Table 1. Civilian labor force by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, 1992, 2002, 2012, and projected 2022
(In thousands]
Group Level Change Percent change Percent distribution Annual growth rate
(percent)
1992 2002 2012 2022 1992- 2002- 2012- 1992- 2002- 2012- 1992 2002 2012 2022 1992- 2002- 2012-
2002 2012 2022 2002 2012 2022 2002 2012 2022
Total, 16 years and older 128,105 144,863 154,975 163,450 16,758 10,112 8,475 13.1 7.0 5.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.2 0.7 0.5
Age, years:
16 to 24................. 21,617 22,366 21,285 18,462 749 -1,081 -2,823 3.5 -4.8 -13.3 16.9 15.4 13.7 11.3 0.3 -0.5 -1.4
25 to 54................. 91,429 101,720 101,253 103,195 10,292 -467 1,942 11.3 -0.5 1.9 71.4 70.2 65.3 63.1 1.1 -0.0 0.2
55 and older............. 15,060 20,777 32,437 41,793 5,717 11,660 9,356 38.0 56.1 28.8 11.8 14.3 20.9 25.6 3.3 4.6 2.6
Sex:
Men...................... 69,964 77,500 82,327 86,913 7,536 4,827 4,586 10.8 6.2 5.6 54.6 53.5 53.1 53.2 1.0 0.6 0.5
Women.................... 58,141 67,364 72,648 76,537 9,223 5,284 3,889 15.9 7.8 5.4 45.4 46.5 46.9 46.8 1.5 0.8 0.5
Race:
White..................... 108,837 120,150 123,684 126,923 11,313 3,534 3,239 10.4 2.9 2.6 85.0 82.9 79.8 77.7 1.0 0.3 0.3
Black..................... 14,162 16,565 18,400 20,247 2,403 1,835 1,847 17.0 11.1 10.0 11.1 11.4 11.9 12.4 1.6 1.1 1.0
Asian..................... 5,106 6,604 8,188 10,135 1,498 1,584 1,947 29.3 24.0 23.8 4.0 4.6 5.3 6.2 2.6 2.2 2.2
All other groups (1)...... - 1,544 4,703 6,145 - 3,159 1,442 - 204.6 30.7 - 1.1 3.0 3.8 - 11.8 2.7
Ethnicity:
Hispanic origin........... 11,338 17,943 24,391 31,179 6,605 6,448 6,788 58.3 35.9 27.8 8.9 12.4 15.7 19.1 4.7 3.1 2.5
Other than Hispanic origin 116,767 126,920 130,584 132,271 10,153 3,664 1,687 8.7 2.9 1.3 91.1 87.6 84.3 80.9 0.8 0.3 0.1
White non-Hispanic........ 98,724 103,349 101,892 99,431 4,625 -1,457 -2,461 4.7 -1.4 -2.4 77.1 71.3 65.7 60.8 0.5 -0.1 -0.2
Age of baby boomers.......... 28 to 46 38 to 56 48 to 66 58 to 76
1 The "all other groups" category includes (1) those classified as being of multiple racial origin and (2) the race categories of (2a) American Indian and
Alaska Native and (2b) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders.
Note: Dash indicates no data collected for category. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.
United States Department of Labor
