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| Table 375. | Labor force participation of persons 16 years old and over, by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and highest level of education: 1996 |
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| Labor force participation rate\1\ | Employment/population ratio\2\
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Age, sex, and | | | | College | | | | College
race/ethnicity | | Less than | |____________________________| | Less than | |____________________________
|Total | high | High | Some |Associ-|Bachelor's|Total | high | High | Some |Associ-|Bachelor's
| | school | school |college, | ate |degree or | | school | school |college, | ate |degree or
| |graduate\3\|graduate|no degree|degree | higher | |graduate\3\|graduate|no degree|degree | higher
_________________________|______|___________|________|_________|_______|__________|______|___________|________|_________|_______|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
_________________________|______|___________|________|_________|_______|__________|______|___________|________|_________|_______|__________
16 to 19 years old\4\ .| 52.3 | 45.8 | 69.2 | 62.1 | 67.1 | 69.7 | 43.5 | 36.7 | 58.9 | 57.0 | 57.8 | 67.9
Men .................... | 53.2 | 46.9 | 73.1 | 61.2 | 63.7 | 69.7 | 43.6 | 37.0 | 62.0 | 55.4 | 59.3 | 67.0
Women .................. | 51.3 | 44.4 | 65.6 | 62.7 | 68.8 | 69.7 | 43.5 | 36.4 | 55.9 | 58.2 | 57.1 | 69.7
White\5\ ............... | 55.9 | 49.5 | 71.7 | 65.5 | 70.5 | 73.5 | 47.9 | 41.1 | 62.9 | 60.9 | 60.4 | 71.4
Black\5\................ | 39.2 | 32.9 | 59.8 | (\6\)| (\6\)| (\6\)| 26.0 | 20.5 | 40.9 | (\6\)| (\6\)| (\6\)
Hispanic\7\..............| 43.4 | 37.2 | 64.6 | (\6\)| (\6\)| (\6\)| 33.1 | 27.5 | 51.3 | (\6\)| (\6\)| (\6\)
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20 to 24 years old\4\ .| 76.8 | 62.8 | 82.2 | 73.9 | 84.8 | 85.9 | 69.7 | 50.7 | 73.3 | 68.9 | 81.0 | 81.5
Men .................... | 82.5 | 81.0 | 89.9 | 75.0 | 88.2 | 85.0 | 74.7 | 67.8 | 80.3 | 69.7 | 84.4 | 79.8
Women .................. | 71.3 | 43.5 | 73.7 | 72.8 | 82.2 | 86.5 | 64.9 | 32.5 | 65.6 | 68.2 | 78.2 | 82.4
White\5\ ............... | 79.1 | 65.8 | 84.1 | 76.1 | 86.5 | 87.4 | 73.0 | 55.3 | 76.6 | 71.7 | 83.0 | 82.9
Black\5\ .............. | 69.0 | 51.0 | 75.9 | 68.1 | 76.4 | 84.5 | 56.0 | 31.6 | 60.8 | 59.2 | 68.8 | 79.4
Hispanic\7\ .............| 73.1 | 62.7 | 80.9 | 76.9 | 81.8 | 81.3 | 64.5 | 53.6 | 71.7 | 69.3 | 75.7 | 74.8
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25 and older ..........| 67.0 | 41.1 | 65.6 | 72.9 | 79.2 | 80.5 | 64.2 | 37.5 | 62.6 | 70.0 | 76.6 | 78.7
Men ................... | 76.2 | 54.0 | 76.6 | 80.5 | 86.7 | 85.1 | 73.1 | 49.8 | 73.0 | 77.4 | 84.0 | 83.3
Women .................. | 58.7 | 29.6 | 56.6 | 66.1 | 73.6 | 75.3 | 56.2 | 26.6 | 54.0 | 63.4 | 71.1 | 73.5
White\5\ ............... | 67.0 | 41.6 | 65.0 | 71.9 | 78.8 | 80.3 | 64.5 | 38.3 | 62.4 | 69.3 | 76.5 | 78.6
Black\5\ .............. | 66.6 | 37.6 | 70.2 | 79.2 | 83.0 | 84.0 | 61.5 | 32.8 | 63.8 | 73.9 | 78.4 | 81.4
Hispanic\7\ .............| 68.4 | 56.8 | 74.6 | 80.5 | 82.5 | 82.9 | 63.6 | 51.3 | 69.6 | 76.5 | 78.4 | 79.7
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\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\Sample size too small for stable estimates. \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 from the Current Population Survey. (This table was prepared April 1997.)
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