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, 2008-09 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, 2008-09 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
2008 2009
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.... 891 1,884 1,360 2,744 832 1,729 1,370 2,763
Civilian labor force................... 276 990 885 2,024 266 899 865 2,004
Participation rate................... 30.9 52.5 65.1 73.7 32.0 52.0 63.1 72.5
Employed.............................. 253 939 838 1,952 238 823 804 1,877
Employment-population ratio.......... 28.4 49.9 61.6 71.2 28.6 47.6 58.6 67.9
Unemployed............................ 22 50 48 71 28 77 61 127
Unemployment rate.................... 8.1 5.1 5.4 3.5 10.7 8.5 7.1 6.4
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 334 758 629 677 347 748 661 719
Civilian labor force................... 192 561 501 582 194 544 525 615
Participation rate................... 57.4 74.0 79.7 86.0 56.0 72.7 79.5 85.5
Employed.............................. 176 516 466 559 164 482 474 563
Employment-population ratio.......... 52.9 68.1 74.0 82.5 47.2 64.4 71.7 78.3
Unemployed............................ 15 45 36 24 30 62 52 52
Unemployment rate.................... 7.9 8.0 7.1 4.1 15.7 11.4 9.8 8.5
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 864 1,453 1,033 3,880 936 1,425 1,032 3,881
Civilian labor force................... 402 951 758 2,979 419 878 759 3,016
Participation rate................... 46.6 65.5 73.4 76.8 44.8 61.6 73.6 77.7
Employed.............................. 375 913 725 2,898 386 814 696 2,841
Employment-population ratio.......... 43.4 62.8 70.2 74.7 41.3 57.2 67.5 73.2
Unemployed............................ 27 39 33 81 33 64 64 175
Unemployment rate.................... 6.8 4.1 4.4 2.7 7.9 7.3 8.4 5.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 7,292 3,940 1,852 1,579 7,376 4,020 1,929 1,596
Civilian labor force................... 4,871 2,967 1,439 1,245 4,959 3,002 1,526 1,247
Participation rate................... 66.8 75.3 77.7 78.9 67.2 74.7 79.1 78.1
Employed.............................. 4,495 2,790 1,368 1,198 4,314 2,712 1,378 1,158
Employment-population ratio.......... 61.6 70.8 73.9 75.9 58.5 67.5 71.5 72.5
Unemployed............................ 376 177 71 47 644 289 147 89
Unemployment rate.................... 7.7 6.0 5.0 3.7 13.0 9.6 9.7 7.1
NATIVE BORN
White non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 10,723 41,180 35,972 41,982 10,507 41,552 36,165 42,586
Civilian labor force................... 3,975 24,863 25,386 32,458 3,860 24,975 25,328 32,751
Participation rate................... 37.1 60.4 70.6 77.3 36.7 60.1 70.0 76.9
Employed.............................. 3,644 23,659 24,397 31,727 3,295 22,797 23,543 31,445
Employment-population ratio.......... 34.0 57.5 67.8 75.6 31.4 54.9 65.1 73.8
Unemployed............................ 331 1,204 990 731 565 2,178 1,785 1,306
Unemployment rate.................... 8.3 4.8 3.9 2.3 14.6 8.7 7.0 4.0
Black non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 3,128 6,923 5,533 3,582 3,112 6,897 5,738 3,659
Civilian labor force................... 1,167 4,467 4,125 2,881 1,099 4,392 4,158 2,923
Participation rate................... 37.3 64.5 74.6 80.4 35.3 63.7 72.5 79.9
Employed.............................. 979 4,046 3,815 2,769 851 3,760 3,673 2,717
Employment-population ratio.......... 31.3 58.4 69.0 77.3 27.4 54.5 64.0 74.3
Unemployed............................ 187 420 310 113 248 631 486 206
Unemployment rate.................... 16.0 9.4 7.5 3.9 22.6 14.4 11.7 7.0
Asian non-Hispanic or Latino
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 147 360 442 929 126 360 465 962
Civilian labor force................... 57 210 308 737 51 201 315 779
Participation rate................... 38.9 58.2 69.6 79.3 40.2 55.7 67.8 81.0
Employed.............................. 55 200 301 715 47 186 291 743
Employment-population ratio.......... 37.7 55.4 68.2 76.9 37.3 51.5 62.5 77.2
Unemployed............................ 2 10 6 23 4 15 25 36
Unemployment rate.................... 2.9 4.9 2.1 3.1 7.4 7.6 7.8 4.7
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian noninstitutional population.... 2,264 3,587 3,131 1,835 2,388 3,716 3,174 1,947
Civilian labor force................... 1,040 2,609 2,476 1,588 1,105 2,656 2,501 1,648
Participation rate................... 45.9 72.8 79.1 86.5 46.3 71.5 78.8 84.7
Employed.............................. 931 2,442 2,353 1,537 918 2,357 2,278 1,571
Employment-population ratio.......... 41.1 68.1 75.2 83.8 38.5 63.4 71.8 80.7
Unemployed............................ 109 167 123 50 186 299 223 77
Unemployment rate.................... 10.4 6.4 5.0 3.2 16.9 11.3 8.9 4.7
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.
