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| Table 427. | Labor force participation, employment, and unemployment of persons 25 to 64 years old, by sex, race/ethnicity, age group, and educational attainment: 2009, 2010, and 2011 |
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| Sex, race/ethnicity, age group, and educational attainment | Labor force participation | Employment | Unemployment | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Labor force participation rate1 | Number of participants (in thousands) | Employment to population ratio2 | Number employed (in thousands) | Unemployment rate3 | Number unemployed (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| All persons 25 to 64 years old, all education levels |
78.6 | (0.04) | 77.9 | (0.04) | 77.5 | (0.04) | 127,498 | (72.9) | 72.1 | (0.04) | 70.7 | (0.04) | 70.8 | (0.04) | 116,524 | (72.1) | 8.4 | (0.03) | 9.2 | (0.03) | 8.6 | (0.03) | 10,974 | (44.3) |
| Less than high school completion | 62.6 | (0.15) | 61.3 | (0.14) | 61.0 | (0.13) | 12,339 | (50.6) | 53.1 | (0.16) | 51.1 | (0.14) | 51.4 | (0.14) | 10,405 | (48.4) | 15.2 | (0.14) | 16.6 | (0.13) | 15.7 | (0.14) | 1,934 | (18.1) |
| High school completion4 | 75.1 | (0.08) | 74.1 | (0.08) | 73.6 | (0.09) | 32,642 | (77.2) | 67.1 | (0.09) | 65.4 | (0.09) | 65.5 | (0.10) | 29,076 | (74.2) | 10.6 | (0.06) | 11.7 | (0.08) | 10.9 | (0.09) | 3,566 | (29.9) |
| Some college, no degree | 79.9 | (0.08) | 78.9 | (0.08) | 78.3 | (0.10) | 28,288 | (70.2) | 72.7 | (0.09) | 71.0 | (0.09) | 70.7 | (0.11) | 25,556 | (65.7) | 9.0 | (0.06) | 10.0 | (0.07) | 9.7 | (0.07) | 2,732 | (20.2) |
| Associate's degree | 83.9 | (0.11) | 83.1 | (0.13) | 82.4 | (0.12) | 11,628 | (38.7) | 78.3 | (0.12) | 76.9 | (0.14) | 76.7 | (0.15) | 10,820 | (37.7) | 6.6 | (0.09) | 7.5 | (0.08) | 6.9 | (0.09) | 808 | (11.1) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 86.4 | (0.05) | 86.1 | (0.06) | 85.8 | (0.06) | 42,602 | (109.7) | 82.5 | (0.06) | 81.8 | (0.07) | 81.9 | (0.07) | 40,668 | (105.9) | 4.5 | (0.03) | 5.0 | (0.04) | 4.5 | (0.04) | 1,934 | (18.9) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Male, all education levels | 84.1 | (0.05) | 83.2 | (0.04) | 82.8 | (0.05) | 67,082 | (45.3) | 76.5 | (0.06) | 75.1 | (0.06) | 75.5 | (0.06) | 61,178 | (48.4) | 9.0 | (0.05) | 9.8 | (0.05) | 8.8 | (0.05) | 5,904 | (31.2) |
| Less than high school completion | 71.8 | (0.17) | 70.5 | (0.16) | 70.1 | (0.16) | 7,712 | (32.9) | 61.1 | (0.20) | 59.2 | (0.17) | 59.7 | (0.19) | 6,570 | (33.0) | 14.9 | (0.18) | 16.1 | (0.16) | 14.8 | (0.17) | 1,142 | (13.3) |
| High school completion4 | 81.0 | (0.09) | 80.0 | (0.11) | 79.3 | (0.11) | 18,482 | (53.5) | 71.7 | (0.11) | 69.8 | (0.12) | 70.3 | (0.13) | 16,392 | (52.9) | 11.5 | (0.09) | 12.7 | (0.10) | 11.3 | (0.11) | 2,090 | (20.2) |
| Some college, no degree | 84.8 | (0.09) | 83.7 | (0.10) | 83.0 | (0.13) | 14,352 | (50.8) | 76.8 | (0.12) | 75.1 | (0.15) | 75.1 | (0.15) | 12,985 | (49.2) | 9.4 | (0.10) | 10.2 | (0.11) | 9.5 | (0.11) | 1,368 | (15.8) |
| Associate's degree | 88.2 | (0.16) | 87.2 | (0.16) | 86.9 | (0.17) | 5,225 | (28.7) | 81.8 | (0.20) | 80.3 | (0.20) | 80.8 | (0.22) | 4,858 | (28.8) | 7.3 | (0.13) | 8.0 | (0.13) | 7.0 | (0.14) | 367 | (7.3) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 91.7 | (0.07) | 91.4 | (0.07) | 91.1 | (0.07) | 21,311 | (62.6) | 87.4 | (0.08) | 86.8 | (0.08) | 87.1 | (0.09) | 20,373 | (60.2) | 4.7 | (0.05) | 5.0 | (0.05) | 4.4 | (0.05) | 938 | (11.1) |
| Female, all education levels | 73.3 | (0.06) | 72.8 | (0.06) | 72.3 | (0.06) | 60,416 | (48.8) | 67.7 | (0.07) | 66.5 | (0.06) | 66.3 | (0.06) | 55,346 | (51.1) | 7.6 | (0.04) | 8.6 | (0.05) | 8.4 | (0.05) | 5,070 | (28.2) |
| Less than high school completion | 51.3 | (0.22) | 50.2 | (0.18) | 50.1 | (0.21) | 4,627 | (30.6) | 43.2 | (0.23) | 41.4 | (0.19) | 41.5 | (0.22) | 3,835 | (28.1) | 15.7 | (0.21) | 17.5 | (0.21) | 17.1 | (0.29) | 792 | (14.4) |
| High school completion4 | 68.6 | (0.14) | 67.8 | (0.11) | 67.2 | (0.14) | 14,160 | (47.9) | 62.1 | (0.15) | 60.7 | (0.12) | 60.2 | (0.15) | 12,683 | (44.4) | 9.4 | (0.10) | 10.5 | (0.10) | 10.4 | (0.11) | 1,477 | (16.8) |
| Some college, no degree | 75.4 | (0.12) | 74.6 | (0.11) | 73.9 | (0.12) | 13,936 | (49.2) | 68.9 | (0.13) | 67.3 | (0.11) | 66.7 | (0.13) | 12,571 | (47.8) | 8.6 | (0.09) | 9.8 | (0.09) | 9.8 | (0.09) | 1,365 | (13.5) |
| Associate's degree | 80.6 | (0.15) | 80.1 | (0.16) | 79.1 | (0.16) | 6,402 | (32.7) | 75.8 | (0.17) | 74.4 | (0.19) | 73.6 | (0.18) | 5,962 | (31.7) | 6.0 | (0.11) | 7.2 | (0.13) | 6.9 | (0.12) | 440 | (7.9) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 81.5 | (0.08) | 81.4 | (0.08) | 81.0 | (0.08) | 21,290 | (65.0) | 77.9 | (0.09) | 77.4 | (0.09) | 77.3 | (0.10) | 20,295 | (63.9) | 4.4 | (0.05) | 4.9 | (0.06) | 4.7 | (0.06) | 996 | (13.4) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White, all education levels | 79.6 | (0.05) | 78.9 | (0.05) | 78.5 | (0.05) | 83,985 | (51.9) | 73.9 | (0.05) | 72.7 | (0.05) | 72.8 | (0.05) | 77,880 | (55.3) | 7.2 | (0.04) | 7.9 | (0.04) | 7.3 | (0.04) | 6,105 | (30.9) |
| Less than high school completion | 57.3 | (0.25) | 55.3 | (0.22) | 55.2 | (0.24) | 3,968 | (24.9) | 47.8 | (0.25) | 45.1 | (0.23) | 45.5 | (0.25) | 3,270 | (22.3) | 16.6 | (0.23) | 18.3 | (0.22) | 17.6 | (0.24) | 698 | (10.7) |
| High school completion4 | 75.4 | (0.10) | 74.6 | (0.10) | 73.9 | (0.11) | 21,310 | (56.1) | 68.3 | (0.11) | 66.7 | (0.10) | 66.7 | (0.12) | 19,258 | (55.8) | 9.4 | (0.08) | 10.6 | (0.08) | 9.6 | (0.09) | 2,052 | (19.5) |
| Some college, no degree | 79.8 | (0.10) | 78.7 | (0.09) | 78.1 | (0.12) | 18,842 | (52.8) | 73.3 | (0.11) | 71.7 | (0.11) | 71.5 | (0.13) | 17,248 | (49.3) | 8.1 | (0.07) | 8.9 | (0.08) | 8.5 | (0.08) | 1,595 | (16.8) |
| Associate's degree | 84.1 | (0.12) | 83.5 | (0.15) | 82.7 | (0.13) | 8,372 | (34.2) | 79.0 | (0.15) | 78.0 | (0.17) | 77.8 | (0.16) | 7,868 | (33.5) | 6.0 | (0.09) | 6.6 | (0.10) | 6.0 | (0.10) | 504 | (8.4) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 86.3 | (0.06) | 86.2 | (0.06) | 85.8 | (0.07) | 31,494 | (77.1) | 82.8 | (0.06) | 82.3 | (0.06) | 82.4 | (0.07) | 30,237 | (76.3) | 4.1 | (0.04) | 4.5 | (0.04) | 4.0 | (0.04) | 1,257 | (12.3) |
| Black, all education levels | 74.3 | (0.14) | 73.5 | (0.12) | 73.1 | (0.14) | 14,494 | (30.6) | 64.4 | (0.16) | 62.6 | (0.12) | 62.5 | (0.14) | 12,404 | (30.6) | 13.3 | (0.13) | 14.8 | (0.12) | 14.4 | (0.13) | 2,089 | (20.4) |
| Less than high school completion | 49.5 | (0.40) | 48.7 | (0.39) | 48.1 | (0.44) | 1,344 | (16.6) | 37.4 | (0.37) | 35.2 | (0.36) | 35.2 | (0.37) | 984 | (13.3) | 24.4 | (0.55) | 27.7 | (0.47) | 26.7 | (0.43) | 359 | (7.3) |
| High school completion4 | 70.8 | (0.23) | 69.6 | (0.25) | 69.0 | (0.26) | 4,326 | (29.3) | 59.7 | (0.26) | 57.2 | (0.23) | 57.1 | (0.28) | 3,584 | (25.4) | 15.8 | (0.25) | 17.8 | (0.25) | 17.2 | (0.28) | 742 | (13.9) |
| Some college, no degree | 79.0 | (0.23) | 78.2 | (0.25) | 77.1 | (0.24) | 4,077 | (27.8) | 68.7 | (0.27) | 66.9 | (0.28) | 65.8 | (0.27) | 3,482 | (25.4) | 13.1 | (0.21) | 14.5 | (0.23) | 14.6 | (0.22) | 594 | (9.8) |
| Associate's degree | 83.9 | (0.38) | 82.1 | (0.36) | 82.0 | (0.46) | 1,303 | (13.1) | 76.0 | (0.49) | 73.0 | (0.42) | 73.0 | (0.51) | 1,160 | (12.7) | 9.4 | (0.36) | 11.1 | (0.35) | 11.0 | (0.39) | 143 | (5.2) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 89.2 | (0.21) | 88.9 | (0.18) | 88.5 | (0.24) | 3,444 | (24.8) | 83.4 | (0.24) | 82.2 | (0.20) | 82.1 | (0.32) | 3,194 | (25.3) | 6.6 | (0.15) | 7.4 | (0.15) | 7.3 | (0.22) | 250 | (7.5) |
| Hispanic, all education levels | 78.3 | (0.10) | 77.3 | (0.11) | 77.1 | (0.10) | 19,373 | (30.6) | 70.4 | (0.13) | 68.9 | (0.12) | 69.2 | (0.12) | 17,409 | (32.4) | 10.1 | (0.10) | 10.9 | (0.09) | 10.1 | (0.10) | 1,964 | (19.0) |
| Less than high school completion | 71.7 | (0.21) | 70.6 | (0.19) | 70.0 | (0.18) | 6,133 | (37.4) | 62.9 | (0.24) | 61.2 | (0.21) | 61.4 | (0.20) | 5,377 | (35.8) | 12.3 | (0.19) | 13.3 | (0.17) | 12.3 | (0.19) | 756 | (11.8) |
| High school completion4 | 78.3 | (0.24) | 77.1 | (0.20) | 77.1 | (0.23) | 5,335 | (27.3) | 69.8 | (0.24) | 68.4 | (0.24) | 68.7 | (0.27) | 4,754 | (28.5) | 10.8 | (0.18) | 11.3 | (0.19) | 10.9 | (0.19) | 582 | (9.7) |
| Some college, no degree | 82.7 | (0.25) | 81.8 | (0.20) | 81.4 | (0.26) | 3,694 | (28.9) | 75.2 | (0.28) | 73.3 | (0.25) | 73.5 | (0.31) | 3,335 | (27.9) | 9.2 | (0.19) | 10.3 | (0.22) | 9.7 | (0.23) | 359 | (8.9) |
| Associate's degree | 84.7 | (0.39) | 84.2 | (0.36) | 83.1 | (0.41) | 1,198 | (15.0) | 78.4 | (0.48) | 76.3 | (0.47) | 76.3 | (0.46) | 1,099 | (14.1) | 7.4 | (0.32) | 9.4 | (0.36) | 8.2 | (0.36) | 98 | (4.6) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 87.9 | (0.23) | 86.8 | (0.26) | 86.7 | (0.21) | 3,013 | (28.3) | 82.7 | (0.26) | 81.2 | (0.31) | 81.8 | (0.26) | 2,844 | (27.2) | 5.9 | (0.18) | 6.4 | (0.20) | 5.6 | (0.20) | 169 | (6.3) |
| Asian, all education levels | 79.4 | (0.14) | 79.0 | (0.15) | 78.7 | (0.18) | 6,836 | (21.3) | 74.0 | (0.17) | 73.1 | (0.17) | 73.3 | (0.18) | 6,361 | (20.6) | 6.8 | (0.11) | 7.5 | (0.13) | 6.9 | (0.12) | 475 | (8.3) |
| Less than high school completion | 66.4 | (0.62) | 65.7 | (0.48) | 64.4 | (0.59) | 666 | (11.1) | 59.6 | (0.70) | 58.0 | (0.57) | 57.7 | (0.62) | 596 | (10.5) | 10.2 | (0.56) | 11.8 | (0.54) | 10.4 | (0.47) | 69 | (3.3) |
| High school completion4 | 75.2 | (0.46) | 74.6 | (0.48) | 75.1 | (0.49) | 949 | (15.0) | 68.6 | (0.51) | 67.3 | (0.49) | 68.1 | (0.56) | 860 | (14.6) | 8.8 | (0.35) | 9.8 | (0.38) | 9.4 | (0.45) | 89 | (4.4) |
| Some college, no degree | 78.4 | (0.45) | 79.0 | (0.52) | 78.7 | (0.52) | 903 | (12.9) | 71.7 | (0.54) | 71.7 | (0.47) | 71.5 | (0.55) | 820 | (12.1) | 8.5 | (0.38) | 9.1 | (0.34) | 9.2 | (0.36) | 83 | (3.5) |
| Associate's degree | 79.8 | (0.68) | 80.5 | (0.64) | 79.1 | (0.66) | 471 | (9.3) | 74.6 | (0.69) | 74.4 | (0.70) | 73.4 | (0.73) | 437 | (8.8) | 6.5 | (0.41) | 7.7 | (0.44) | 7.2 | (0.41) | 34 | (2.1) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 83.6 | (0.24) | 83.0 | (0.21) | 82.8 | (0.23) | 3,847 | (23.4) | 79.2 | (0.27) | 78.3 | (0.23) | 78.5 | (0.24) | 3,648 | (23.6) | 5.3 | (0.13) | 5.7 | (0.14) | 5.2 | (0.16) | 200 | (6.0) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native, all | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| education levels | 68.8 | (0.52) | 67.0 | (0.63) | 66.6 | (0.62) | 714 | (10.3) | 60.0 | (0.60) | 56.8 | (0.61) | 57.0 | (0.65) | 611 | (9.8) | 12.7 | (0.43) | 15.2 | (0.46) | 14.5 | (0.50) | 103 | (3.8) |
| Less than high school completion | 47.3 | (1.62) | 46.9 | (1.54) | 44.9 | (1.46) | 74 | (3.5) | 36.4 | (1.61) | 35.1 | (1.36) | 32.7 | (1.41) | 54 | (2.9) | 23.1 | (2.11) | 25.3 | (1.74) | 27.2 | (2.22) | 20 | (2.0) |
| High school completion4 | 67.2 | (0.93) | 64.4 | (1.06) | 63.1 | (1.08) | 222 | (5.7) | 57.0 | (1.03) | 52.4 | (1.08) | 52.4 | (1.08) | 184 | (5.5) | 15.2 | (0.84) | 18.7 | (0.92) | 17.0 | (0.91) | 38 | (2.1) |
| Some college, no degree | 72.6 | (0.85) | 71.0 | (0.88) | 71.9 | (1.01) | 218 | (5.9) | 63.6 | (1.02) | 61.0 | (0.84) | 61.8 | (1.12) | 188 | (5.6) | 12.4 | (0.84) | 14.1 | (0.87) | 14.1 | (0.78) | 31 | (1.7) |
| Associate's degree | 80.3 | (1.54) | 75.5 | (1.78) | 74.1 | (1.70) | 71 | (2.6) | 73.4 | (1.78) | 66.3 | (1.87) | 67.3 | (1.95) | 65 | (2.7) | 8.5 | (1.07) | 12.1 | (1.46) | 9.2 | (1.23) | 7 | (0.9) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 82.6 | (1.24) | 83.5 | (1.19) | 82.5 | (0.93) | 128 | (4.4) | 79.1 | (1.21) | 78.5 | (1.36) | 77.3 | (1.11) | 120 | (4.1) | 4.1 | (0.52) | 6.0 | (0.73) | 6.3 | (0.77) | 8 | (1.1) |
| Age group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 to 34, all education levels | 82.9 | (0.07) | 82.1 | (0.09) | 81.8 | (0.08) | 33,635 | (42.8) | 74.5 | (0.09) | 73.1 | (0.11) | 73.2 | (0.08) | 30,084 | (41.9) | 10.2 | (0.08) | 11.0 | (0.08) | 10.6 | (0.08) | 3,551 | (27.0) |
| Less than high school completion | 67.8 | (0.28) | 66.8 | (0.29) | 66.0 | (0.31) | 3,321 | (25.2) | 55.0 | (0.27) | 53.4 | (0.28) | 53.2 | (0.32) | 2,674 | (23.7) | 18.8 | (0.28) | 20.1 | (0.28) | 19.5 | (0.28) | 648 | (9.9) |
| High school completion4 | 79.6 | (0.13) | 78.5 | (0.16) | 78.1 | (0.19) | 7,795 | (35.7) | 68.4 | (0.18) | 66.3 | (0.20) | 66.8 | (0.20) | 6,668 | (30.4) | 14.1 | (0.16) | 15.5 | (0.17) | 14.5 | (0.20) | 1,127 | (17.6) |
| Some college, no degree | 83.8 | (0.15) | 82.8 | (0.16) | 82.2 | (0.17) | 7,856 | (36.9) | 74.5 | (0.16) | 72.9 | (0.18) | 72.1 | (0.20) | 6,892 | (34.7) | 11.1 | (0.13) | 12.0 | (0.17) | 12.3 | (0.17) | 964 | (14.0) |
| Associate's degree | 87.9 | (0.18) | 87.4 | (0.24) | 86.3 | (0.25) | 3,025 | (24.4) | 81.6 | (0.24) | 80.3 | (0.28) | 79.4 | (0.28) | 2,784 | (25.1) | 7.2 | (0.16) | 8.1 | (0.20) | 8.0 | (0.20) | 241 | (5.9) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 90.0 | (0.11) | 89.5 | (0.11) | 89.3 | (0.11) | 11,638 | (51.5) | 85.7 | (0.12) | 84.9 | (0.14) | 84.9 | (0.13) | 11,067 | (49.5) | 4.7 | (0.07) | 5.1 | (0.09) | 4.9 | (0.10) | 571 | (12.0) |
| 35 to 44, all education levels | 83.3 | (0.07) | 82.7 | (0.06) | 82.5 | (0.08) | 33,647 | (41.9) | 76.6 | (0.08) | 75.3 | (0.07) | 75.7 | (0.09) | 30,879 | (44.0) | 8.1 | (0.06) | 9.0 | (0.07) | 8.2 | (0.07) | 2,768 | (24.3) |
| Less than high school completion | 69.9 | (0.22) | 68.1 | (0.23) | 68.5 | (0.29) | 3,534 | (28.2) | 59.7 | (0.24) | 57.1 | (0.30) | 58.2 | (0.29) | 3,001 | (25.0) | 14.6 | (0.25) | 16.1 | (0.29) | 15.1 | (0.27) | 533 | (10.6) |
| High school completion4 | 80.9 | (0.15) | 79.7 | (0.16) | 79.3 | (0.18) | 8,225 | (41.7) | 72.2 | (0.18) | 70.2 | (0.17) | 70.4 | (0.20) | 7,306 | (38.5) | 10.7 | (0.16) | 12.0 | (0.15) | 11.2 | (0.15) | 919 | (13.4) |
| Some college, no degree | 84.5 | (0.15) | 84.1 | (0.15) | 83.6 | (0.15) | 7,256 | (33.1) | 77.2 | (0.18) | 75.9 | (0.17) | 76.0 | (0.19) | 6,591 | (32.5) | 8.6 | (0.13) | 9.7 | (0.13) | 9.2 | (0.15) | 665 | (11.3) |
| Associate's degree | 87.6 | (0.21) | 87.0 | (0.22) | 86.9 | (0.23) | 3,101 | (23.9) | 82.1 | (0.27) | 80.7 | (0.24) | 81.1 | (0.27) | 2,893 | (22.5) | 6.3 | (0.20) | 7.3 | (0.18) | 6.7 | (0.19) | 208 | (6.2) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 89.0 | (0.10) | 88.9 | (0.09) | 88.7 | (0.10) | 11,531 | (42.6) | 85.3 | (0.12) | 85.0 | (0.12) | 85.3 | (0.12) | 11,089 | (44.0) | 4.1 | (0.07) | 4.4 | (0.08) | 3.8 | (0.08) | 442 | (8.9) |
| 45 to 54, all education levels | 81.3 | (0.06) | 80.9 | (0.07) | 80.4 | (0.07) | 35,850 | (42.6) | 75.1 | (0.06) | 74.0 | (0.08) | 74.0 | (0.08) | 33,016 | (46.1) | 7.7 | (0.04) | 8.5 | (0.05) | 7.9 | (0.06) | 2,834 | (23.1) |
| Less than high school completion | 63.4 | (0.26) | 62.8 | (0.25) | 62.1 | (0.26) | 3,417 | (22.4) | 54.3 | (0.26) | 53.1 | (0.27) | 53.2 | (0.29) | 2,926 | (21.9) | 14.3 | (0.20) | 15.5 | (0.25) | 14.4 | (0.25) | 491 | (8.9) |
| High school completion4 | 78.4 | (0.14) | 78.1 | (0.14) | 77.4 | (0.14) | 10,204 | (35.1) | 71.2 | (0.14) | 70.1 | (0.14) | 69.9 | (0.15) | 9,211 | (33.6) | 9.2 | (0.11) | 10.2 | (0.12) | 9.7 | (0.13) | 993 | (14.3) |
| Some college, no degree | 82.7 | (0.13) | 81.9 | (0.15) | 81.4 | (0.17) | 7,784 | (36.6) | 76.0 | (0.15) | 74.5 | (0.17) | 74.6 | (0.18) | 7,134 | (34.1) | 8.1 | (0.10) | 9.0 | (0.13) | 8.4 | (0.11) | 650 | (9.6) |
| Associate's degree | 86.1 | (0.21) | 85.7 | (0.21) | 85.4 | (0.21) | 3,368 | (19.5) | 80.6 | (0.22) | 79.6 | (0.23) | 79.9 | (0.26) | 3,152 | (19.3) | 6.3 | (0.16) | 7.1 | (0.15) | 6.4 | (0.16) | 216 | (5.3) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 89.7 | (0.07) | 89.6 | (0.11) | 89.3 | (0.10) | 11,078 | (46.4) | 85.8 | (0.09) | 85.2 | (0.12) | 85.4 | (0.11) | 10,594 | (45.7) | 4.4 | (0.07) | 4.8 | (0.07) | 4.4 | (0.07) | 484 | (8.3) |
| 55 to 64, all education levels | 64.6 | (0.09) | 64.3 | (0.09) | 64.0 | (0.09) | 24,366 | (35.0) | 60.1 | (0.10) | 59.1 | (0.08) | 59.3 | (0.09) | 22,545 | (34.1) | 7.1 | (0.06) | 8.2 | (0.07) | 7.5 | (0.06) | 1,821 | (15.6) |
| Less than high school completion | 46.1 | (0.28) | 45.1 | (0.25) | 45.4 | (0.28) | 2,067 | (18.3) | 40.9 | (0.30) | 39.1 | (0.26) | 39.7 | (0.29) | 1,805 | (16.9) | 11.3 | (0.25) | 13.3 | (0.31) | 12.7 | (0.30) | 262 | (6.7) |
| High school completion4 | 59.5 | (0.19) | 59.2 | (0.16) | 59.2 | (0.16) | 6,418 | (27.7) | 54.8 | (0.18) | 53.7 | (0.16) | 54.3 | (0.16) | 5,891 | (26.0) | 7.9 | (0.12) | 9.2 | (0.13) | 8.2 | (0.14) | 527 | (9.8) |
| Some college, no degree | 66.0 | (0.20) | 65.0 | (0.18) | 64.7 | (0.23) | 5,393 | (27.7) | 60.8 | (0.21) | 59.1 | (0.18) | 59.2 | (0.22) | 4,939 | (26.1) | 7.8 | (0.13) | 9.1 | (0.13) | 8.4 | (0.14) | 453 | (8.3) |
| Associate's degree | 70.7 | (0.29) | 70.2 | (0.28) | 69.1 | (0.29) | 2,134 | (18.9) | 65.9 | (0.31) | 64.7 | (0.27) | 64.4 | (0.32) | 1,991 | (18.5) | 6.7 | (0.18) | 7.8 | (0.19) | 6.7 | (0.20) | 143 | (4.3) |
| Bachelor's or higher degree | 74.8 | (0.16) | 74.9 | (0.14) | 74.4 | (0.14) | 8,354 | (30.3) | 71.0 | (0.17) | 70.7 | (0.13) | 70.5 | (0.15) | 7,918 | (31.3) | 5.0 | (0.08) | 5.7 | (0.10) | 5.2 | (0.08) | 436 | (6.7) |
| 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 The percentage of persons in the civilian labor force who are not working and who made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the prior 4 weeks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Includes equivalency credentials, such as the General Educational Development (GED) credential. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Standard errors were computed using replicate weights. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2009, 2010, and 2011, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared November 2012.) |
