Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1)
July
2016		 June
2017		 July
2017		 July
2016		 Mar.
2017		 Apr.
2017		 May
2017		 June
2017		 July
2017

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population

 40,732 41,323 41,404 40,732 41,081 41,162 41,241 41,323 41,404

Civilian labor force

 26,981 27,419 27,677 26,802 27,387 27,241 27,239 27,290 27,487

Participation rate

 66.2 66.4 66.8 65.8 66.7 66.2 66.0 66.0 66.4

Employed

 25,463 26,076 26,204 25,346 25,986 25,832 25,833 25,974 26,078

Employment-population ratio

 62.5 63.1 63.3 62.2 63.3 62.8 62.6 62.9 63.0

Unemployed

 1,518 1,343 1,473 1,456 1,402 1,410 1,405 1,315 1,409

Unemployment rate

 5.6 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.1

Not in labor force

 13,752 13,904 13,727 13,930 13,694 13,921 14,003 14,034 13,917

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 14,900 14,990 15,146 14,849 14,957 14,927 14,936 14,976 15,085

Participation rate

 81.2 80.6 81.2 80.9 80.9 80.5 80.4 80.5 80.9

Employed

 14,242 14,473 14,537 14,135 14,291 14,297 14,304 14,414 14,425

Employment-population ratio

 77.6 77.8 78.0 77.0 77.3 77.1 77.0 77.5 77.4

Unemployed

 658 518 609 714 666 630 632 562 660

Unemployment rate

 4.4 3.5 4.0 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.8 4.4

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,747 11,011 11,121 10,806 11,127 11,086 11,062 11,030 11,176

Participation rate

 57.8 58.3 58.8 58.1 59.3 59.0 58.7 58.4 59.1

Employed

 10,136 10,431 10,486 10,234 10,600 10,493 10,461 10,451 10,580

Employment-population ratio

 54.5 55.3 55.4 55.1 56.5 55.8 55.5 55.4 55.9

Unemployed

 611 580 635 572 527 593 601 579 596

Unemployment rate

 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.3 4.7 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 1,334 1,418 1,410 1,147 1,304 1,228 1,240 1,284 1,227

Participation rate

 35.3 36.9 36.7 30.3 34.1 32.1 32.3 33.4 31.9

Employed

 1,085 1,172 1,182 977 1,095 1,042 1,068 1,110 1,073

Employment-population ratio

 28.7 30.5 30.7 25.8 28.6 27.2 27.8 28.9 27.9

Unemployed

 249 245 229 170 209 186 172 174 154

Unemployment rate

 18.7 17.3 16.2 14.8 16.0 15.2 13.9 13.6 12.5

Footnotes
 (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.

NOTE: 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.

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Last Modified Date: August 04, 2017