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

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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)
	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021
	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2021
TOTAL
Civilian labor force	8,688	9,039	33,203	34,768	35,935	35,627	20,344	20,372	15,591	15,254	60,075	60,786
Participation rate	43.3	44.3	54.5	55.4	62.6	63.2	59.7	61.1	66.8	66.2	71.5	72.1
Employed	6,872	8,205	27,557	32,451	30,634	33,622	17,168	19,147	13,466	14,475	55,151	58,757
Employment-population ratio	34.2	40.2	45.2	51.7	53.4	59.7	50.4	57.5	57.7	62.8	65.7	69.7
Unemployed	1,816	835	5,646	2,317	5,301	2,005	3,176	1,225	2,125	780	4,924	2,030
Unemployment rate	20.9	9.2	17.0	6.7	14.8	5.6	15.6	6.0	13.6	5.1	8.2	3.3

Men
Civilian labor force	5,639	5,862	19,816	20,760	18,400	18,199	10,927	10,878	7,473	7,321	29,815	29,914
Participation rate	55.7	55.7	64.4	65.5	68.8	69.6	66.3	67.5	72.9	72.9	76.0	76.3
Employed	4,598	5,362	16,773	19,329	15,904	17,148	9,297	10,214	6,606	6,934	27,582	28,896
Employment-population ratio	45.4	50.9	54.5	61.0	59.5	65.6	56.4	63.4	64.4	69.1	70.3	73.7
Unemployed	1,041	500	3,043	1,431	2,496	1,051	1,629	664	867	387	2,232	1,018
Unemployment rate	18.5	8.5	15.4	6.9	13.6	5.8	14.9	6.1	11.6	5.3	7.5	3.4

Women
Civilian labor force	3,049	3,177	13,387	14,008	17,535	17,428	9,417	9,494	8,118	7,934	30,260	30,872
Participation rate	30.6	32.2	44.4	45.1	57.2	57.7	53.5	55.2	62.0	61.0	67.6	68.5
Employed	2,274	2,843	10,784	13,122	14,730	16,474	7,870	8,933	6,860	7,541	27,569	29,861
Employment-population ratio	22.8	28.8	35.8	42.2	48.0	54.5	44.8	51.9	52.4	58.0	61.6	66.3
Unemployed	775	335	2,603	886	2,805	954	1,547	561	1,258	393	2,692	1,012
Unemployment rate	25.4	10.5	19.4	6.3	16.0	5.5	16.4	5.9	15.5	5.0	8.9	3.3

White
Civilian labor force	6,820	7,106	25,823	26,693	28,252	27,505	15,700	15,332	12,552	12,173	46,210	46,873
Participation rate	45.1	45.6	54.1	54.7	62.2	62.3	59.0	59.8	66.8	65.9	70.7	71.2
Employed	5,490	6,554	21,730	25,174	24,247	26,173	13,349	14,527	10,898	11,646	42,461	45,475
Employment-population ratio	36.3	42.1	45.6	51.6	53.4	59.3	50.1	56.6	58.0	63.0	65.0	69.1
Unemployed	1,330	552	4,094	1,519	4,005	1,332	2,350	805	1,654	527	3,750	1,398
Unemployment rate	19.5	7.8	15.9	5.7	14.2	4.8	15.0	5.3	13.2	4.3	8.1	3.0

Black or African American
Civilian labor force	999	1,001	4,925	5,444	5,139	5,394	3,108	3,399	2,031	1,995	5,956	5,984
Participation rate	33.6	36.3	55.7	57.8	64.8	66.5	62.0	65.7	69.6	67.7	74.3	76.7
Employed	786	795	3,973	4,871	4,322	4,972	2,580	3,135	1,742	1,836	5,442	5,679
Employment-population ratio	26.4	28.8	44.9	51.7	54.5	61.3	51.5	60.6	59.7	62.4	67.9	72.8
Unemployed	213	206	952	573	817	423	528	264	289	159	515	305
Unemployment rate	21.3	20.5	19.3	10.5	15.9	7.8	17.0	7.8	14.2	7.9	8.6	5.1

Asian
Civilian labor force	492	476	1,187	1,434	1,164	1,226	625	669	539	556	6,304	6,342
Participation rate	41.1	39.9	50.4	54.2	59.2	64.0	60.9	62.3	57.4	66.1	73.0	73.4
Employed	338	461	882	1,284	902	1,117	477	609	426	508	5,805	6,119
Employment-population ratio	28.2	38.6	37.5	48.5	45.9	58.3	46.4	56.7	45.3	60.4	67.2	70.8
Unemployed	154	15	304	151	262	108	148	60	114	48	499	223
Unemployment rate	31.4	3.2	25.7	10.5	22.5	8.8	23.7	9.0	21.1	8.7	7.9	3.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian labor force	5,099	5,275	7,027	7,480	5,727	5,728	3,413	3,439	2,314	2,289	5,710	5,924
Participation rate	55.9	56.3	65.6	67.1	72.0	73.5	70.2	73.2	74.9	74.1	77.2	78.4
Employed	4,121	4,839	5,656	6,976	4,763	5,298	2,805	3,156	1,958	2,142	5,103	5,685
Employment-population ratio	45.1	51.7	52.8	62.6	59.9	68.0	57.7	67.1	63.3	69.3	69.0	75.2
Unemployed	979	436	1,371	504	964	430	608	283	356	147	607	239
Unemployment rate	19.2	8.3	19.5	6.7	16.8	7.5	17.8	8.2	15.4	6.4	10.6	4.0
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: May 07, 2021