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Characteristic | Total, workers who did work at home (in thousands) |
Percent distribution by main reason for working at home | |||||||
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Total | Finish or catch up on work |
Job requires working at home |
Coordinate work schedule with personal or family needs |
Reduce commuting time or expense |
Personal preference |
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Age |
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Total, 15 years and over |
35,724 | 100.0 | 23.0 | 16.0 | 22.4 | 9.3 | 23.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 |
15 to 24 years |
1,122 | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
25 to 34 years |
8,595 | 100.0 | 24.3 | 12.2 | 22.1 | 9.2 | 27.0 | 4.1 | 1.2 |
35 to 44 years |
9,766 | 100.0 | 23.8 | 15.8 | 27.6 | 9.4 | 20.3 | 1.9 | 1.2 |
45 to 54 years |
8,417 | 100.0 | 22.7 | 15.6 | 21.6 | 10.9 | 23.1 | 4.2 | 2.0 |
55 to 64 years |
6,237 | 100.0 | 23.1 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 8.6 | 23.3 | 5.4 | 3.1 |
65 years and over |
1,587 | 100.0 | 21.6 | 24.5 | 9.9 | 5.9 | 28.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 |
Sex |
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Men |
18,726 | 100.0 | 20.7 | 16.3 | 20.3 | 9.9 | 26.6 | 4.0 | 2.1 |
Women |
16,998 | 100.0 | 25.5 | 15.5 | 24.8 | 8.5 | 20.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 |
Race(1) |
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White |
29,460 | 100.0 | 23.6 | 15.8 | 21.6 | 9.2 | 24.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 |
Black or African American |
3,158 | 100.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 16.1 | 10.0 | 17.2 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
Asian |
2,486 | 100.0 | 13.4 | 9.8 | 39.1 | 10.5 | 22.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(2) |
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Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
3,197 | 100.0 | 30.3 | 16.2 | 20.0 | 7.6 | 22.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
Non-Hispanic or Latino |
32,526 | 100.0 | 22.3 | 15.9 | 22.7 | 9.4 | 24.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 |
Educational attainment (25 years and over) |
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Less than a high school diploma |
215 | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
High school graduates, no college |
2,900 | 100.0 | 21.4 | 24.4 | 22.6 | 7.1 | 14.6 | 2.7 | 7.1 |
Some college or associate degree |
5,729 | 100.0 | 18.9 | 18.2 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 20.8 | 6.5 | 2.7 |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
25,758 | 100.0 | 24.6 | 14.0 | 21.8 | 10.1 | 25.1 | 3.3 | 1.1 |
Parent of a household child |
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Parent of a household child under 18 years |
14,506 | 100.0 | 24.0 | 15.5 | 29.4 | 8.8 | 18.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger) |
3,031 | 100.0 | 25.7 | 18.9 | 19.0 | 8.3 | 22.5 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
Parent of a child under 13 years |
11,475 | 100.0 | 23.6 | 14.6 | 32.2 | 8.9 | 17.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years |
21,218 | 100.0 | 22.3 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 9.6 | 27.4 | 4.8 | 2.0 |
Occupation |
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Management, business, and financial operations |
11,664 | 100.0 | 22.4 | 15.0 | 25.7 | 9.5 | 23.1 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
Professional and related |
15,294 | 100.0 | 25.9 | 12.3 | 21.5 | 10.4 | 25.2 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
Services |
1,201 | 100.0 | 21.2 | 32.3 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 10.7 |
Sales and related |
2,813 | 100.0 | 19.7 | 27.6 | 13.2 | 9.0 | 24.0 | 5.1 | 1.4 |
Office and administrative support |
3,525 | 100.0 | 17.0 | 18.7 | 30.7 | 4.8 | 21.1 | 7.1 | 0.6 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry |
s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Construction and extraction |
381 | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Installation, maintenance, and repair |
300 | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Production |
320 | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Transportation and material moving |
202 | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Industry |
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Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting |
170 | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction |
s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Construction |
989 | 100.0 | 20.7 | 8.7 | 26.1 | 9.5 | 20.7 | 9.1 | 5.2 |
Manufacturing |
4,166 | 100.0 | 16.4 | 18.2 | 28.7 | 6.1 | 23.0 | 6.2 | 1.4 |
Wholesale and retail trade |
2,511 | 100.0 | 27.5 | 17.1 | 25.6 | 7.7 | 19.6 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
Transportation and utilities |
922 | 100.0 | 25.3 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 9.7 | 18.3 | 8.0 | z |
Information |
1,212 | 100.0 | 18.2 | 13.8 | 27.9 | 17.2 | 19.3 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
Financial activities |
4,838 | 100.0 | 12.4 | 16.7 | 25.8 | 10.6 | 26.6 | 7.0 | 0.9 |
Professional and business services |
7,957 | 100.0 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 25.3 | 11.2 | 27.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
Education and health services |
8,823 | 100.0 | 38.5 | 13.4 | 15.7 | 4.4 | 23.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
Leisure and hospitality |
913 | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | s |
Other services |
1,236 | 100.0 | 21.9 | 20.2 | 18.7 | 10.2 | 23.0 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
Public administration |
1,650 | 100.0 | 15.1 | 19.5 | 15.2 | 25.2 | 19.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
Class of worker |
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Private sector |
29,983 | 100.0 | 20.4 | 16.8 | 24.0 | 8.9 | 24.2 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
Private, for profit |
26,229 | 100.0 | 19.1 | 17.3 | 25.0 | 9.6 | 23.7 | 3.8 | 1.5 |
Private, not for profit |
3,754 | 100.0 | 29.3 | 13.4 | 17.4 | 3.8 | 27.6 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
Public sector |
5,741 | 100.0 | 36.8 | 11.4 | 14.2 | 11.4 | 22.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
Federal government |
1,128 | 100.0 | 14.5 | 18.0 | 12.4 | 27.8 | 19.4 | 7.5 | 0.4 |
State government |
2,792 | 100.0 | 37.0 | 8.6 | 14.0 | 7.4 | 31.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
Local government |
1,822 | 100.0 | 50.2 | 11.7 | 15.6 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(3) |
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Full-time workers |
29,627 | 100.0 | 23.8 | 14.9 | 22.5 | 9.5 | 23.4 | 3.9 | 1.9 |
Part-time workers |
3,082 | 100.0 | 13.9 | 28.3 | 25.4 | 5.8 | 23.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary |
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Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile |
1,656 | 100.0 | 23.9 | 27.8 | 12.3 | 4.1 | 23.7 | 6.0 | 2.2 |
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles |
4,119 | 100.0 | 31.6 | 17.0 | 20.2 | 4.8 | 20.6 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles |
8,609 | 100.0 | 25.5 | 14.7 | 23.1 | 8.5 | 19.6 | 5.9 | 2.7 |
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile |
15,242 | 100.0 | 20.7 | 13.1 | 23.8 | 11.9 | 26.3 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
Work schedule flexibility(4) |
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Had flexible schedule |
29,753 | 100.0 | 19.2 | 16.2 | 24.1 | 9.9 | 25.7 | 3.4 | 1.5 |
Did not have flexible schedule |
5,971 | 100.0 | 41.7 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 6.2 | 14.8 | 5.3 | 2.9 |
(1) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all races. |
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Note: Data refer to wage and salary workers at their main jobs. All self-employed workers (including workers with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses) are excluded. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to workers 15 years and over. |