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| Table 381. | Labor force participation rates and employment to population ratios of persons 16 to 64 years old, by highest level of education, age, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2007 |
| Age, sex, and race/ethnicity | Labor force participation rate1 | Employment to population ratio2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Less than high school completion3 |
High school completion | College | Total | Less than high school completion3 |
High school completion | College | |||||||||||||||||
| Some college, no degree |
Associate's degree | Bachelor's or higher degree | Some college, no degree |
Associate's degree | Bachelor's or higher degree | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 16 to 19 years old4 | 41.3 | (0.38) | 33.2 | (0.44) | 60.9 | (0.88) | 54.3 | (1.04) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 34.8 | (0.37) | 27.2 | (0.42) | 51.4 | (0.90) | 49.7 | (1.04) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Male | 41.1 | (0.53) | 33.3 | (0.61) | 63.3 | (1.22) | 51.5 | (1.58) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 33.9 | (0.51) | 26.7 | (0.57) | 52.1 | (1.26) | 46.6 | (1.57) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Female | 41.5 | (0.54) | 33.1 | (0.64) | 58.4 | (1.27) | 56.5 | (1.38) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 35.8 | (0.53) | 27.6 | (0.60) | 50.7 | (1.29) | 52.2 | (1.39) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| White | 46.4 | (0.49) | 38.6 | (0.59) | 64.4 | (1.09) | 58.0 | (1.26) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 40.4 | (0.48) | 32.7 | (0.57) | 56.4 | (1.13) | 53.7 | (1.27) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Black | 29.9 | (0.90) | 22.1 | (0.96) | 54.3 | (2.29) | 41.0 | (3.09) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 21.0 | (0.80) | 14.9 | (0.82) | 38.4 | (2.23) | 33.9 | (2.97) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Hispanic | 37.1 | (0.83) | 28.6 | (0.92) | 57.9 | (2.00) | 57.5 | (2.63) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 30.4 | (0.79) | 22.6 | (0.85) | 47.9 | (2.02) | 52.5 | (2.66) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Asian | 24.3 | (1.76) | 17.7 | (2.01) | 36.5 | (5.32) | 32.5 | (3.89) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 21.4 | (1.68) | 14.9 | (1.88) | 32.5 | (5.18) | 30.2 | (3.81) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 20 to 24 years old4 | 74.4 | (0.35) | 67.3 | (1.08) | 77.9 | (0.61) | 69.4 | (0.61) | 81.5 | (1.19) | 83.9 | (0.82) | 68.4 | (0.38) | 57.0 | (1.14) | 70.0 | (0.68) | 65.2 | (0.63) | 77.9 | (1.27) | 79.4 | (0.90) |
| Male | 78.7 | (0.46) | 79.5 | (1.21) | 85.5 | (0.69) | 69.6 | (0.86) | 83.0 | (1.69) | 84.3 | (1.24) | 71.7 | (0.51) | 68.5 | (1.39) | 76.7 | (0.83) | 64.8 | (0.89) | 79.0 | (1.83) | 78.9 | (1.39) |
| Female | 70.1 | (0.50) | 51.1 | (1.67) | 68.6 | (0.97) | 69.1 | (0.81) | 80.2 | (1.57) | 83.6 | (1.03) | 65.0 | (0.52) | 41.7 | (1.64) | 61.9 | (1.01) | 65.4 | (0.84) | 77.0 | (1.66) | 79.7 | (1.12) |
| White | 76.8 | (0.43) | 67.3 | (1.77) | 81.1 | (0.77) | 70.3 | (0.73) | 86.3 | (1.27) | 85.5 | (0.91) | 71.5 | (0.47) | 55.9 | (1.88) | 74.1 | (0.86) | 66.5 | (0.76) | 83.1 | (1.39) | 81.3 | (1.00) |
| Black | 68.3 | (1.08) | 58.1 | (3.15) | 70.5 | (1.71) | 67.6 | (1.83) | 67.8 | (4.78) | 78.0 | (3.44) | 57.8 | (1.15) | 39.9 | (3.13) | 57.7 | (1.85) | 60.9 | (1.91) | 62.7 | (4.94) | 71.6 | (3.75) |
| Hispanic | 74.8 | (0.86) | 72.1 | (1.59) | 76.8 | (1.41) | 72.2 | (1.79) | 78.2 | (3.53) | 86.9 | (3.06) | 69.0 | (0.91) | 65.3 | (1.69) | 70.6 | (1.52) | 67.5 | (1.87) | 73.8 | (3.76) | 82.4 | (3.45) |
| Asian | 59.5 | (1.72) | 47.2 | (7.32) | 65.9 | (4.17) | 52.0 | (2.63) | 57.8 | (6.08) | 71.9 | (3.11) | 56.2 | (1.74) | 38.9 | (7.15) | 63.2 | (4.24) | 49.4 | (2.63) | 56.2 | (6.11) | 67.5 | (3.24) |
| 25 to 64 years old | 79.1 | (0.12) | 63.6 | (0.41) | 76.3 | (0.22) | 79.7 | (0.28) | 83.8 | (0.35) | 85.7 | (0.18) | 76.2 | (0.12) | 59.0 | (0.42) | 72.9 | (0.23) | 76.7 | (0.29) | 81.3 | (0.37) | 84.0 | (0.19) |
| Male | 86.6 | (0.14) | 77.0 | (0.48) | 84.5 | (0.26) | 86.4 | (0.34) | 89.0 | (0.44) | 92.0 | (0.20) | 83.5 | (0.15) | 72.0 | (0.52) | 80.7 | (0.29) | 83.3 | (0.37) | 86.4 | (0.48) | 90.2 | (0.22) |
| Female | 71.8 | (0.17) | 48.3 | (0.60) | 67.9 | (0.33) | 73.7 | (0.40) | 79.7 | (0.48) | 79.7 | (0.28) | 69.2 | (0.18) | 44.2 | (0.59) | 65.0 | (0.34) | 70.7 | (0.42) | 77.3 | (0.50) | 78.0 | (0.29) |
| White | 80.0 | (0.14) | 58.5 | (0.69) | 76.7 | (0.27) | 79.5 | (0.33) | 84.2 | (0.40) | 85.8 | (0.21) | 77.6 | (0.15) | 54.0 | (0.70) | 73.8 | (0.28) | 76.9 | (0.35) | 82.1 | (0.42) | 84.2 | (0.22) |
| Black | 75.7 | (0.39) | 53.4 | (1.27) | 72.4 | (0.67) | 79.5 | (0.81) | 82.7 | (1.13) | 88.1 | (0.64) | 71.0 | (0.41) | 46.4 | (1.27) | 67.0 | (0.71) | 74.9 | (0.87) | 78.7 | (1.22) | 85.6 | (0.70) |
| Hispanic | 77.9 | (0.33) | 71.3 | (0.59) | 79.2 | (0.59) | 82.2 | (0.83) | 84.2 | (1.16) | 86.0 | (0.75) | 74.4 | (0.35) | 67.0 | (0.62) | 75.7 | (0.63) | 78.6 | (0.89) | 81.3 | (1.24) | 84.0 | (0.79) |
| Asian | 78.2 | (0.49) | 61.8 | (1.97) | 73.7 | (1.19) | 79.2 | (1.52) | 78.4 | (1.86) | 82.1 | (0.61) | 76.0 | (0.50) | 59.9 | (1.98) | 71.3 | (1.22) | 76.3 | (1.59) | 75.2 | (1.95) | 80.2 | (0.63) |
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† Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 1 Percentage of the civilian population who are employed or seeking employment. 2 Number of persons employed as a percentage of the civilian population. 3 Includes persons reporting no school years completed. 4 Excludes persons enrolled in school. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, unpublished 2007 annual average data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). (This table was prepared August 2008.) |
