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Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2023-2024

Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2023-2024 [Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.]
Industry and class of worker Total White Black or African American Asian Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
July
2023		 July
2024		 July
2023		 July
2024		 July
2023		 July
2024		 July
2023		 July
2024		 July
2023		 July
2024

Total employed

 21,623 21,259 16,681 16,457 2,530 2,531 1,137 1,072 4,993 5,017

Agriculture and related industries

 345 316 308 269 11 10 0 7 83 88

Nonagricultural industries

 21,278 20,943 16,374 16,188 2,518 2,521 1,137 1,065 4,910 4,929

Private wage and salary workers(1)

 19,507 18,952 15,043 14,668 2,297 2,293 1,016 957 4,556 4,453

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

 47 47 32 44 14 2 0 0 4 22

Construction

 1,329 1,222 1,203 1,102 48 39 11 21 440 466

Manufacturing

 1,465 1,215 1,141 938 163 115 86 73 315 307

Durable goods

 915 684 706 542 107 56 70 63 173 118

Nondurable goods

 550 531 436 396 56 60 16 10 142 189

Wholesale trade

 250 199 197 184 22 8 12 8 38 18

Retail trade

 3,800 3,686 2,883 2,768 540 515 183 153 941 925

Transportation and utilities

 840 789 527 495 185 224 75 19 190 202

Information

 189 226 156 182 23 13 7 19 27 29

Financial activities

 649 613 505 473 72 58 46 54 123 126

Professional and business services

 1,835 1,710 1,395 1,316 200 199 161 121 445 348

Education and health services

 2,712 2,713 2,083 2,012 319 385 171 211 497 555

Leisure and hospitality

 5,344 5,519 4,108 4,299 575 654 243 240 1,248 1,219

Other services

 1,047 1,014 811 854 135 79 22 38 289 236

Government wage and salary workers

 1,343 1,509 985 1,149 182 197 104 83 237 355

Federal

 205 146 108 86 74 12 10 25 10 17

State

 441 588 323 442 46 87 57 30 76 152

Local

 697 775 554 621 63 98 37 28 151 186

Self-employed, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers

 428 483 346 371 38 32 17 25 117 120

Footnotes
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.

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