Table 1. Civilian labor force, by age, gender, race, and ethnicity, 1994, 2004, 2014, and projected 2024
(Numbers in thousands)
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                         |                                   |                       |                      |                               |     Annual growth    
                         |                Level              |         Change        |     Percent change   |       Percent distribution    |     rate (percent)   
          Group          |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         |        |        |        |        | 1994- |       |       | 1994-|       |       |       |       |       |       | 1994-|       |       
                         |  1994  |  2004  |  2014  |  2024  | 2004  |2004-14|2014-24| 2004 |2004-14|2014-24|  1994 |  2004 |  2014 |  2024 | 2004 |2004-14|2014-24
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Total, 16 years and older|131,056 |147,401 |155,922 |163,770 |16,345 | 8,521 | 7,848 | 12.5 |   5.8 |   5.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |  1.2 |   0.6 |   0.5 
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Age, years:              |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       
   16 to 24              | 21,612 | 22,268 | 21,295 | 18,498 |   656 |  -973 |-2,797 |  3.0 |  -4.4 | -13.1 |  16.5 |  15.1 |  13.7 |  11.3 |  0.3 |  -0.4 |  -1.4 
   25 to 54              | 93,898 |102,122 |100,767 |104,697 | 8,224 |-1,355 | 3,930 |  8.8 |  -1.3 |   3.9 |  71.6 |  69.3 |  64.6 |  63.9 |  0.8 |  -0.1 |   0.4 
   55 and older          | 15,547 | 23,011 | 33,860 | 40,575 | 7,464 |10,849 | 6,715 | 48.0 |  47.1 |  19.8 |  11.9 |  15.6 |  21.7 |  24.8 |  4.0 |   3.9 |   1.8 
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Gender:                  |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       
   Men                   | 70,817 | 78,980 | 82,882 | 86,524 | 8,163 | 3,902 | 3,642 | 11.5 |   4.9 |   4.4 |  54.0 |  53.6 |  53.2 |  52.8 |  1.1 |   0.5 |   0.4 
   Women                 | 60,239 | 68,421 | 73,039 | 77,246 | 8,182 | 4,618 | 4,207 | 13.6 |   6.7 |   5.8 |  46.0 |  46.4 |  46.8 |  47.2 |  1.3 |   0.7 |   0.6 
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Race:                    |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       
   White                 |111,082 |121,086 |123,327 |126,143 |10,004 | 2,241 | 2,816 |  9.0 |   1.9 |   2.3 |  84.8 |  82.1 |  79.1 |  77.0 |  0.9 |   0.2 |   0.2 
   Black                 | 14,502 | 16,638 | 18,873 | 20,772 | 2,136 | 2,235 | 1,899 | 14.7 |  13.4 |  10.1 |  11.1 |  11.3 |  12.1 |  12.7 |  1.4 |   1.3 |   1.0 
   Asian                 |  5,473 |  6,271 |  8,760 | 10,792 |   798 | 2,489 | 2,032 | 14.6 |  39.7 |  23.2 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   5.6 |   6.6 |  1.4 |   3.4 |   2.1 
   All other groups(1)   |    _   |  3,406 |  4,961 |  6,063 |   _   | 1,555 | 1,102 |   _  |  45.7 |  22.2 |    _  |   2.3 |   3.2 |   3.7 |   _  |   3.8 |   2.0 
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Ethnicity:               |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       
   Hispanic origin       | 11,975 | 19,272 | 25,370 | 32,486 | 7,297 | 6,098 | 7,116 | 60.9 |  31.6 |  28.0 |   9.1 |  13.1 |  16.3 |  19.8 |  4.9 |   2.8 |   2.5 
   Other than Hispanic   |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       
    origin               |119,081 |128,129 |130,552 |131,284 | 9,048 | 2,423 |   732 |  7.6 |   1.9 |   0.6 |  90.9 |  86.9 |  83.7 |  80.2 |  0.7 |   0.2 |   0.1 
   White non-Hispanic    |100,462 |103,202 |100,661 | 97,622 | 2,740 |-2,541 |-3,039 |  2.7 |  -2.5 |  -3.0 |  76.7 |  70.0 |  64.6 |  59.6 |  0.3 |  -0.2 |  -0.3 
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Age of baby boomers      |30 to 48|40 to 58|50 to 68|60 to 78|       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       
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   1 The "all other groups" category includes (1) those classified as being of multiple racial origin and (2) the racial categories of American Indian and
Alaska Native; and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders.
   Note: Dash indicates no data collected for category. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.
   Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics