Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by presence of work-limiting health condition or difficulty, disability status, and selected characteristics, July 2024

Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by presence of work-limiting health condition or difficulty, disability status, and selected characteristics, July 2024 [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Civilian noninstitutional population	Civilian labor force	Labor force participation rate	Employed	Employment-population ratio	Unemployed	Unemployment rate	Not in labor force
Total, ages 16 to 75	246,596	169,556	68.8	161,719	65.6	7,837	4.6	77,040
Men	121,405	90,100	74.2	86,181	71.0	3,919	4.3	31,305
Women	125,192	79,456	63.5	75,538	60.3	3,918	4.9	45,735
16 to 24 years	38,993	24,007	61.6	21,587	55.4	2,419	10.1	14,987
25 to 34 years	44,447	37,620	84.6	35,763	80.5	1,856	4.9	6,827
35 to 44 years	44,207	37,615	85.1	36,341	82.2	1,274	3.4	6,592
45 to 54 years	40,020	33,274	83.1	32,241	80.6	1,033	3.1	6,746
55 to 64 years	41,205	26,991	65.5	26,162	63.5	829	3.1	14,214
65 to 75 years	37,724	10,050	26.6	9,626	25.5	424	4.2	27,674
Total, ages 25 to 75	207,603	145,549	70.1	140,132	67.5	5,417	3.7	62,053
Less than a high school diploma	16,147	8,933	55.3	8,378	51.9	555	6.2	7,214
High school graduates, no college(1)	56,256	35,687	63.4	33,998	60.4	1,689	4.7	20,569
Some college or associate degree	51,705	35,527	68.7	34,176	66.1	1,351	3.8	16,178
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	83,494	65,402	78.3	63,580	76.1	1,822	2.8	18,092
PEOPLE WITH A HEALTH CONDITION OR DIFFICULTY THAT LIMITS WORK
Total, ages 16 to 75	30,661	8,319	27.1	7,447	24.3	871	10.5	22,342
Men	14,659	4,235	28.9	3,800	25.9	435	10.3	10,424
Women	16,002	4,084	25.5	3,647	22.8	436	10.7	11,918
16 to 24 years	2,258	801	35.5	610	27.0	191	23.8	1,457
25 to 34 years	3,021	1,432	47.4	1,271	42.1	161	11.2	1,589
35 to 44 years	3,331	1,437	43.1	1,311	39.4	126	8.8	1,894
45 to 54 years	4,755	1,758	37.0	1,592	33.5	166	9.4	2,997
55 to 64 years	7,911	1,850	23.4	1,725	21.8	125	6.8	6,061
65 to 75 years	9,385	1,041	11.1	938	10.0	103	9.9	8,344
Total, ages 25 to 75	28,403	7,518	26.5	6,837	24.1	681	9.1	20,885
Less than a high school diploma	4,026	678	16.8	603	15.0	75	11.1	3,347
High school graduates, no college(1)	10,567	2,163	20.5	1,956	18.5	207	9.5	8,404
Some college or associate degree	8,224	2,424	29.5	2,217	27.0	207	8.5	5,800
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	5,587	2,253	40.3	2,061	36.9	192	8.5	3,334
With a disability - people with a health condition or difficulty that limits work
Total, ages 16 to 75	15,804	2,807	17.8	2,545	16.1	262	9.3	12,996
Men	7,459	1,391	18.7	1,290	17.3	101	7.3	6,068
Women	8,344	1,416	17.0	1,255	15.0	161	11.4	6,928
16 to 24 years	1,117	243	21.7	198	17.7	44	18.3	875
25 to 34 years	1,448	509	35.1	453	31.3	56	11.0	940
35 to 44 years	1,501	440	29.3	401	26.7	39	8.9	1,061
45 to 54 years	2,296	571	24.9	517	22.5	54	9.5	1,725
55 to 64 years	4,334	601	13.9	569	13.1	32	5.4	3,733
65 to 75 years	5,106	444	8.7	407	8.0	37	8.3	4,662
Total, ages 25 to 75	14,686	2,565	17.5	2,347	16.0	218	8.5	12,121
Less than a high school diploma	2,241	218	9.7	192	8.6	26	12.0	2,022
High school graduates, no college(1)	5,682	754	13.3	685	12.0	69	9.2	4,928
Some college or associate degree	4,295	857	20.0	790	18.4	67	7.9	3,438
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,468	735	29.8	680	27.5	55	7.5	1,733
With no disability - people with a health condition or difficulty that limits work
Total, ages 16 to 75	14,857	5,511	37.1	4,902	33.0	609	11.1	9,346
Men	7,199	2,844	39.5	2,510	34.9	334	11.7	4,356
Women	7,658	2,668	34.8	2,392	31.2	275	10.3	4,990
16 to 24 years	1,140	558	48.9	412	36.1	146	26.2	582
25 to 34 years	1,573	923	58.7	818	52.0	105	11.4	649
35 to 44 years	1,830	997	54.5	910	49.7	87	8.8	832
45 to 54 years	2,459	1,188	48.3	1,076	43.7	112	9.4	1,272
55 to 64 years	3,577	1,249	34.9	1,156	32.3	93	7.4	2,328
65 to 75 years	4,278	597	13.9	531	12.4	66	11.1	3,682
Total, ages 25 to 75	13,717	4,953	36.1	4,491	32.7	463	9.3	8,764
Less than a high school diploma	1,785	460	25.8	410	23.0	49	10.7	1,325
High school graduates, no college(1)	4,885	1,409	28.8	1,272	26.0	137	9.8	3,476
Some college or associate degree	3,929	1,566	39.9	1,427	36.3	140	8.9	2,362
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	3,119	1,518	48.7	1,382	44.3	137	9.0	1,601
PEOPLE WITH NO HEALTH CONDITIONS OR DIFFICULTIES THAT LIMIT WORK
Total, ages 16 to 75	215,935	161,237	74.7	154,272	71.4	6,965	4.3	54,698
Men	106,746	85,865	80.4	82,381	77.2	3,484	4.1	20,881
Women	109,190	75,373	69.0	71,891	65.8	3,482	4.6	33,817
16 to 24 years	36,736	23,206	63.2	20,977	57.1	2,229	9.6	13,530
25 to 34 years	41,426	36,188	87.4	34,492	83.3	1,696	4.7	5,238
35 to 44 years	40,876	36,178	88.5	35,030	85.7	1,148	3.2	4,699
45 to 54 years	35,265	31,516	89.4	30,648	86.9	868	2.8	3,749
55 to 64 years	33,294	25,141	75.5	24,437	73.4	704	2.8	8,153
65 to 75 years	28,339	9,009	31.8	8,688	30.7	321	3.6	19,330
Total, ages 25 to 75	179,200	138,031	77.0	133,295	74.4	4,737	3.4	41,168
Less than a high school diploma	12,122	8,255	68.1	7,776	64.1	480	5.8	3,866
High school graduates, no college(1)	45,689	33,524	73.4	32,042	70.1	1,482	4.4	12,165
Some college or associate degree	43,482	33,103	76.1	31,959	73.5	1,144	3.5	10,378
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	77,907	63,149	81.1	61,518	79.0	1,630	2.6	14,758
With a disability - people with no health conditions or difficulties that limit work
Total, ages 16 to 75	8,471	4,996	59.0	4,602	54.3	394	7.9	3,475
Men	4,212	2,558	60.7	2,380	56.5	179	7.0	1,653
Women	4,259	2,438	57.2	2,223	52.2	215	8.8	1,821
16 to 24 years	953	533	55.9	429	45.0	104	19.5	421
25 to 34 years	1,218	1,061	87.1	970	79.6	91	8.6	157
35 to 44 years	1,089	946	86.9	890	81.7	57	6.0	142
45 to 54 years	1,075	850	79.0	799	74.3	50	5.9	225
55 to 64 years	1,519	953	62.8	888	58.5	65	6.8	566
65 to 75 years	2,618	654	25.0	627	24.0	27	4.1	1,964
Total, ages 25 to 75	7,518	4,464	59.4	4,173	55.5	290	6.5	3,054
Less than a high school diploma	696	320	45.9	286	41.2	33	10.4	376
High school graduates, no college(1)	2,234	1,148	51.4	1,047	46.9	101	8.8	1,086
Some college or associate degree	2,264	1,411	62.3	1,314	58.1	97	6.8	853
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	2,324	1,585	68.2	1,526	65.6	59	3.7	739
With no disability - people with no health conditions or difficulties that limit work
Total, ages 16 to 75	207,464	156,241	75.3	149,670	72.1	6,571	4.2	51,223
Men	102,534	83,307	81.2	80,002	78.0	3,305	4.0	19,227
Women	104,930	72,935	69.5	69,668	66.4	3,266	4.5	31,996
16 to 24 years	35,782	22,673	63.4	20,548	57.4	2,125	9.4	13,109
25 to 34 years	40,208	35,127	87.4	33,522	83.4	1,604	4.6	5,081
35 to 44 years	39,788	35,232	88.5	34,140	85.8	1,091	3.1	4,556
45 to 54 years	34,190	30,667	89.7	29,849	87.3	817	2.7	3,524
55 to 64 years	31,775	24,188	76.1	23,549	74.1	639	2.6	7,587
65 to 75 years	25,721	8,355	32.5	8,061	31.3	294	3.5	17,366
Total, ages 25 to 75	171,682	133,568	77.8	129,122	75.2	4,446	3.3	38,114
Less than a high school diploma	11,426	7,936	69.5	7,489	65.5	446	5.6	3,490
High school graduates, no college(1)	43,455	32,376	74.5	30,995	71.3	1,381	4.3	11,079
Some college or associate degree	41,218	31,692	76.9	30,645	74.3	1,048	3.3	9,525
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)	75,583	61,564	81.5	59,992	79.4	1,571	2.6	14,019
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.

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