A-17. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

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A-17. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity [Numbers in thousands]
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Less than a high school diploma		High school graduates, no college(1)		Some college or associate degree						Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
	June 2023	June 2024	June 2023	June 2024	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		June 2023	June 2024
	June 2023	June 2024	June 2023	June 2024	June 2023	June 2024	June 2023	June 2024	June 2023	June 2024	June 2023	June 2024
TOTAL
Civilian labor force	9,391	9,346	35,780	35,951	35,572	35,473	20,014	19,214	15,558	16,259	63,652	64,855
Participation rate	47.7	48.0	56.5	56.6	62.5	62.5	60.6	60.2	65.1	65.5	72.7	72.3
Employed	8,884	8,849	34,441	34,494	34,475	34,244	19,335	18,451	15,140	15,793	62,310	63,198
Employment-population ratio	45.1	45.4	54.4	54.3	60.5	60.3	58.5	57.8	63.4	63.6	71.2	70.4
Unemployed	507	497	1,339	1,457	1,096	1,229	679	763	418	466	1,342	1,657
Unemployment rate	5.4	5.3	3.7	4.1	3.1	3.5	3.4	4.0	2.7	2.9	2.1	2.6

Men
Civilian labor force	5,988	5,968	21,345	21,347	18,602	18,538	11,088	10,596	7,514	7,942	31,577	31,995
Participation rate	60.4	60.7	66.1	65.8	68.8	69.0	67.8	67.6	70.5	70.9	76.4	76.0
Employed	5,721	5,669	20,575	20,552	18,039	17,961	10,747	10,191	7,292	7,771	30,948	31,221
Employment-population ratio	57.7	57.7	63.7	63.3	66.8	66.8	65.7	65.0	68.4	69.3	74.8	74.2
Unemployed	267	299	770	795	563	576	341	405	222	171	629	774
Unemployment rate	4.5	5.0	3.6	3.7	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.8	2.9	2.2	2.0	2.4

Women
Civilian labor force	3,403	3,378	14,435	14,604	16,970	16,936	8,926	8,618	8,044	8,317	32,075	32,859
Participation rate	34.8	35.0	46.6	47.0	56.7	56.7	53.5	53.1	60.8	61.0	69.4	69.0
Employed	3,163	3,179	13,866	13,942	16,436	16,282	8,588	8,260	7,848	8,022	31,362	31,977
Employment-population ratio	32.3	32.9	44.7	44.9	54.9	54.5	51.5	50.9	59.3	58.8	67.9	67.1
Unemployed	240	199	569	662	534	653	338	358	196	295	713	883
Unemployment rate	7.1	5.9	3.9	4.5	3.1	3.9	3.8	4.2	2.4	3.6	2.2	2.7

White
Civilian labor force	7,374	7,182	27,063	27,352	27,006	26,654	15,030	14,121	11,976	12,532	48,604	49,232
Participation rate	50.0	49.5	55.4	55.9	61.1	60.6	59.2	58.1	63.7	63.8	71.5	71.0
Employed	7,052	6,822	26,261	26,441	26,275	25,840	14,574	13,633	11,701	12,207	47,646	48,121
Employment-population ratio	47.8	47.0	53.7	54.0	59.5	58.8	57.4	56.1	62.3	62.1	70.1	69.4
Unemployed	323	360	802	910	731	814	456	488	275	326	958	1,112
Unemployment rate	4.4	5.0	3.0	3.3	2.7	3.1	3.0	3.5	2.3	2.6	2.0	2.3

Black or African American
Civilian labor force	1,143	1,187	5,641	5,653	5,686	5,779	3,409	3,447	2,277	2,332	6,405	6,533
Participation rate	40.1	42.0	60.0	58.9	68.0	69.3	66.1	68.2	71.1	71.2	77.6	76.8
Employed	998	1,094	5,226	5,237	5,436	5,513	3,244	3,254	2,192	2,258	6,230	6,293
Employment-population ratio	35.0	38.7	55.6	54.5	65.0	66.1	62.9	64.3	68.5	68.9	75.4	74.0
Unemployed	145	92	416	416	250	267	165	192	85	74	175	241
Unemployment rate	12.7	7.8	7.4	7.4	4.4	4.6	4.8	5.6	3.7	3.2	2.7	3.7

Asian
Civilian labor force	445	500	1,495	1,489	1,423	1,502	742	736	682	766	6,942	7,282
Participation rate	42.1	43.6	55.4	54.9	66.5	69.1	65.3	64.4	67.8	74.3	75.4	76.1
Employed	429	478	1,463	1,463	1,371	1,452	725	709	646	743	6,772	7,018
Employment-population ratio	40.6	41.7	54.2	53.9	64.0	66.8	63.8	62.0	64.2	72.1	73.6	73.4
Unemployed	16	22	32	26	53	50	16	28	36	23	170	265
Unemployment rate	3.7	4.3	2.1	1.8	3.7	3.4	2.2	3.8	5.3	3.0	2.4	3.6

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian labor force	5,347	5,543	8,540	8,876	5,813	5,992	3,477	3,543	2,336	2,449	6,686	7,137
Participation rate	57.6	59.3	70.1	69.6	73.5	74.7	72.5	75.3	75.0	73.9	79.5	80.0
Employed	5,113	5,271	8,259	8,538	5,593	5,739	3,349	3,396	2,245	2,343	6,578	6,957
Employment-population ratio	55.1	56.4	67.8	67.0	70.7	71.6	69.9	72.2	72.1	70.7	78.2	78.0
Unemployed	234	272	281	338	219	253	128	147	91	106	108	180
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.9	3.3	3.8	3.8	4.2	3.7	4.1	3.9	4.3	1.6	2.5
Footnotes (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes persons with bachelor`s, master`s, professional, and doctoral degrees.
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 05, 2024