Table 1. Civilian labor force, by age, sex, race, and ethnicity, 1990, 2000, 2010, and projected 2020
(In thousands)
Age, sex, race, and ethnicity Levels Change Percent change Percent distribution Annual growth rate
(percent)
1990 2000 2010 2020 1990- 2000- 2010- 1990- 2000- 2010- 1990 2000 2010 2020 1990- 2000- 2010-
2000 10 20 2000 10 20 2000 10 20
Total, 16 years and old 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:
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:
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:
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 - - 28.3 - 1.0 2.4 2.9 - - 2.5
Ethnicity:
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 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 26 to 36 to 46 to 56 to
44 54 64 74
1 The "all other groups" category includes (1) those classified as 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. Dash indicates no data collected for category.Details may not sum to total because of rounding.
