Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 1. Volunteers by selected characteristics, September 2007
Table 1. Volunteers by selected characteristics, September 2007
(Numbers in thousands)
Total, both sexes Men Women
Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers
Characteristics in September 2007 Civilian Civilian Civilian
noninsti- noninsti- noninsti-
tutional Percent tutional Percent tutional Percent
popula- Number of popula- Number of popula- Number of
tion popula- tion popula- tion popula-
tion tion tion
Age
Total, 16 years and over.......... 232,461 60,838 26.2 112,486 25,724 22.9 119,975 35,114 29.3
16 to 24 years.................. 37,467 7,798 20.8 18,935 3,422 18.1 18,533 4,376 23.6
16 to 19 years............... 17,024 4,173 24.5 8,639 1,940 22.5 8,385 2,233 26.6
20 to 24 years............... 20,443 3,625 17.7 10,296 1,482 14.4 10,147 2,143 21.1
25 years and over............... 194,993 53,040 27.2 93,551 22,303 23.8 101,442 30,737 30.3
25 to 34 years............... 39,874 9,019 22.6 19,933 3,620 18.2 19,942 5,399 27.1
35 to 44 years............... 42,318 12,902 30.5 20,874 5,341 25.6 21,444 7,561 35.3
45 to 54 years............... 43,667 13,136 30.1 21,376 5,676 26.6 22,291 7,460 33.5
55 to 64 years............... 32,774 9,316 28.4 15,775 4,103 26.0 16,999 5,213 30.7
65 years and over............ 36,360 8,667 23.8 15,593 3,563 22.8 20,767 5,104 24.6
Race and Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity
White............................. 188,644 52,586 27.9 92,286 22,321 24.2 96,359 30,265 31.4
Black or African American......... 27,584 5,010 18.2 12,411 1,946 15.7 15,173 3,064 20.2
Asian............................. 10,674 1,887 17.7 5,043 844 16.7 5,631 1,042 18.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity...... 31,617 4,279 13.5 16,278 1,640 10.1 15,339 2,638 17.2
Educational attainment (1)
Less than a high school diploma... 26,528 2,394 9.0 13,009 974 7.5 13,519 1,421 10.5
High school graduates, no
college (2)...................... 61,046 11,379 18.6 29,111 4,539 15.6 31,934 6,840 21.4
Some college or associate degree
.................................. 50,454 15,468 30.7 22,971 6,047 26.3 27,483 9,421 34.3
Bachelor's degree and higher (3).. 56,966 23,799 41.8 28,460 10,744 37.7 28,506 13,055 45.8
Marital status
Single, never married............. 65,734 12,612 19.2 35,228 5,745 16.3 30,506 6,867 22.5
Married, spouse present........... 121,892 38,876 31.9 61,465 17,351 28.2 60,427 21,525 35.6
Other marital status (4).......... 44,835 9,350 20.9 15,792 2,628 16.6 29,043 6,722 23.1
Presence of own children
under 18 years (5)
Without own children under 18..... 166,154 38,496 23.2 83,302 16,880 20.3 82,852 21,616 26.1
With own children under 18........ 66,307 22,342 33.7 29,184 8,844 30.3 37,123 13,498 36.4
Employment status
Civilian labor force.............. 154,445 43,405 28.1 82,585 20,097 24.3 71,860 23,308 32.4
Employed........................ 147,118 41,708 28.3 78,783 19,393 24.6 68,335 22,315 32.7
Full time (6)................. 121,737 32,714 26.9 70,207 17,125 24.4 51,530 15,588 30.3
Part time (7)................. 25,382 8,994 35.4 8,576 2,268 26.4 16,806 6,726 40.0
Unemployed...................... 7,327 1,697 23.2 3,802 704 18.5 3,525 994 28.2
Not in the labor force............ 78,016 17,433 22.3 29,901 5,628 18.8 48,115 11,805 24.5
1 Data refer to persons 25 years and over.
2 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
3 Includes persons with bachelor's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
4 Includes divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
5 Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews,
grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.
6 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
7 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
NOTE: Data on volunteers relate to persons who performed unpaid volunteer activities for an organization at any
point from September 1, 2006, through the survey period in September 2007. 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.
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Last Modified Date: February 08, 2008
