HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race,
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
sex, and age		 2010 2011 2012 2013
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 191,551 191,861 192,249 192,639 192,601 192,879 193,236 193,591 192,693 193,006 193,375 193,743 193,861

Civilian labor force

 125,108 125,320 125,133 124,735 124,434 124,673 124,570 124,599 123,712 123,783 123,502 123,703 123,660

Participation rate

 65.3 65.3 65.1 64.8 64.6 64.6 64.5 64.4 64.2 64.1 63.9 63.8 63.8

Employed

 114,031 114,329 114,394 113,928 114,411 114,664 114,674 115,021 114,591 114,662 114,608 115,206 115,199

Employment-population ratio

 59.5 59.6 59.5 59.1 59.4 59.4 59.3 59.4 59.5 59.4 59.3 59.5 59.4

Unemployed

 11,077 10,991 10,739 10,807 10,022 10,009 9,897 9,578 9,121 9,121 8,894 8,497 8,461

Unemployment rate

 8.9 8.8 8.6 8.7 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.2 6.9 6.8

Not in labor force

 66,444 66,542 67,115 67,904 68,168 68,206 68,665 68,992 68,981 69,223 69,872 70,041 70,201

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 65,085 65,443 65,422 65,038 64,949 65,241 65,144 65,281 64,563 64,522 64,424 64,624 64,731

Participation rate

 74.7 74.9 74.7 74.0 73.9 74.1 73.8 73.8 73.8 73.6 73.3 73.3 73.4

Employed

 59,102 59,583 59,707 59,344 59,779 60,061 60,151 60,473 60,120 60,058 60,092 60,500 60,635

Employment-population ratio

 67.8 68.2 68.1 67.6 68.0 68.2 68.1 68.3 68.7 68.5 68.4 68.7 68.8

Unemployed

 5,984 5,860 5,715 5,694 5,169 5,180 4,993 4,807 4,443 4,464 4,332 4,125 4,096

Unemployment rate

 9.2 9.0 8.7 8.8 8.0 7.9 7.7 7.4 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.3

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 55,077 54,974 54,874 54,927 54,753 54,803 54,667 54,581 54,495 54,558 54,429 54,414 54,266

Participation rate

 60.3 60.0 59.8 59.7 59.6 59.6 59.3 59.1 58.9 58.9 58.6 58.5 58.3

Employed

 51,135 51,001 50,976 50,889 50,930 50,959 50,824 50,821 50,826 50,923 50,884 51,014 50,918

Employment-population ratio

 55.9 55.7 55.5 55.3 55.5 55.4 55.2 55.0 54.9 55.0 54.8 54.8 54.7

Unemployed

 3,942 3,973 3,898 4,038 3,823 3,844 3,843 3,760 3,669 3,635 3,545 3,399 3,348

Unemployment rate

 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.4 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.2 6.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 4,945 4,902 4,837 4,770 4,732 4,629 4,759 4,738 4,654 4,703 4,649 4,664 4,663

Participation rate

 38.1 38.0 37.6 37.2 36.8 36.1 37.2 37.1 36.6 37.1 36.8 37.0 37.2

Employed

 3,794 3,745 3,711 3,696 3,701 3,644 3,698 3,727 3,645 3,681 3,632 3,692 3,646

Employment-population ratio

 29.2 29.0 28.9 28.9 28.8 28.4 28.9 29.2 28.7 29.0 28.7 29.3 29.1

Unemployed

 1,151 1,157 1,126 1,074 1,031 985 1,061 1,010 1,009 1,022 1,017 973 1,017

Unemployment rate

 23.3 23.6 23.3 22.5 21.8 21.3 22.3 21.3 21.7 21.7 21.9 20.9 21.8

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 28,559 28,654 28,756 28,864 28,976 29,064 29,158 29,258 29,760 29,855 29,954 30,060 30,222

Civilian labor force

 17,794 17,897 17,820 17,939 17,806 17,791 17,928 18,002 18,320 18,383 18,386 18,498 18,602

Participation rate

 62.3 62.5 62.0 62.2 61.5 61.2 61.5 61.5 61.6 61.6 61.4 61.5 61.5

Employed

 14,867 15,075 14,997 15,104 15,014 14,893 15,052 15,246 15,778 15,866 15,845 15,930 16,067

Employment-population ratio

 52.1 52.6 52.2 52.3 51.8 51.2 51.6 52.1 53.0 53.1 52.9 53.0 53.2

Unemployed

 2,927 2,822 2,824 2,835 2,792 2,898 2,876 2,756 2,543 2,517 2,541 2,568 2,535

Unemployment rate

 16.5 15.8 15.8 15.8 15.7 16.3 16.0 15.3 13.9 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.6

Not in labor force

 10,765 10,758 10,936 10,925 11,170 11,273 11,230 11,256 11,440 11,472 11,568 11,563 11,621

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 8,041 8,104 8,078 8,071 8,069 8,084 8,149 8,195 8,259 8,253 8,240 8,273 8,422

Participation rate

 69.7 69.9 69.3 68.9 68.4 68.2 68.4 68.5 68.3 67.9 67.4 67.3 68.0

Employed

 6,563 6,699 6,711 6,744 6,713 6,693 6,761 6,893 7,128 7,094 7,053 7,142 7,328

Employment-population ratio

 56.9 57.8 57.6 57.6 56.9 56.5 56.8 57.6 58.9 58.4 57.7 58.1 59.2

Unemployed

 1,477 1,405 1,367 1,327 1,356 1,392 1,388 1,301 1,132 1,160 1,187 1,131 1,094

Unemployment rate

 18.4 17.3 16.9 16.4 16.8 17.2 17.0 15.9 13.7 14.1 14.4 13.7 13.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 9,026 9,128 9,101 9,183 9,081 9,045 9,155 9,151 9,373 9,430 9,404 9,522 9,467

Participation rate

 62.9 63.4 63.0 63.3 62.4 61.9 62.4 62.2 62.5 62.7 62.3 62.8 62.1

Employed

 7,880 7,974 7,933 7,990 7,918 7,809 7,939 7,955 8,220 8,338 8,326 8,368 8,298

Employment-population ratio

 55.0 55.4 54.9 55.1 54.4 53.5 54.1 54.0 54.8 55.4 55.1 55.2 54.4

Unemployed

 1,146 1,154 1,168 1,193 1,163 1,236 1,216 1,196 1,154 1,092 1,078 1,154 1,169

Unemployment rate

 12.7 12.6 12.8 13.0 12.8 13.7 13.3 13.1 12.3 11.6 11.5 12.1 12.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 727 665 641 685 656 662 624 656 688 699 742 702 713

Participation rate

 27.1 24.9 24.2 26.0 25.1 25.4 24.1 25.5 25.7 26.3 28.2 26.9 27.5

Employed

 423 402 352 371 383 391 353 397 430 434 466 420 440

Employment-population ratio

 15.8 15.1 13.3 14.1 14.6 15.0 13.6 15.5 16.1 16.4 17.7 16.1 17.0

Unemployed

 304 263 289 315 273 271 271 259 257 265 276 283 273

Unemployment rate

 41.8 39.5 45.1 45.9 41.6 40.9 43.5 39.4 37.4 37.9 37.2 40.2 38.3

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 33,333 33,580 33,837 34,101 34,078 34,311 34,555 34,806 36,383 36,627 36,881 37,145 37,168

Civilian labor force

 22,612 22,662 22,823 22,907 22,591 22,746 22,944 23,319 24,122 24,467 24,428 24,551 24,496

Participation rate

 67.8 67.5 67.4 67.2 66.3 66.3 66.4 67.0 66.3 66.8 66.2 66.1 65.9

Employed

 19,762 19,855 20,033 19,984 19,952 20,073 20,353 20,707 21,594 21,828 21,955 22,139 22,179

Employment-population ratio

 59.3 59.1 59.2 58.6 58.5 58.5 58.9 59.5 59.4 59.6 59.5 59.6 59.7

Unemployed

 2,851 2,807 2,789 2,923 2,639 2,673 2,590 2,612 2,528 2,640 2,472 2,413 2,318

Unemployment rate

 12.6 12.4 12.2 12.8 11.7 11.8 11.3 11.2 10.5 10.8 10.1 9.8 9.5

Not in labor force

 10,721 10,917 11,014 11,194 11,487 11,566 11,611 11,487 12,261 12,160 12,453 12,594 12,672

Footnotes
 (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white and black or African American) 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: April 05, 2013