Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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ANNUAL AVERAGES
3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age, sex, and race [Numbers in thousands]
Age, sex, and race	2021
	Civilian noninsti- tutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Number	Percent of labor force
TOTAL
16 years and over	261,445	161,204	61.7	152,581	58.4	8,623	5.3	100,241
16 to 19 years	16,453	5,962	36.2	5,266	32.0	696	11.7	10,491
16 to 17 years	8,763	2,243	25.6	1,987	22.7	256	11.4	6,521
18 to 19 years	7,690	3,719	48.4	3,279	42.6	440	11.8	3,970
20 to 24 years	20,809	14,726	70.8	13,409	64.4	1,317	8.9	6,083
25 to 54 years	126,108	102,867	81.6	97,867	77.6	5,000	4.9	23,241
25 to 34 years	44,751	36,670	81.9	34,578	77.3	2,092	5.7	8,081
25 to 29 years	22,103	18,025	81.5	16,915	76.5	1,110	6.2	4,078
30 to 34 years	22,648	18,645	82.3	17,664	78.0	982	5.3	4,003
35 to 44 years	41,842	34,320	82.0	32,734	78.2	1,586	4.6	7,522
35 to 39 years	21,479	17,625	82.1	16,804	78.2	821	4.7	3,854
40 to 44 years	20,363	16,695	82.0	15,930	78.2	765	4.6	3,668
45 to 54 years	39,515	31,877	80.7	30,554	77.3	1,323	4.2	7,637
45 to 49 years	19,212	15,801	82.2	15,142	78.8	659	4.2	3,411
50 to 54 years	20,302	16,076	79.2	15,413	75.9	664	4.1	4,226
55 to 64 years	41,885	27,049	64.6	25,912	61.9	1,138	4.2	14,835
55 to 59 years	20,905	15,090	72.2	14,442	69.1	647	4.3	5,815
60 to 64 years	20,980	11,960	57.0	11,470	54.7	490	4.1	9,020
65 years and over	56,190	10,600	18.9	10,127	18.0	472	4.5	45,591
65 to 69 years	18,266	5,932	32.5	5,660	31.0	273	4.6	12,334
70 to 74 years	15,199	2,711	17.8	2,583	17.0	128	4.7	12,488
75 years and over	22,726	1,957	8.6	1,885	8.3	72	3.7	20,769
Men
16 years and over	126,487	85,505	67.6	80,829	63.9	4,676	5.5	40,983
16 to 19 years	8,313	2,987	35.9	2,613	31.4	373	12.5	5,327
16 to 17 years	4,438	1,082	24.4	957	21.6	125	11.6	3,356
18 to 19 years	3,875	1,904	49.1	1,656	42.7	248	13.0	1,971
20 to 24 years	10,385	7,579	73.0	6,840	65.9	739	9.7	2,806
25 to 54 years	62,303	54,817	88.0	52,112	83.6	2,705	4.9	7,486
25 to 34 years	22,359	19,609	87.7	18,443	82.5	1,167	5.9	2,749
25 to 29 years	11,076	9,552	86.2	8,929	80.6	623	6.5	1,525
30 to 34 years	11,282	10,058	89.1	9,514	84.3	544	5.4	1,225
35 to 44 years	20,632	18,491	89.6	17,639	85.5	852	4.6	2,141
35 to 39 years	10,623	9,594	90.3	9,141	86.0	453	4.7	1,029
40 to 44 years	10,009	8,897	88.9	8,498	84.9	399	4.5	1,112
45 to 54 years	19,312	16,716	86.6	16,031	83.0	685	4.1	2,596
45 to 49 years	9,386	8,311	88.5	7,970	84.9	340	4.1	1,075
50 to 54 years	9,927	8,406	84.7	8,060	81.2	345	4.1	1,521
55 to 64 years	20,193	14,217	70.4	13,614	67.4	603	4.2	5,977
55 to 59 years	10,142	7,903	77.9	7,563	74.6	340	4.3	2,239
60 to 64 years	10,051	6,313	62.8	6,051	60.2	262	4.2	3,738
65 years and over	25,293	5,906	23.3	5,649	22.3	257	4.3	19,387
65 to 69 years	8,571	3,246	37.9	3,099	36.2	148	4.5	5,325
70 to 74 years	7,015	1,541	22.0	1,471	21.0	70	4.5	5,474
75 years and over	9,706	1,118	11.5	1,079	11.1	39	3.5	8,588
Women
16 years and over	134,958	75,699	56.1	71,752	53.2	3,948	5.2	59,259
16 to 19 years	8,139	2,975	36.6	2,652	32.6	323	10.8	5,164
16 to 17 years	4,325	1,160	26.8	1,030	23.8	131	11.2	3,164
18 to 19 years	3,815	1,815	47.6	1,623	42.5	192	10.6	2,000
20 to 24 years	10,425	7,147	68.6	6,569	63.0	578	8.1	3,277
25 to 54 years	63,805	48,050	75.3	45,754	71.7	2,296	4.8	15,754
25 to 34 years	22,392	17,060	76.2	16,136	72.1	925	5.4	5,332
25 to 29 years	11,027	8,473	76.8	7,986	72.4	487	5.7	2,554
30 to 34 years	11,366	8,587	75.6	8,150	71.7	438	5.1	2,778
35 to 44 years	21,210	15,829	74.6	15,095	71.2	733	4.6	5,381
35 to 39 years	10,857	8,031	74.0	7,663	70.6	368	4.6	2,826
40 to 44 years	10,354	7,798	75.3	7,432	71.8	366	4.7	2,556
45 to 54 years	20,202	15,161	75.0	14,523	71.9	638	4.2	5,041
45 to 49 years	9,827	7,490	76.2	7,171	73.0	319	4.3	2,336
50 to 54 years	10,375	7,671	73.9	7,352	70.9	319	4.2	2,705
55 to 64 years	21,692	12,833	59.2	12,298	56.7	535	4.2	8,859
55 to 59 years	10,763	7,186	66.8	6,879	63.9	307	4.3	3,577
60 to 64 years	10,929	5,647	51.7	5,419	49.6	228	4.0	5,282
65 years and over	30,898	4,694	15.2	4,478	14.5	216	4.6	26,204
65 to 69 years	9,695	2,686	27.7	2,561	26.4	125	4.6	7,009
70 to 74 years	8,184	1,170	14.3	1,112	13.6	58	5.0	7,014
75 years and over	13,019	838	6.4	806	6.2	33	3.9	12,181

WHITE
16 years and over	201,881	124,145	61.5	118,291	58.6	5,854	4.7	77,737
16 to 19 years	12,067	4,651	38.5	4,164	34.5	486	10.5	7,417
16 to 17 years	6,378	1,770	27.7	1,588	24.9	182	10.3	4,608
18 to 19 years	5,689	2,881	50.6	2,577	45.3	304	10.6	2,808
20 to 24 years	15,275	11,142	72.9	10,284	67.3	858	7.7	4,133
25 to 54 years	94,298	77,578	82.3	74,276	78.8	3,302	4.3	16,721
25 to 34 years	32,614	26,983	82.7	25,663	78.7	1,320	4.9	5,631
25 to 29 years	16,072	13,257	82.5	12,550	78.1	707	5.3	2,814
30 to 34 years	16,543	13,726	83.0	13,113	79.3	613	4.5	2,817
35 to 44 years	31,334	25,891	82.6	24,832	79.2	1,058	4.1	5,444
35 to 39 years	16,023	13,226	82.5	12,681	79.1	546	4.1	2,797
40 to 44 years	15,311	12,664	82.7	12,152	79.4	513	4.0	2,647
45 to 54 years	30,350	24,704	81.4	23,780	78.4	923	3.7	5,646
45 to 49 years	14,568	12,055	82.7	11,607	79.7	448	3.7	2,514
50 to 54 years	15,782	12,649	80.2	12,174	77.1	476	3.8	3,133
55 to 64 years	33,428	21,954	65.7	21,110	63.2	844	3.8	11,474
55 to 59 years	16,630	12,146	73.0	11,668	70.2	478	3.9	4,484
60 to 64 years	16,798	9,808	58.4	9,442	56.2	366	3.7	6,990
65 years and over	46,812	8,820	18.8	8,456	18.1	364	4.1	37,992
65 to 69 years	14,848	4,869	32.8	4,662	31.4	206	4.2	9,979
70 to 74 years	12,662	2,267	17.9	2,169	17.1	98	4.3	10,395
75 years and over	19,302	1,685	8.7	1,625	8.4	60	3.6	17,617
Men
16 years and over	98,741	67,036	67.9	63,814	64.6	3,222	4.8	31,705
16 to 19 years	6,129	2,341	38.2	2,077	33.9	265	11.3	3,788
16 to 17 years	3,238	857	26.5	768	23.7	89	10.4	2,382
18 to 19 years	2,891	1,485	51.4	1,309	45.3	175	11.8	1,406
20 to 24 years	7,674	5,813	75.7	5,316	69.3	496	8.5	1,861
25 to 54 years	47,276	42,130	89.1	40,317	85.3	1,813	4.3	5,146
25 to 34 years	16,459	14,629	88.9	13,870	84.3	758	5.2	1,831
25 to 29 years	8,116	7,091	87.4	6,682	82.3	409	5.8	1,026
30 to 34 years	8,343	7,538	90.4	7,188	86.2	350	4.6	805
35 to 44 years	15,719	14,276	90.8	13,704	87.2	572	4.0	1,443
35 to 39 years	8,051	7,355	91.4	7,061	87.7	294	4.0	696
40 to 44 years	7,668	6,920	90.3	6,642	86.6	278	4.0	747
45 to 54 years	15,098	13,225	87.6	12,742	84.4	483	3.7	1,872
45 to 49 years	7,253	6,483	89.4	6,249	86.2	234	3.6	770
50 to 54 years	7,845	6,742	85.9	6,493	82.8	249	3.7	1,103
55 to 64 years	16,324	11,735	71.9	11,286	69.1	449	3.8	4,589
55 to 59 years	8,177	6,487	79.3	6,231	76.2	255	3.9	1,691
60 to 64 years	8,147	5,249	64.4	5,055	62.0	194	3.7	2,898
65 years and over	21,338	5,017	23.5	4,818	22.6	199	4.0	16,321
65 to 69 years	7,058	2,721	38.5	2,609	37.0	112	4.1	4,338
70 to 74 years	5,937	1,316	22.2	1,263	21.3	53	4.0	4,621
75 years and over	8,343	980	11.7	946	11.3	34	3.5	7,362
Women
16 years and over	103,140	57,109	55.4	54,476	52.8	2,632	4.6	46,032
16 to 19 years	5,938	2,309	38.9	2,088	35.2	221	9.6	3,629
16 to 17 years	3,139	913	29.1	820	26.1	93	10.1	2,227
18 to 19 years	2,798	1,396	49.9	1,267	45.3	129	9.2	1,402
20 to 24 years	7,602	5,329	70.1	4,967	65.3	362	6.8	2,272
25 to 54 years	47,023	35,448	75.4	33,959	72.2	1,489	4.2	11,575
25 to 34 years	16,155	12,355	76.5	11,793	73.0	562	4.5	3,800
25 to 29 years	7,955	6,167	77.5	5,868	73.8	299	4.8	1,789
30 to 34 years	8,200	6,188	75.5	5,925	72.3	263	4.3	2,012
35 to 44 years	15,615	11,615	74.4	11,128	71.3	487	4.2	4,000
35 to 39 years	7,972	5,871	73.6	5,619	70.5	252	4.3	2,101
40 to 44 years	7,643	5,744	75.1	5,509	72.1	235	4.1	1,899
45 to 54 years	15,252	11,478	75.3	11,038	72.4	440	3.8	3,774
45 to 49 years	7,315	5,571	76.2	5,358	73.2	214	3.8	1,744
50 to 54 years	7,937	5,907	74.4	5,680	71.6	226	3.8	2,030
55 to 64 years	17,104	10,219	59.7	9,824	57.4	395	3.9	6,885
55 to 59 years	8,453	5,660	67.0	5,437	64.3	223	3.9	2,793
60 to 64 years	8,651	4,559	52.7	4,387	50.7	172	3.8	4,092
65 years and over	25,474	3,803	14.9	3,638	14.3	165	4.3	21,671
65 to 69 years	7,790	2,148	27.6	2,053	26.4	94	4.4	5,642
70 to 74 years	6,725	951	14.1	906	13.5	45	4.7	5,774
75 years and over	10,959	704	6.4	678	6.2	26	3.7	10,255

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
16 years and over	33,613	20,482	60.9	18,726	55.7	1,756	8.6	13,131
16 to 19 years	2,389	724	30.3	604	25.3	120	16.6	1,665
16 to 17 years	1,295	255	19.7	211	16.3	44	17.2	1,041
18 to 19 years	1,093	469	42.9	393	35.9	77	16.3	624
20 to 24 years	3,064	2,035	66.4	1,748	57.0	287	14.1	1,029
25 to 54 years	17,508	13,800	78.8	12,678	72.4	1,122	8.1	3,708
25 to 34 years	6,739	5,354	79.5	4,811	71.4	544	10.2	1,385
25 to 29 years	3,376	2,652	78.6	2,378	70.4	275	10.4	724
30 to 34 years	3,363	2,702	80.3	2,433	72.3	269	10.0	661
35 to 44 years	5,647	4,517	80.0	4,180	74.0	336	7.4	1,130
35 to 39 years	2,900	2,332	80.4	2,161	74.5	171	7.3	568
40 to 44 years	2,747	2,185	79.5	2,019	73.5	165	7.6	562
45 to 54 years	5,123	3,929	76.7	3,687	72.0	242	6.2	1,193
45 to 49 years	2,523	2,010	79.7	1,879	74.5	131	6.5	513
50 to 54 years	2,600	1,920	73.8	1,808	69.6	111	5.8	680
55 to 64 years	5,153	2,896	56.2	2,735	53.1	161	5.6	2,256
55 to 59 years	2,534	1,654	65.3	1,562	61.7	92	5.5	880
60 to 64 years	2,618	1,242	47.4	1,173	44.8	69	5.6	1,376
65 years and over	5,499	1,026	18.7	961	17.5	66	6.4	4,473
65 to 69 years	2,016	590	29.3	554	27.5	36	6.2	1,426
70 to 74 years	1,496	262	17.5	241	16.1	21	8.1	1,234
75 years and over	1,987	174	8.7	166	8.3	8	4.6	1,813
Men
16 years and over	15,389	9,775	63.5	8,875	57.7	900	9.2	5,614
16 to 19 years	1,182	333	28.2	278	23.5	55	16.5	849
16 to 17 years	655	113	17.3	94	14.4	19	16.7	542
18 to 19 years	527	220	41.8	184	34.9	36	16.5	307
20 to 24 years	1,477	1,001	67.8	859	58.2	142	14.2	476
25 to 54 years	8,142	6,603	81.1	6,012	73.8	591	8.9	1,540
25 to 34 years	3,235	2,662	82.3	2,371	73.3	291	10.9	573
25 to 29 years	1,637	1,342	82.0	1,198	73.2	145	10.8	295
30 to 34 years	1,598	1,320	82.6	1,173	73.4	147	11.1	279
35 to 44 years	2,592	2,133	82.3	1,955	75.4	178	8.3	459
35 to 39 years	1,341	1,123	83.7	1,026	76.5	97	8.7	218
40 to 44 years	1,251	1,010	80.7	929	74.3	81	8.0	241
45 to 54 years	2,315	1,807	78.1	1,686	72.8	121	6.7	508
45 to 49 years	1,134	925	81.5	862	76.0	63	6.8	209
50 to 54 years	1,181	883	74.7	824	69.8	58	6.6	298
55 to 64 years	2,338	1,353	57.9	1,274	54.5	79	5.8	985
55 to 59 years	1,143	755	66.1	713	62.4	42	5.5	388
60 to 64 years	1,196	598	50.0	561	46.9	37	6.2	597
65 years and over	2,249	485	21.5	452	20.1	33	6.7	1,764
65 to 69 years	883	276	31.3	260	29.4	16	5.9	607
70 to 74 years	617	129	20.8	116	18.9	12	9.4	488
75 years and over	749	80	10.7	75	10.1	4	5.4	669
Women
16 years and over	18,224	10,707	58.8	9,851	54.1	857	8.0	7,517
16 to 19 years	1,207	391	32.4	325	27.0	65	16.7	816
16 to 17 years	641	142	22.1	117	18.3	25	17.5	499
18 to 19 years	566	249	44.0	208	36.8	40	16.2	317
20 to 24 years	1,587	1,034	65.1	889	56.0	145	14.0	553
25 to 54 years	9,366	7,198	76.8	6,666	71.2	531	7.4	2,168
25 to 34 years	3,504	2,693	76.8	2,440	69.6	252	9.4	812
25 to 29 years	1,739	1,310	75.3	1,180	67.9	130	9.9	429
30 to 34 years	1,765	1,383	78.3	1,260	71.4	122	8.9	383
35 to 44 years	3,054	2,383	78.0	2,225	72.9	158	6.6	671
35 to 39 years	1,559	1,209	77.6	1,135	72.8	74	6.1	350
40 to 44 years	1,496	1,175	78.5	1,090	72.9	85	7.2	321
45 to 54 years	2,807	2,122	75.6	2,001	71.3	121	5.7	686
45 to 49 years	1,389	1,085	78.1	1,017	73.3	68	6.2	304
50 to 54 years	1,419	1,037	73.1	984	69.3	53	5.1	382
55 to 64 years	2,814	1,543	54.8	1,461	51.9	82	5.3	1,271
55 to 59 years	1,392	899	64.6	849	61.0	50	5.6	492
60 to 64 years	1,423	644	45.3	612	43.0	32	5.0	779
65 years and over	3,251	542	16.7	509	15.7	33	6.1	2,709
65 to 69 years	1,133	314	27.7	294	26.0	20	6.4	819
70 to 74 years	879	134	15.2	124	14.2	9	6.9	746
75 years and over	1,238	94	7.6	90	7.3	4	3.9	1,144

ASIAN
16 years and over	16,521	10,545	63.8	10,016	60.6	529	5.0	5,976
16 to 19 years	904	191	21.2	166	18.4	25	13.1	713
16 to 17 years	468	64	13.7	58	12.4	6	9.3	404
18 to 19 years	436	127	29.2	108	24.8	19	15.0	308
20 to 24 years	1,276	712	55.8	649	50.9	63	8.8	564
25 to 54 years	9,313	7,547	81.0	7,225	77.6	322	4.3	1,766
25 to 34 years	3,277	2,631	80.3	2,520	76.9	111	4.2	646
25 to 29 years	1,552	1,243	80.1	1,187	76.5	56	4.5	309
30 to 34 years	1,725	1,388	80.5	1,333	77.3	55	4.0	337
35 to 44 years	3,240	2,650	81.8	2,539	78.4	111	4.2	590
35 to 39 years	1,706	1,397	81.9	1,340	78.5	58	4.1	309
40 to 44 years	1,534	1,253	81.7	1,200	78.2	54	4.3	281
45 to 54 years	2,796	2,266	81.0	2,167	77.5	99	4.4	530
45 to 49 years	1,482	1,213	81.8	1,165	78.6	48	3.9	269
50 to 54 years	1,314	1,053	80.1	1,001	76.2	52	4.9	261
55 to 64 years	2,252	1,554	69.0	1,461	64.9	93	6.0	698
55 to 59 years	1,158	884	76.3	828	71.5	56	6.3	274
60 to 64 years	1,093	670	61.3	633	57.9	37	5.5	423
65 years and over	2,777	540	19.5	514	18.5	26	4.9	2,236
65 to 69 years	962	331	34.4	312	32.5	19	5.6	631
70 to 74 years	736	131	17.8	125	17.0	5	4.1	606
75 years and over	1,078	79	7.3	76	7.1	2	3.0	1,000
Men
16 years and over	7,751	5,566	71.8	5,292	68.3	275	4.9	2,184
16 to 19 years	435	98	22.5	83	19.2	14	14.6	337
16 to 17 years	229	35	15.3	33	14.2	2	6.9	194
18 to 19 years	206	63	30.4	51	24.7	12	18.9	143
20 to 24 years	635	344	54.1	312	49.1	32	9.3	291
25 to 54 years	4,447	4,031	90.6	3,869	87.0	162	4.0	416
25 to 34 years	1,604	1,411	87.9	1,358	84.6	53	3.8	194
25 to 29 years	774	655	84.7	628	81.1	27	4.2	119
30 to 34 years	830	755	90.9	730	87.9	26	3.4	75
35 to 44 years	1,537	1,431	93.1	1,372	89.2	59	4.1	106
35 to 39 years	836	779	93.2	746	89.2	33	4.3	57
40 to 44 years	702	652	93.0	626	89.3	26	4.0	49
45 to 54 years	1,305	1,190	91.1	1,140	87.3	50	4.2	116
45 to 49 years	706	650	92.0	626	88.6	25	3.8	56
50 to 54 years	599	540	90.1	514	85.8	26	4.8	59
55 to 64 years	1,028	801	77.9	749	72.9	52	6.4	228
55 to 59 years	539	450	83.6	421	78.2	29	6.5	88
60 to 64 years	490	350	71.6	328	67.0	22	6.4	139
65 years and over	1,206	293	24.3	278	23.1	15	5.0	913
65 to 69 years	419	176	42.0	165	39.3	11	6.5	243
70 to 74 years	316	68	21.5	65	20.7	3	3.9	248
75 years and over	471	49	10.4	48	10.3	1	1.3	421
Women
16 years and over	8,770	4,978	56.8	4,725	53.9	254	5.1	3,792
16 to 19 years	469	94	20.0	83	17.6	11	11.6	376
16 to 17 years	239	29	12.1	25	10.6	4	-	210
18 to 19 years	230	65	28.1	57	25.0	7	11.3	165
20 to 24 years	641	369	57.5	338	52.7	31	8.3	273
25 to 54 years	4,866	3,515	72.3	3,356	69.0	159	4.5	1,350
25 to 34 years	1,672	1,220	73.0	1,162	69.5	58	4.8	452
25 to 29 years	778	587	75.5	559	71.9	29	4.9	190
30 to 34 years	895	633	70.7	603	67.4	30	4.7	262
35 to 44 years	1,702	1,219	71.6	1,167	68.6	52	4.3	483
35 to 39 years	870	618	71.1	594	68.3	24	3.9	252
40 to 44 years	832	601	72.2	573	68.8	28	4.6	232
45 to 54 years	1,491	1,076	72.2	1,027	68.9	49	4.6	415
45 to 49 years	776	563	72.5	540	69.6	23	4.1	213
50 to 54 years	715	513	71.8	487	68.2	26	5.1	202
55 to 64 years	1,223	753	61.6	712	58.2	41	5.4	470
55 to 59 years	620	434	70.0	408	65.7	26	6.1	186
60 to 64 years	604	320	52.9	305	50.5	15	4.6	284
65 years and over	1,571	247	15.7	236	15.0	12	4.7	1,324
65 to 69 years	543	155	28.5	148	27.2	7	4.6	388
70 to 74 years	420	63	14.9	60	14.3	3	4.4	357
75 years and over	608	30	4.9	28	4.6	2	-	578
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. 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 35,000).

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022