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Table 6. Employment status of mothers with own children under 3 years old by single year of age of youngest child and marital status, 2021-2022 annual averages

Table 6. Employment status of mothers with own children under 3 years old by single year of age of youngest child and marital status, 2021-2022 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic 2021 2022
With own children under 3 years old With own children under 3 years old
Total 2 years 1 year Under 1
year		 Total 2 years 1 year Under 1
year

TOTAL MOTHERS

Civilian noninstitutional population

 8,224 2,657 2,957 2,609 8,256 2,666 2,874 2,716

Civilian labor force

 5,187 1,714 1,878 1,594 5,413 1,825 1,915 1,672

Participation rate

 63.1 64.5 63.5 61.1 65.6 68.5 66.6 61.6

Employed

 4,883 1,616 1,767 1,500 5,192 1,764 1,829 1,600

Full-time workers(1)

 3,700 1,224 1,340 1,136 3,989 1,361 1,392 1,236

Part-time workers(2)

 1,183 393 427 364 1,204 403 437 364

Employment-population ratio

 59.4 60.8 59.7 57.5 62.9 66.2 63.6 58.9

Unemployed

 304 98 111 94 220 61 87 72

Unemployment rate

 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.9 4.1 3.3 4.5 4.3

Total married, spouse present(3)

Civilian noninstitutional population

 5,794 1,873 2,075 1,847 5,917 1,882 2,052 1,983

Civilian labor force

 3,628 1,183 1,295 1,149 3,872 1,254 1,358 1,259

Participation rate

 62.6 63.2 62.4 62.2 65.4 66.6 66.2 63.5

Employed

 3,499 1,140 1,248 1,110 3,789 1,237 1,323 1,230

Full-time workers(1)

 2,673 863 953 857 2,949 964 1,018 967

Part-time workers(2)

 825 277 295 253 840 273 305 263

Employment-population ratio

 60.4 60.9 60.2 60.1 64.0 65.7 64.4 62.0

Unemployed

 129 43 47 39 83 18 36 29

Unemployment rate

 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.4 2.1 1.4 2.6 2.3

Other marital status(4)

Civilian noninstitutional population

 2,430 785 883 762 2,339 784 822 733

Civilian labor force

 1,559 531 583 445 1,541 571 557 413

Participation rate

 64.2 67.7 66.0 58.4 65.9 72.8 67.8 56.3

Employed

 1,385 476 519 390 1,403 528 506 369

Full-time workers(1)

 1,027 360 387 280 1,040 397 374 268

Part-time workers(2)

 358 116 132 110 364 130 132 101

Employment-population ratio

 57.0 60.7 58.8 51.2 60.0 67.3 61.6 50.4

Unemployed

 174 55 64 55 137 43 51 43

Unemployment rate

 11.2 10.4 11.0 12.4 8.9 7.6 9.1 10.5

Footnotes
(1) Usually work 35 hours or more per week at all jobs.
(2) Usually work less than 35 hours per week at all jobs.
(3) Includes persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex marriages.
(4) Includes persons who are never married; widowed; divorced; separated; and married, spouse absent.

NOTE: Own children include biological, step-, and adopted children of the husband, wife, or person maintaining the family. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Estimates for 2020 introduced a change in the classification of marital status; estimates of married persons refer to those in opposite-sex and same-sex marriages. As a result, data by marital status are not strictly comparable with data prior to 2020.
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Last Modified Date: April 19, 2023