Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2009-2010

Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2009-2010

Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2009-2010
[Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.]
Industry and class of worker	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian		Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Industry and class of worker	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010	2009	2010
Total employed	19,304	18,564	16,000	15,455	2,060	1,980	619	597	3,143	3,111
Agriculture and related industries	381	372	361	358	7	10	0	0	72	97
Nonagricultural industries	18,923	18,192	15,639	15,097	2,053	1,970	619	597	3,071	3,015
Private wage and salary workers	16,986	16,311	14,061	13,528	1,831	1,782	569	525	2,825	2,709
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	44	63	44	63	0	0	0	0	3	12
Construction	871	819	806	770	35	33	14	0	251	257
Manufacturing	1,068	1,015	882	849	88	91	57	51	252	213
Durable goods	580	598	498	507	29	44	32	27	117	113
Nondurable goods	488	417	385	342	59	47	25	23	135	100
Wholesale trade	321	297	273	249	29	29	5	7	57	54
Retail trade	3,851	3,659	3,061	2,959	513	473	172	126	577	495
Transportation and utilities	413	355	322	301	66	44	8	6	95	63
Information	317	361	237	254	54	59	21	34	45	66
Financial activities	823	794	702	686	74	42	31	48	140	117
Professional and business services	1,350	1,395	1,097	1,130	145	166	49	48	233	282
Education and health services	2,141	2,169	1,705	1,692	306	337	61	79	307	253
Leisure and hospitality	4,799	4,595	4,053	3,879	461	449	122	106	745	759
Other services	988	789	879	697	62	58	30	21	119	138
Government wage and salary workers	1,588	1,433	1,297	1,172	175	160	47	57	188	224
Federal	201	221	133	158	35	50	12	4	28	25
State	516	443	419	373	70	36	10	21	57	63
Local	871	769	745	642	71	74	25	32	103	136
Self-employed and unpaid family workers	350	447	282	397	46	28	4	15	58	82
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals 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.

Last Modified Date: October 29, 2020

Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2009-2010

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