Table 378. | Labor force participation of persons 16 years old and over, by highest level of education, age, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2001 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 years old\4\|50.0 | 43.1 | 67.3 | 58.8 | 65.6 | --- |42.7 | 35.6 | 58.4 | 54.0 | 62.0 | --- Men ................... |50.7 | 44.3 | 70.6 | 56.7 | 66.6 | --- |42.6 | 36.1 | 61.4 | 51.6 | 61.8 | --- Women ..................|49.4 | 41.7 | 64.4 | 60.5 | 64.9 | --- |42.7 | 35.1 | 55.7 | 56.0 | 62.2 | --- White, non-Hispanic ....|54.9 | 48.1 | 71.2 | 61.9 | 67.0 | --- |48.4 | 41.4 | 63.7 | 57.8 | 63.2 | --- Black\5\................|37.7 | 32.1 | 54.4 | 45.4 | --- | --- |26.8 | 21.5 | 40.1 | 38.0 | --- | --- Hispanic\6\ ............|46.9 | 40.0 | 66.7 | 62.6 | --- | --- |38.6 | 31.9 | 55.8 | 57.0 | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 to 24 years old\4\|77.1 | 70.1 | 81.0 | 73.1 | 83.8 | 84.6 |70.8 | 59.1 | 73.3 | 68.7 | 80.0 | 79.7 Men ................... |81.5 | 81.3 | 87.3 | 73.8 | 87.8 | 85.3 |74.2 | 69.4 | 78.8 | 69.1 | 83.2 | 79.5 Women ..................|72.9 | 55.8 | 73.8 | 72.4 | 80.5 | 84.1 |67.4 | 46.0 | 67.1 | 68.4 | 77.4 | 79.9 White, non-Hispanic ....|79.9 | 73.0 | 83.7 | 75.2 | 84.9 | 86.7 |74.5 | 62.6 | 76.9 | 71.5 | 81.1 | 82.0 Black\5\................|70.0 | 59.0 | 73.7 | 68.7 | 80.7 | 80.0 |58.6 | 40.5 | 61.2 | 61.0 | 74.5 | 74.0 Hispanic\6\ ............|75.8 | 73.1 | 79.0 | 73.5 | 81.0 | 83.1 |69.6 | 65.1 | 73.2 | 68.5 | 79.7 | 78.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 and older ........|67.4 | 43.6 | 64.4 | 71.9 | 77.9 | 79.0 |64.9 | 40.4 | 61.7 | 69.4 | 75.6 | 77.2 Men ................... |75.9 | 55.6 | 74.4 | 78.9 | 85.3 | 84.4 |73.1 | 52.0 | 71.3 | 76.2 | 82.7 | 82.5 Women ..................|59.7 | 32.7 | 55.8 | 65.8 | 72.3 | 73.3 |57.5 | 30.0 | 53.5 | 63.4 | 70.3 | 71.6 White, non-Hispanic ....|66.8 | 36.5 | 62.5 | 69.9 | 77.3 | 78.5 |64.8 | 34.4 | 60.3 | 67.7 | 75.4 | 76.9 Black\5\................|68.2 | 40.0 | 69.2 | 78.0 | 80.9 | 83.7 |63.9 | 35.2 | 64.0 | 74.0 | 76.9 | 81.5 Hispanic\6\ ............|69.7 | 59.4 | 73.9 | 80.2 | 81.2 | 82.1 |66.0 | 54.9 | 70.7 | 77.2 | 78.2 | 79.2 ________________________|_____|______|______|________|_______|_________|_____|______|______|________|_______|__________ |
---Not available. \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\Includes persons of Hispanic origin. \6\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 2002.) |