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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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)
	Oct. 2019	Oct. 2020	Oct. 2019	Oct. 2020	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		Oct. 2019	Oct. 2020
	Oct. 2019	Oct. 2020	Oct. 2019	Oct. 2020	Oct. 2019	Oct. 2020	Oct. 2019	Oct. 2020	Oct. 2019	Oct. 2020	Oct. 2019	Oct. 2020
TOTAL
Civilian labor force	9,588	9,052	36,439	35,692	37,881	36,145	21,794	20,609	16,086	15,536	59,700	59,639
Participation rate	46.3	45.4	58.0	56.1	65.3	63.1	62.3	60.3	70.0	67.3	74.0	72.1
Employed	9,137	8,243	35,160	32,910	36,862	33,863	21,138	19,205	15,725	14,658	58,520	57,199
Employment-population ratio	44.1	41.4	56.0	51.7	63.6	59.1	60.4	56.1	68.4	63.5	72.6	69.2
Unemployed	452	809	1,279	2,782	1,018	2,282	657	1,404	362	878	1,180	2,440
Unemployment rate	4.7	8.9	3.5	7.8	2.7	6.3	3.0	6.8	2.2	5.7	2.0	4.1

Men
Civilian labor force	6,019	5,834	21,537	21,416	19,509	18,417	11,713	10,968	7,797	7,449	29,182	29,332
Participation rate	58.4	58.2	67.8	66.3	72.4	69.5	69.9	66.9	76.5	73.7	77.4	76.0
Employed	5,779	5,388	20,821	19,754	19,072	17,345	11,432	10,301	7,641	7,043	28,604	28,124
Employment-population ratio	56.0	53.7	65.6	61.1	70.8	65.5	68.2	62.9	75.0	69.7	75.8	72.9
Unemployed	241	446	715	1,662	437	1,073	281	667	156	406	578	1,208
Unemployment rate	4.0	7.7	3.3	7.8	2.2	5.8	2.4	6.1	2.0	5.4	2.0	4.1

Women
Civilian labor force	3,569	3,218	14,903	14,277	18,371	17,728	10,082	9,641	8,290	8,087	30,519	30,306
Participation rate	34.3	32.5	48.0	45.6	59.2	57.6	55.3	54.1	64.8	62.4	71.1	68.7
Employed	3,358	2,855	14,339	13,157	17,790	16,518	9,706	8,904	8,084	7,614	29,916	29,075
Employment-population ratio	32.3	28.9	46.2	42.1	57.3	53.6	53.3	50.0	63.1	58.7	69.7	66.0
Unemployed	211	363	564	1,120	581	1,210	375	737	206	473	603	1,231
Unemployment rate	5.9	11.3	3.8	7.8	3.2	6.8	3.7	7.6	2.5	5.8	2.0	4.1

White
Civilian labor force	7,606	7,143	28,132	27,651	29,209	27,891	16,498	15,529	12,712	12,362	46,426	46,420
Participation rate	48.1	47.3	57.5	56.1	64.2	62.2	60.6	58.9	69.6	66.8	73.3	71.5
Employed	7,302	6,580	27,218	25,811	28,507	26,330	16,051	14,604	12,456	11,726	45,614	44,762
Employment-population ratio	46.2	43.6	55.7	52.4	62.7	58.7	59.0	55.4	68.2	63.4	72.1	69.0
Unemployed	303	563	915	1,840	702	1,562	446	926	256	636	812	1,659
Unemployment rate	4.0	7.9	3.3	6.7	2.4	5.6	2.7	6.0	2.0	5.1	1.7	3.6

Black or African American
Civilian labor force	986	1,029	5,526	5,156	5,640	5,430	3,490	3,351	2,150	2,080	5,730	5,800
Participation rate	36.3	36.0	59.0	55.3	69.4	66.1	67.5	64.3	72.6	69.3	77.6	76.6
Employed	899	861	5,224	4,524	5,428	4,941	3,335	3,028	2,093	1,913	5,550	5,481
Employment-population ratio	33.1	30.1	55.8	48.5	66.7	60.1	64.5	58.1	70.7	63.7	75.1	72.4
Unemployed	87	168	302	632	213	490	155	323	58	167	180	319
Unemployment rate	8.8	16.3	5.5	12.3	3.8	9.0	4.4	9.6	2.7	8.0	3.1	5.5

Asian
Civilian labor force	517	457	1,484	1,553	1,430	1,310	780	733	651	577	6,238	6,105
Participation rate	39.4	42.7	60.5	55.9	69.7	67.8	69.2	64.9	70.2	71.9	75.5	72.0
Employed	487	395	1,470	1,410	1,398	1,205	776	660	622	545	6,075	5,748
Employment-population ratio	37.2	36.9	59.9	50.8	68.1	62.3	68.9	58.4	67.1	67.8	73.5	67.8
Unemployed	30	62	14	142	32	105	3	73	29	32	164	356
Unemployment rate	5.8	13.5	0.9	9.2	2.3	8.0	0.4	9.9	4.5	5.6	2.6	5.8

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian labor force	5,391	5,167	7,850	7,902	5,876	5,762	3,622	3,499	2,254	2,263	5,548	5,619
Participation rate	58.4	57.0	71.6	69.0	74.9	72.3	73.4	70.8	77.4	74.7	79.4	78.7
Employed	5,228	4,724	7,603	7,154	5,720	5,363	3,508	3,254	2,212	2,109	5,402	5,261
Employment-population ratio	56.6	52.1	69.4	62.4	72.9	67.3	71.1	65.8	75.9	69.6	77.3	73.7
Unemployed	164	443	246	748	155	399	113	245	42	154	146	358
Unemployment rate	3.0	8.6	3.1	9.5	2.6	6.9	3.1	7.0	1.9	6.8	2.6	6.4
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: November 06, 2020