Table 2. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 16 years and over by presence and age of youngest child and sex, 2007-08 annual averages
Table 2. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 16 years and over by presence and age of youngest child and sex, 2007-08 annual averages (Numbers in thousands) 2007 2008 Characteristic Total Men Women Total Men Women FOREIGN BORN With own children under 18 Civilian noninstitutional population......... 13,970 6,640 7,329 13,864 6,618 7,245 Civilian labor force........................ 10,667 6,260 4,407 10,626 6,228 4,399 Participation rate........................ 76.4 94.3 60.1 76.6 94.1 60.7 Employed................................... 10,245 6,055 4,190 10,047 5,929 4,118 Employment-population ratio............... 73.3 91.2 57.2 72.5 89.6 56.8 Unemployed................................. 422 205 217 580 299 281 Unemployment rate......................... 4.0 3.3 4.9 5.5 4.8 6.4 With own children 6 to 17, none younger Civilian noninstitutional population......... 6,974 3,252 3,722 7,173 3,359 3,814 Civilian labor force........................ 5,640 3,029 2,611 5,791 3,123 2,668 Participation rate........................ 80.9 93.1 70.2 80.7 93.0 69.9 Employed................................... 5,431 2,935 2,497 5,505 2,985 2,520 Employment-population ratio............... 77.9 90.2 67.1 76.7 88.9 66.1 Unemployed................................. 209 94 115 286 138 148 Unemployment rate......................... 3.7 3.1 4.4 4.9 4.4 5.5 With own children under 6 Civilian noninstitutional population......... 6,996 3,388 3,608 6,691 3,259 3,431 Civilian labor force........................ 5,027 3,231 1,795 4,835 3,104 1,731 Participation rate........................ 71.9 95.4 49.8 72.3 95.2 50.4 Employed................................... 4,814 3,120 1,693 4,542 2,944 1,598 Employment-population ratio............... 68.8 92.1 46.9 67.9 90.3 46.6 Unemployed................................. 213 111 102 294 161 133 Unemployment rate......................... 4.2 3.4 5.7 6.1 5.2 7.7 With own children under 3 Civilian noninstitutional population......... 4,087 1,982 2,105 3,923 1,927 1,996 Civilian labor force........................ 2,821 1,888 933 2,727 1,837 890 Participation rate........................ 69.0 95.3 44.3 69.5 95.3 44.6 Employed................................... 2,700 1,825 876 2,558 1,745 813 Employment-population ratio............... 66.1 92.1 41.6 65.2 90.6 40.7 Unemployed................................. 120 63 57 169 92 78 Unemployment rate......................... 4.3 3.4 6.1 6.2 5.0 8.7 With no own children under 18 Civilian noninstitutional population......... 21,047 11,030 10,018 21,453 11,070 10,383 Civilian labor force........................ 13,327 8,210 5,117 13,436 8,173 5,264 Participation rate........................ 63.3 74.4 51.1 62.6 73.8 50.7 Employed................................... 12,722 7,828 4,895 12,613 7,650 4,964 Employment-population ratio............... 60.4 71.0 48.9 58.8 69.1 47.8 Unemployed................................. 605 383 222 823 523 300 Unemployment rate......................... 4.5 4.7 4.3 6.1 6.4 5.7 NATIVE BORN With own children under 18 Civilian noninstitutional population......... 52,683 22,996 29,686 51,642 22,467 29,175 Civilian labor force........................ 43,578 21,699 21,879 42,762 21,144 21,617 Participation rate........................ 82.7 94.4 73.7 82.8 94.1 74.1 Employed................................... 42,005 21,119 20,887 40,859 20,403 20,455 Employment-population ratio............... 79.7 91.8 70.4 79.1 90.8 70.1 Unemployed................................. 1,573 581 992 1,903 741 1,162 Unemployment rate......................... 3.6 2.7 4.5 4.5 3.5 5.4 With own children 6 to 17, none younger Civilian noninstitutional population......... 29,861 13,085 16,775 29,259 12,841 16,418 Civilian labor force........................ 25,413 12,197 13,216 24,936 11,955 12,981 Participation rate........................ 85.1 93.2 78.8 85.2 93.1 79.1 Employed................................... 24,622 11,889 12,733 23,974 11,555 12,419 Employment-population ratio............... 82.5 90.9 75.9 81.9 90.0 75.6 Unemployed................................. 791 308 483 963 400 562 Unemployment rate......................... 3.1 2.5 3.7 3.9 3.3 4.3 With own children under 6 Civilian noninstitutional population......... 22,822 9,911 12,911 22,384 9,627 12,757 Civilian labor force........................ 18,165 9,502 8,663 17,825 9,189 8,636 Participation rate........................ 79.6 95.9 67.1 79.6 95.5 67.7 Employed................................... 17,383 9,230 8,154 16,885 8,849 8,036 Employment-population ratio............... 76.2 93.1 63.2 75.4 91.9 63.0 Unemployed................................. 782 272 509 940 340 600 Unemployment rate......................... 4.3 2.9 5.9 5.3 3.7 6.9 With own children under 3 Civilian noninstitutional population......... 13,406 5,851 7,554 13,358 5,758 7,600 Civilian labor force........................ 10,412 5,624 4,788 10,419 5,517 4,902 Participation rate........................ 77.7 96.1 63.4 78.0 95.8 64.5 Employed................................... 9,935 5,457 4,478 9,841 5,299 4,542 Employment-population ratio............... 74.1 93.3 59.3 73.7 92.0 59.8 Unemployed................................. 477 167 310 578 218 360 Unemployment rate......................... 4.6 3.0 6.5 5.5 3.9 7.4 With no own children under 18 Civilian noninstitutional population......... 144,167 71,506 72,661 146,829 72,957 73,872 Civilian labor force........................ 85,552 45,967 39,585 87,462 46,975 40,487 Participation rate........................ 59.3 64.3 54.5 59.6 64.4 54.8 Employed................................... 81,074 43,253 37,821 81,844 43,505 38,339 Employment-population ratio............... 56.2 60.5 52.1 55.7 59.6 51.9 Unemployed................................. 4,478 2,714 1,764 5,618 3,470 2,148 Unemployment rate......................... 5.2 5.9 4.5 6.4 7.4 5.3 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. See the Technical Note for further information.
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