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| Table 374. | 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: 2005 |
| Age, sex, and race/ethnicity | Labor force participation rate1 | Employment/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 | 43.7 | (0.39) | 35.4 | (0.45) | 63.6 | (0.89) | 58.2 | (1.04) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 36.5 | (0.38) | 28.5 | (0.43) | 53.6 | (0.93) | 52.9 | (1.05) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Male | 43.2 | (0.54) | 35.2 | (0.62) | 65.9 | (1.26) | 57.1 | (1.57) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 35.1 | (0.52) | 27.5 | (0.58) | 54.7 | (1.33) | 51.3 | (1.59) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Female | 44.2 | (0.55) | 35.7 | (0.66) | 61.3 | (1.26) | 59.1 | (1.39) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 37.8 | (0.54) | 29.5 | (0.63) | 52.6 | (1.30) | 54.2 | (1.41) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| White | 48.7 | (0.50) | 40.6 | (0.60) | 67.0 | (1.10) | 61.8 | (1.23) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 42.2 | (0.49) | 34.1 | (0.58) | 58.4 | (1.15) | 57.2 | (1.26) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Black | 32.3 | (0.95) | 24.3 | (1.03) | 53.6 | (2.37) | 49.4 | (3.21) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 21.3 | (0.83) | 14.5 | (0.84) | 37.5 | (2.30) | 39.0 | (3.13) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| Hispanic | 38.6 | (0.87) | 29.9 | (0.96) | 63.2 | (2.10) | 57.8 | (2.76) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | 31.5 | (0.83) | 23.4 | (0.89) | 52.8 | (2.18) | 51.9 | (2.79) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) |
| 20 to 24 years old4 | 74.6 | (0.35) | 66.2 | (1.02) | 78.4 | (0.60) | 70.4 | (0.61) | 82.1 | (1.22) | 83.8 | (0.87) | 68.0 | (0.38) | 55.4 | (1.08) | 70.0 | (0.67) | 65.8 | (0.63) | 77.1 | (1.33) | 79.6 | (0.95) |
| Male | 79.1 | (0.46) | 79.3 | (1.15) | 85.3 | (0.69) | 70.5 | (0.86) | 85.1 | (1.67) | 85.4 | (1.29) | 71.5 | (0.51) | 67.8 | (1.33) | 75.9 | (0.83) | 65.2 | (0.90) | 79.9 | (1.88) | 80.5 | (1.44) |
| Female | 70.1 | (0.50) | 49.2 | (1.56) | 69.9 | (0.96) | 70.3 | (0.81) | 79.8 | (1.62) | 82.8 | (1.10) | 64.5 | (0.52) | 39.5 | (1.53) | 62.8 | (1.01) | 66.4 | (0.83) | 74.8 | (1.75) | 79.1 | (1.18) |
| White | 77.3 | (0.43) | 67.2 | (1.69) | 80.8 | (0.75) | 72.4 | (0.73) | 84.6 | (1.37) | 85.9 | (0.94) | 71.9 | (0.46) | 56.0 | (1.79) | 73.8 | (0.84) | 68.5 | (0.75) | 80.7 | (1.50) | 82.0 | (1.03) |
| Black | 68.9 | (1.09) | 56.6 | (2.81) | 73.0 | (1.74) | 67.2 | (1.85) | 74.5 | (4.60) | 84.0 | (3.35) | 56.1 | (1.17) | 36.5 | (2.73) | 57.2 | (1.94) | 59.7 | (1.94) | 63.4 | (5.09) | 76.8 | (3.86) |
| Hispanic | 72.7 | (0.88) | 69.7 | (1.56) | 76.3 | (1.45) | 70.0 | (1.84) | 77.7 | (3.79) | 77.1 | (4.18) | 66.4 | (0.93) | 63.0 | (1.63) | 69.8 | (1.56) | 64.3 | (1.93) | 71.6 | (4.10) | 74.1 | (4.36) |
| 25 to 64 years old | 78.9 | (0.12) | 63.0 | (0.41) | 76.4 | (0.22) | 79.8 | (0.28) | 84.0 | (0.35) | 85.7 | (0.19) | 75.7 | (0.13) | 58.1 | (0.42) | 72.8 | (0.24) | 76.5 | (0.30) | 81.3 | (0.37) | 83.8 | (0.20) |
| Male | 86.4 | (0.14) | 75.8 | (0.49) | 84.7 | (0.26) | 86.9 | (0.34) | 89.4 | (0.44) | 91.8 | (0.21) | 83.1 | (0.15) | 70.9 | (0.52) | 80.7 | (0.29) | 83.5 | (0.38) | 86.5 | (0.48) | 89.7 | (0.23) |
| Female | 71.6 | (0.18) | 48.7 | (0.58) | 68.1 | (0.33) | 73.5 | (0.41) | 79.8 | (0.49) | 79.9 | (0.29) | 68.6 | (0.18) | 43.8 | (0.58) | 64.8 | (0.34) | 70.2 | (0.42) | 77.1 | (0.51) | 78.0 | (0.30) |
| White | 79.9 | (0.14) | 58.3 | (0.66) | 76.7 | (0.27) | 79.9 | (0.33) | 84.5 | (0.40) | 86.0 | (0.21) | 77.3 | (0.15) | 53.9 | (0.67) | 73.6 | (0.28) | 77.1 | (0.35) | 82.0 | (0.42) | 84.2 | (0.22) |
| Black | 75.9 | (0.39) | 55.3 | (1.22) | 74.6 | (0.66) | 78.9 | (0.84) | 82.8 | (1.17) | 87.2 | (0.70) | 70.2 | (0.42) | 47.0 | (1.23) | 68.1 | (0.70) | 72.8 | (0.91) | 78.6 | (1.27) | 84.3 | (0.76) |
| Hispanic | 77.0 | (0.35) | 70.2 | (0.61) | 78.6 | (0.63) | 82.0 | (0.86) | 83.1 | (1.27) | 85.8 | (0.81) | 73.3 | (0.37) | 65.8 | (0.63) | 75.0 | (0.67) | 78.7 | (0.92) | 79.8 | (1.36) | 83.4 | (0.87) |
| †Not applicable. ‡ Reporting standards not met. 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. NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic origin. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, unpublished 2005 annual average data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). (This table was prepared July 2006.) |
