2015 Annual Averages ‐ Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	2015
	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduates, no college(1)	Some college or associate degree			Bachelor's degree and higher
	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduates, no college(1)	Total	Some college, no degree	Associate degree	Total(2)	Bachelor's degree only	Advanced degree
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	24,175	61,712	56,263	35,326	20,937	70,061	44,086	25,975
Civilian labor force	10,971	35,322	37,481	22,706	14,774	52,133	32,684	19,449
Participation rate	45.4	57.2	66.6	64.3	70.6	74.4	74.1	74.9
Employed	10,098	33,402	35,785	21,573	14,213	50,792	31,772	19,020
Employment-population ratio	41.8	54.1	63.6	61.1	67.9	72.5	72.1	73.2
Unemployed	873	1,920	1,695	1,134	562	1,341	912	429
Unemployment rate	8.0	5.4	4.5	5.0	3.8	2.6	2.8	2.2
Men
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,137	30,388	25,664	16,644	9,020	33,471	21,048	12,423
Civilian labor force	7,081	20,416	18,772	11,862	6,911	26,429	16,767	9,662
Participation rate	58.3	67.2	73.1	71.3	76.6	79.0	79.7	77.8
Employed	6,573	19,302	17,953	11,293	6,660	25,776	16,323	9,453
Employment-population ratio	54.2	63.5	70.0	67.9	73.8	77.0	77.6	76.1
Unemployed	507	1,114	820	569	251	654	444	210
Unemployment rate	7.2	5.5	4.4	4.8	3.6	2.5	2.6	2.2
Women
Civilian noninstitutional population	12,038	31,325	30,599	18,682	11,918	36,590	23,038	13,552
Civilian labor force	3,891	14,906	18,708	10,845	7,864	25,704	15,917	9,786
Participation rate	32.3	47.6	61.1	58.0	66.0	70.2	69.1	72.2
Employed	3,525	14,100	17,832	10,280	7,553	25,016	15,449	9,567
Employment-population ratio	29.3	45.0	58.3	55.0	63.4	68.4	67.1	70.6
Unemployed	366	806	876	565	311	687	468	219
Unemployment rate	9.4	5.4	4.7	5.2	4.0	2.7	2.9	2.2
White
Civilian noninstitutional population	18,672	49,012	44,779	27,796	16,983	55,911	35,289	20,622
Civilian labor force	8,723	27,790	29,492	17,588	11,904	41,361	26,072	15,289
Participation rate	46.7	56.7	65.9	63.3	70.1	74.0	73.9	74.1
Employed	8,128	26,508	28,320	16,820	11,501	40,380	25,395	14,984
Employment-population ratio	43.5	54.1	63.2	60.5	67.7	72.2	72.0	72.7
Unemployed	595	1,282	1,171	768	404	981	677	304
Unemployment rate	6.8	4.6	4.0	4.4	3.4	2.4	2.6	2.0
Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population	3,271	8,566	7,715	5,135	2,580	5,917	3,801	2,116
Civilian labor force	1,228	5,035	5,416	3,526	1,891	4,600	2,967	1,633
Participation rate	37.5	58.8	70.2	68.7	73.3	77.7	78.0	77.2
Employed	1,033	4,549	5,017	3,242	1,775	4,418	2,850	1,567
Employment-population ratio	31.6	53.1	65.0	63.1	68.8	74.7	75.0	74.1
Unemployed	196	486	399	284	115	182	116	66
Unemployment rate	15.9	9.7	7.4	8.0	6.1	4.0	3.9	4.0
Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population	1,217	2,385	1,919	1,165	754	6,773	4,013	2,760
Civilian labor force	497	1,402	1,308	763	545	4,993	2,849	2,144
Participation rate	40.8	58.8	68.1	65.5	72.3	73.7	71.0	77.7
Employed	470	1,344	1,265	737	528	4,855	2,759	2,096
Employment-population ratio	38.6	56.4	65.9	63.2	70.0	71.7	68.7	75.9
Unemployed	27	57	43	26	17	138	90	48
Unemployment rate	5.4	4.1	3.3	3.4	3.1	2.8	3.2	2.3
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population	10,094	9,261	6,774	4,401	2,373	5,086	3,494	1,592
Civilian labor force	5,986	6,444	5,112	3,295	1,817	4,076	2,798	1,278
Participation rate	59.3	69.6	75.5	74.9	76.6	80.1	80.1	80.3
Employed	5,592	6,064	4,858	3,119	1,739	3,936	2,694	1,242
Employment-population ratio	55.4	65.5	71.7	70.9	73.3	77.4	77.1	78.0
Unemployed	394	379	254	175	78	140	104	36
Unemployment rate	6.6	5.9	5.0	5.3	4.3	3.4	3.7	2.8
Footnotes (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes persons with bachelor`s, master`s, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) 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: February 10, 2016