.5 |10,046| 25.8 | 9,881| 25.3 | 9,096| 23.1 | 9,019| 22.6
35 to 44 years ............|15,165| 34.7 |14,783| 34.2 |14,809| 34.5 |13,308| 31.2 |12,902| 30.5
45 to 54 years ............|13,302| 32.7 |13,584| 32.8 |13,826| 32.7 |13,415| 31.2 |13,136| 30.1
55 to 64 years ............| 8,170| 29.2 | 8,784| 30.1 | 9,173| 30.2 | 8,819| 27.9 | 9,316| 28.4
65 years and over .........| 8,146| 23.7 | 8,524| 24.6 | 8,712| 24.8 | 8,518| 23.8 | 8,667| 23.8
| | | | | | | | | |
Race and Hispanic or Latino | | | | | | | | | |
ethnicity | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
White .......................|55,572| 30.6 |55,892| 30.5 |56,170| 30.4 |52,850| 28.3 |52,586| 27.9
Black or African American ...| 5,145| 20.0 | 5,435| 20.8 | 5,879| 22.1 | 5,211| 19.2 | 5,010| 18.2
Asian .......................| 1,735| 18.7 | 1,832| 19.3 | 2,055| 20.7 | 1,881| 18.5 | 1,887| 17.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity .| 4,364| 15.7 | 4,102| 14.5 | 4,511| 15.4 | 4,212| 13.9 | 4,279| 13.5
| | | | | | | | | |
Educational attainment (1) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Less than a high school | | | | | | | | | |
diploma .....................| 2,793| 9.9 | 2,718| 9.6 | 2,837| 10.0 | 2,615| 9.3 | 2,394| 9.0
High school graduates, no | | | | | | | | | |
college (2). ................|12,882| 21.7 |12,709| 21.6 |12,594| 21.2 |11,537| 19.2 |11,379| 18.6
Some college or associate | | | | | | | | | |
degree ......................|15,966| 34.1 |16,414| 34.2 |16,452| 33.7 |15,196| 30.9 |15,468| 30.7
Bachelor's degree and | | | | | | | | | |
higher (3) ..................|23,481| 45.6 |23,880| 45.7 |24,517| 45.8 |23,808| 43.3 |23,799| 41.8
| | | | | | | | | |
Employment status | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Civilian labor force .........|45,499| 30.9 |45,896| 30.9 |46,872| 31.1 |43,579| 28.5 |43,405| 28.1
Employed ..................|43,138| 31.2 |43,886| 31.2 |44,894| 31.3 |41,861| 28.7 |41,708| 28.3
Full time (4) ...........|33,599| 29.6 |34,237| 29.6 |35,225| 29.8 |32,951| 27.3 |32,714| 26.9
Part time (5) ...........| 9,539| 38.4 | 9,649| 38.5 | 9,669| 38.2 | 8,910| 35.5 | 8,994| 35.4
Unemployed.................| 2,361| 26.7 | 2,010| 25.6 | 1,978| 26.4 | 1,718| 23.8 | 1,697| 23.2
Not in the labor force........|18,293| 24.6 |18,646| 24.7 |18,485| 24.4 |17,621| 23.1 |17,433| 22.3
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1 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
2 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
3 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
4 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
5 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Estimates 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of
January data. See the Technical Note for further information.
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Number and Type of Organizations
Most volunteers were involved with either one or two organizations--68.8
and 19.7 percent, respectively. Individuals with higher educational attain-
ment were more likely to volunteer for multiple organizations than were those
with less education. Parents also were somewhat more likely to volunteer for
more than one organization than were persons without children under 18. (See
table 3.)
The main organization--the organization for which the volunteer worked the
most hours during the year--was most frequently religious (35.6 percent of
all volunteers), followed by educational/youth service related (26.2 percent).
Another 13.1 percent of volunteers performed activities mainly for social or
community service organizations. (See table 4.)
Older volunteers were more likely to volunteer mainly for religious organi-
zations than were their younger counterparts. For example, 47.2 percent of
volunteers age 65 and over did their service mainly through or for a religious
organization compared with 29.9 percent of volunteers age 16 to 24 years.
Among volunteers with children under 18 years old, 45.7 percent of mothers
and 37.7 percent of fathers volunteered mainly for an educational/youth ser-
vice-related organization, such as a school or scouting group. Volunteers
without children under 18 were considerably more likely than parents to vol-
unteer for other types of organizations, such as hospitals or other health
organizations and social or community service organizations.
Main Volunteer Activity for Main Organization
When volunteers were asked the main activity they performed for their main
organization, fundraising (10.9 percent) and tutoring or teaching (10.8 per-
cent) were the most frequently reported. Men and women tended to engage in
different main activities. Male volunteers were most likely to engage in
general labor (12.4 percent) or to coach, referee, or supervise sports teams
(10.0 percent), while female volunteers were most likely to tutor or teach
(12.9 percent) or fundraise (12.4 percent). (See table 5.)
Educational attainment influenced the types of activities volunteers per-
formed. College graduates were more likely than those with less education
to provide professional or management assistance or to tutor or teach. They
were least likely to collect, prepare, distribute, or serve food or to engage
in general labor.
Parents were considerably more likely than those without children to engage
in some types of volunteer activities that are frequently related to children,
including coaching, refereeing, or supervising sports teams; tutoring or teach-
ing; mentoring youth; and fundraising.
How Volunteers Became Involved with Main Organization
About 44.6 percent of volunteers became involved with their main organiza-
tion after being asked to volunteer, most often by someone in the organization.
A slightly smaller proportion, 40.1 percent, became involved on their own ini-
tiative; that is, they approached the organization. (See table 6.)
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Technical Note
The data in this release were collected through a supplement
to the September 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS--
a monthly survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S.
Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics--focuses on ob-
taining information on employment and unemployment among the
nation's civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over.
The purpose of this supplement to the CPS was to obtain informa-
tion on the incidence of volunteering and the characteristics of
volunteers in the United States.
Reliability of the estimates
Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and
nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire popu-
lation, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The
exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the par-
ticular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the
standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance,
or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will dif-
fer by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population
value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally con-
ducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsam-
pling error can occur for many reasons, including the failure to
sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain informa-
tion for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in
the collection or processing of the data.
For a full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS
and for information on estimating standard errors, see the House-
hold Data Section of "Explanatory Notes and Estimates of Error"
at http://www.bls.gov/cps/eetech_methods.pdf.
The Census Bureau introduces adjustments to the population
controls for the CPS as part of its annual update of population
estimates. The 2003 adjustment resulted in an increase to the
estimates for all population categories. This increase was partly
offset by downward adjustments in 2004, 2005, and 2006. The 2007
adjustment was in the upward direction. Consequently, estimated
levels of volunteers for September 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and
2007 are not strictly comparable with one another, or with esti-
mated levels for September 2002. These adjustments to the levels,
however, should have had only negligible effects on the volunteer
rates. In addition to the population control adjustments, new
questions on race and ethnicity were introduced into the CPS in
January 2003. For a discussion of the changes introduced into
the CPS in January 2003, see "Revisions to the Current Population
Survey Effective in January 2003," in the February 2003 issue of
Employment and Earnings, available at http://www.bls.gov/cps/
rvcps03.pdf on the BLS Web site. For a discussion of the changes
introduced in January 2004, see "Adjustments to Household Survey
Population Estimates in January 2004," in the February 2004 issue
of Employment and Earnings, available on the BLS Web site at http:
//www.bls.gov/cps/cps04adj.pdf. For a discussion of the changes
introduced in January 2005, see "Adjustments to Household Survey
Population Estimates in January 2005," in the February 2005 issue
of Employment and Earnings, available on the BLS Web site at http:
//www.bls.gov/cps/cps05adj.pdf. For a discussion of the changes
introduced in January 2006, see "Adjustments to Household Survey
Population Estimates in January 2006," in the February 2006 issue
of Employment and Earnings, available on the BLS Web site at http:
//www.bls.gov/cps/cps06adj.pdf. For a discussion of the changes
introduced in January 2007, see "Adjustments to Household Survey
Population Estimates in January 2007," in the February 2007 issue
of Employment and Earnings, available on the BLS Web site at http:
//www.bls.gov/cps/cps07adj.pdf.
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Volunteer questions and concepts
In the September 2007 supplement, questions on volunteer activ-
ities were asked of all households. Efforts were made to have
household members answer the volunteer questions for themselves.
(Generally, one member of the household answers all the questions
in the CPS on behalf of the entire household.) Self-response was
considered important for the volunteer supplement because research
indicated that self-respondents could more easily answer questions
on the characteristics of the volunteer activity. About 72 percent
of the responses were self-reports.
The survey was introduced as follows: "This month, we are inter-
ested in volunteer activities, that is, activities for which people
are not paid, except perhaps expenses. We only want you to include
volunteer activities that you did through or for an organization,
even if you only did them once in a while."
Following this introduction, respondents were asked the first
supplement question: "Since September 1st of last year, have you
done any volunteer activities through or for an organization?"
If respondents did not answer "yes" to the first question, they
were asked the following question: "Sometimes people don't think
of activities they do infrequently or activities they do for chil-
dren's schools or youth organizations as volunteer activities. Since
September 1st of last year, have you done any of these types of vol-
unteer activities?"
Respondents were considered volunteers if they answered "yes" to
either of these questions. This is the same method of identifying
volunteers as was used in each of the five prior supplements.
Respondents classified as volunteers were asked further questions
about the number and type of organizations for which they volunteered,
total hours spent volunteering, how they became involved with the main
organization for which they volunteered, the type of activities they
performed for the main organization, and what their main activity was.
The reference period for the questions on volunteering was about
1 year, from September 1, 2006, through the survey week in September
2007. The reference period for other characteristics, such as labor
force status, educational attainment, and marital status, refer to the
survey reference week in September 2007. It is possible that these
characteristics were different at the time volunteer activities were
performed.
Several new questions were added to the 2007 survey. A question was
added to determine if volunteers had done any of their volunteering at
a distance of 120 miles or more from home but still within the United
States and its territories. Those who had were then asked what share of
their volunteering it constituted and in what state or states it took
place.
The question in the 2006 supplement that asked about time spent
volunteering abroad was changed to ask about the share of volunteering
that was done abroad in 2007. The answer categories for the questions
on the share of volunteering done abroad or 120 miles or more from home
were made consistent by this change.
Definitions
Volunteers are persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities at any
point from September 1, 2006, through the survey period in September 2007.
The count of volunteers only includes persons who volunteered through or
for an organization; the figures do not include persons who volunteered in
a more informal manner. For example, a woman who taught acting to children
through a local theater would be considered a volunteer. However, a woman
who, on her own, organized softball games for the children in her neighbor-
hood would not be counted as a volunteer for the purpose of this survey.
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Organizations are associations, societies, or groups of people who share a
common interest. Examples include churches, youth groups, and civic organiz-
ations. For the purpose of this study, organizations are grouped into eight
major categories, including religious, youth, and social or community service
organizations. (See table 4.)
In the 2005 survey, one organization category, immigrant/refugee assistance,
was added to the questionnaire as a possible response. Responses that were
collected in this category may have been distributed over at least six of the
major organization categories in previous years. For this reason, the addition
of the new response category created a break in the comparability of organiza-
tions between 2005 and prior years. Because few people reported volunteering
for immigrant/refugee assistance organizations and because the group was not a
definite subset of any of the major organization categories, those persons who
did report that they volunteered for immigrant/refugee assistance organizations
were placed in the "other" group.
The main organization is the organization for which the volunteer worked the
most hours during the year. If a respondent volunteered for only one organiza-
tion, it was considered the main organization, even if exact hours were not
obtained.
In order to identify the type of main organization, respondents had to pro-
vide information about the organization and, for those who volunteered for more
than one organization, annual hours worked for each. Some respondents did not
provide the information necessary to determine the main organization. For these
respondents, the follow-up questions on activities and how they became involved
with the main organization asked them to report on the organization for which
they think they spent the most time volunteering.
Activities are the specific tasks the volunteer did for an organization.
Examples include tutoring, fundraising, and serving food. The activity cate-
gories were modified in 2005; thus creating a break in the comparability of
activities between 2005 and prior years.
In 2006, a question was added that asks respondents on which of the activi-
ties they mentioned they spent the most time. Previously, respondents reported
all of the activities they did for their main organization. The new question
identified which of them was the main activity for the main organization.
Table 1. Volunteers by selected characteristics, September 2007
(Numbers in thousands)
Total, both sexes Men Women
Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers
Characteristics in September 2007 Civilian Civilian Civilian
noninsti- noninsti- noninsti-
tutional Percent tutional Percent tutional Percent
popula- Number of popula- Number of popula- Number of
tion popula- tion popula- tion popula-
tion tion tion
Age
Total, 16 years and over.......... 232,461 60,838 26.2 112,486 25,724 22.9 119,975 35,114 29.3
16 to 24 years.................. 37,467 7,798 20.8 18,935 3,422 18.1 18,533 4,376 23.6
16 to 19 years............... 17,024 4,173 24.5 8,639 1,940 22.5 8,385 2,233 26.6
20 to 24 years............... 20,443 3,625 17.7 10,296 1,482 14.4 10,147 2,143 21.1
25 years and over............... 194,993 53,040 27.2 93,551 22,303 23.8 101,442 30,737 30.3
25 to 34 years............... 39,874 9,019 22.6 19,933 3,620 18.2 19,942 5,399 27.1
35 to 44 years............... 42,318 12,902 30.5 20,874 5,341 25.6 21,444 7,561 35.3
45 to 54 years............... 43,667 13,136 30.1 21,376 5,676 26.6 22,291 7,460 33.5
55 to 64 years............... 32,774 9,316 28.4 15,775 4,103 26.0 16,999 5,213 30.7
65 years and over............ 36,360 8,667 23.8 15,593 3,563 22.8 20,767 5,104 24.6
Race and Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
White............................. 188,644 52,586 27.9 92,286 22,321 24.2 96,359 30,265 31.4
Black or African American......... 27,584 5,010 18.2 12,411 1,946 15.7 15,173 3,064 20.2
Asian............................. 10,674 1,887 17.7 5,043 844 16.7 5,631 1,042 18.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity...... 31,617 4,279 13.5 16,278 1,640 10.1 15,339 2,638 17.2
Educational attainment (1)
Less than a high school diploma... 26,528 2,394 9.0 13,009 974 7.5 13,519 1,421 10.5
High school graduates, no
college (2)...................... 61,046 11,379 18.6 29,111 4,539 15.6 31,934 6,840 21.4
Some college or associate degree
.................................. 50,454 15,468 30.7 22,971 6,047 26.3 27,483 9,421 34.3
Bachelor's degree and higher (3).. 56,966 23,799 41.8 28,460 10,744 37.7 28,506 13,055 45.8
Marital status
Single, never married............. 65,734 12,612 19.2 35,228 5,745 16.3 30,506 6,867 22.5
Married, spouse present........... 121,892 38,876 31.9 61,465 17,351 28.2 60,427 21,525 35.6
Other marital status (4).......... 44,835 9,350 20.9 15,792 2,628 16.6 29,043 6,722 23.1
Presence of own children
under 18 years (5)
Without own children under 18..... 166,154 38,496 23.2 83,302 16,880 20.3 82,852 21,616 26.1
With own children under 18........ 66,307 22,342 33.7 29,184 8,844 30.3 37,123 13,498 36.4
Employment status
Civilian labor force.............. 154,445 43,405 28.1 82,585 20,097 24.3 71,860 23,308 32.4
Employed........................ 147,118 41,708 28.3 78,783 19,393 24.6 68,335 22,315 32.7
Full time (6)................. 121,737 32,714 26.9 70,207 17,125 24.4 51,530 15,588 30.3
Part time (7)................. 25,382 8,994 35.4 8,576 2,268 26.4 16,806 6,726 40.0
Unemployed...................... 7,327 1,697 23.2 3,802 704 18.5 3,525 994 28.2
Not in the labor force............ 78,016 17,433 22.3 29,901 5,628 18.8 48,115 11,805 24.5
1 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
2 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
3 Includes persons with bachelor's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
4 Includes divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
5 Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews,
grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.
6 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
7 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Data on volunteers relate to persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities for an organization at any
point from September 1, 2006, through the survey period in September 2007. Estimates 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.
Table 2. Volunteers by annual hours of volunteer activities and selected characteristics, September 2007
Percent distribution of total annual hours spent volunteering
at all organizations
Total Median
volunteers annual
Characteristics in September 2007 (thousands) Not hours (1)
1 to 14 15 to 49 50 to 99 100 to 500 reporting
Total hour(s) hours hours 499 hours annual
hours and over hours
Sex
Total, both sexes................. 60,838 100.0 20.6 24.3 15.6 29.2 5.8 4.5 52
Men............................ 25,724 100.0 19.9 24.5 15.9 28.9 6.5 4.4 52
Women.......................... 35,114 100.0 21.2 24.2 15.4 29.3 5.3 4.5 52
Age
Total, 16 years and over.......... 60,838 100.0 20.6 24.3 15.6 29.2 5.8 4.5 52
16 to 24 years.................. 7,798 100.0 22.9 29.2 15.1 23.0 3.9 6.0 40
16 to 19 years............... 4,173 100.0 22.5 32.2 16.3 21.3 3.1 4.6 39
20 to 24 years............... 3,625 100.0 23.4 25.6 13.7 24.9 4.8 7.6 41
25 years and over............... 53,040 100.0 20.3 23.6 15.7 30.1 6.1 4.3 54
25 to 34 years............... 9,019 100.0 27.0 27.6 13.9 23.3 4.1 4.1 36
35 to 44 years............... 12,902 100.0 21.8 24.4 16.4 28.8 5.2 3.5 52
45 to 54 years............... 13,136 100.0 19.0 24.9 16.2 30.1 6.0 3.8 55
55 to 64 years............... 9,316 100.0 18.9 22.3 16.0 31.7 6.0 5.1 60
65 years and over............ 8,667 100.0 14.3 17.8 15.4 37.2 9.8 5.5 96
Race and Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
White............................. 52,586 100.0 20.3 24.8 15.7 29.4 5.7 4.1 52
Black or African American......... 5,010 100.0 18.9 20.1 15.7 29.0 8.2 8.1 60
Asian............................. 1,887 100.0 30.4 22.3 12.9 23.3 4.3 6.8 36
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity...... 4,279 100.0 21.9 25.4 13.7 27.5 5.6 5.9 48
Educational attainment (2)
Less than a high school diploma... 2,394 100.0 22.3 23.6 14.8 26.5 7.4 5.3 50
High school graduates, no
college (3)..................... 11,379 100.0 22.2 22.9 14.6 28.7 6.7 5.0 52
Some college or associate degree
.................................. 15,468 100.0 22.2 22.8 14.9 30.2 5.8 4.0 52
Bachelor's degree and higher (4).. 23,799 100.0 17.9 24.5 16.8 31.0 5.9 4.0 60
Marital status
Single, never married............. 12,612 100.0 24.0 28.1 14.5 23.3 4.8 5.4 40
Married, spouse present........... 38,876 100.0 19.4 23.4 16.3 30.9 5.8 4.1 59
Other marital status (5).......... 9,350 100.0 21.0 22.9 14.3 29.6 7.3 4.9 54
Presence of own children
under 18 years (6)
Men:
No own children under 18 years
old............................ 16,880 100.0 19.4 24.1 15.5 28.7 7.3 5.0 52
With own children under 18 years
old............................ 8,844 100.0 20.7 25.3 16.6 29.3 4.9 3.2 52
Women:
No own children under 18 years
old............................ 21,616 100.0 20.9 23.6 14.6 29.9 5.9 5.1 52
With own children under 18 years
old............................ 13,498 100.0 21.6 25.1 16.7 28.5 4.5 3.6 52
Employment status
Civilian labor force.............. 43,405 100.0 21.8 25.6 15.6 27.9 4.9 4.2 50
Employed........................ 41,708 100.0 21.8 25.6 15.7 28.0 4.8 4.2 50
Full time (7)................. 32,714 100.0 22.1 25.7 15.7 27.7 4.6 4.2 50
Part time (8)................. 8,994 100.0 20.8 25.2 15.4 29.1 5.5 4.0 52
Unemployed...................... 1,697 100.0 21.7 27.3 13.7 25.8 6.4 5.1 48
Not in the labor force............ 17,433 100.0 17.6 21.1 15.7 32.2 8.2 5.2 71
1 For those reporting annual hours.
2 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
5 Includes divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
6 Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews,
grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.
7 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
8 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Data on volunteers relate to persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities for an organization at any
point from September 1, 2006, through the survey period in September 2007. Estimates 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.
Table 3. Volunteers by number of organizations for which volunteer activities were performed
and selected characteristics, September 2007
Percent distribution of the number of
organizations for which volunteer activities
were performed
Total
Characteristics in September 2007 volunteers
(thousands) Not
Five reporting
Total One Two Three Four or number of
more organiza-
tions
Sex
Total, both sexes.................. 60,838 100.0 68.8 19.7 7.3 2.5 1.4 0.3
Men............................. 25,724 100.0 69.7 19.2 7.1 2.3 1.3 .4
Women........................... 35,114 100.0 68.2 20.0 7.5 2.6 1.5 .3
Age
Total, 16 years and over........... 60,838 100.0 68.8 19.7 7.3 2.5 1.4 .3
16 to 24 years................... 7,798 100.0 74.8 17.4 4.8 1.3 1.0 .7
16 to 19 years................ 4,173 100.0 72.6 18.8 5.6 1.8 1.0 .3
20 to 24 years................ 3,625 100.0 77.4 15.7 3.9 .8 1.1 1.1
25 years and over................ 53,040 100.0 68.0 20.0 7.6 2.7 1.4 .3
25 to 34 years................ 9,019 100.0 75.1 17.6 5.3 1.2 .7 .3
35 to 44 years................ 12,902 100.0 65.2 21.9 8.2 3.0 1.4 .3
45 to 54 years................ 13,136 100.0 66.1 20.4 8.5 3.0 1.8 .3
55 to 64 years................ 9,316 100.0 67.7 19.6 7.6 3.3 1.4 .4
65 years and over............. 8,667 100.0 67.8 19.4 8.1 2.7 1.8 .2
Race and Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
White.............................. 52,586 100.0 67.4 20.5 7.7 2.7 1.5 .3
Black or African American.......... 5,010 100.0 78.3 14.4 4.1 1.6 1.1 .6
Asian.............................. 1,887 100.0 80.6 13.6 3.5 1.6 .6 .1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity....... 4,279 100.0 80.6 13.5 3.6 1.3 .7 .4
Educational attainment (1)
Less than a high school diploma.... 2,394 100.0 88.1 9.1 2.1 .4 .2 -
High school graduates, no
college (2)....................... 11,379 100.0 76.2 16.5 4.6 1.7 .6 .4
Some college or associate degree
................................... 15,468 100.0 70.5 19.6 6.8 2.1 .9 .2
Bachelor's degree and higher (3)... 23,799 100.0 60.4 23.0 10.2 3.8 2.3 .3
Marital status
Single, never married.............. 12,612 100.0 74.2 17.0 6.0 1.4 .9 .5
Married, spouse present............ 38,876 100.0 66.9 20.7 7.7 2.8 1.6 .2
Other marital status (4)........... 9,350 100.0 69.7 19.0 7.2 2.6 1.2 .3
Presence of own children under 18
years (5)
Men:
No own children under 18 years
old............................. 16,880 100.0 70.9 18.4 6.9 2.1 1.2 0.5
With own children under 18 years
old............................. 8,844 100.0 67.5 20.9 7.3 2.8 1.4 .2
Women:
No own children under 18 years
old............................. 21,616 100.0 70.1 18.8 6.9 2.5 1.3 .3
With own children under 18 years
old............................. 13,498 100.0 65.1 21.9 8.3 2.8 1.7 .2
Employment status
Civilian labor force............... 43,405 100.0 68.4 20.0 7.4 2.5 1.4 .3
Employed......................... 41,708 100.0 68.2 20.1 7.5 2.5 1.4 .3
Full time (6).................. 32,714 100.0 68.9 19.8 7.3 2.4 1.3 .3
Part time (7).................. 8,994 100.0 65.6 21.0 8.3 3.0 1.7 .4
Unemployed....................... 1,697 100.0 72.7 18.2 5.5 2.2 .7 .7
Not in the labor force............. 17,433 100.0 69.9 18.8 7.0 2.5 1.5 .3
1 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
2 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
3 Includes persons with bachelor's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
4 Includes divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
5 Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included
are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.
6 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
7 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Data on volunteers relate to persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities for
an organization at any point from September 1, 2006, through the survey period in September
2007. Estimates 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. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
Table 4. Volunteers by type of main organization for which volunteer activities were performed and selected
characteristics, September 2007
Percent distribution of volunteers by type of main organization (1)
Total Civic,
Characteristics volun- polit- Educa- Envi- Hos- Social Sport,
in September teers ical, tional ron- pital Pub- or hobby, Not
2007 (thou- Total profes- or mental or lic Reli- commu- cul- Other deter-
sands) sional, youth or other safe- gious nity tural, mined
inter- ser- animal health ty service or arts
ational vice care
Sex
Total, both sexes....... 60,838 100.0 5.1 26.2 1.9 7.8 1.3 35.6 13.1 3.5 3.7 1.7
Men................... 25,724 100.0 6.5 24.3 2.0 5.7 2.3 35.0 13.9 4.2 4.2 1.8
Women................. 35,114 100.0 4.1 27.5 1.9 9.4 .6 36.0 12.4 3.1 3.4 1.6
Age
Total, 16 years and over. 60,838 100.0 5.1 26.2 1.9 7.8 1.3 35.6 13.1 3.5 3.7 1.7
16 to 24 years......... 7,798 100.0 3.9 30.8 2.4 8.1 1.3 29.9 13.9 2.8 3.9 2.8
16 to 19 years...... 4,173 100.0 3.4 35.8 1.9 6.9 .7 30.8 12.8 2.9 3.0 1.8
20 to 24 years...... 3,625 100.0 4.5 25.1 3.1 9.5 2.0 29.0 15.2 2.8 5.0 3.9
25 years and over...... 53,040 100.0 5.3 25.5 1.9 7.8 1.3 36.4 13.0 3.6 3.7 1.6
25 to 34 years...... 9,019 100.0 4.3 32.3 1.9 7.9 1.5 31.1 12.4 3.4 3.8 1.2
35 to 44 years...... 12,902 100.0 3.9 39.0 1.6 6.6 1.2 30.3 10.3 3.3 2.5 1.3
45 to 54 years...... 13,136 100.0 5.1 27.3 2.0 7.7 1.3 35.8 11.9 4.0 3.3 1.6
55 to 64 years...... 9,316 100.0 7.2 13.9 2.3 8.6 1.2 41.0 15.7 3.6 4.5 2.1
65 years and over... 8,667 100.0 6.5 8.1 1.6 8.8 1.3 47.2 16.1 3.9 4.9 1.7
Race and Hispanic
or Latino
ethnicity
White.................... 52,586 100.0 5.2 26.3 2.1 8.1 1.5 34.5 13.1 3.7 3.8 1.6
Black or African
American................ 5,010 100.0 4.0 24.3 .6 5.1 .2 47.9 11.6 .9 2.6 2.6
Asian.................... 1,887 100.0 3.4 24.9 .9 7.9 .4 38.3 12.9 4.4 3.8 3.1
Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity............... 4,279 100.0 3.1 34.8 1.4 6.3 .6 35.5 10.9 2.6 3.1 1.8
Educational
attainment (2)
Less than a high school
diploma................. 2,394 100.0 3.3 22.0 .8 5.0 0.8 48.3 13.4 2.0 3.7 .9
High school graduates, no
college (3)............. 11,379 100.0 4.2 22.3 1.4 6.9 1.9 41.4 13.3 3.3 3.7 1.7
Some college or associate
degree ................. 15,468 100.0 5.4 25.3 1.7 8.4 1.6 36.1 13.2 3.4 3.6 1.2
Bachelor's degree
and higher (4).......... 23,799 100.0 6.0 27.5 2.3 8.1 .9 33.1 12.6 4.1 3.7 1.8
Marital status
Single, never married.... 12,612 100.0 5.0 27.6 2.7 9.4 1.3 27.3 15.6 4.0 4.7 2.4
Married, spouse present.. 38,876 100.0 5.0 26.8 1.7 6.7 1.3 39.1 11.5 3.3 3.1 1.5
Other marital status (5). 9,350 100.0 5.9 21.7 1.8 10.4 1.6 32.4 16.2 3.6 4.8 1.7
Presence of own
children
under 18 years (6)
Men:
No own children under
18 years old.......... 16,880 100.0 7.3 17.4 2.5 6.7 2.6 36.1 16.1 4.2 4.9 2.1
With own children under
18 years old.......... 8,844 100.0 5.0 37.7 1.0 3.7 1.8 33.1 9.8 4.0 2.7 1.4
Women:
No own children under
18 years old.......... 21,616 100.0 5.0 16.2 2.5 11.7 .6 38.9 15.3 3.4 4.3 1.9
With own children under
18 years old.......... 13,498 100.0 2.5 45.7 0.9 5.6 0.5 31.4 7.8 2.5 1.9 1.2
Employment status
Civilian labor force..... 43,405 100.0 5.4 27.7 2.0 7.8 1.4 34.3 12.7 3.5 3.6 1.7
Employed............... 41,708 100.0 5.3 27.6 2.0 7.8 1.5 34.5 12.5 3.5 3.5 1.7
Full time (7)....... 32,714 100.0 5.8 27.1 2.0 7.8 1.6 34.1 12.6 3.6 3.6 1.7
Part time (8)........ 8,994 100.0 3.7 29.6 2.0 7.6 .9 36.1 12.2 3.2 3.2 1.5
Unemployed............. 1,697 100.0 5.4 29.7 2.2 8.8 .9 28.0 16.6 1.8 4.5 2.2
Not in the labor force... 17,433 100.0 4.5 22.4 1.7 7.8 1.0 39.0 14.1 3.7 4.1 1.8
1 Main organization is defined as the organization for which the volunteer worked the most hours during
the year. See the Technical Note for more details.
2 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
5 Includes divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
6 Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces,
nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.
7 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
8 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Data on volunteers relate to persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities for an organization
at any point from September 1, 2006, through the survey period in September 2007. Estimates 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.
Table 5. Main volunteer activity for main organization for which activities were performed and selected characteristics, September 2007
Percent distribution of main volunteer activity for main organization (1)
Pro- En-
vide gage
Collect, Pro- profes- in
make or vide sional Engage gen-
Coach Col- distri- coun- or in eral
Total ref- lect, bute Fund- seling, manage- music, lab- Equal
volun- eree, Be an pre- cloth- raise medi- Provide ment perfor-, or, time
Characteristics in teers or, Tutor usher, pare, ing, or cal general assis- mance, sup- among
September 2007 (thou- super- or Mentor greet- dis- crafts sell care, office tance, or, ply Other all
sands) vise teach youth er, or tri- or goods items fire/, ser- includ- other trans-
sports mini- bute, other to EMS, vices ing artis- port-
teams ster or than raise or, serving tices ation
serve food money pro- on a activ- to
food tec- board ities peo-
tive or ple
ser- commi-
vices tee
Sex
Total, both sexes........ 60,838 5.8 10.8 5.8 4.2 9.2 3.2 10.9 3.1 4.7 7.6 4.4 8.3 14.3 7.7
Men................... 25,724 10.0 8.0 5.5 5.4 7.2 1.8 8.8 3.6 2.7 9.3 4.1 12.4 14.3 7.0
Women................. 35,114 2.7 12.9 6.0 3.4 10.7 4.2 12.4 2.8 6.2 6.3 4.7 5.4 14.3 8.2
Age
Total, 16 years and over. 60,838 5.8 10.8 5.8 4.2 9.2 3.2 10.9 3.1 4.7 7.6 4.4 8.3 14.3 7.7
16 to 24 years......... 7,798 6.1 10.4 9.4 3.3 6.8 3.1 9.9 3.0 3.9 2.1 6.2 11.7 16.9 7.1
16 to 19 years...... 4,173 6.4 9.8 9.9 3.3 8.2 3.3 10.7 1.8 4.2 1.1 6.6 12.0 15.2 7.5
20 to 24 years...... 3,625 5.9 11.2 8.8 3.3 5.3 2.8 8.9 4.4 3.5 3.2 5.8 11.4 18.9 6.7
25 years and over...... 53,040 5.8 10.8 5.3 4.4 9.5 3.2 11.0 3.1 4.9 8.4 4.2 7.9 13.9 7.8
25 to 34 years...... 9,019 7.7 12.4 8.3 2.5 8.1 2.6 11.3 3.7 3.8 5.5 4.4 7.5 14.1 8.2
35 to 44 years...... 12,902 10.1 13.8 6.8 3.1 7.2 2.6 12.7 2.7 3.9 6.4 3.5 6.9 12.8 7.5
45 to 54 years...... 13,136 6.1 10.2 5.3 4.6 9.3 3.0 11.9 3.2 4.2 9.0 4.4 8.4 12.9 7.6
55 to 64 years...... 9,316 1.9 9.5 3.6 5.8 9.4 3.2 10.1 3.7 5.1 12.3 4.5 8.2 14.4 8.1
65 years and over... 8,667 1.1 7.3 1.6 6.4 15.0 4.8 7.8 2.3 8.1 9.1 4.2 8.4 16.1 7.7
Race and Hispanic or
Latino ethnicity
White.................... 52,586 6.0 10.7 5.6 4.0 9.0 3.2 11.2 3.1 4.8 8.0 4.2 8.4 14.3 7.5
Black or African
American................. 5,010 5.0 10.8 8.8 7.4 10.3 3.9 8.2 2.9 5.0 3.9 5.6 6.3 12.5 9.5
Asian.................... 1,887 3.2 12.3 3.4 3.3 12.0 2.0 10.6 2.3 3.9 6.4 4.9 9.6 19.0 7.2
Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity................ 4,279 6.1 12.7 5.6 4.5 9.8 2.8 10.3 2.8 5.1 3.4 4.6 6.4 18.5 7.4
Educational attainment (2)
Less than a high school
diploma.................. 2,394 3.7 7.6 2.6 5.0 20.8 5.4 6.0 2.6 4.2 1.5 4.0 12.2 18.5 5.9
High school graduates, no
college (3).............. 11,379 5.2 8.4 4.4 5.8 13.0 4.2 11.0 2.8 5.5 4.3 3.1 9.8 15.0 7.5
Some college or associate
degree .................. 15,468 5.5 10.1 5.5 3.9 10.2 2.9 12.1 3.4 5.0 6.3 4.7 8.2 13.8 8.5
Bachelor's degree and
higher (4)............... 23,799 6.4 12.8 5.8 4.0 6.3 2.6 10.8 3.1 4.5 12.4 4.3 6.3 12.9 7.6
Marital status
Single, never married.... 12,612 5.8 9.1 8.0 3.4 8.0 2.9 10.6 3.4 4.2 4.5 5.5 10.4 17.0 7.2
Married, spouse present.. 38,876 6.3 11.9 5.5 4.5 8.9 2.9 10.8 2.9 4.5 8.8 4.1 7.8 13.1 7.8
Other marital status (5). 9,350 3.8 8.5 4.0 4.2 11.8 4.6 11.3 3.3 6.5 6.5 4.2 7.7 15.4 8.0
Presence of own children
under 18 years (6)
Men:
No own children under
18 years old.......... 16,880 5.3 7.3 5.0 5.9 7.8 2.1 8.7 3.9 3.3 9.4 4.2 13.6 15.8 7.6
With own children under
18 years old......... 8,844 19.1 9.1 6.5 4.4 6.0 1.2 9.1 2.9 1.7 9.0 3.7 10.0 11.2 6.0
Women:
No own children under
18 years old.......... 1,616 1.8 10.3 5.0 4.1 11.6 4.7 11.7 3.0 6.7 7.0 5.2 6.0 15.2 7.7
With own children under
18 years old.......... 13,498 4.3 17.0 7.6 2.2 9.1 3.4 13.4 2.3 5.3 5.2 3.8 4.5 12.7 9.0
Employment status
Civilian labor force..... 43,405 7.1 10.9 6.3 4.1 8.1 2.8 11.8 3.3 3.7 8.0 4.4 8.4 13.6 7.4
Employed............... 41,708 7.2 11.0 6.3 4.1 8.0 2.8 11.9 3.3 3.7 8.2 4.4 8.2 13.5 7.3
Full time (7)........ 32,714 8.2 10.3 6.2 4.2 7.9 2.5 12.2 3.4 3.3 8.8 4.2 8.3 13.3 7.2
Part time (8)........ 8,994 3.5 13.3 6.9 4.0 8.7 3.5 10.8 3.0 5.2 5.6 5.2 8.0 14.4 7.8
Unemployed............. 1,697 5.7 9.0 7.0 2.8 9.8 4.9 10.5 4.3 3.7 4.0 4.6 11.7 13.8 8.2
Not in the labor force... 17,433 2.5 10.6 4.4 4.6 11.9 4.0 8.5 2.5 7.2 6.5 4.4 8.3 16.0 8.5
1 Main organization is defined as the organization for which the volunteer worked the most hours during the year. See the Technical
Note for more details.
2 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
3 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
4 Includes persons with bachelor's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
5 Includes divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
6 Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and
other related and unrelated children.
7 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
8 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Data on volunteers relate to persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities for an organization at any point from
September 1, 2006, through the survey period in September 2007. Estimates 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.
Table 6. Volunteers by how they became involved with main organization for which volunteer activities were
performed and selected characteristics, September 2007
Percent distribution of how volunteers became involved with main
organization (1)
Total Was asked by:
Characteristics in volun- Not
September 2007 teers Approach- report-
(thou- ed the Rela- Someone ing how
sands) Total organi- Boss or tive in the Other became
zation Total (2) employer friend, organi- Some- in-
or zation/ one volved
co- school else
worker
Sex
Total, both sexes......... 60,838 100.0 40.1 44.6 1.3 14.8 27.2 1.2 12.7 2.6
Men.................... 25,724 100.0 39.9 45.1 1.3 15.8 26.5 1.3 12.3 2.7
Women.................. 35,114 100.0 40.2 44.3 1.3 14.1 27.6 1.1 13.0 2.5
Age
Total, 16 years and over.. 60,838 100.0 40.1 44.6 1.3 14.8 27.2 1.2 12.7 2.6
16 to 24 years.......... 7,798 100.0 40.4 42.2 .6 16.9 22.6 1.9 13.5 3.9
16 to 19 years....... 4,173 100.0 41.9 42.5 .1 16.1 24.6 1.7 12.6 3.0
20 to 24 years....... 3,625 100.0 38.8 41.8 1.3 17.9 20.3 2.2 14.5 4.8
25 years and over....... 53,040 100.0 40.0 45.0 1.4 14.5 27.8 1.1 12.6 2.4
25 to 34 years....... 9,019 100.0 39.1 44.8 2.6 15.3 25.9 1.0 13.7 2.3
35 to 44 years....... 12,902 100.0 39.9 45.9 1.3 13.6 30.0 .9 12.1 2.1
45 to 54 years....... 13,136 100.0 39.3 46.0 1.6 14.7 28.3 1.3 12.6 2.2
55 to 64 years....... 9,316 100.0 40.2 43.5 1.2 14.5 26.5 1.1 13.3 2.9
65 years and over.... 8,667 100.0 41.9 44.0 .3 14.7 27.4 1.2 11.4 2.7
Race and Hispanic or
Latino ethnicity
White..................... 52,586 100.0 40.0 45.1 1.3 14.9 27.6 1.1 12.5 2.4
Black or African
American................. 5,010 100.0 41.3 40.8 1.8 13.8 23.8 1.4 14.4 3.5
Asian..................... 1,887 100.0 42.6 39.9 1.3 12.0 23.8 2.7 13.2 4.4
Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity................ 4,279 100.0 41.4 43.8 1.2 13.7 27.2 1.7 11.8 3.1
Educational attainment (3)
Less than a high school
diploma.................. 2,394 100.0 44.5 42.0 .6 15.0 24.5 1.9 11.9 1.7
High school graduates, no
college (4).............. 11,379 100.0 38.8 46.0 1.2 15.4 28.3 .9 12.8 2.4
Some college or associate
degree .................. 15,468 100.0 41.3 43.4 1.5 14.1 26.7 1.0 13.1 2.2
Bachelor's degree and
higher (5)................ 23,799 100.0 39.3 45.9 1.6 14.3 28.7 1.2 12.2 2.6
Marital status
Single, never married..... 12,612 100.0 39.6 42.4 1.6 17.7 21.4 1.7 14.2 3.7
Married, spouse present... 38,876 100.0 40.4 45.5 1.2 13.6 29.5 1.0 12.0 2.2
Other marital status (6).. 9,350 100.0 39.1 44.2 1.7 15.8 25.3 1.3 13.8 2.9
Presence of own
children under
18 years (7)
Men:
No own children under
18 years old........... 16,880 100.0 40.0 44.4 1.3 16.9 24.5 1.5 12.4 3.2
With own children under
18 years old........... 8,844 100.0 39.7 46.4 1.3 13.6 30.4 1.0 12.1 1.8
Women:
No own children under
18 years old........... 21,616 100.0 40.4 42.8 1.4 15.8 24.3 1.2 13.8 3.0
With own children under
18 years old........... 13,498 100.0 39.8 46.7 1.3 11.5 32.9 1.0 11.8 1.7
Employment status
Civilian labor force...... 43,405 100.0 39.2 45.5 1.8 15.2 27.2 1.2 12.8 2.5
Employed................ 41,708 100.0 39.2 45.6 1.8 15.1 27.3 1.2 12.7 2.5
Full time (8)......... 32,714 100.0 38.8 45.9 2.1 15.6 26.9 1.2 12.7 2.5
Part time (9)......... 8,994 100.0 40.5 44.5 .9 13.3 28.8 1.3 12.5 2.5
Unemployed.............. 1,697 100.0 39.7 42.9 .7 16.2 23.7 2.0 15.2 2.2
Not in the labor force.... 17,433 100.0 42.2 42.5 .2 13.9 27.1 1.1 12.5 2.8
1 Main organization is defined as the organization for which the volunteer worked the most hours
during the year. See the Technical Note for more details.
2 Includes persons who did not specify who asked them to volunteer, not shown separately.
3 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
4 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
5 Includes persons with bachelor's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
6 Includes divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
7 Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces,
nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.
8 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
9 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Data on volunteers relate to persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities for an organization at
any point from September 1, 2006, through the survey period in September 2007. Estimates 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.
United States Department of Labor
