HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-15. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race,
and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity		 Total Men, 20 years and
over		 Women, 20 years and
over		 Both sexes, 16 to 19
years
June
2016		 June
2017		 June
2016		 June
2017		 June
2016		 June
2017		 June
2016		 June
2017

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population

 253,397 254,957 113,951 114,721 122,728 123,480 16,718 16,756

Civilian labor force

 160,135 161,337 82,209 82,394 71,057 71,844 6,868 7,099

Participation rate

 63.2 63.3 72.1 71.8 57.9 58.2 41.1 42.4

Employed

 151,990 154,086 78,673 79,267 67,769 68,855 5,548 5,964

Employment-population ratio

 60.0 60.4 69.0 69.1 55.2 55.8 33.2 35.6

Unemployed

 8,144 7,250 3,536 3,126 3,288 2,989 1,320 1,135

Unemployment rate

 5.1 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.6 4.2 19.2 16.0

Not in labor force

 93,262 93,621 31,742 32,327 51,671 51,637 9,849 9,657

White

Civilian noninstitutional population

 198,132 198,872 90,528 90,905 95,258 95,626 12,346 12,342

Civilian labor force

 125,448 125,770 65,419 65,494 54,622 54,775 5,407 5,501

Participation rate

 63.3 63.2 72.3 72.0 57.3 57.3 43.8 44.6

Employed

 119,783 120,768 62,925 63,269 52,353 52,765 4,505 4,733

Employment-population ratio

 60.5 60.7 69.5 69.6 55.0 55.2 36.5 38.4

Unemployed

 5,665 5,002 2,494 2,225 2,269 2,010 902 768

Unemployment rate

 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.4 4.2 3.7 16.7 14.0

Not in labor force

 72,684 73,102 25,109 25,411 40,636 40,850 6,939 6,841

Black or African American

Civilian noninstitutional population

 31,866 32,226 13,266 13,453 16,089 16,262 2,511 2,512

Civilian labor force

 19,707 20,132 9,089 9,179 9,775 10,080 843 873

Participation rate

 61.8 62.5 68.5 68.2 60.8 62.0 33.6 34.8

Employed

 17,974 18,686 8,370 8,628 9,082 9,408 522 650

Employment-population ratio

 56.4 58.0 63.1 64.1 56.4 57.9 20.8 25.9

Unemployed

 1,733 1,446 719 551 693 672 321 223

Unemployment rate

 8.8 7.2 7.9 6.0 7.1 6.7 38.1 25.6

Not in labor force

 12,159 12,094 4,176 4,274 6,314 6,181 1,668 1,638

Asian

Civilian noninstitutional population

 15,032 15,367 6,625 6,721 7,608 7,779 799 867

Civilian labor force

 9,584 9,848 5,030 5,045 4,372 4,598 182 206

Participation rate

 63.8 64.1 75.9 75.1 57.5 59.1 22.8 23.7

Employed

 9,226 9,472 4,875 4,881 4,195 4,431 157 159

Employment-population ratio

 61.4 61.6 73.6 72.6 55.1 57.0 19.6 18.4

Unemployed

 358 377 155 164 177 166 25 46

Unemployment rate

 3.7 3.8 3.1 3.3 4.1 3.6 13.8 22.5

Not in labor force

 5,448 5,519 1,595 1,676 3,236 3,182 617 661

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Civilian noninstitutional population

 40,646 41,323 18,322 18,605 18,548 18,877 3,775 3,841

Civilian labor force

 26,853 27,419 14,783 14,990 10,762 11,011 1,307 1,418

Participation rate

 66.1 66.4 80.7 80.6 58.0 58.3 34.6 36.9

Employed

 25,251 26,076 14,145 14,473 10,079 10,431 1,027 1,172

Employment-population ratio

 62.1 63.1 77.2 77.8 54.3 55.3 27.2 30.5

Unemployed

 1,602 1,343 638 518 684 580 280 245

Unemployment rate

 6.0 4.9 4.3 3.5 6.4 5.3 21.4 17.3

Not in labor force

 13,793 13,904 3,539 3,614 7,786 7,866 2,468 2,424

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.

 

Last Modified Date: July 07, 2017