Table 1. Employment and unemployment in families by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2020-2021 annual averages

Table 1. Employment and unemployment in families by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2020-2021 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2020	2021
EMPLOYMENT IN FAMILIES
Total families	83,144	83,179
With at least one family member employed	64,995	65,286
As a percent of total families	78.2	78.5
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	59,683	59,839
With no family member employed	18,148	17,894
As a percent of total families	21.8	21.5

White
Total families	65,324	65,279
With at least one family member employed	50,925	50,967
As a percent of total families	78.0	78.1
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	46,762	46,757
With no family member employed	14,399	14,312
As a percent of total families	22.0	21.9

Black or African American
Total families	10,183	10,248
With at least one family member employed	7,713	7,851
As a percent of total families	75.7	76.6
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	6,975	7,063
With no family member employed	2,470	2,397
As a percent of total families	24.3	23.4

Asian
Total families	5,153	5,141
With at least one family member employed	4,365	4,432
As a percent of total families	84.7	86.2
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	4,131	4,149
With no family member employed	788	709
As a percent of total families	15.3	13.8

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total families	13,369	13,734
With at least one family member employed	11,245	11,671
As a percent of total families	84.1	85.0
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	10,367	10,744
With no family member employed	2,124	2,063
As a percent of total families	15.9	15.0

UNEMPLOYMENT IN FAMILIES
Total families	83,144	83,179
With at least one family member unemployed	8,124	5,594
As a percent of total families	9.8	6.7
Some family member(s) employed	5,492	3,771
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	67.6	67.4
Some family member(s) employed full time(1)	4,869	3,272
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	59.9	58.5

White
Total families	65,324	65,279
With at least one family member unemployed	5,858	3,894
As a percent of total families	9.0	6.0
Some family member(s) employed	4,097	2,723
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	69.9	69.9
Some family member(s) employed full time(1)	3,644	2,368
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	62.2	60.8

Black or African American
Total families	10,183	10,248
With at least one family member unemployed	1,360	1,050
As a percent of total families	13.4	10.3
Some family member(s) employed	776	595
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	57.1	56.7
Some family member employed full time(1)	676	513
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	49.7	48.8

Asian
Total families	5,153	5,141
With at least one family member unemployed	560	395
As a percent of total families	10.9	7.7
Some family member(s) employed	401	299
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	71.6	75.6
Some family member(s) employed full time(1)	358	258
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	63.9	65.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total families	13,369	13,734
With at least one family member unemployed	1,906	1,391
As a percent of total families	14.3	10.1
Some family member(s) employed	1,290	951
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	67.7	68.4
Some family member(s) employed full time(1)	1,150	821
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	60.3	59.0
Footnotes (1) Usually work 35 hours or more per week at all jobs.
NOTE: The race or ethnicity of the family is determined by that of the householder, the family reference person in whose name the housing unit is owned or rented. 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. Beginning in 2020, family estimates reflect a change in the classification of marital status. This change expanded the definition of married-couple families to include same-sex married couples. As a result, data under the new definition are not strictly comparable with data prior to 2020.

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Last Modified Date: April 20, 2022