Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2021-2022

Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2021-2022
[Numbers in thousands]
Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Total		Men		Women
	2021	2022	2021	2022	2021	2022
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	203,091	204,096	100,137	100,806	102,954	103,291
Total who worked or looked for work	130,965	131,341	70,463	70,583	60,502	60,757
Percent of the population	64.5	64.4	70.4	70.0	58.8	58.8
Total who worked during the year(1)	129,142	130,036	69,511	69,891	59,631	60,145
Percent of the population	63.6	63.7	69.4	69.3	57.9	58.2
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full time(2)	81.6	81.4	86.8	86.8	75.5	75.1
50 to 52 weeks	69.9	70.8	75.1	76.1	63.9	64.7
27 to 49 weeks	7.0	6.6	7.0	6.7	6.9	6.5
1 to 26 weeks	4.7	4.0	4.8	4.1	4.6	3.9
Part time(3)	18.4	18.6	13.2	13.2	24.5	24.9
50 to 52 weeks	9.6	9.8	6.3	6.4	13.4	13.8
27 to 49 weeks	3.5	3.7	2.6	2.8	4.5	4.9
1 to 26 weeks	5.4	5.1	4.2	4.0	6.6	6.3
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	34,025	34,553	15,687	16,016	18,338	18,536
Total who worked or looked for work	21,427	22,270	10,133	10,513	11,294	11,757
Percent of the population	63.0	64.5	64.6	65.6	61.6	63.4
Total who worked during the year(1)	20,807	21,735	9,856	10,218	10,951	11,517
Percent of the population	61.2	62.9	62.8	63.8	59.7	62.1
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full time(2)	83.7	84.8	86.0	87.1	81.6	82.8
50 to 52 weeks	69.5	72.6	71.3	74.8	67.9	70.7
27 to 49 weeks	7.6	7.3	7.7	7.2	7.5	7.3
1 to 26 weeks	6.6	4.9	7.0	5.1	6.3	4.7
Part time(3)	16.3	15.2	14.0	12.9	18.4	17.2
50 to 52 weeks	8.0	7.7	6.8	6.6	9.1	8.6
27 to 49 weeks	2.9	3.1	2.5	2.4	3.3	3.7
1 to 26 weeks	5.3	4.5	4.7	3.9	5.9	4.9
ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	16,887	17,724	8,031	8,537	8,856	9,187
Total who worked or looked for work	11,171	11,754	5,802	6,225	5,369	5,528
Percent of the population	66.2	66.3	72.2	72.9	60.6	60.2
Total who worked during the year(1)	10,920	11,607	5,669	6,140	5,250	5,467
Percent of the population	64.7	65.5	70.6	71.9	59.3	59.5
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full time(2)	83.9	84.2	88.3	88.0	79.2	80.0
50 to 52 weeks	73.4	74.0	78.5	78.5	67.9	69.0
27 to 49 weeks	5.8	6.1	5.4	5.6	6.2	6.6
1 to 26 weeks	4.7	4.1	4.4	3.9	5.0	4.3
Part time(3)	16.1	15.8	11.7	12.0	20.8	20.0
50 to 52 weeks	8.6	9.0	5.9	6.8	11.5	11.6
27 to 49 weeks	2.7	3.1	2.2	2.5	3.3	3.8
1 to 26 weeks	4.8	3.7	3.6	2.8	6.0	4.7
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population	45,886	47,225	22,941	23,697	22,944	23,528
Total who worked or looked for work	30,924	31,974	17,422	17,852	13,502	14,123
Percent of the population	67.4	67.7	75.9	75.3	58.8	60.0
Total who worked during the year(1)	30,314	31,458	17,109	17,592	13,204	13,866
Percent of the population	66.1	66.6	74.6	74.2	57.5	58.9
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full time(2)	82.1	82.0	87.4	87.5	75.2	75.0
50 to 52 weeks	67.7	69.6	72.9	75.0	61.0	62.7
27 to 49 weeks	8.7	8.2	9.1	8.7	8.2	7.6
1 to 26 weeks	5.7	4.2	5.4	3.8	6.0	4.7
Part time(3)	17.9	18.0	12.6	12.5	24.8	25.0
50 to 52 weeks	9.3	10.0	6.1	6.6	13.5	14.3
27 to 49 weeks	3.5	3.3	2.7	2.4	4.4	4.5
1 to 26 weeks	5.1	4.7	3.8	3.5	6.8	6.2
(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave. (2) Usually worked 35 hours or more per week. (3) Usually worked 1 to 34 hours per week.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 1 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000).

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Last Modified Date: December 19, 2023