Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2020-2021

Table 2. Work experience of the population during the year by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 2020-2021
[Numbers in thousands]
Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Total		Men		Women
	2020	2021	2020	2021	2020	2021
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	201,904	203,091	98,877	100,137	103,027	102,954
Total who worked or looked for work	130,192	130,965	69,426	70,463	60,766	60,502
Percent of the population	64.5	64.5	70.2	70.4	59.0	58.8
Total who worked during the year(1)	128,291	129,142	68,343	69,511	59,948	59,631
Percent of the population	63.5	63.6	69.1	69.4	58.2	57.9
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full time(2)	80.7	81.6	86.5	86.8	74.2	75.5
50 to 52 weeks	63.5	69.9	68.7	75.1	57.5	63.9
27 to 49 weeks	10.1	7.0	10.2	7.0	9.9	6.9
1 to 26 weeks	7.2	4.7	7.5	4.8	6.8	4.6
Part time(3)	19.3	18.4	13.5	13.2	25.8	24.5
50 to 52 weeks	8.1	9.6	5.5	6.3	11.0	13.4
27 to 49 weeks	4.3	3.5	2.7	2.6	6.2	4.5
1 to 26 weeks	6.9	5.4	5.3	4.2	8.7	6.6
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	33,526	34,025	15,348	15,687	18,178	18,338
Total who worked or looked for work	21,541	21,427	10,097	10,133	11,445	11,294
Percent of the population	64.3	63.0	65.8	64.6	63.0	61.6
Total who worked during the year(1)	20,862	20,807	9,737	9,856	11,125	10,951
Percent of the population	62.2	61.2	63.4	62.8	61.2	59.7
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full time(2)	81.9	83.7	84.9	86.0	79.3	81.6
50 to 52 weeks	61.3	69.5	62.5	71.3	60.2	67.9
27 to 49 weeks	10.1	7.6	11.0	7.7	9.3	7.5
1 to 26 weeks	10.6	6.6	11.4	7.0	9.8	6.3
Part time(3)	18.1	16.3	15.1	14.0	20.7	18.4
50 to 52 weeks	7.4	8.0	5.7	6.8	8.8	9.1
27 to 49 weeks	3.5	2.9	2.9	2.5	4.0	3.3
1 to 26 weeks	7.2	5.3	6.5	4.7	7.9	5.9
ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	16,397	16,887	7,652	8,031	8,746	8,856
Total who worked or looked for work	10,762	11,171	5,600	5,802	5,162	5,369
Percent of the population	65.6	66.2	73.2	72.2	59.0	60.6
Total who worked during the year(1)	10,540	10,920	5,498	5,669	5,043	5,250
Percent of the population	64.3	64.7	71.8	70.6	57.7	59.3
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full time(2)	83.1	83.9	88.8	88.3	76.9	79.2
50 to 52 weeks	65.4	73.4	71.7	78.5	58.5	67.9
27 to 49 weeks	8.9	5.8	8.4	5.4	9.4	6.2
1 to 26 weeks	8.8	4.7	8.6	4.4	9.0	5.0
Part time(3)	16.9	16.1	11.2	11.7	23.1	20.8
50 to 52 weeks	6.6	8.6	4.5	5.9	8.8	11.5
27 to 49 weeks	3.9	2.7	2.3	2.2	5.7	3.3
1 to 26 weeks	6.4	4.8	4.4	3.6	8.6	6.0
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population	44,642	45,886	22,205	22,941	22,437	22,944
Total who worked or looked for work	29,993	30,924	16,792	17,422	13,201	13,502
Percent of the population	67.2	67.4	75.6	75.9	58.8	58.8
Total who worked during the year(1)	29,343	30,314	16,469	17,109	12,874	13,204
Percent of the population	65.7	66.1	74.2	74.6	57.4	57.5
Percent who worked during the year(1)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Full time(2)	80.7	82.1	86.0	87.4	73.8	75.2
50 to 52 weeks	58.3	67.7	62.3	72.9	53.1	61.0
27 to 49 weeks	12.8	8.7	14.1	9.1	11.2	8.2
1 to 26 weeks	9.6	5.7	9.6	5.4	9.5	6.0
Part time(3)	19.3	17.9	14.0	12.6	26.2	24.8
50 to 52 weeks	7.5	9.3	5.5	6.1	10.2	13.5
27 to 49 weeks	4.4	3.5	2.9	2.7	6.3	4.4
1 to 26 weeks	7.4	5.1	5.6	3.8	9.7	6.8
(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 08, 2022