Figure 12. Labor force participation rates, by gender and race and ethnicity, annual averages, 1992–2017
Year White men White women Black or African American men Black or African American women Asian men Asian women Hispanic men Hispanic women

1992

76.5 57.7 70.7 58.5 80.7 52.8

1993

76.2 58.0 69.6 57.9 80.2 52.1

1994

75.9 58.9 69.1 58.7 79.2 52.9

1995

75.7 59.0 69.0 59.5 79.1 52.6

1996

75.8 59.1 68.7 60.4 79.6 53.4

1997

75.9 59.5 68.3 61.7 80.1 55.1

1998

75.6 59.4 69.0 62.8 79.8 55.6

1999

75.6 59.6 68.7 63.5 79.8 55.9

2000

75.5 59.5 69.2 63.1 76.1 59.2 81.5 57.5

2001

75.1 59.4 68.4 62.8 76.2 59.0 81.0 57.6

2002

74.8 59.3 68.4 61.8 75.9 59.1 80.2 57.6

2003

74.2 59.2 67.3 61.9 75.6 58.3 80.1 55.9

2004

74.1 58.9 66.7 61.5 75.0 57.6 80.4 56.1

2005

74.1 58.9 67.3 61.6 74.8 58.2 80.1 55.3

2006

74.3 59.0 67.0 61.7 75.0 58.3 80.7 56.1

2007

74.0 59.0 66.8 61.1 75.1 58.6 80.5 56.5

2008

73.7 59.2 66.7 61.3 75.3 59.4 80.2 56.2

2009

72.8 59.1 65.0 60.3 74.6 58.2 78.8 56.5

2010

72.0 58.5 65.0 59.9 73.2 57.0 77.8 56.5

2011

71.3 58.0 64.2 59.1 73.2 56.8 76.5 55.9

2012

71.0 57.4 63.6 59.8 72.2 56.5 76.1 56.6

2013

70.5 56.9 63.5 59.2 73.0 57.1 76.3 55.7

2014

69.8 56.7 63.6 59.2 72.4 55.8 76.1 56.0

2015

69.7 56.2 63.8 59.7 71.4 55.2 76.2 55.7

2016

69.8 56.3 64.1 59.4 72.1 55.5 76.0 55.8

2017

69.5 56.4 64.6 60.3 71.9 56.4 75.8 56.4

Note: People of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity can be of any race.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.