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Table 6. Employment status of mothers with own children under 3 years old by single year of age of youngest child and marital status, 2022-2023 annual averages

Table 6. Employment status of mothers with own children under 3 years old by single year of age of youngest child and marital status, 2022-2023 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic 2022 2023
With own children under 3 years old With own children under 3 years old
Total 2 years 1 year Under 1
year		 Total 2 years 1 year Under 1
year

TOTAL MOTHERS

Civilian noninstitutional population

 8,256 2,666 2,874 2,716 8,164 2,535 2,981 2,647

Civilian labor force

 5,413 1,825 1,915 1,672 5,412 1,770 2,001 1,641

Participation rate

 65.6 68.5 66.6 61.6 66.3 69.8 67.1 62.0

Employed

 5,192 1,764 1,829 1,600 5,203 1,709 1,913 1,581

Full-time workers(1)

 3,989 1,361 1,392 1,236 3,981 1,327 1,443 1,211

Part-time workers(2)

 1,204 403 437 364 1,223 382 471 370

Employment-population ratio

 62.9 66.2 63.6 58.9 63.7 67.4 64.2 59.7

Unemployed

 220 61 87 72 208 61 88 59

Unemployment rate

 4.1 3.3 4.5 4.3 3.8 3.4 4.4 3.6

Total married, spouse present(3)

Civilian noninstitutional population

 5,917 1,882 2,052 1,983 5,876 1,784 2,171 1,920

Civilian labor force

 3,872 1,254 1,358 1,259 3,899 1,224 1,462 1,213

Participation rate

 65.4 66.6 66.2 63.5 66.4 68.6 67.3 63.2

Employed

 3,789 1,237 1,323 1,230 3,815 1,203 1,423 1,190

Full-time workers(1)

 2,949 964 1,018 967 2,952 942 1,086 924

Part-time workers(2)

 840 273 305 263 863 260 337 266

Employment-population ratio

 64.0 65.7 64.4 62.0 64.9 67.4 65.5 62.0

Unemployed

 83 18 36 29 83 21 39 23

Unemployment rate

 2.1 1.4 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.7 2.7 1.9

Other marital status(4)

Civilian noninstitutional population

 2,339 784 822 733 2,288 750 810 727

Civilian labor force

 1,541 571 557 413 1,513 546 539 428

Participation rate

 65.9 72.8 67.8 56.3 66.1 72.8 66.6 58.8

Employed

 1,403 528 506 369 1,388 506 491 391

Full-time workers(1)

 1,040 397 374 268 1,028 385 357 287

Part-time workers(2)

 364 130 132 101 360 121 134 105

Employment-population ratio

 60.0 67.3 61.6 50.4 60.7 67.4 60.6 53.8

Unemployed

 137 43 51 43 125 40 49 36

Unemployment rate

 8.9 7.6 9.1 10.5 8.3 7.3 9.0 8.5

Footnotes
(1) Usually work 35 hours or more per week at all jobs.
(2) Usually work less than 35 hours per week at all jobs.
(3) Includes people in both opposite-sex and same-sex marriages..
(4) Includes people who are never married; widowed; divorced; separated; and married, spouse absent.

NOTE: Own children include biological, step-, and adopted children living in the household who are under age 18. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Estimates for 2020 introduced a change in the classification of marital status; estimates of married people refer to those in opposite-sex and same-sex marriages. As a result, data by marital status are not strictly comparable with data prior to 2020.
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Last Modified Date: April 24, 2024