Table 1. Employment and unemployment in families by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2024-2025 annual averages

Table 1. Employment and unemployment in families by race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2024-2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2024	2025
EMPLOYMENT IN FAMILIES
Total families	84,327	85,915
With at least one family member employed	67,512	68,545
As a percent of total families	80.1	79.8
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	61,786	62,734
With no family member employed	16,816	17,370
As a percent of total families	19.9	20.2

White
Total families	65,483	66,441
With at least one family member employed	51,940	52,407
As a percent of total families	79.3	78.9
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	47,440	47,870
With no family member employed	13,543	14,034
As a percent of total families	20.7	21.1

Black or African American
Total families	10,531	10,641
With at least one family member employed	8,422	8,526
As a percent of total families	80.0	80.1
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	7,679	7,742
With no family member employed	2,108	2,116
As a percent of total families	20.0	19.9

Asian
Total families	5,551	5,931
With at least one family member employed	4,859	5,210
As a percent of total families	87.5	87.8
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	4,591	4,929
With no family member employed	692	721
As a percent of total families	12.5	12.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total families	14,720	15,364
With at least one family member employed	12,827	13,427
As a percent of total families	87.1	87.4
With at least one family member employed full time(1)	11,776	12,365
With no family member employed	1,893	1,937
As a percent of total families	12.9	12.6

UNEMPLOYMENT IN FAMILIES
Total families	84,327	85,915
With at least one family member unemployed	4,497	4,864
As a percent of total families	5.3	5.7
Some family member(s) employed	3,240	3,492
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	72.0	71.8
Some family member(s) employed full time(1)	2,838	3,076
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	63.1	63.2

White
Total families	65,483	66,441
With at least one family member unemployed	3,151	3,296
As a percent of total families	4.8	5.0
Some family member(s) employed	2,344	2,437
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	74.4	73.9
Some family member(s) employed full time(1)	2,050	2,136
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	65.0	64.8

Black or African American
Total families	10,531	10,641
With at least one family member unemployed	828	962
As a percent of total families	7.9	9.0
Some family member(s) employed	498	606
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	60.2	63.0
Some family member employed full time(1)	437	532
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	52.8	55.2

Asian
Total families	5,551	5,931
With at least one family member unemployed	285	341
As a percent of total families	5.1	5.8
Some family member(s) employed	235	267
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	82.4	78.2
Some family member(s) employed full time(1)	214	249
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	75.2	72.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total families	14,720	15,364
With at least one family member unemployed	1,144	1,181
As a percent of total families	7.8	7.7
Some family member(s) employed	844	861
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	73.7	72.9
Some family member(s) employed full time(1)	739	755
As a percent of families with at least one family member unemployed	64.6	64.0
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. People 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. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

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Last Modified Date: April 23, 2026