Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2007-2008
Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2007-2008 (Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.) Total White Black or African Asian Hispanic or American Latino ethnicity Industry and class of worker 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 Total employed............................... 21,717 21,021 17,899 17,323 2,382 2,302 689 703 3,465 3,367 Agriculture and related industries......... 345 418 326 412 4 1 6 1 97 68 Nonagricultural industries................. 21,372 20,604 17,574 16,911 2,377 2,301 683 702 3,368 3,299 Private wage and salary workers.......... 19,375 18,601 15,975 15,246 2,107 2,089 625 643 3,070 3,033 Mining................................. 97 107 91 95 4 4 - 3 10 3 Construction........................... 1,558 1,217 1,439 1,122 56 42 5 9 477 364 Manufacturing.......................... 1,398 1,390 1,145 1,171 154 106 71 63 224 296 Durable goods........................ 818 820 655 714 94 50 47 33 71 165 Nondurable goods..................... 580 571 491 457 61 56 23 31 153 131 Wholesale trade........................ 442 371 408 315 26 32 0 7 107 66 Retail trade........................... 4,242 3,880 3,456 3,119 505 495 132 148 589 566 Transportation and utilities........... 479 464 380 335 71 89 14 10 90 96 Information............................ 384 369 289 301 49 32 19 19 54 57 Financial activities................... 980 979 784 806 108 106 57 50 171 179 Professional and business services..... 1,672 1,659 1,355 1,355 208 172 62 83 259 281 Education and health services.......... 2,238 2,175 1,749 1,645 353 388 69 78 308 227 Leisure and hospitality................ 4,710 4,926 3,861 4,063 490 550 173 127 612 691 Other services......................... 1,174 1,064 1,019 918 82 74 23 46 168 206 Government............................... 1,607 1,538 1,267 1,247 234 197 50 50 196 169 Federal................................ 171 182 127 148 25 20 13 2 16 25 State.................................. 505 505 378 385 86 72 21 27 67 56 Local.................................. 930 852 763 714 123 105 16 22 113 88 Self-employed and unpaid family workers.. 390 464 332 418 36 15 9 9 102 96 - Dash represents or rounds to zero. 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.
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