Table 3. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 25 years and over by educational attainment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2009-10 annual averages
Table 3. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 25 years and over by educational attainment,
race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2009-10 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
2009 2010
Characteristic Less than High Some Less than High Some
a high school college Bachelor's a high school college Bachelor's
school graduates, or degree and school graduates, or degree and
diploma no college associate higher (2) diploma no college associate higher (2)
(1) degree (1) degree
FOREIGN BORN
White non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 832 1,729 1,370 2,763 870 1,773 1,364 2,832
Civilian labor force................... 266 899 865 2,004 307 937 883 2,053
Participation rate................... 32.0 52.0 63.1 72.5 35.3 52.8 64.8 72.5
Employed.............................. 238 823 804 1,877 282 851 818 1,935
Employment-population ratio.......... 28.6 47.6 58.6 67.9 32.4 48.0 60.0 68.3
Unemployed............................ 28 77 61 127 25 85 66 118
Unemployment rate.................... 10.7 8.5 7.1 6.4 8.0 9.1 7.4 5.7
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 347 748 661 719 420 739 685 740
Civilian labor force................... 194 544 525 615 246 556 568 623
Participation rate................... 56.0 72.7 79.5 85.5 58.5 75.3 82.9 84.2
Employed.............................. 164 482 474 563 203 481 508 570
Employment-population ratio.......... 47.2 64.4 71.7 78.3 48.3 65.1 74.2 77.1
Unemployed............................ 30 62 52 52 43 75 60 53
Unemployment rate.................... 15.7 11.4 9.8 8.5 17.4 13.6 10.6 8.5
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 936 1,425 1,032 3,881 931 1,536 1,088 3,877
Civilian labor force................... 419 878 759 3,016 414 977 767 2,889
Participation rate................... 44.8 61.6 73.6 77.7 44.5 63.6 70.6 74.5
Employed.............................. 386 814 696 2,841 368 901 703 2,724
Employment-population ratio.......... 41.3 57.2 67.5 73.2 39.5 58.6 64.7 70.3
Unemployed............................ 33 64 64 175 46 76 64 165
Unemployment rate.................... 7.9 7.3 8.4 5.8 11.2 7.8 8.3 5.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 7,376 4,020 1,929 1,596 7,351 4,146 1,989 1,667
Civilian labor force................... 4,959 3,002 1,526 1,247 4,937 3,134 1,542 1,316
Participation rate................... 67.2 74.7 79.1 78.1 67.2 75.6 77.5 78.9
Employed.............................. 4,314 2,712 1,378 1,158 4,341 2,802 1,383 1,225
Employment-population ratio.......... 58.5 67.5 71.5 72.5 59.1 67.6 69.5 73.5
Unemployed............................ 644 289 147 89 595 332 159 91
Unemployment rate.................... 13.0 9.6 9.7 7.1 12.1 10.6 10.3 6.9
NATIVE BORN
White non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 10,507 41,552 36,165 42,586 10,172 41,667 36,307 43,147
Civilian labor force................... 3,860 24,975 25,328 32,751 3,654 24,684 25,135 32,916
Participation rate................... 36.7 60.1 70.0 76.9 35.9 59.2 69.2 76.3
Employed.............................. 3,295 22,797 23,543 31,445 3,086 22,458 23,275 31,582
Employment-population ratio.......... 31.4 54.9 65.1 73.8 30.3 53.9 64.1 73.2
Unemployed............................ 565 2,178 1,785 1,306 568 2,225 1,860 1,334
Unemployment rate.................... 14.6 8.7 7.0 4.0 15.5 9.0 7.4 4.1
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 3,112 6,897 5,738 3,659 3,036 6,895 5,826 3,798
Civilian labor force................... 1,099 4,392 4,158 2,923 1,057 4,304 4,214 2,986
Participation rate................... 35.3 63.7 72.5 79.9 34.8 62.4 72.3 78.6
Employed.............................. 851 3,760 3,673 2,717 798 3,605 3,682 2,752
Employment-population ratio.......... 27.4 54.5 64.0 74.3 26.3 52.3 63.2 72.5
Unemployed............................ 248 631 486 206 259 698 532 235
Unemployment rate.................... 22.6 14.4 11.7 7.0 24.5 16.2 12.6 7.9
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 126 360 465 962 133 387 471 1,008
Civilian labor force................... 51 201 315 779 54 228 329 817
Participation rate................... 40.2 55.7 67.8 81.0 40.5 58.9 69.9 81.0
Employed.............................. 47 186 291 743 49 212 304 777
Employment-population ratio.......... 37.3 51.5 62.5 77.2 37.1 54.7 64.6 77.1
Unemployed............................ 4 15 25 36 4 16 25 40
Unemployment rate.................... 7.4 7.6 7.8 4.7 8.3 7.1 7.5 4.9
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 2,388 3,716 3,174 1,947 2,295 3,769 3,314 2,059
Civilian labor force................... 1,105 2,656 2,501 1,648 1,033 2,714 2,583 1,728
Participation rate................... 46.3 71.5 78.8 84.7 45.0 72.0 77.9 83.9
Employed.............................. 918 2,357 2,278 1,571 842 2,373 2,343 1,637
Employment-population ratio.......... 38.5 63.4 71.8 80.7 36.7 63.0 70.7 79.5
Unemployed............................ 186 299 223 77 191 342 240 91
Unemployment rate.................... 16.9 11.3 8.9 4.7 18.5 12.6 9.3 5.3
1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated
population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. See the Technical Note for further
information.
