Table 1. Volunteers by selected characteristics, September 2008
Table 1. Volunteers by selected characteristics, September 2008
(Numbers in thousands)
Total, both sexes Men Women
Characteristics in September 2008 Civilian Volunteers Civilian Volunteers Civilian Volunteers
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population Number Percent of population Number Percent of population Number Percent of
population population population
Age
Total, 16 years and over.............. 234,360 61,803 26.4 113,414 26,268 23.2 120,946 35,535 29.4
16 to 24 years...................... 37,547 8,239 21.9 18,938 3,747 19.8 18,609 4,493 24.1
16 to 19 years................... 17,101 4,437 25.9 8,673 2,074 23.9 8,428 2,364 28.0
20 to 24 years................... 20,446 3,802 18.6 10,265 1,673 16.3 10,181 2,129 20.9
25 years and over................... 196,813 53,564 27.2 94,476 22,521 23.8 102,337 31,043 30.3
25 to 34 years................... 40,131 9,154 22.8 20,080 3,689 18.4 20,051 5,465 27.3
35 to 44 years................... 41,576 13,016 31.3 20,512 5,397 26.3 21,064 7,619 36.2
45 to 54 years................... 44,104 13,189 29.9 21,597 5,682 26.3 22,507 7,507 33.4
55 to 64 years................... 33,696 9,456 28.1 16,222 4,196 25.9 17,474 5,260 30.1
65 years and over................ 37,306 8,749 23.5 16,065 3,558 22.1 21,241 5,191 24.4
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White................................. 189,916 53,078 27.9 92,930 22,756 24.5 96,986 30,322 31.3
Black or African American............. 27,939 5,325 19.1 12,564 2,065 16.4 15,376 3,260 21.2
Asian................................. 10,826 2,022 18.7 5,138 881 17.1 5,688 1,141 20.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.......... 32,369 4,662 14.4 16,645 1,936 11.6 15,724 2,726 17.3
Educational attainment (1)
Less than a high school diploma....... 25,879 2,427 9.4 12,787 954 7.5 13,092 1,473 11.3
High school graduates, no college (2) 60,719 10,998 18.1 29,272 4,510 15.4 31,448 6,489 20.6
Some college or associate degree ..... 51,812 15,519 30.0 23,521 5,978 25.4 28,290 9,541 33.7
Bachelor's degree and higher (3)...... 58,403 24,620 42.2 28,896 11,080 38.3 29,507 13,539 45.9
Marital status
Single, never married................. 66,079 13,475 20.4 35,308 6,080 17.2 30,770 7,394 24.0
Married, spouse present............... 122,784 38,827 31.6 61,944 17,474 28.2 60,840 21,352 35.1
Other marital status (4).............. 45,497 9,502 20.9 16,162 2,714 16.8 29,336 6,788 23.1
Presence of own children
under 18 years (5)
Without own children under 18......... 168,293 39,485 23.5 84,432 17,377 20.6 83,861 22,108 26.4
With own children under 18............ 66,067 22,318 33.8 28,982 8,891 30.7 37,085 13,427 36.2
Employment status
Civilian labor force.................. 155,512 44,313 28.5 82,922 20,589 24.8 72,589 23,723 32.7
Employed............................ 145,737 42,131 28.9 77,460 19,661 25.4 68,277 22,470 32.9
Full time (6)..................... 120,063 33,344 27.8 68,604 17,377 25.3 51,458 15,966 31.0
Part time (7)..................... 25,674 8,788 34.2 8,856 2,284 25.8 16,818 6,504 38.7
Unemployed.......................... 9,775 2,181 22.3 5,462 928 17.0 4,313 1,253 29.0
Not in the labor force................ 78,848 17,491 22.2 30,492 5,679 18.6 48,357 11,812 24.4
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, 2007, through the survey period in September 2008. 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: January 23, 2009
