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

This table also can be found in the article, "Labor force projections to 2020: a more slowly growing workforce," published in the January 2012 Monthly Labor Review.

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Table 3.4 Civilian labor force by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, 1990, 2000, 2010, and projected 2020
[Numbers in thousands]

Group

Level

Change

Percent change

Percent distribution

Annual rate of change

1990

2000

2010

2020

1990-2000

2000-10

2010-20

1990-2000

2000-10

2010-20

1990

2000

2010

2020

1990-2000

2000-10

2010-20

Total, 16 years and older

125,840

142,583

153,889

164,360

16,743

11,306

10,471

13.3

7.9

6.8

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1.3

0.8

0.7

16 to 24

22,492

22,520

20,934

18,330

28

-1,586

-2,604

0.1

-7.0

-12.4

17.9

15.8

13.6

11.2

0.0

-0.7

-1.3

16 to 19

7,792

8,270

5,906

4,548

478

-2,364

-1,358

6.1

-28.6

-23.0

6.2

5.8

3.8

2.8

0.6

-3.3

-2.6

20 to 24

14,700

14,250

15,028

13,783

-450

778

-1,245

-3.1

5.5

-8.3

11.7

10.0

9.8

8.4

-0.3

0.5

-0.9

25 to 54

88,322

101,394

102,940

104,619

13,072

1,546

1,679

14.8

1.5

1.6

70.2

71.1

66.9

63.7

1.4

0.2

0.2

25 to 34

35,929

32,756

33,614

36,421

-3,173

858

2,807

-8.8

2.6

8.4

28.6

23.0

21.8

22.2

-0.9

0.3

0.8

35 to 44

32,145

37,566

33,366

35,147

5,421

-4,200

1,781

16.9

-11.2

5.3

25.5

26.3

21.7

21.4

1.6

-1.2

0.5

45 to 54

20,248

31,072

35,960

33,051

10,824

4,888

-2,909

53.5

15.7

-8.1

16.1

21.8

23.4

20.1

4.4

1.5

-0.8

55 and older

15,026

18,669

30,014

41,411

3,643

11,345

11,397

24.2

60.8

38.0

11.9

13.1

19.5

25.2

2.2

4.9

3.3

55 to 64

11,575

14,357

23,297

29,298

2,782

8,940

6,001

24.0

62.3

25.8

9.2

10.1

15.1

17.8

2.2

5.0

2.3

65 to 74

2,952

3,505

5,424

9,945

553

1,919

4,521

18.7

54.8

83.4

2.3

2.5

3.5

6.1

1.7

4.5

6.2

75 and older

498

807

1,293

2,168

309

486

875

62.0

60.2

67.7

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.3

4.9

4.8

5.3

 

Men, 16 years and older

69,011

76,280

81,985

87,128

7,269

5,705

5,143

10.5

7.5

6.3

54.8

53.5

53.3

53.0

1.0

0.7

0.6

16 to 24

11,960

11,789

10,855

9,690

-171

-934

-1,165

-1.4

-7.9

-10.7

9.5

8.3

7.1

5.9

-0.1

-0.8

-1.1

16 to 19

4,094

4,268

2,991

2,413

174

-1,277

-578

4.3

-29.9

-19.3

3.3

3.0

1.9

1.5

0.4

-3.5

-2.1

20 to 24

7,866

7,521

7,864

7,276

-345

343

-588

-4.4

4.6

-7.5

6.3

5.3

5.1

4.4

-0.4

0.4

-0.8

25 to 54

48,456

54,206

55,326

56,386

5,750

1,120

1,060

11.9

2.1

1.9

38.5

38.0

36.0

34.3

1.1

0.2

0.2

25 to 34

19,872

17,844

18,352

19,667

-2,028

508

1,315

-10.2

2.8

7.2

15.8

12.5

11.9

12.0

-1.1

0.3

0.7

35 to 44

17,481

20,093

18,119

19,303

2,612

-1,974

1,184

14.9

-9.8

6.5

13.9

14.1

11.8

11.7

1.4

-1.0

0.6

45 to 54

11,103

16,269

18,856

17,415

5,166

2,587

-1,441

46.5

15.9

-7.6

8.8

11.4

12.3

10.6

3.9

1.5

-0.8

55 and older

8,594

10,285

15,803

21,052

1,691

5,518

5,249

19.7

53.7

33.2

6.8

7.2

10.3

12.8

1.8

4.4

2.9

55 to 64

6,627

7,796

12,103

14,662

1,169

4,307

2,559

17.6

55.2

21.1

5.3

5.5

7.9

8.9

1.6

4.5

1.9

65 to 74

1,664

2,018

2,971

5,236

354

953

2,265

21.3

47.2

76.2

1.3

1.4

1.9

3.2

1.9

3.9

5.8

75 and older

303

471

729

1,155

168

258

426

55.4

54.8

58.4

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.7

4.5

4.5

4.7

 

Women, 16 years and older

56,829

66,303

71,904

77,232

9,474

5,601

5,328

16.7

8.4

7.4

45.2

46.5

46.7

47.0

1.6

0.8

0.7

16 to 24

10,532

10,731

10,079

8,641

199

-652

-1,438

1.9

-6.1

-14.3

8.4

7.5

6.5

5.3

0.2

-0.6

-1.5

16 to 19

3,698

4,002

2,914

2,134

304

-1,088

-780

8.2

-27.2

-26.8

2.9

2.8

1.9

1.3

0.8

-3.1

-3.1

20 to 24

6,834

6,729

7,164

6,506

-105

435

-658

-1.5

6.5

-9.2

5.4

4.7

4.7

4.0

-0.2

0.6

-1.0

25 to 54

39,866

47,188

47,614

48,233

7,322

426

619

18.4

0.9

1.3

31.7

33.1

30.9

29.3

1.7

0.1

0.1

25 to 34

16,058

14,912

15,263

16,754

-1,146

351

1,491

-7.1

2.4

9.8

12.8

10.5

9.9

10.2

-0.7

0.2

0.9

35 to 44

14,663

17,473

15,247

15,844

2,810

-2,226

597

19.2

-12.7

3.9

11.7

12.3

9.9

9.6

1.8

-1.4

0.4

45 to 54

9,145

14,803

17,104

15,635

5,658

2,301

-1,469

61.9

15.5

-8.6

7.3

10.4

11.1

9.5

4.9

1.5

-0.9

55 and older

6,431

8,384

14,211

20,358

1,953

5,827

6,147

30.4

69.5

43.3

5.1

5.9

9.2

12.4

2.7

5.4

3.7

55 to 64

4,948

6,561

11,194

14,637

1,613

4,633

3,443

32.6

70.6

30.8

3.9

4.6

7.3

8.9

2.9

5.5

2.7

65 to 74

1,288

1,487

2,453

4,709

199

966

2,256

15.5

65.0

92.0

1.0

1.0

1.6

2.9

1.4

5.1

6.7

75 and older

195

336

564

1,012

141

228

448

72.3

67.9

79.4

0.2

0.2

0.4

0.6

5.6

5.3

6.0

 

White

107,447

118,545

125,084

130,516

11,098

6,539

5,432

10.3

5.5

4.3

85.4

83.1

81.3

79.4

1.0

0.5

0.4

Men

59,638

64,466

67,728

70,379

4,828

3,262

2,651

8.1

5.1

3.9

47.4

45.2

44.0

42.8

0.8

0.5

0.4

Women

47,809

54,079

57,356

60,137

6,270

3,277

2,781

13.1

6.1

4.8

38.0

37.9

37.3

36.6

1.2

0.6

0.5

 

Black

13,740

16,397

17,862

19,676

2,657

1,465

1,814

19.3

8.9

10.2

10.9

11.5

11.6

12.0

1.8

0.9

1.0

Men

6,802

7,702

8,415

9,393

900

713

978

13.2

9.3

11.6

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.7

1.3

0.9

1.1

Women

6,938

8,695

9,447

10,283

1,757

752

836

25.3

8.6

8.8

5.5

6.1

6.1

6.3

2.3

0.8

0.9

 

Asian

4,653

6,270

7,248

9,430

1,617

978

2,182

34.8

15.6

30.1

3.7

4.4

4.7

5.7

3.0

1.5

2.7

Men

2,570

3,362

3,893

4,968

792

531

1,075

30.8

15.8

27.6

2.0

2.4

2.5

3.0

2.7

1.5

2.5

Women

2,083

2,908

3,355

4,462

825

447

1,107

39.6

15.4

33.0

1.7

2.0

2.2

2.7

3.4

1.4

2.9

 

All other groups1

-

1,371

3,694

4,738

-

2.323

1,044

-

169.4

28.3

-

1.0

2.4

2.9

-

10.4

2.5

Men

-

750

1,949

2,388

-

1,199

439

-

159.9

22.5

-

0.5

1.3

1.5

-

10.0

2.1

Women

-

621

1,746

2,350

-

1,125

604

-

181.2

34.6

-

0.4

1.1

1.4

-

10.9

3.0

 

Hispanic origin

10,720

16,689

22,748

30,493

5,969

6,059

7,745

55.7

36.3

34.0

8.5

11.7

14.8

18.6

4.5

3.1

3.0

Men

6,546

9,923

13,511

17,859

3,377

3,588

4,348

51.6

36.2

32.2

5.2

7.0

8.8

10.9

4.2

3.1

2.8

Women

4,174

6,767

9,238

12,634

2,593

2,471

3,396

62.1

36.5

36.8

3.3

4.7

6.0

7.7

5.0

3.2

3.2

 

Other than Hispanic origin

115,120

125,894

131,141

133,867

10,774

5,247

2,726

9.4

4.2

2.1

91.5

88.3

85.2

81.4

0.9

0.4

0.2

Men

62,465

66,357

68,474

69,269

3,892

2,117

795

6.2

3.2

1.2

49.6

46.5

44.5

42.1

0.6

0.3

0.1

Women

52,655

59,536

62,666

64,598

6,881

3,130

1,932

13.1

5.3

3.1

41.8

41.8

40.7

39.3

1.2

0.5

0.3

 

White non-Hispanic

97,818

102,729

103,947

102,371

4,911

1,218

-1,576

5.0

1.2

-1.5

77.7

72.0

67.5

62.3

0.5

0.1

-0.2

Men

53,731

55,040

55,116

53,867

1,309

76

-1,249

2.4

0.1

-2.3

42.7

38.6

35.8

32.8

0.2

0.0

-0.2

Women

44,087

47,689

48,831

48,504

3,602

1,142

-327

8.2

2.4

-0.7

35.0

33.4

31.7

29.5

0.8

0.2

-0.1

Footnotes:
  1 The “all other groups" category includes (1) those classified as of being of multiple racial origin and (2) the race categories of (2a) American Indian and Alaska Native and (2b) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders.
Note: Dash indicates no data collected for category. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.

Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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