Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, April-July 2008
Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 to 24 years of age by sex, race, and
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, April-July 2008
(Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.)
April-July changes (1)
Employment status, sex, race, and April May June July
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Number Percent
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 37,425 37,449 37,476 37,506 81 0.2
Civilian labor force........................................... 21,357 22,206 23,916 24,429 3,072 14.4
Participation rate....................................... 57.1 59.3 63.8 65.1 8.1 14.1
Employed..................................................... 19,161 19,254 20,466 21,021 1,860 9.7
Employment-population ratio.............................. 51.2 51.4 54.6 56.0 4.8 9.5
Unemployed................................................... 2,196 2,952 3,450 3,408 1,212 55.2
Looking for full-time work............................... 1,501 2,083 2,533 2,552 1,051 70.1
Looking for part-time work............................... 695 868 917 856 160 23.0
Unemployment rate........................................ 10.3 13.3 14.4 14.0 3.7 35.7
Not in labor force............................................. 16,067 15,243 13,560 13,076 -2,991 -18.6
Men
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 18,882 18,893 18,906 18,919 37 .2
Civilian labor force........................................... 11,151 11,715 12,604 12,882 1,731 15.5
Participation rate....................................... 59.1 62.0 66.7 68.1 9.0 15.3
Employed..................................................... 9,883 10,047 10,662 10,946 1,064 10.8
Employment-population ratio.............................. 52.3 53.2 56.4 57.9 5.5 10.5
Unemployed................................................... 1,268 1,668 1,941 1,935 667 52.6
Looking for full-time work............................... 935 1,219 1,469 1,483 547 58.5
Looking for part-time work............................... 333 449 472 453 120 36.0
Unemployment rate........................................ 11.4 14.2 15.4 15.0 3.7 32.1
Not in labor force............................................. 7,732 7,179 6,302 6,037 -1,694 -21.9
Women
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 18,542 18,556 18,571 18,587 44 .2
Civilian labor force........................................... 10,207 10,491 11,312 11,547 1,341 13.1
Participation rate....................................... 55.0 56.5 60.9 62.1 7.1 12.9
Employed..................................................... 9,278 9,207 9,804 10,075 796 8.6
Employment-population ratio.............................. 50.0 49.6 52.8 54.2 4.2 8.3
Unemployed................................................... 928 1,284 1,509 1,473 544 58.6
Looking for full-time work............................... 566 864 1,064 1,070 504 89.1
Looking for part-time work............................... 362 419 445 403 40 11.1
Unemployment rate........................................ 9.1 12.2 13.3 12.8 3.7 40.2
Not in labor force............................................. 8,336 8,065 7,258 7,039 -1,297 -15.6
White
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 28,967 28,980 28,995 29,012 44 .2
Civilian labor force........................................... 17,213 17,933 19,453 19,760 2,547 14.8
Participation rate....................................... 59.4 61.9 67.1 68.1 8.7 14.6
Employed..................................................... 15,630 15,806 16,952 17,323 1,692 10.8
Employment-population ratio.............................. 54.0 54.5 58.5 59.7 5.8 10.7
Unemployed................................................... 1,583 2,127 2,501 2,437 854 54.0
Looking for full-time work............................... 1,033 1,463 1,764 1,759 726 70.3
Looking for part-time work............................... 550 663 738 678 128 23.3
Unemployment rate........................................ 9.2 11.9 12.9 12.3 3.1 34.1
Not in labor force............................................. 11,754 11,047 9,542 9,252 -2,502 -21.3
Black or African American
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 5,572 5,579 5,587 5,595 23 .4
Civilian labor force........................................... 2,673 2,778 2,934 3,062 389 14.5
Participation rate....................................... 48.0 49.8 52.5 54.7 6.7 14.1
Employed..................................................... 2,236 2,174 2,227 2,302 67 3.0
Employment-population ratio.............................. 40.1 39.0 39.9 41.2 1.0 2.5
Unemployed................................................... 437 604 707 760 322 73.7
Looking for full-time work............................... 335 470 602 647 312 93.1
Looking for part-time work............................... 102 134 105 112 10 10.0
Unemployment rate........................................ 16.4 21.8 24.1 24.8 8.4 51.6
Not in labor force............................................. 2,898 2,801 2,653 2,533 -365 -12.6
Asian
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 1,489 1,498 1,526 1,516 27 1.8
Civilian labor force........................................... 650 693 722 767 118 18.1
Participation rate....................................... 43.6 46.3 47.3 50.6 7.0 16.0
Employed..................................................... 609 624 628 703 94 15.5
Employment-population ratio.............................. 40.9 41.7 41.1 46.4 5.5 13.4
Unemployed................................................... 41 69 94 64 23 57.0
Looking for full-time work............................... 33 46 57 38 5 13.6
Looking for part-time work............................... 8 23 37 26 19 246.8
Unemployment rate........................................ 6.3 9.9 13.1 8.4 2.1 32.9
Not in labor force............................................. 839 805 804 748 -91 -10.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population............................. 6,622 6,637 6,653 6,669 47 .7
Civilian labor force........................................... 3,800 3,817 3,994 4,007 206 5.4
Participation rate....................................... 57.4 57.5 60.0 60.1 2.7 4.7
Employed..................................................... 3,313 3,310 3,389 3,367 54 1.6
Employment-population ratio.............................. 50.0 49.9 50.9 50.5 .5 .9
Unemployed................................................... 487 508 605 639 152 31.2
Looking for full-time work............................... 346 376 442 487 140 40.5
Looking for part-time work............................... 141 131 163 153 12 8.2
Unemployment rate........................................ 12.8 13.3 15.1 16.0 3.1 24.4
Not in labor force............................................. 2,821 2,820 2,659 2,662 -159 -5.7
1 Changes are calculated using unrounded data.
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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