Civilian labor force by sex, age, race, and ethnicity

Table 4. Civilian labor force by sex, age, race, and ethnicity, 1986, 1996, 2006, and projected 2016
[Numbers in thousands]
Group Level Change Percent change Percent distribution Annual growth rate (percent)
1986 1996 2006 2016 1986-96 1996-2006 2006-16 1986-96 1996-2006 2006-16 1986 1996 2006 2016 1986-96 1996-2006 2006-16

 

  

Total, 16 years and older

 117,834 133,943 151,428 164,232 16,109 17,485 12,804 13.7 13.1 8.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.3 1.2 0.8

16 to 24

 23,367 21,183 22,394 20,852 -2,184 1,211 -1,542 -9.3 5.7 -6.9 19.8 15.8 14.8 12.7 -1.0 0.6 -0.7

16 to 19

 7,926 7,806 7,281 5,896 -120 -525 -1,385 -1.5 -6.7 -19.0 6.7 5.8 4.8 3.6 -0.2 -0.7 -2.1

20 to 24

 15,441 13,377 15,113 14,955 -2,064 1,736 -158 -13.4 13.0 -1.0 13.1 10.0 10.0 9.1 -1.4 1.2 -0.1

25 to 54

 79,563 96,786 103,566 106,026 17,223 6,780 2,460 21.6 7.0 2.4 67.5 72.3 68.4 64.6 2.0 0.7 0.2

25 to 34

 34,591 33,833 32,573 37,289 -758 -1,260 4,716 -2.2 -3.7 14.5 29.4 25.3 21.5 22.7 -0.2 -0.4 1.4

35 to 44

 27,232 36,556 35,848 33,654 9,324 -708 -2,194 34.2 -1.9 -6.1 23.1 27.3 23.7 20.5 3.0 -0.2 -0.6

45 to 54

 17,739 26,397 35,146 35,083 8,658 8,749 -63 48.8 33.1 -0.2 15.1 19.7 23.2 21.4 4.1 2.9 -0.0

55 and older

 14,904 15,974 25,468 37,354 1,070 9,494 11,886 7.2 59.4 46.7 12.6 11.9 16.8 22.7 0.7 4.8 3.9

55 to 64

 11,894 12,146 19,984 27,288 252 7,838 7,304 2.1 64.5 36.5 10.1 9.1 13.2 16.6 0.2 5.1 3.2

65 to 74

 2,594 3,194 4,404 8,076 600 1,210 3,672 23.1 37.9 83.4 2.2 2.4 2.9 4.9 2.1 3.3 6.3

75 and older

 417 634 1,080 1,990 217 446 910 52.0 70.3 84.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.2 4.3 5.5 6.3

 

  

Men, 16 years and older

 65,422 72,087 81,255 87,781 6,665 9,168 6,526 10.2 12.7 8.0 55.5 53.8 53.7 53.4 1.0 1.2 0.8

16 to 24

 12,250 11,147 11,810 10,915 -1,103 663 -895 -9.0 5.9 -7.6 10.4 8.3 7.8 6.6 -0.9 0.6 -0.8

16 to 19

 4,102 4,043 3,693 2,923 -59 -350 -770 -1.4 -8.7 -20.9 3.5 3.0 2.4 1.8 -0.1 -0.9 -2.3

20 to 24

 8,148 7,104 8,116 7,992 -1,044 1,012 -124 -12.8 14.2 -1.5 6.9 5.3 5.4 4.9 -1.4 1.3 -0.2

25 to 54

 44,406 51,999 55,840 57,491 7,593 3,841 1,651 17.1 7.4 3.0 37.7 38.8 36.9 35.0 1.6 0.7 0.3

25 to 34

 19,383 18,430 17,944 20,913 -953 -486 2,969 -4.9 -2.6 16.5 16.4 13.8 11.8 12.7 -0.5 -0.3 1.5

35 to 44

 15,029 19,602 19,407 18,373 4,573 -195 -1,034 30.4 -1.0 -5.3 12.8 14.6 12.8 11.2 2.7 -0.1 -0.5

45 to 54

 9,994 13,967 18,489 18,205 3,973 4,522 -284 39.8 32.4 -1.5 8.5 10.4 12.2 11.1 3.4 2.8 -0.2

55 and older

 8,765 8,941 13,605 19,376 176 4,664 5,771 2.0 52.2 42.4 7.4 6.7 9.0 11.8 0.2 4.3 3.6

55 to 64

 6,954 6,693 10,509 13,865 -261 3,816 3,356 -3.8 57.0 31.9 5.9 5.0 6.9 8.4 -0.4 4.6 2.8

65 to 74

 1,552 1,872 2,466 4,387 320 594 1,921 20.6 31.7 77.9 1.3 1.4 1.6 2.7 1.9 2.8 5.9

75 and older

 260 375 630 1,124 115 255 494 44.2 68.0 78.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 3.7 5.3 6.0

 

  

Women, 16 years and older

 52,413 61,856 70,173 76,450 9,443 8,317 6,277 18.0 13.4 8.9 44.5 46.2 46.3 46.6 1.7 1.3 0.9

16 to 24

 11,117 10,036 10,584 9,937 -1,081 548 -647 -9.7 5.5 -6.1 9.4 7.5 7.0 6.1 -1.0 0.5 -0.6

16 to 19

 3,824 3,763 3,588 2,974 -61 -175 -614 -1.6 -4.7 -17.1 3.2 2.8 2.4 1.8 -0.2 -0.5 -1.9

20 to 24

 7,293 6,273 6,997 6,963 -1,020 724 -34 -14.0 11.5 -0.5 6.2 4.7 4.6 4.2 -1.5 1.1 -0.0

25 to 54

 35,158 44,787 47,726 48,534 9,629 2,939 808 27.4 6.6 1.7 29.8 33.4 31.5 29.6 2.5 0.6 0.2

25 to 34

 15,208 15,403 14,628 16,376 195 -775 1,748 1.3 -5.0 11.9 12.9 11.5 9.7 10.0 0.1 -0.5 1.1

35 to 44

 12,204 16,954 16,441 15,281 4,750 -513 -1,160 38.9 -3.0 -7.1 10.4 12.7 10.9 9.3 3.3 -0.3 -0.7

45 to 54

 7,746 12,430 16,656 16,877 4,684 4,226 221 60.5 34.0 1.3 6.6 9.3 11.0 10.3 4.8 3.0 0.1

55 and older

 6,139 7,033 11,863 17,979 894 4,830 6,116 14.6 68.7 51.6 5.2 5.3 7.8 10.9 1.4 5.4 4.2

55 to 64

 4,940 5,452 9,475 13,423 512 4,023 3,948 10.4 73.8 41.7 4.2 4.1 6.3 8.2 1.0 5.7 3.5

65 to 74

 1,042 1,321 1,937 3,689 279 616 1,752 26.8 46.6 90.4 0.9 1.0 1.3 2.2 2.4 3.9 6.7

75 and older

 159 260 451 867 101 191 416 63.5 73.5 92.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 5.0 5.7 6.8

 

  

White

 101,801 113,108 123,834 130,665 11,307 10,726 6,831 11.1 9.5 5.5 86.4 84.4 81.8 79.6 1.1 0.9 0.5

Men

 57,217 61,783 67,613 71,283 4,566 5,830 3,670 8.0 9.4 5.4 48.6 46.1 44.7 43.4 0.8 0.9 0.5

Women

 44,584 51,325 56,221 59,382 6,741 4,896 3,161 15.1 9.5 5.6 37.8 38.3 37.1 36.2 1.4 0.9 0.5

 

  

Black

 12,654 15,134 17,314 20,121 2,480 2,180 2,807 19.6 14.4 16.2 10.7 11.3 11.4 12.3 1.8 1.4 1.5

Men

 6,373 7,264 8,128 9,420 891 864 1,292 14.0 11.9 15.9 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.7 1.3 1.1 1.5

Women

 6,281 7,869 9,186 10,701 1,588 1,317 1,515 25.3 16.7 16.5 5.3 5.9 6.1 6.5 2.3 1.6 1.5

 

  

Asian

 3,379 5,701 6,727 8,741 2,322 1,026 2,014 68.7 18.0 29.9 2.9 4.3 4.4 5.3 5.4 1.7 2.7

Men

 1,831 3,039 3,621 4,600 1,208 582 979 66.0 19.2 27.0 1.6 2.3 2.4 2.8 5.2 1.8 2.4

Women

 1,548 2,662 3,106 4,141 1,114 444 1,035 72.0 16.7 33.3 1.3 2.0 2.1 2.5 5.6 1.6 2.9

 

  

All other groups1(1)

 - - 3,553 4,705 - - 1,152 - - 32.4 - - 2.3 2.9 - - 2.8

Men

 - - 1,893 2,478 - - 585 - - 30.9 - - 1.3 1.5 - - 2.7

Women

 - - 1,660 2,227 - - 567 - - 34.2 - - 1.1 1.4 - - 3.0

 

  

Hispanic origin

 8,076 12,774 20,694 26,889 4,698 7,920 6,195 58.2 62.0 29.9 6.9 9.5 13.7 16.4 4.7 4.9 2.7

Men

 4,948 7,646 12,488 15,802 2,698 4,842 3,314 54.5 63.3 26.5 4.2 5.7 8.2 9.6 4.4 5.0 2.4

Women

 3,128 5,128 8,206 11,087 2,000 3,078 2,881 63.9 60.0 35.1 2.7 3.8 5.4 6.8 5.1 4.8 3.1

 

  

Other than Hispanic origin

 109,758 121,169 130,734 137,343 11,411 9,565 6,609 10.4 7.9 5.1 93.1 90.5 86.3 83.6 1.0 0.8 0.5

Men

 60,474 64,441 68,767 71,979 3,967 4,326 3,212 6.6 6.7 4.7 51.3 48.1 45.4 43.8 0.6 0.7 0.5

Women

 49,285 56,728 61,967 65,363 7,443 5,239 3,396 15.1 9.2 5.5 41.8 42.4 40.9 39.8 1.4 0.9 0.5

 

  

White non-Hispanic

 94,027 100,915 104,629 106,133 6,888 3,714 1,504 7.3 3.7 1.4 79.8 75.3 69.1 64.6 0.7 0.4 0.1

Men

 52,447 54,451 55,953 56,791 2,004 1,502 838 3.8 2.8 1.5 44.5 40.7 37.0 34.6 0.4 0.3 0.1

Women

 41,579 46,464 48,676 49,342 4,885 2,212 666 11.7 4.8 1.4 35.3 34.7 32.1 30.0 1.1 0.5 0.1

Footnotes:
(1) The "All other groups" category includes (1) those classified as being of mutiple racial origin and (2) the race categories of (2a) American Indian and Alaska Native or (2b) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders. Dash indicates no data collected for category.

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Last Modified Date: December 27, 2007