Table 3. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 25 years and over by educational attainment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2006-07 annual averages
Table 3. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 25 years and over by educational attainment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2006-07 annual averages (Numbers in thousands) 2006 2007 Characteristic Less than High Some Less than High Some a high school college Bachelor's a high school college Bachelor's school graduates, or degree and school graduates, or degree and diploma no college associate higher (2) diploma no college associate higher (2) (1) degree (1) degree FOREIGN BORN White non-Hispanic or Latino Civilian noninstitutional population.... 940 1,803 1,296 2,647 895 1,850 1,338 2,701 Civilian labor force................... 349 971 848 1,969 306 1,035 882 1,991 Participation rate................... 37.1 53.8 65.4 74.4 34.1 55.9 65.9 73.7 Employed.............................. 331 937 819 1,920 292 993 850 1,937 Employment-population ratio.......... 35.2 52.0 63.1 72.6 32.7 53.7 63.5 71.7 Unemployed............................ 18 33 30 48 13 42 32 53 Unemployment rate.................... 5.3 3.4 3.5 2.5 4.3 4.1 3.6 2.7 Black non-Hispanic or Latino Civilian noninstitutional population.... 357 648 507 608 318 712 570 654 Civilian labor force................... 226 477 416 510 193 515 474 566 Participation rate................... 63.2 73.7 81.9 83.9 60.7 72.2 83.2 86.6 Employed.............................. 207 453 398 495 177 491 445 549 Employment-population ratio.......... 57.8 69.9 78.4 81.4 55.6 68.9 78.1 84.1 Unemployed............................ 19 25 18 15 16 24 29 17 Unemployment rate.................... 8.6 5.2 4.3 3.0 8.4 4.7 6.1 3.0 Asian non-Hispanic or Latino Civilian noninstitutional population.... 858 1,340 1,016 3,575 836 1,428 1,066 3,754 Civilian labor force................... 391 862 742 2,743 370 924 769 2,889 Participation rate................... 45.6 64.3 73.0 76.7 44.3 64.7 72.1 77.0 Employed.............................. 376 834 721 2,684 359 892 736 2,828 Employment-population ratio.......... 43.8 62.3 71.0 75.1 43.0 62.5 69.0 75.3 Unemployed............................ 15 27 21 58 11 32 33 61 Unemployment rate.................... 3.9 3.2 2.8 2.1 3.0 3.5 4.3 2.1 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Civilian noninstitutional population.... 7,167 3,506 1,615 1,424 7,368 3,801 1,726 1,508 Civilian labor force................... 4,875 2,677 1,279 1,111 5,001 2,877 1,352 1,189 Participation rate................... 68.0 76.4 79.2 78.0 67.9 75.7 78.3 78.9 Employed.............................. 4,631 2,587 1,234 1,085 4,736 2,764 1,297 1,155 Employment-population ratio.......... 64.6 73.8 76.4 76.1 64.3 72.7 75.1 76.6 Unemployed............................ 243 90 46 27 266 112 56 34 Unemployment rate.................... 5.0 3.4 3.6 2.4 5.3 3.9 4.1 2.9 NATIVE BORN White non-Hispanic or Latino Civilian noninstitutional population.... 11,847 42,087 35,100 39,751 11,099 41,790 35,413 41,067 Civilian labor force................... 4,369 25,714 24,931 30,787 4,092 25,333 25,048 31,725 Participation rate................... 36.9 61.1 71.0 77.4 36.9 60.6 70.7 77.3 Employed.............................. 4,079 24,773 24,157 30,200 3,783 24,377 24,281 31,150 Employment-population ratio.......... 34.4 58.9 68.8 76.0 34.1 58.3 68.6 75.9 Unemployed............................ 289 941 774 586 309 955 767 575 Unemployment rate.................... 6.6 3.7 3.1 1.9 7.5 3.8 3.1 1.8 Black non-Hispanic or Latino Civilian noninstitutional population.... 3,396 6,801 5,215 3,379 3,215 6,938 5,306 3,496 Civilian labor force................... 1,236 4,488 3,885 2,762 1,154 4,481 3,948 2,872 Participation rate................... 36.4 66.0 74.5 81.7 35.9 64.6 74.4 82.1 Employed.............................. 1,065 4,115 3,634 2,687 1,003 4,138 3,731 2,788 Employment-population ratio.......... 31.4 60.5 69.7 79.5 31.2 59.6 70.3 79.7 Unemployed............................ 171 373 251 75 151 343 216 84 Unemployment rate.................... 13.8 8.3 6.5 2.7 13.1 7.7 5.5 2.9 Asian non-Hispanic or Latino Civilian noninstitutional population.... 152 339 391 880 143 397 399 953 Civilian labor force................... 55 188 276 710 58 223 287 757 Participation rate................... 36.4 55.4 70.6 80.7 40.6 56.0 72.0 79.4 Employed.............................. 53 183 265 696 56 218 281 734 Employment-population ratio.......... 35.1 54.0 67.7 79.2 39.4 54.8 70.3 77.0 Unemployed............................ 2 5 11 13 2 5 7 23 Unemployment rate.................... 3.4 2.6 4.1 1.9 2.9 2.2 2.3 3.0 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Civilian noninstitutional population.... 2,352 3,232 2,781 1,626 2,275 3,390 2,939 1,784 Civilian labor force................... 1,073 2,331 2,222 1,373 1,039 2,468 2,340 1,517 Participation rate................... 45.6 72.1 79.9 84.4 45.7 72.8 79.6 85.1 Employed.............................. 989 2,214 2,143 1,344 942 2,345 2,245 1,489 Employment-population ratio.......... 42.0 68.5 77.1 82.6 41.4 69.2 76.4 83.5 Unemployed............................ 85 117 79 29 97 122 94 29 Unemployment rate.................... 7.9 5.0 3.6 2.1 9.4 5.0 4.0 1.9 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Data for race/ethnicity groups do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. See the Technical Note for further information.
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