Civilian labor force 16 years and older, and entrants and leavers

Table 5. Civilian labor force, 1996 and 2006, and projected 2016, and entrants and leavers, actual 1996-2006 and projected, 2016
[Numbers in thousands]
Group 1996 1996-2006 2006 2006-16 2016
Entrants Leavers Stayers Entrants Leavers Stayers

 

  
Number, 16 years and older

 

  

Total

 133,943 35,799 19,616 114,327 151,428 37,305 24,202 127,226 164,231

Men

 72,087 19,408 11,033 61,054 81,255 20,447 13,921 67,334 87,781

Women

 61,856 16,391 8,583 53,273 70,173 16,858 10,281 59,892 76,450

 

  

White

 113,108 28,374 16,553 96,555 123,834 27,920 20,707 103,127 130,665

Men

 61,783 15,815 9,441 52,342 67,613 15,814 12,241 55,372 71,283

Women

 51,325 12,559 7,112 44,213 56,221 12,106 8,466 47,755 59,382

 

  

Black

 15,134 5,229 2,308 12,826 17,314 5,398 2,584 14,730 20,121

Men

 7,264 2,360 1,196 6,068 8,128 2,500 1,201 6,927 9,420

Women

 7,870 2,869 1,112 6,758 9,186 2,898 1,383 7,803 10,701

 

  

Asian

 5,701 2,196 755 4,946 6,727 2,617 694 6,033 8,741

Men

 3,039 1,233 396 2,643 3,621 1,383 367 3,254 4,600

Women

 2,662 963 359 2,303 3,106 1,234 327 2,779 4,141

 

  

All other groups(1)

 (—-) (—-) (—-) (—-) 3,553 1,370 217 3,336 4,705

Men

 (—-) (—-) (—-) (—-) 1,893 750 112 1,781 2,478

Women

 (—-) (—-) (—-) (—-) 1,660 620 105 1,555 2,227

 

  

Hispanic origin

 12,774 8,759 839 11,935 20,694 8,316 2,121 18,573 26,889

Men

 7,646 5,344 502 7,144 12,488 4,668 1,354 11,134 15,802

Women

 5,128 3,415 337 4,791 8,206 3,648 767 7,439 11,087

 

  

Other than Hispanic

 121,169 27,040 18,777 102,392 130,734 28,989 22,081 108,653 137,343

Men

 64,441 14,064 10,531 53,910 68,767 15,779 12,567 56,200 71,979

Women

 56,728 12,976 8,246 48,482 61,967 13,210 9,514 52,453 65,364

 

  

White non-Hispanic

 100,915 19,707 15,993 84,922 104,629 20,811 19,201 85,428 106,133

Men

 54,451 10,525 9,023 45,428 55,953 11,843 10,899 45,054 56,791

Women

 46,464 9,182 6,970 39,494 48,676 8,968 8,302 40,374 49,342

 

  
Share (percent), 16 years and older

 

  

Total

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Men

 53.8 54.2 56.2 53.4 53.7 54.8 57.5 52.9 53.4

Women

 46.2 45.8 43.8 46.6 46.3 45.2 42.5 47.1 46.6

 

  

White

 84.4 79.3 84.4 84.5 81.8 74.8 85.6 81.1 79.6

Men

 46.1 44.2 48.1 45.8 44.7 42.4 50.6 43.5 43.4

Women

 38.3 35.1 36.3 38.7 37.1 32.5 35.0 37.5 36.2

 

  

Black

 11.3 14.6 11.8 11.2 11.4 14.5 10.7 11.6 12.3

Men

 5.4 6.6 6.1 5.3 5.4 6.7 5.0 5.4 5.7

Women

 5.9 8.0 5.7 5.9 6.1 7.8 5.7 6.1 6.5

 

  

Asian

 4.3 6.1 3.8 4.3 4.4 7.0 2.9 4.7 5.3

Men

 2.3 3.4 2.0 2.3 2.4 3.7 1.5 2.6 2.8

Women

 2.0 2.7 1.8 2.0 2.1 3.3 1.4 2.2 2.5

 

  

All other groups(1)

 (—-) (—-) (—-) (—-) 2.3 3.7 0.9 2.6 2.9

Men

 (—-) (—-) (—-) (—-) 1.3 2.0 0.5 1.4 1.5

Women

 (—-) (—-) (—-) (—-) 1.1 1.7 0.4 1.2 1.4

 

  

Hispanic origin

 9.5 24.5 4.3 10.4 13.7 22.3 8.8 14.6 16.4

Men

 5.7 14.9 2.6 6.2 8.2 12.5 5.6 8.8 9.6

Women

 3.8 9.5 1.7 4.2 5.4 9.8 3.2 5.8 6.8

 

  

Other than Hispanic

 90.5 75.5 95.7 89.6 86.3 77.7 91.2 85.4 83.6

Men

 48.1 39.3 53.7 47.2 45.4 42.3 51.9 44.2 43.8

Women

 42.4 36.2 42.0 42.4 40.9 35.4 39.3 41.2 39.8

 

  

White non-Hispanic

 75.3 55.0 81.5 74.3 69.1 55.8 79.3 67.1 64.6

Men

 40.7 29.4 46.0 39.7 37.0 31.7 45.0 35.4 34.6

Women

 34.7 25.6 35.5 34.5 32.1 24.0 34.3 31.7 30.0

 

  

Footnotes:
(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. Dash indicates no data collected for category.

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Last Modified Date: December 27, 2007