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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
14. Employed persons in nonagricultural industries by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[In thousands]
Age, sex, race, and
Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
2017
Mining,
quarry-
ing,
and oil
and gas
extract-
ion
Con-
struc-
tion
Manu-
facturing
Whole-
sale
and
retail
trade
Trans-
portation
and
util-
ities
Infor-
mation
Finan-
cial ac-
tivities
Profes-
sional
and
busi-
ness
services
Educa-
tion and
health
services
Leisure
and
hos-
pitality
Other
ser-
vices(1)
Public
adminis-
tration

TOTAL

Total, 16 years and over

74810,69215,40820,3148,1592,90310,48218,83534,48314,2917,4857,083

16 to 19 years

31951861,2667968712295562,05823238

20 years and over

74510,49815,22219,0488,0802,83410,41118,60633,92712,2327,2537,045

20 to 24 years

408071,0992,8645202436151,4012,7292,688666283

25 years and over

7059,69114,12316,1847,5602,5919,79617,20531,1989,5446,5876,762

25 to 54 years

5357,43810,28911,7405,4402,0037,12312,91922,8317,6204,6144,956

55 years and over

1702,2533,8344,4442,1205882,6724,2858,3671,9241,9731,807

Men, 16 years and over

6549,72210,85711,1766,2041,7714,94010,8828,8046,9963,6173,935

16 to 19 years

318212760858304113615994110823

20 years and over

6529,54010,73010,5696,1461,7414,89910,7458,6456,0553,5093,913

20 to 24 years

347607871,5123891392667667311,283302166

25 years and over

6188,7799,9439,0575,7571,6024,6329,9797,9144,7723,2073,746

25 to 54 years

4736,7747,2406,5674,1141,2683,3667,4635,7063,8172,2272,806

55 years and over

1452,0052,7032,4911,6433341,2662,5162,208954981940

Women, 16 years and over

949714,5519,1371,9551,1325,5427,95425,6797,2943,8683,148

16 to 19 years

01359658213931933971,11712415

20 years and over

939584,4928,4791,9341,0935,5127,86125,2826,1773,7443,133

20 to 24 years

6473111,3521321043496351,9981,405364117

25 years and over

889114,1807,1271,8039895,1637,22623,2844,7723,3793,016

25 to 54 years

636643,0495,1741,3267353,7575,45717,1253,8032,3872,149

55 years and over

252481,1311,9534772541,4061,7696,159970992867

White

Men, 16 years and over

5768,6308,8418,9244,5951,4084,0258,5056,6615,2082,8373,097

16 to 19 years

31641054694423351121217449216

20 years and over

5738,4668,7368,4554,5511,3853,9898,3946,5414,4642,7453,081

20 to 24 years

296756291,160262105202572544933242131

25 years and over

5447,7918,1077,2954,2891,2803,7877,8225,9973,5312,5042,949

25 to 54 years

4125,9935,7765,1272,9839902,6845,6714,2222,8071,6732,191

55 years and over

1321,7972,3312,1691,3062911,1032,1511,775724831758

Women, 16 years and over

818703,4787,0931,3698544,3706,27719,6075,4712,9552,178

16 to 19 years

012445111527267330784110512

20 years and over

808583,4346,5821,3548264,3446,20419,3014,6312,8502,166

20 to 24 years

54322796983702764811,5291,04628682

25 years and over

758153,2075,6131,2717564,0685,72317,7723,5852,5642,085

25 to 54 years

565882,2943,9598985432,8544,21412,8322,8291,7631,443

55 years and over

202279131,6543732131,2141,5094,940755801642

Black or African American

Men, 16 years and over

336061,0331,2241,0861784281,0111,190925423537

16 to 19 years

0101068103213209673

20 years and over

335961,0231,1571,0761754269981,170830416534

20 to 24 years

04295221911934105931902822

25 years and over

335559289369851563928941,077640388512

25 to 54 years

26440736788754126303698821537300386

55 years and over

7115191148231308919625610388127

Women, 16 years and over

8465231,1564461596628693,932953412672

16 to 19 years

01785563145015183

20 years and over

8455161,0724411526598553,882802404669

20 to 24 years

1251236401839832962123819

25 years and over

8434658354011346217713,586590366650

25 to 54 years

3333626713211115036272,782497276488

55 years and over

41010316479231181458049390163

Asian

Men, 16 years and over

151726816723191403681,005699501228168

16 to 19 years

01827122493341

20 years and over

151726726453181383661,001690468223167

20 to 24 years

04256714715516170144

25 years and over

15167647578304131350951629398209163

25 to 54 years

11122503445236121296828495294162125

55 years and over

445144133689541221341044837

Women, 16 years and over

42941652284833565671,404464365152

16 to 19 years

003251214153550

20 years and over

42941449783813555631,389429360152

20 to 24 years

0116634921439958206

25 years and over

42839843480723345201,290371340145

25 to 54 years

32229734360572804361,000284263112

55 years and over

161009020145585290887833

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Men, 16 years and over

1323,0181,7111,8921,1231986291,7991,0511,652737456

16 to 19 years

1602712113762622199262

20 years and over

1312,9571,6831,7721,1091916221,7731,0291,453712454

20 to 24 years

102711743399430431501412857831

25 years and over

1212,6861,5101,4331,0151605801,6238881,168633423

25 to 54 years

1062,3511,2491,1938331394911,346710999519344

55 years and over

15336260239182218927717816911480

Women, 16 years and over

71708431,5693301277111,2633,3061,566653365

16 to 19 years

04161473442273225163

20 years and over

71668271,4233271237061,2423,2331,341638362

20 to 24 years

115653093022821133553035919

25 years and over

61517621,1132971016241,1292,8781,038579343

25 to 54 years

6132638915244895339522,355900464271

55 years and over

01912419953129117752313811472

Footnotes
(1) Includes private households.

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: January 16, 2019