HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 5. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, and race (Numbers in thousands) Total White Black or African Asian American Employment status, sex, and age 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 2009 2010 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population...... 235,801 237,830 190,902 192,075 28,241 28,708 10,842 11,199 Civilian labor force.................... 154,142 153,889 125,644 125,084 17,632 17,862 7,156 7,248 Percent of population............... 65.4 64.7 65.8 65.1 62.4 62.2 66.0 64.7 Employed.............................. 139,877 139,064 114,996 114,168 15,025 15,010 6,635 6,705 Unemployed............................ 14,265 14,825 10,648 10,916 2,606 2,852 522 543 Unemployment rate................... 9.3 9.6 8.5 8.7 14.8 16.0 7.3 7.5 Not in labor force...................... 81,659 83,941 65,258 66,991 10,609 10,846 3,685 3,951 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 114,136 115,174 93,433 94,082 12,705 12,939 5,170 5,315 Civilian labor force.................... 82,123 81,985 68,051 67,728 8,265 8,415 3,857 3,893 Percent of population............... 72.0 71.2 72.8 72.0 65.0 65.0 74.6 73.2 Employed.............................. 73,670 73,359 61,630 61,252 6,817 6,865 3,551 3,588 Unemployed............................ 8,453 8,626 6,421 6,476 1,448 1,550 306 305 Unemployment rate................... 10.3 10.5 9.4 9.6 17.5 18.4 7.9 7.8 Not in labor force...................... 32,013 33,189 25,382 26,353 4,441 4,524 1,314 1,422 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 105,493 106,596 86,789 87,502 11,379 11,626 4,837 4,984 Civilian labor force.................... 78,897 78,994 65,372 65,265 7,914 8,076 3,777 3,820 Percent of population............... 74.8 74.1 75.3 74.6 69.6 69.5 78.1 76.6 Employed.............................. 71,341 71,230 59,626 59,438 6,628 6,680 3,493 3,534 Unemployed............................ 7,555 7,763 5,746 5,828 1,286 1,396 284 286 Unemployment rate................... 9.6 9.8 8.8 8.9 16.3 17.3 7.5 7.5 Not in labor force...................... 26,596 27,603 21,417 22,236 3,465 3,550 1,060 1,164 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 121,665 122,656 97,469 97,993 15,536 15,769 5,671 5,884 Civilian labor force.................... 72,019 71,904 57,593 57,356 9,367 9,447 3,300 3,355 Percent of population............... 59.2 58.6 59.1 58.5 60.3 59.9 58.2 57.0 Employed.............................. 66,208 65,705 53,366 52,916 8,208 8,145 3,084 3,117 Unemployed............................ 5,811 6,199 4,227 4,440 1,159 1,302 216 238 Unemployment rate................... 8.1 8.6 7.3 7.7 12.4 13.8 6.6 7.1 Not in labor force...................... 49,646 50,752 39,876 40,638 6,169 6,322 2,371 2,529 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population...... 113,265 114,333 91,078 91,683 14,178 14,425 5,372 5,566 Civilian labor force.................... 68,856 68,990 54,976 54,957 8,988 9,110 3,248 3,285 Percent of population............... 60.8 60.3 60.4 59.9 63.4 63.2 60.5 59.0 Employed.............................. 63,699 63,456 51,231 50,997 7,956 7,944 3,045 3,064 Unemployed............................ 5,157 5,534 3,745 3,960 1,032 1,165 203 221 Unemployment rate................... 7.5 8.0 6.8 7.2 11.5 12.8 6.2 6.7 Not in labor force...................... 44,409 45,343 36,101 36,725 5,190 5,315 2,124 2,281 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population...... 17,043 16,901 13,035 12,891 2,684 2,657 632 649 Civilian labor force.................... 6,390 5,906 5,295 4,861 729 677 131 143 Percent of population............... 37.5 34.9 40.6 37.7 27.2 25.5 20.8 22.0 Employed.............................. 4,837 4,378 4,138 3,733 442 386 97 108 Unemployed............................ 1,552 1,528 1,157 1,128 288 291 35 35 Unemployment rate................... 24.3 25.9 21.8 23.2 39.5 43.0 26.4 24.8 Not in labor force...................... 10,654 10,995 7,740 8,030 1,954 1,980 501 506 NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.