Table 2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2021-2024

Table 2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2021-2024 [Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.]
Employment status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	July 2021	July 2022	July 2023	July 2024
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	37,250	37,954	39,342	38,993
Civilian labor force	22,522	22,943	23,681	23,566
Participation rate	60.5	60.4	60.2	60.4
Employed	20,268	20,992	21,623	21,259
Employment-population ratio	54.4	55.3	55.0	54.5
Unemployed	2,254	1,951	2,059	2,307
Looking for full-time work	1,697	1,415	1,437	1,689
Looking for part-time work	557	536	621	618
Unemployment rate	10.0	8.5	8.7	9.8
Not in labor force	14,728	15,011	15,660	15,427

Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	18,692	19,065	19,842	19,662
Civilian labor force	11,547	11,763	11,987	12,040
Participation rate	61.8	61.7	60.4	61.2
Employed	10,294	10,733	10,886	10,859
Employment-population ratio	55.1	56.3	54.9	55.2
Unemployed	1,253	1,031	1,101	1,181
Looking for full-time work	976	798	799	943
Looking for part-time work	277	232	302	238
Unemployment rate	10.9	8.8	9.2	9.8
Not in labor force	7,145	7,302	7,855	7,623

Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	18,559	18,890	19,500	19,331
Civilian labor force	10,976	11,180	11,694	11,526
Participation rate	59.1	59.2	60.0	59.6
Employed	9,975	10,259	10,736	10,400
Employment-population ratio	53.7	54.3	55.1	53.8
Unemployed	1,001	921	958	1,126
Looking for full-time work	721	617	638	746
Looking for part-time work	280	304	319	380
Unemployment rate	9.1	8.2	8.2	9.8
Not in labor force	7,583	7,710	7,806	7,805

White
Civilian noninstitutional population	27,333	27,798	28,661	28,301
Civilian labor force	17,168	17,411	17,938	17,958
Participation rate	62.8	62.6	62.6	63.5
Employed	15,635	16,197	16,681	16,457
Employment-population ratio	57.2	58.3	58.2	58.1
Unemployed	1,533	1,213	1,257	1,501
Looking for full-time work	1,170	837	876	1,056
Looking for part-time work	363	376	381	444
Unemployment rate	8.9	7.0	7.0	8.4
Not in labor force	10,165	10,388	10,723	10,344

Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,452	5,551	5,771	5,713
Civilian labor force	3,004	3,060	3,086	2,999
Participation rate	55.1	55.1	53.5	52.5
Employed	2,594	2,574	2,530	2,531
Employment-population ratio	47.6	46.4	43.8	44.3
Unemployed	410	486	556	468
Looking for full-time work	325	380	420	405
Looking for part-time work	85	106	136	62
Unemployment rate	13.6	15.9	18.0	15.6
Not in labor force	2,448	2,490	2,685	2,714

Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,186	2,203	2,422	2,394
Civilian labor force	976	1,089	1,205	1,201
Participation rate	44.6	49.4	49.8	50.2
Employed	856	971	1,137	1,072
Employment-population ratio	39.1	44.1	47.0	44.8
Unemployed	120	117	68	130
Looking for full-time work	70	103	37	73
Looking for part-time work	50	15	31	57
Unemployment rate	12.3	10.8	5.6	10.8
Not in labor force	1,210	1,114	1,217	1,193

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population	8,880	9,193	9,704	9,848
Civilian labor force	5,044	5,099	5,578	5,617
Participation rate	56.8	55.5	57.5	57.0
Employed	4,456	4,607	4,993	5,017
Employment-population ratio	50.2	50.1	51.5	50.9
Unemployed	588	493	585	600
Looking for full-time work	472	330	423	449
Looking for part-time work	116	163	162	152
Unemployment rate	11.7	9.7	10.5	10.7
Not in labor force	3,836	4,093	4,125	4,231
NOTE: 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.

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Last Modified Date: August 20, 2024