Civilian labor force, entrant and leavers

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 3.5 Civilian labor force, entrant and leavers, 2000, 2010, and projected 2020
[Numbers in thousands]

Group

2000

2000-10

2010

2010-20

2020

Entrants

Leavers

Stayers

Entrants

Leavers

Stayers

Number, 16 years and older

Total

142,583

32,963

21,657

120,926

153,889

35,800

25,329

128,560

164,360

Men

76,280

17,814

12,109

64,171

81,985

19,452

14,309

67,676

87,128

Women

66,303

15,149

9,548

56,755

71,904

16,348

11,020

60,884

77,232

 

White

118,545

25,221

18,682

99,863

125,084

30,081

24,553

100,531

130,516

Men

64,466

13,871

10,609

53,857

67,728

16,616

13,114

54,614

70,379

Women

54,079

11,350

8,073

46,006

57,356

13,465

11,439

45,917

60,137

 

Black

16,397

4,353

2,888

13,509

17,862

4,834

3,022

14,840

19,676

Men

7,702

2,107

1,394

6,308

8,415

2,468

1,491

6,924

9,393

Women

8,695

2,246

1,494

7,201

9,447

2,366

1,531

7,916

10,283

 

Asian

6,270

1,786

808

5,462

7,248

3,005

823

6,425

9,430

Men

3,362

934

403

2,959

3,893

1,521

446

3,447

4,968

Women

2,908

852

405

2,503

3,355

1,484

377

2,978

4,462

 

All other groups1

1,371

-

-

-

3,694

-

-

-

4,738

Men

750

-

-

-

1,949

-

-

-

2,388

Women

621

-

-

-

1,746

-

-

-

2,350

 

Hispanic origin

16,689

7,453

1,194

15,496

22,748

9,710

1,966

20,783

30,493

Men

9,923

4,432

644

9,279

13,511

5,553

1,205

12,306

17,859

Women

6,767

3,021

550

6,217

9,238

4,157

761

8,477

12,634

 

Other than Hispanic origin

125,894

25,510

20,463

105,430

131,141

26,090

23,363

107,778

133,867

Men

66,357

13,382

11,465

54,892

68,474

13,899

13,104

55,370

69,269

Women

59,536

12,128

8,998

50,538

62,666

12,191

10,259

52,407

64,598

 

White Non-Hispanic

102,729

18,929

17,711

85,018

103,947

18,099

19,676

84,271

102,371

Men

55,040

10,084

10,008

45,032

55,116

9,795

11,044

44,072

53,867

Women

47,689

8,845

7,703

39,986

48,831

8,304

8,632

40,199

48,504

 

Share (percent), 16 years and older

Total

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Men

53.5

54.0

55.9

53.1

53.3

54.3

56.5

52.6

53.0

Women

46.5

46.0

44.1

46.9

46.7

45.7

43.5

47.4

47.0

 

White

83.1

76.5

86.3

82.6

81.3

84.0

96.9

78.2

79.4

Men

45.2

42.1

49.0

44.5

44.0

46.4

51.8

42.5

42.8

Women

37.9

34.4

37.3

38.0

37.3

37.6

45.2

35.7

36.6

 

Black

11.5

13.2

13.3

11.2

11.6

13.5

11.9

11.5

12.0

Men

5.4

6.4

6.4

5.2

5.5

6.9

5.9

5.4

5.7

Women

6.1

6.8

6.9

6.0

6.1

6.6

6.0

6.2

6.3

 

Asian

4.4

5.4

3.7

4.5

4.7

8.4

3.2

5.0

5.7

Men

2.4

2.8

1.9

2.4

2.5

4.2

1.8

2.7

3.0

Women

2.0

2.6

1.9

2.1

2.2

4.1

1.5

2.3

2.7

 

All other groups1

-

-

-

-

2.4

-

-

-

2.9

Men

-

-

-

-

1.3

-

-

-

1.5

Women

-

-

-

-

1.1

-

-

-

1.4

 

Hispanic origin

11.7

22.6

5.5

12.8

14.8

27.1

7.8

16.2

18.6

Men

7.0

13.4

3.0

7.7

8.8

15.5

4.8

9.6

10.9

Women

4.7

9.2

2.5

5.1

6.0

11.6

3.0

6.6

7.7

 

Other than Hispanic

88.3

77.4

94.5

87.2

85.2

72.9

92.2

83.8

81.4

Men

46.5

40.6

52.9

45.4

44.5

38.8

51.7

43.1

42.1

Women

41.8

36.8

41.5

41.8

40.7

34.1

40.5

40.8

39.3

 

White Non-Hispanic

72.0

57.4

81.8

70.3

67.5

50.6

77.7

65.5

62.3

Men

38.6

30.6

46.2

37.2

35.8

27.4

43.6

34.3

32.8

Women

33.4

26.8

35.6

33.1

31.7

23.2

34.1

31.3

29.5

Footnotes:
  1The “all other groups" category includes (1) those classified as 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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