Figure 14. Employment–population ratios, by race and ethnicity, seasonally adjusted, 1992–2017
Period	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Jan 1992	62.4	54.9	—	59.4
Feb 1992	62.3	54.5	—	59.3
Mar 1992	62.4	54.6	—	59.5
Apr 1992	62.6	54.5	—	59.4
May 1992	62.4	54.6	—	59.2
Jun 1992	62.3	55.1	—	59.0
Jul 1992	62.5	55.2	—	59.1
Aug 1992	62.4	55.6	—	59.0
Sep 1992	62.3	55.3	—	58.9
Oct 1992	62.3	54.8	—	58.8
Nov 1992	62.3	54.7	—	58.5
Dec 1992	62.4	54.4	—	59.0
Jan 1993	62.4	54.2	—	59.1
Feb 1993	62.4	55.3	—	58.9
Mar 1993	62.5	54.4	—	58.9
Apr 1993	62.5	54.1	—	58.7
May 1993	62.7	55.1	—	59.1
Jun 1993	62.8	54.7	—	59.1
Jul 1993	62.8	55.2	—	58.9
Aug 1993	62.9	55.5	—	59.3
Sep 1993	62.8	55.2	—	59.2
Oct 1993	62.8	55.3	—	59.0
Nov 1993	63.0	55.3	—	59.3
Dec 1993	63.0	55.5	—	59.4
Jan 1994	63.2	55.0	—	58.8
Feb 1994	63.3	55.4	—	59.3
Mar 1994	63.1	55.8	—	59.6
Apr 1994	63.3	56.0	—	59.1
May 1994	63.6	56.0	—	60.1
Jun 1994	63.3	56.4	—	59.1
Jul 1994	63.4	56.2	—	59.3
Aug 1994	63.7	56.0	—	59.2
Sep 1994	63.7	56.4	—	59.1
Oct 1994	63.9	56.6	—	60.2
Nov 1994	64.0	56.6	—	60.8
Dec 1994	64.1	56.8	—	59.7
Jan 1995	63.9	56.9	—	58.9
Feb 1995	64.0	57.8	—	59.5
Mar 1995	63.9	57.7	—	59.6
Apr 1995	63.9	57.4	—	60.0
May 1995	63.6	57.3	—	59.4
Jun 1995	63.7	56.8	—	60.0
Jul 1995	63.9	56.3	—	60.3
Aug 1995	63.8	56.3	—	59.7
Sep 1995	63.9	56.4	—	60.4
Oct 1995	63.9	57.3	—	60.1
Nov 1995	63.6	58.1	—	59.5
Dec 1995	63.6	57.3	—	59.5
Jan 1996	63.5	57.2	—	59.7
Feb 1996	63.9	56.9	—	59.9
Mar 1996	63.9	57.0	—	59.5
Apr 1996	63.8	57.0	—	59.3
May 1996	63.9	57.6	—	59.4
Jun 1996	64.1	57.2	—	59.9
Jul 1996	64.1	57.6	—	60.2
Aug 1996	64.1	57.9	—	60.9
Sep 1996	64.3	57.2	—	61.3
Oct 1996	64.5	57.6	—	61.9
Nov 1996	64.3	57.6	—	62.5
Dec 1996	64.3	57.6	—	62.5
Jan 1997	64.3	57.5	—	62.7
Feb 1997	64.3	57.5	—	62.2
Mar 1997	64.5	57.7	—	62.0
Apr 1997	64.6	57.8	—	61.5
May 1997	64.7	57.7	—	62.5
Jun 1997	64.7	57.5	—	62.8
Jul 1997	64.7	58.5	—	62.9
Aug 1997	64.7	59.6	—	63.4
Sep 1997	64.6	59.1	—	62.7
Oct 1997	64.7	58.5	—	62.7
Nov 1997	64.9	58.6	—	63.3
Dec 1997	64.8	58.5	—	62.9
Jan 1998	64.7	59.0	—	62.7
Feb 1998	64.7	59.1	—	63.0
Mar 1998	64.6	59.6	—	63.5
Apr 1998	64.7	59.5	—	63.6
May 1998	64.8	59.0	—	63.9
Jun 1998	64.6	60.1	—	63.2
Jul 1998	64.6	59.6	—	62.9
Aug 1998	64.6	59.7	—	62.7
Sep 1998	64.8	59.6	—	63.3
Oct 1998	64.7	60.5	—	63.0
Nov 1998	64.8	60.3	—	62.8
Dec 1998	64.8	60.6	—	62.5
Jan 1999	64.8	61.1	—	63.3
Feb 1999	64.9	60.2	—	63.3
Mar 1999	64.9	60.3	—	63.9
Apr 1999	64.7	60.5	—	62.8
May 1999	64.8	60.8	—	63.0
Jun 1999	64.8	60.7	—	63.2
Jul 1999	64.8	60.3	—	63.2
Aug 1999	64.8	60.7	—	63.5
Sep 1999	64.8	60.7	—	63.1
Oct 1999	64.9	60.6	—	63.3
Nov 1999	65.0	60.6	—	63.8
Dec 1999	65.1	60.6	—	64.1
Jan 2000	65.2	60.0	63.0	66.3
Feb 2000	65.1	60.1	63.6	66.0
Mar 2000	65.1	59.9	63.8	65.8
Apr 2000	65.3	61.4	64.5	66.0
May 2000	64.9	60.8	65.5	65.7
Jun 2000	65.0	60.6	65.4	65.9
Jul 2000	64.7	60.4	65.0	64.9
Aug 2000	64.8	60.3	65.4	65.2
Sep 2000	64.7	60.2	64.7	65.7
Oct 2000	64.7	60.6	65.6	65.8
Nov 2000	64.7	60.9	65.5	65.6
Dec 2000	64.9	60.7	65.1	65.9
Jan 2001	65.0	60.6	64.9	65.9
Feb 2001	64.9	60.6	65.5	65.8
Mar 2001	64.9	60.5	65.5	66.0
Apr 2001	64.5	60.2	65.4	65.5
May 2001	64.3	60.2	64.4	65.0
Jun 2001	64.2	59.9	63.4	64.1
Jul 2001	64.2	60.1	64.7	64.8
Aug 2001	63.9	59.3	63.0	64.7
Sep 2001	64.0	59.4	63.6	64.5
Oct 2001	63.8	58.7	63.5	64.7
Nov 2001	63.7	58.3	63.7	64.1
Dec 2001	63.6	58.6	62.8	64.0
Jan 2002	63.3	58.6	62.2	64.0
Feb 2002	63.7	58.6	63.1	64.6
Mar 2002	63.6	58.1	63.1	63.9
Apr 2002	63.4	58.3	62.8	63.9
May 2002	63.5	58.6	62.6	64.1
Jun 2002	63.4	57.9	62.6	63.9
Jul 2002	63.4	57.8	63.6	64.2
Aug 2002	63.5	58.0	63.5	63.9
Sep 2002	63.5	58.7	64.4	64.1
Oct 2002	63.4	58.3	63.8	63.4
Nov 2002	63.2	57.3	63.3	63.5
Dec 2002	63.0	57.5	63.3	63.2
Jan 2003	63.2	57.8	63.6	63.9
Feb 2003	63.2	57.6	62.7	64.1
Mar 2003	63.2	57.5	62.1	63.5
Apr 2003	63.2	57.6	62.6	63.7
May 2003	63.0	57.8	62.7	62.7
Jun 2003	63.0	57.3	61.8	62.7
Jul 2003	62.9	57.3	61.9	62.2
Aug 2003	62.8	57.3	62.3	62.5
Sep 2003	62.7	57.3	62.1	62.8
Oct 2003	63.0	56.8	62.3	62.6
Nov 2003	63.0	57.5	62.1	62.7
Dec 2003	62.9	56.9	63.1	63.2
Jan 2004	63.0	57.6	63.3	63.4
Feb 2004	63.0	57.4	63.4	63.0
Mar 2004	62.9	57.5	63.2	63.7
Apr 2004	63.0	57.3	63.1	63.6
May 2004	63.1	56.8	62.5	64.1
Jun 2004	63.1	56.8	62.0	64.2
Jul 2004	63.3	57.1	62.4	64.2
Aug 2004	63.2	57.2	62.6	64.1
Sep 2004	63.0	57.2	63.1	63.9
Oct 2004	63.1	57.3	63.0	63.9
Nov 2004	63.2	57.2	63.9	63.7
Dec 2004	63.2	57.0	63.2	63.7
Jan 2005	63.2	56.9	63.5	63.5
Feb 2005	63.2	56.6	63.3	63.8
Mar 2005	63.2	57.0	63.1	64.2
Apr 2005	63.4	57.5	63.1	63.7
May 2005	63.5	58.0	63.0	64.1
Jun 2005	63.3	58.1	62.9	64.1
Jul 2005	63.5	58.6	63.2	64.1
Aug 2005	63.6	58.3	63.6	64.1
Sep 2005	63.4	58.2	63.4	63.5
Oct 2005	63.4	58.6	64.8	64.0
Nov 2005	63.4	57.5	63.9	64.1
Dec 2005	63.5	57.7	63.5	64.3
Jan 2006	63.7	57.8	63.8	65.2
Feb 2006	63.7	58.3	64.4	65.3
Mar 2006	63.7	58.5	64.3	65.3
Apr 2006	63.7	58.2	63.9	65.1
May 2006	63.7	58.6	63.6	65.3
Jun 2006	63.8	58.1	63.8	65.5
Jul 2006	63.8	57.9	64.1	64.9
Aug 2006	63.8	58.5	63.6	64.6
Sep 2006	63.7	57.9	65.1	64.3
Oct 2006	63.9	58.7	65.1	65.3
Nov 2006	63.9	58.8	64.5	65.2
Dec 2006	64.1	59.2	64.7	65.8
Jan 2007	63.9	59.4	64.4	65.5
Feb 2007	63.9	59.0	64.2	65.3
Mar 2007	64.0	58.5	64.1	65.5
Apr 2007	63.6	58.4	63.8	65.1
May 2007	63.7	58.2	64.3	64.7
Jun 2007	63.7	58.1	64.6	64.7
Jul 2007	63.5	58.8	64.9	64.7
Aug 2007	63.3	58.7	64.8	65.3
Sep 2007	63.5	58.4	63.6	64.8
Oct 2007	63.5	57.9	63.9	64.7
Nov 2007	63.6	57.8	65.0	64.7
Dec 2007	63.5	57.8	64.2	64.3
Jan 2008	63.6	58.2	65.2	64.3
Feb 2008	63.4	58.3	65.0	64.4
Mar 2008	63.3	58.1	64.8	63.9
Apr 2008	63.2	58.4	65.6	63.9
May 2008	63.2	57.6	64.5	64.3
Jun 2008	63.1	57.6	64.1	63.6
Jul 2008	63.0	57.4	64.7	63.3
Aug 2008	62.7	57.5	64.3	63.3
Sep 2008	62.6	56.5	64.1	63.0
Oct 2008	62.5	56.3	64.1	62.2
Nov 2008	62.1	55.8	63.0	61.9
Dec 2008	61.7	55.8	62.8	61.6
Jan 2009	61.4	55.2	61.5	61.1
Feb 2009	61.2	54.3	61.5	60.5
Mar 2009	60.7	53.8	61.4	60.3
Apr 2009	60.7	53.6	61.8	60.7
May 2009	60.5	53.4	61.6	59.7
Jun 2009	60.3	53.3	61.4	59.6
Jul 2009	60.2	53.5	61.8	59.9
Aug 2009	60.0	52.9	61.3	58.9
Sep 2009	59.6	52.3	60.9	59.2
Oct 2009	59.5	52.0	60.6	58.9
Nov 2009	59.4	52.3	60.5	59.3
Dec 2009	59.2	52.0	59.9	58.6
Jan 2010	59.6	52.0	58.9	59.3
Feb 2010	59.5	52.1	59.0	59.5
Mar 2010	59.5	52.0	59.5	59.3
Apr 2010	59.7	52.3	61.1	59.1
May 2010	59.6	53.0	59.9	59.3
Jun 2010	59.5	52.5	60.0	58.9
Jul 2010	59.5	52.3	59.8	59.3
Aug 2010	59.6	52.3	60.2	59.3
Sep 2010	59.5	51.9	59.9	59.3
Oct 2010	59.2	52.3	60.5	58.6
Nov 2010	59.0	52.4	59.8	58.4
Dec 2010	59.2	52.4	59.7	58.3
Jan 2011	59.4	51.9	60.5	58.9
Feb 2011	59.3	51.9	60.4	58.3
Mar 2011	59.5	51.6	60.5	58.7
Apr 2011	59.5	51.3	60.0	58.6
May 2011	59.5	51.1	60.3	58.3
Jun 2011	59.3	51.2	60.2	58.6
Jul 2011	59.3	51.0	59.5	58.7
Aug 2011	59.4	51.5	59.2	59.2
Sep 2011	59.4	52.3	59.2	59.2
Oct 2011	59.3	52.5	60.1	59.4
Nov 2011	59.5	51.8	60.1	59.1
Dec 2011	59.5	52.3	60.2	59.4
Jan 2012	59.4	52.8	59.9	59.2
Feb 2012	59.5	53.0	59.0	59.5
Mar 2012	59.4	53.2	59.2	59.3
Apr 2012	59.3	53.2	59.1	59.6
May 2012	59.4	53.0	60.0	59.7
Jun 2012	59.4	53.1	60.3	59.6
Jul 2012	59.2	52.8	60.7	59.7
Aug 2012	59.2	52.9	59.9	59.4
Sep 2012	59.5	52.9	60.9	59.8
Oct 2012	59.6	53.4	60.4	59.7
Nov 2012	59.5	53.2	60.7	59.2
Dec 2012	59.5	52.7	61.3	59.5
Jan 2013	59.4	53.3	60.8	59.8
Feb 2013	59.3	53.2	60.9	59.8
Mar 2013	59.3	53.3	61.0	59.3
Apr 2013	59.4	53.3	60.6	59.8
May 2013	59.4	53.5	60.8	60.5
Jun 2013	59.4	52.9	62.2	60.3
Jul 2013	59.5	53.5	61.0	60.4
Aug 2013	59.4	53.0	61.4	60.2
Sep 2013	59.4	53.3	61.8	60.0
Oct 2013	59.1	52.8	60.8	59.7
Nov 2013	59.4	53.0	61.3	60.2
Dec 2013	59.5	53.1	61.8	60.0
Jan 2014	59.6	53.3	60.9	60.5
Feb 2014	59.6	53.7	60.1	60.6
Mar 2014	59.6	53.9	60.8	60.9
Apr 2014	59.7	53.9	59.8	60.9
May 2014	59.7	53.9	60.1	60.7
Jun 2014	59.7	54.4	59.9	61.2
Jul 2014	59.7	54.5	60.2	60.9
Aug 2014	59.7	54.1	60.9	61.1
Sep 2014	59.8	54.8	60.6	61.5
Oct 2014	60.0	54.8	60.6	61.9
Nov 2014	59.9	54.7	60.2	61.9
Dec 2014	59.9	54.9	60.6	61.9
Jan 2015	60.1	54.7	60.1	62.1
Feb 2015	60.0	54.8	60.6	61.7
Mar 2015	59.9	55.0	60.5	61.7
Apr 2015	59.8	56.1	60.5	61.8
May 2015	60.0	55.8	61.0	61.8
Jun 2015	59.9	55.9	60.4	61.7
Jul 2015	59.9	55.9	60.2	61.4
Aug 2015	59.9	55.9	60.4	61.3
Sep 2015	59.8	55.8	59.9	61.3
Oct 2015	59.9	56.0	59.7	61.5
Nov 2015	59.9	55.8	60.8	61.4
Dec 2015	60.0	56.4	60.5	61.5
Jan 2016	60.2	56.1	60.0	62.0
Feb 2016	60.4	56.2	60.8	62.5
Mar 2016	60.4	56.0	60.8	62.5
Apr 2016	60.3	55.7	61.3	61.7
May 2016	60.2	56.0	60.5	61.7
Jun 2016	60.1	56.0	61.1	61.9
Jul 2016	60.2	56.1	61.1	62.2
Aug 2016	60.1	57.0	60.7	62.4
Sep 2016	60.1	56.8	61.1	61.9
Oct 2016	60.1	56.6	61.6	61.9
Nov 2016	60.1	57.1	61.0	61.9
Dec 2016	60.0	57.0	61.0	61.9
Jan 2017	60.1	57.5	61.3	62.2
Feb 2017	60.3	57.3	61.6	62.8
Mar 2017	60.5	57.3	61.0	63.2
Apr 2017	60.5	57.5	61.4	62.7
May 2017	60.3	57.7	61.3	62.6
Jun 2017	60.4	57.6	61.4	62.8
Jul 2017	60.5	57.7	61.6	63.0
Aug 2017	60.4	57.5	61.9	62.5
Sep 2017	60.6	58.3	62.2	63
Oct 2017	60.4	57.6	61.8	62.4
Nov 2017	60.4	57.8	61.2	62.5
Dec 2017	60.4	57.9	61.1	62.5
Note: People of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity can be of any race. Data for Asians from 2000 to 2002 are not seasonally adjusted. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey.