Labor force participation of persons 16 years old and over, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and highest level of education: 1999

Table 376.

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               |        Labor force participation rate\1\     |       Employment/population ratio\2\
               |______________________________________________|_______________________________________________
 Age, sex, and |     | Less |      |         College          |     | Less |      |         College
race/ethnicity |     | than | High |__________________________|     | than | High |___________________________
               |     |high  |school| Some   |Associ-| Bache-  |     |high  |school| Some   |Associ-|  Bache-
               |Total|school|gradu-|college,|  ate  |  lor's  |Total|school|gradu-|college,|  ate  |  lor's
               |     |gradu-| ate  |   no   |degree |degree or|     |gradu-| ate  |   no   |degree |degree or
               |     |ate\3\|      | degree |       | higher  |     |ate\3\|      | degree |       |  higher
_______________|_____|______|______|________|_______|_________|_____|______|______|________|_______|__________
       1       |  2  |  3   |  4   |   5    |   6   |    7    |  8  |  9   |  10  |   11   |  12   |    13
_______________|_____|______|______|________|_______|_________|_____|______|______|________|_______|__________
16 to 19\4\ ...|52.0 | 45.1 | 69.0 |   61.4 |  73.2 |    46.2 |44.7 | 37.7 | 60.5 |   56.9 |  68.3 |     38.5
  Men .........|52.9 | 46.8 | 71.7 |   58.7 |  64.7 |    50.0 |45.1 | 38.9 | 62.9 |   54.0 |  58.8 |     50.0
  Women .......|51.0 | 43.2 | 66.4 |   63.4 |  79.2 |    33.3 |44.3 | 36.4 | 58.1 |   59.1 |  75.0 |     33.3
  White\6\ ....|55.5 | 48.8 | 71.5 |   64.7 |  80.6 |    57.1 |48.9 | 41.8 | 64.1 |   60.7 |  74.2 |     57.1
  Black\6\.....|38.7 | 32.1 | 59.6 |   47.8 |  83.3 |   (\5\) |27.9 | 21.7 | 44.9 |   40.4 |  66.7 |    (\5\)
  Hispanic\7\..|45.5 | 38.4 | 66.7 |   62.4 |  66.7 |   (\5\) |37.0 | 30.2 | 56.4 |   55.3 |  66.7 |    (\5\)
               |     |      |      |        |       |         |     |      |      |        |       |
20 to 24\4\ ...|77.5 | 68.2 | 82.4 |   73.3 |  85.9 |    84.8 |71.7 | 58.3 | 75.3 |   69.4 |  81.8 |     80.7
  Men .........|81.9 | 81.1 | 88.8 |   74.1 |  87.2 |    85.9 |75.6 | 71.2 | 81.2 |   69.9 |  82.7 |     81.0
  Women .......|73.2 | 52.6 | 75.2 |   72.7 |  84.9 |    84.0 |68.0 | 42.6 | 68.7 |   68.9 |  81.2 |     80.6
  White\6\ ....|79.4 | 71.3 | 84.2 |   74.9 |  87.4 |    86.4 |74.4 | 62.6 | 78.3 |   71.4 |  83.7 |     82.4
  Black\6\.....|71.4 | 57.0 | 76.5 |   70.3 |  83.3 |    79.5 |61.0 | 40.8 | 64.1 |   63.3 |  77.2 |     75.0
  Hispanic\7\ .|76.0 | 69.6 | 80.9 |   76.0 |  88.2 |    83.0 |69.7 | 61.9 | 74.3 |   71.4 |  85.3 |     79.5
               |     |      |      |        |       |         |     |      |      |        |       |
25 and older ..|67.4 | 42.7 | 64.8 |   72.3 |  78.0 |    79.9 |65.3 | 39.9 | 62.6 |   70.2 |  76.1 |     78.5
  Men .........|76.1 | 54.9 | 75.6 |   79.3 |  85.4 |    84.6 |73.8 | 51.7 | 73.1 |   77.1 |  83.3 |     83.1
  Women .......|59.5 | 31.9 | 55.9 |   66.1 |  72.2 |    74.8 |57.5 | 29.2 | 53.8 |   64.0 |  70.4 |     73.4
  White\6\ ....|67.1 | 43.1 | 64.0 |   71.2 |  77.7 |    79.6 |65.3 | 40.6 | 62.1 |   69.3 |  75.9 |     78.2
  Black\6\.....|68.5 | 39.7 | 70.5 |   78.7 |  81.0 |    84.5 |64.6 | 35.0 | 66.1 |   75.1 |  77.9 |     82.2
  Hispanic\7\ .|69.5 | 58.8 | 73.8 |   79.6 |  80.8 |    83.2 |66.0 | 54.6 | 70.4 |   76.9 |  78.2 |     81.0
_______________|_____|______|______|________|_______|_________|_____|______|______|________|_______|__________

\1\Percent of the civilian population who are employed or seeking employment.
\2\Number of persons employed as a percent of civilian population.
\3\Includes persons reporting no school years completed.
\4\Excludes persons enrolled in school.
\5\Sample size too small for stable estimates.
\6\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
\7\Hispanics may be of any race.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, unpublished tabulations of annual averages from the Current Population Survey. (This table was prepared July 2000.)

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