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Work Experience of the Population (Annual) News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, December 3, 2019 					USDL-19-2103

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			    WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION -- 2018

A total of 166.4 million persons worked at some point during 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics reported today. The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16
and over who worked at some time during 2018 was 64.4 percent, little changed from 2017. The
number of persons who experienced some unemployment during 2018 declined by 1.3 million to 
13.2 million.

These data are based on information collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement
(ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey conducted by the
U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ASEC collects information on
employment and unemployment experienced during the prior calendar year. Additional information
about the CPS and the ASEC, including concepts and definitions, is provided in the Technical 
Note.

Highlights from the 2018 data:

   --The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round in 2018 was 70.4 percent, up 0.9
     percentage point from the prior year. (See table 1.)

   --The "work-experience unemployment rate"--defined as the number of persons unemployed at some
     time during the year as a proportion of the number of persons who worked or looked for work
     during the year--declined by 0.8 percentage point to 7.8 percent in 2018. This is the lowest
     rate in this series, which began in 1958. (See table 3.) 

   --About 2.2 million individuals looked for a job but did not work at all in 2018, compared 
     with 2.4 million in 2017. (See table 3.)

Persons with Employment

Overall, 64.4 percent of the population worked in 2018, little changed from 64.2 percent in 2017.
The proportion of men who worked at some time during 2018 was 69.7 percent, little changed from 
2017. The proportion of women, however, increased by 0.6 percentage point to 59.4 percent in 2018.
(See table 1.)

Among the major race and ethnicity groups, the proportions of Whites (64.7 percent), Blacks 
(62.4 percent), Asians (64.5 percent), and Hispanics (66.6 percent) who worked at some time 
during 2018 showed little change from 2017. (See table 2.)

Among those with work experience in 2018, 80.8 percent usually worked full time, up 0.4 
percentage point from a year earlier. The proportion of women who usually worked full time 
increased 0.9 percentage point over the year to 74.4 percent in 2018. The share of men who 
usually worked full time was little changed at 86.7 percent. Among those who worked at some point
in 2018, Asians (84.7 percent) were more likely to work full time, followed by Blacks (82.4 
percent), and Hispanics (81.2 percent), and Whites (80.4 percent). (See tables 1 and 2.)

Of the total who worked during 2018, 80.8 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 
weeks, either full or part time), up from 80.1 percent in 2017. The share of men working year 
round increased by 1.1 percentage points to 83.1 percent in 2018, while the percentage of women
working year round was little changed at 78.3 percent. (See table 1.)

Persons with Unemployment

Overall, 168.6 million persons worked or looked for work at some time in 2018, up by 1.1 million
from the prior year. Of those, 13.2 million experienced some unemployment during 2018, down by 1.3
million from 2017. (See table 3.)

The work-experience unemployment rate (those looking for work during the year as a percent of 
those who worked or looked for work during the year) continued to decline. In 2018, the work-
experience unemployment rate fell by 0.8 percentage point to 7.8 percent--this is the lowest 
rate in the history of the series, which began in 1958. (See table 3.)

In 2018, men continued to have a higher work-experience unemployment rate than women, at 8.2 
percent and 7.4 percent, respectively. The rates for both men and women declined from the prior 
year. (See table 3.)

In 2018, the work-experience unemployment rates for Whites(7.3 percent) and Blacks (10.6 percent)
declined, while the rates for Hispanics(9.7 percent) and Asians (5.8 percent) were little changed.
Among Whites, the rate for men was higher than the rate for women, while among Blacks, Asians, and
Hispanics, the rates for men and women were little different from each other. (See table 4.)

Among those who experienced unemployment in 2018, the median number of weeks spent looking for 
work was 13.9 weeks. The number of persons who looked for a job but did not work at all in 2018
was little changed at 2.2 million. Of the 11.0 million individuals who both worked and experienced 
unemployment in 2018, 21.7 percent had two or more spells of unemployment, up 1.5 percentage 
points from 2017. (See table 3.)




Technical Note

   The data presented in this release were collected in the Annual Social and Economic
Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly sample
survey of about 60,000 eligible households, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for 
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Data from the CPS are used to obtain the 
monthly estimates of the nation's employment and unemployment levels. The ASEC, 
conducted in the months of February through April, includes questions about work 
activity during the prior calendar year. For instance, data collected in 2019 refer 
to the 2018 calendar year. Because the reference period is a full year, the number of
persons with some employment or unemployment greatly exceeds the average levels for 
any given month, which are based on a 1-week reference period, and the corresponding 
annual average of the monthly estimates. As shown below, for example, the number 
experiencing any unemployment was about twice the number unemployed in an average 
month during the year.


					Employed	Unemployed
  2018 estimates (in thousands)
   Annual average of
    monthly estimates			155,761		6,314
   Annual supplement data		166,402		13,171


   In addition, estimates from the supplement differ from those obtained in the basic 
CPS because the questions used to classify workers as either employed or unemployed 
are different. More important, perhaps, is that the supplement contains fewer questions
for categorizing respondents. In regard to unemployment in particular, the supplement 
has no questions on the type of job search activity or on the respondent's availability
to work. Also, individuals can be counted as both employed and unemployed in the work 
experience supplement data, whereas, for a specific monthly reference week, each person
is only counted in one category and employment activity takes precedence over job search 
activity.

   The data presented in this release are not strictly com-parable with data for earlier 
years due to the introduction of updated population controls used in the CPS. The 
population controls are updated each year in January to reflect the latest information 
about population change. Additional information is available at 
www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop.

Reliability of the estimates

   Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a
sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the 
sample estimates may differ from the true population values they represent. The 
component of this difference that occurs because samples differ by chance is known as 
sampling error, and its 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 differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value 
because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level 
of confidence.

   The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for 
many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to 
obtain information 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.

   A full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS and information on estimating 
standard errors is available at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#reliability.

Concepts and definitions

   The principle concepts and definitions used in connection with the data in this release 
are described briefly below.

   Persons who worked. In the 2019 supplement, persons are considered to have worked if 
they responded "yes" to either the question "Did you work at a job or business at any 
time during 2018?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time, or seasonal work even for a 
few days during 2018?"

   Unemployed persons. Persons who worked during the year but not in every week are counted
as unemployed if they also reported looking for work or being on layoff from a job during 
the year. Those who reported no work activity during the year are considered unemployed if
they responded "yes" to the question "Even though you did not work in 2018, did you spend 
any time trying to find a job or on layoff?"

   Work-experience unemployment rate. The number of persons unemployed at some time during 
the year as a proportion of the number of persons who worked or looked for work during 
the year.

   Labor force participants. Persons who either worked or were unemployed during the year.

   Usual full- and part-time employment. These data refer to the number of hours a worker 
typically works during most weeks of the year. Workers are classified as full time if 
they usually worked 35 hours or more in a week; part-time employment refers to workers 
whose typical workweek was between 1 and 34 hours.

   Year-round and part-year employment. Workers are classified as year round if they worked 
50 to 52 weeks. Part-year employment refers to workers who worked fewer than 50 weeks.

Other information

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon
request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.




Table 1. Work experience of the population during the year by sex and extent of employment, 2017-2018 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of employment Total Men Women
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

NUMBER OF EMPLOYED

Civilian noninstitutional population

257,097 258,527 124,331 125,027 132,766 133,500

Total who worked or looked for work

167,538 168,617 88,360 88,364 79,177 80,253

Percent of the population

65.2 65.2 71.1 70.7 59.6 60.1

Total who worked during the year(1)

165,163 166,402 87,147 87,163 78,016 79,239

Percent of the population

64.2 64.4 70.1 69.7 58.8 59.4

Full time(2)

132,784 134,458 75,471 75,541 57,312 58,917

50 to 52 weeks

114,845 117,172 65,625 66,451 49,221 50,721

48 to 49 weeks

2,180 1,876 1,231 1,058 949 818

40 to 47 weeks

4,899 5,166 2,581 2,618 2,318 2,548

27 to 39 weeks

3,946 3,689 2,227 1,939 1,718 1,750

14 to 26 weeks

4,127 3,994 2,220 2,096 1,907 1,898

1 to 13 weeks

2,787 2,561 1,587 1,379 1,200 1,181

Part time(3)

32,379 31,944 11,675 11,622 20,703 20,323

50 to 52 weeks

17,457 17,363 5,841 6,000 11,616 11,364

48 to 49 weeks

806 831 304 302 502 529

40 to 47 weeks

2,871 2,834 977 970 1,894 1,864

27 to 39 weeks

2,560 2,709 890 997 1,670 1,711

14 to 26 weeks

4,395 4,286 1,806 1,701 2,590 2,585

1 to 13 weeks

4,289 3,920 1,857 1,651 2,432 2,269

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Total who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

80.4 80.8 86.6 86.7 73.5 74.4

50 to 52 weeks

69.5 70.4 75.3 76.2 63.1 64.0

48 to 49 weeks

1.3 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.0

40 to 47 weeks

3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2

27 to 39 weeks

2.4 2.2 2.6 2.2 2.2 2.2

14 to 26 weeks

2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4

1 to 13 weeks

1.7 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5

Part time(3)

19.6 19.2 13.4 13.3 26.5 25.6

50 to 52 weeks

10.6 10.4 6.7 6.9 14.9 14.3

48 to 49 weeks

0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.7

40 to 47 weeks

1.7 1.7 1.1 1.1 2.4 2.4

27 to 39 weeks

1.6 1.6 1.0 1.1 2.1 2.2

14 to 26 weeks

2.7 2.6 2.1 2.0 3.3 3.3

1 to 13 weeks

2.6 2.4 2.1 1.9 3.1 2.9

(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
(2) Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.
(3) Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.

NOTE: Data refer to persons 16 years and over. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.


Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2017-2018
[Numbers in thousands]
Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total Men Women
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population

200,003 200,567 97,879 98,110 102,123 102,457

Total who worked or looked for work

130,598 131,215 70,199 70,101 60,399 61,114

Percent of the population

65.3 65.4 71.7 71.5 59.1 59.6

Total who worked during the year(1)

129,141 129,712 69,456 69,271 59,685 60,442

Percent of the population

64.6 64.7 71.0 70.6 58.4 59.0

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

80.0 80.4 86.7 86.8 72.2 73.1

50 to 52 weeks

69.4 70.1 75.6 76.6 62.2 62.8

27 to 49 weeks

6.6 6.4 6.9 6.4 6.3 6.5

1 to 26 weeks

4.0 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.8

Part time(3)

20.0 19.6 13.3 13.2 27.8 26.9

50 to 52 weeks

10.8 10.7 6.6 6.9 15.7 15.1

27 to 49 weeks

3.9 4.0 2.6 2.7 5.4 5.5

1 to 26 weeks

5.2 4.9 4.1 3.6 6.6 6.3

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

32,636 32,923 14,904 15,047 17,733 17,877

Total who worked or looked for work

20,877 21,013 9,775 9,723 11,102 11,290

Percent of the population

64.0 63.8 65.6 64.6 62.6 63.2

Total who worked during the year(1)

20,215 20,533 9,439 9,478 10,776 11,055

Percent of the population

61.9 62.4 63.3 63.0 60.8 61.8

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

81.8 82.4 85.6 85.1 78.5 80.0

50 to 52 weeks

69.9 71.6 73.0 74.5 67.2 69.1

27 to 49 weeks

7.1 6.3 7.5 6.2 6.7 6.3

1 to 26 weeks

4.8 4.5 5.1 4.4 4.6 4.5

Part time(3)

18.2 17.6 14.4 14.9 21.5 20.0

50 to 52 weeks

9.5 9.2 7.3 7.2 11.5 10.8

27 to 49 weeks

3.3 3.2 2.3 2.4 4.2 3.9

1 to 26 weeks

5.4 5.2 4.8 5.2 5.9 5.2

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population

15,938 16,260 7,509 7,685 8,429 8,575

Total who worked or looked for work

10,382 10,589 5,511 5,597 4,871 4,992

Percent of the population

65.1 65.1 73.4 72.8 57.8 58.2

Total who worked during the year(1)

10,259 10,486 5,454 5,541 4,805 4,945

Percent of the population

64.4 64.5 72.6 72.1 57.0 57.7

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

84.0 84.7 89.8 89.9 77.4 78.8

50 to 52 weeks

73.6 75.6 79.6 80.7 66.8 69.9

27 to 49 weeks

6.3 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.5 5.5

1 to 26 weeks

4.1 3.3 4.1 3.2 4.2 3.4

Part time(3)

16.0 15.3 10.2 10.1 22.6 21.2

50 to 52 weeks

9.2 9.0 5.9 5.6 13.1 12.9

27 to 49 weeks

2.9 2.8 1.5 1.8 4.5 4.0

1 to 26 weeks

3.9 3.5 2.9 2.7 5.0 4.3

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population

42,417 43,196 21,130 21,503 21,287 21,692

Total who worked or looked for work

28,480 29,240 16,040 16,341 12,440 12,899

Percent of the population

67.1 67.7 75.9 76.0 58.4 59.5

Total who worked during the year(1)

28,039 28,781 15,819 16,095 12,221 12,686

Percent of the population

66.1 66.6 74.9 74.8 57.4 58.5

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Full time(2)

81.1 81.2 87.4 87.2 72.9 73.6

50 to 52 weeks

69.0 69.7 74.6 75.8 61.7 62.0

27 to 49 weeks

7.4 7.2 8.1 7.5 6.6 6.8

1 to 26 weeks

4.7 4.3 4.7 3.9 4.6 4.8

Part time(3)

18.9 18.8 12.6 12.8 27.1 26.4

50 to 52 weeks

10.7 10.8 7.0 7.4 15.6 15.0

27 to 49 weeks

3.2 3.5 2.0 2.2 4.8 5.1

1 to 26 weeks

5.0 4.5 3.6 3.1 6.7 6.3

(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
(2) Usually worked 35 hours or more per week.
(3) Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 1 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.


Table 3. Extent of unemployment during the year by sex, 2017-2018 [Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment Total Men Women
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED

Total who worked or looked for work

167,538 168,617 88,360 88,364 79,177 80,253

Percent with unemployment

8.6 7.8 9.0 8.2 8.3 7.4

Total with unemployment

14,461 13,171 7,921 7,210 6,540 5,962

Did not work but looked for work

2,375 2,215 1,213 1,202 1,162 1,014

1 to 14 weeks

978 891 437 453 542 438

15 weeks or more

1,397 1,324 777 748 620 576

Worked during the year

12,086 10,956 6,708 6,008 5,379 4,948

Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

426 452 265 287 160 165

Part-year workers(2) with unemployment

11,661 10,504 6,442 5,721 5,218 4,783

1 to 4 weeks

2,771 2,350 1,414 1,097 1,358 1,253

5 to 10 weeks

1,901 1,651 1,071 888 830 763

11 to 14 weeks

1,582 1,430 902 783 680 647

15 to 26 weeks

2,846 2,793 1,566 1,621 1,280 1,172

27 weeks or more

2,559 2,281 1,489 1,333 1,070 948

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

13.4 13.9 13.7 14.7 13.0 12.8

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

2,438 2,381 1,482 1,419 956 961

2 spells

1,123 1,124 625 622 498 502

3 spells or more

1,315 1,256 857 797 458 459

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

Did not work but looked for work

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

1 to 14 weeks

41.2 40.2 36.0 37.7 46.6 43.2

15 weeks or more

58.8 59.8 64.0 62.3 53.4 56.8

Worked during the year

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

3.5 4.1 4.0 4.8 3.0 3.3

Part-year workers(2) with unemployment

96.5 95.9 96.0 95.2 97.0 96.7

1 to 4 weeks

22.9 21.4 21.1 18.3 25.2 25.3

5 to 10 weeks

15.7 15.1 16.0 14.8 15.4 15.4

11 to 14 weeks

13.1 13.0 13.5 13.0 12.6 13.1

15 to 26 weeks

23.5 25.5 23.4 27.0 23.8 23.7

27 weeks or more

21.2 20.8 22.2 22.2 19.9 19.2

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

20.2 21.7 22.1 23.6 17.8 19.4

2 spells

9.3 10.3 9.3 10.4 9.3 10.1

3 spells or more

10.9 11.5 12.8 13.3 8.5 9.3

(1) Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
(2) Worked less than 50 weeks.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.


Table 4. Extent of unemployment during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2017-2018
[Numbers in thousands]
Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Total Men Women
2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018

WHITE

Total who worked or looked for work

130,598 131,215 70,199 70,101 60,399 61,114

Percent with unemployment

8.0 7.3 8.5 7.6 7.5 7.0

Total with unemployment

10,469 9,590 5,952 5,332 4,517 4,258

Did not work but looked for work

1,457 1,503 743 830 714 672

Worked during the year

9,012 8,088 5,209 4,501 3,803 3,586

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

12.6 13.3 13.0 13.8 11.9 12.5

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

3.9 4.0 4.4 5.0 3.1 2.7

Part-year workers(3) with unemployment

96.1 96.0 95.6 95.0 96.9 97.3

1 to 4 weeks

24.1 22.3 21.6 18.8 27.5 26.6

5 to 14 weeks

30.1 29.6 30.7 30.2 29.2 28.8

15 weeks or more

42.0 44.2 43.3 46.0 40.2 41.9

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

20.3 22.2 22.4 23.8 17.4 20.1

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Total who worked or looked for work

20,877 21,013 9,775 9,723 11,102 11,290

Percent with unemployment

12.3 10.6 12.6 11.5 12.0 9.8

Total with unemployment

2,569 2,230 1,232 1,119 1,337 1,111

Did not work but looked for work

662 480 336 246 326 235

Worked during the year

1,907 1,749 896 873 1,012 876

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

16.9 17.4 16.6 20.4 17.3 14.5

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

2.5 4.7 2.8 4.3 2.2 5.1

Part-year workers(3) with unemployment

97.5 95.3 97.2 95.7 97.8 94.9

1 to 4 weeks

15.9 16.9 16.6 13.3 15.4 20.4

5 to 14 weeks

27.1 22.8 26.4 19.3 27.8 26.3

15 weeks or more

54.4 55.6 54.2 63.1 54.6 48.2

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

20.1 20.2 19.1 23.2 21.0 17.3

ASIAN

Total who worked or looked for work

10,382 10,589 5,511 5,597 4,871 4,992

Percent with unemployment

7.0 5.8 6.5 6.4 7.5 5.0

Total with unemployment

725 610 359 359 366 251

Did not work but looked for work

123 103 57 56 66 47

Worked during the year

602 507 302 303 300 204

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

13.9 13.9 13.8 14.1 14.0 13.6

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

2.8 4.7 1.9 6.6 3.6 2.0

Part-year workers(3) with unemployment

97.2 95.3 98.1 93.4 96.4 98.0

1 to 4 weeks

26.6 20.1 24.6 20.0 28.7 20.2

5 to 14 weeks

24.7 29.7 28.7 26.5 20.6 34.5

15 weeks or more

45.9 45.5 44.8 47.0 47.0 43.3

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

17.7 16.3 21.3 15.6 14.0 17.5

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Total who worked or looked for work

28,480 29,240 16,040 16,341 12,440 12,899

Percent with unemployment

9.9 9.7 10.1 9.5 9.6 9.8

Total with unemployment

2,813 2,827 1,616 1,559 1,196 1,269

Did not work but looked for work

441 459 222 246 219 213

Worked during the year

2,372 2,368 1,395 1,312 977 1,056

Median weeks of unemployment for all workers

13.3 14.7 13.7 13.9 12.7 16.2

Percent who worked during the year(1)

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment

3.3 3.3 2.9 4.4 3.9 1.8

Part-year workers(3) with unemployment

96.7 96.7 97.1 95.6 96.1 98.2

1 to 4 weeks

22.7 20.2 21.0 19.5 25.1 21.1

5 to 14 weeks

29.4 27.5 30.6 30.1 27.6 24.3

15 weeks or more

44.6 49.0 45.5 45.9 43.3 52.8

With 2 spells or more of unemployment

23.3 24.4 27.3 26.4 17.6 21.9

(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave.
(2) Worked 50 or 51 weeks.
(3) Worked less than 50 weeks.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 3 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.


Last Modified Date: December 03, 2019