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.Also available as: [XLS]
Age, sex, race, and ethnicity |
Levels |
Change |
Percent change |
Percent distribution |
Annual rate of change |
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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 |
Age, years: |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Sex: |
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Men |
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 |
Women |
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 |
Race: |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Ethnicity: |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Age of baby boomers |
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Footnotes: |
Last Modified Date: February 01, 2012