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)
June
2018		 June
2019		 June
2018		 June
2019		 Total Some college,
no degree		 Associate
degree		 June
2018		 June
2019
June
2018		 June
2019		 June
2018		 June
2019		 June
2018		 June
2019

TOTAL

Civilian labor force

 10,650 10,181 35,863 35,906 37,831 37,216 21,963 21,261 15,867 15,956 56,293 58,066

Participation rate

 46.5 46.1 57.6 57.5 65.3 64.7 62.5 61.6 69.5 69.3 73.5 73.3

Employed

 10,134 9,713 34,466 34,586 36,604 36,109 21,196 20,602 15,408 15,507 54,929 56,780

Employment-population ratio

 44.3 44.0 55.4 55.4 63.2 62.8 60.3 59.7 67.5 67.3 71.8 71.7

Unemployed

 516 467 1,397 1,319 1,227 1,107 768 659 459 448 1,364 1,286

Unemployment rate

 4.8 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.0 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.2

Men

Civilian labor force

 6,715 6,527 21,071 21,076 19,061 19,024 11,543 11,251 7,518 7,773 28,502 29,039

Participation rate

 58.9 59.1 68.0 67.0 71.6 71.5 69.3 68.9 75.5 75.7 78.2 78.1

Employed

 6,439 6,269 20,290 20,338 18,513 18,551 11,210 10,979 7,303 7,572 27,845 28,482

Employment-population ratio

 56.5 56.8 65.5 64.6 69.6 69.7 67.3 67.2 73.4 73.8 76.4 76.6

Unemployed

 276 258 781 738 548 473 334 272 214 201 657 557

Unemployment rate

 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.4 2.9 2.6 2.3 1.9

Women

Civilian labor force

 3,936 3,654 14,791 14,829 18,770 18,193 10,420 10,009 8,350 8,183 27,791 29,027

Participation rate

 34.3 33.1 47.3 47.9 59.9 58.8 56.4 55.1 64.9 64.1 69.3 69.0

Employed

 3,696 3,444 14,176 14,248 18,091 17,558 9,986 9,623 8,105 7,935 27,084 28,298

Employment-population ratio

 32.2 31.2 45.3 46.0 57.7 56.8 54.1 53.0 63.0 62.1 67.6 67.3

Unemployed

 240 210 615 581 679 634 434 387 245 248 707 730

Unemployment rate

 6.1 5.7 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.5 4.2 3.9 2.9 3.0 2.5 2.5

White

Civilian labor force

 8,347 8,078 27,581 27,938 29,360 28,792 16,957 16,290 12,403 12,502 44,153 45,015

Participation rate

 48.1 48.2 56.7 57.1 64.4 63.7 61.9 60.5 68.2 68.2 72.8 72.5

Employed

 7,953 7,746 26,703 27,049 28,500 28,027 16,421 15,853 12,078 12,173 43,116 43,997

Employment-population ratio

 45.8 46.2 54.9 55.3 62.5 62.0 59.9 58.9 66.4 66.4 71.1 70.8

Unemployed

 394 332 878 889 861 765 536 436 325 329 1,038 1,018

Unemployment rate

 4.7 4.1 3.2 3.2 2.9 2.7 3.2 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.3

Black or African American

Civilian labor force

 1,119 1,155 5,466 5,283 5,653 5,582 3,415 3,336 2,238 2,245 5,156 5,468

Participation rate

 34.9 37.2 60.6 58.7 69.3 68.0 65.5 64.5 76.1 74.0 77.1 76.7

Employed

 1,043 1,051 5,109 4,949 5,379 5,347 3,245 3,185 2,134 2,162 5,012 5,339

Employment-population ratio

 32.5 33.8 56.7 55.0 65.9 65.2 62.2 61.6 72.5 71.3 75.0 74.9

Unemployed

 76 104 357 335 274 235 170 152 104 83 144 128

Unemployment rate

 6.8 9.0 6.5 6.3 4.9 4.2 5.0 4.6 4.7 3.7 2.8 2.3

Asian

Civilian labor force

 621 507 1,525 1,385 1,422 1,469 781 773 640 696 5,689 6,221

Participation rate

 47.5 40.1 58.5 55.4 66.6 69.7 63.9 68.9 70.3 70.7 75.1 75.0

Employed

 610 494 1,473 1,366 1,391 1,419 764 739 627 680 5,538 6,114

Employment-population ratio

 46.6 39.1 56.5 54.6 65.2 67.4 62.5 65.8 68.8 69.2 73.1 73.7

Unemployed

 12 13 52 19 31 50 18 34 13 15 151 108

Unemployment rate

 1.9 2.6 3.4 1.3 2.2 3.4 2.3 4.5 2.1 2.2 2.7 1.7

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Civilian labor force

 5,762 5,963 7,218 7,383 5,850 5,593 3,650 3,510 2,200 2,083 4,901 5,136

Participation rate

 59.1 58.7 69.1 69.9 75.4 75.8 75.1 75.3 76.0 76.5 80.9 77.8

Employed

 5,519 5,744 6,964 7,173 5,647 5,397 3,524 3,402 2,123 1,995 4,776 4,972

Employment-population ratio

 56.6 56.5 66.7 67.9 72.8 73.1 72.5 73.0 73.4 73.2 78.8 75.3

Unemployed

 243 218 254 210 202 196 126 108 77 88 125 165

Unemployment rate

 4.2 3.7 3.5 2.8 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.5 4.2 2.6 3.2

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, 2019