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Table 501.20. Labor force participation, employment, and unemployment of persons 16 to 24 years old who are not enrolled in school, by age group, sex, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment: 2014, 2015, and 2016
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Age group, sex, race/ethnicity, 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)
2014 2015 2016 2016 2014 2015 2016 2016 2014 2015 2016 2016
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
16 to 19 years old                                                                
All persons, all education levels 65.0 (0.39) 64.8 (0.39) 65.6   (0.41) 1,564   (16.6) 48.2 (0.43) 50.2 (0.45) 51.8   (0.44) 1,235   (13.9) 25.8   (0.46) 22.6   (0.44) 21.0   (0.42) 329   (7.7)
Less than high school completion 49.3 (0.86) 47.4 (0.81) 48.5   (0.81) 335   (8.0) 32.0 (0.73) 32.9 (0.77) 33.2   (0.73) 230   (6.5) 35.0   (1.06) 30.6   (0.98) 31.4   (1.08) 105   (4.4)
High school completion4 70.6 (0.53) 71.4 (0.46) 71.9   (0.50) 1,007   (13.3) 53.4 (0.58) 55.9 (0.56) 58.3   (0.56) 817   (11.2) 24.5   (0.54) 21.7   (0.60) 18.9   (0.53) 191   (6.2)
At least some college 74.3 (1.00) 73.4 (1.19) 76.4   (1.04) 221   (6.7) 61.0 (1.11) 62.3 (1.22) 65.0   (1.17) 188   (5.7) 17.8   (1.15) 15.1   (0.94) 14.9   (1.00) 33   (2.6)
                                                                 
Male, all education levels 66.9 (0.48) 66.6 (0.56) 66.5   (0.50) 895   (10.8) 49.4 (0.52) 51.3 (0.61) 52.4   (0.54) 705   (9.7) 26.1   (0.56) 23.0   (0.56) 21.2   (0.52) 190   (5.3)
Less than high school completion 51.5 (1.11) 50.4 (1.05) 49.9   (0.99) 203   (6.0) 34.0 (0.90) 35.2 (0.93) 34.8   (0.98) 141   (5.0) 33.9   (1.24) 30.1   (1.24) 30.2   (1.45) 61   (3.5)
High school completion4 73.1 (0.64) 73.3 (0.69) 73.2   (0.66) 581   (9.4) 55.1 (0.71) 57.4 (0.77) 59.2   (0.75) 470   (8.4) 24.6   (0.68) 21.7   (0.70) 19.1   (0.67) 111   (4.3)
At least some college 75.4 (1.51) 73.9 (1.67) 76.1   (1.54) 112   (4.3) 61.2 (1.70) 61.5 (1.93) 63.8   (1.67) 94   (3.9) 18.8   (1.61) 16.7   (1.66) 16.1   (1.56) 18   (1.9)
                                                                 
Female, all education levels 62.7 (0.62) 62.5 (0.52) 64.6   (0.65) 669   (11.2) 46.7 (0.69) 48.7 (0.58) 51.2   (0.66) 530   (10.1) 25.5   (0.78) 22.1   (0.64) 20.8   (0.69) 139   (5.1)
Less than high school completion 46.0 (1.31) 43.2 (1.23) 46.5   (1.37) 133   (5.0) 29.0 (1.11) 29.7 (1.19) 31.0   (1.16) 89   (3.9) 36.8   (1.86) 31.4   (1.42) 33.3   (1.74) 44   (2.9)
High school completion4 67.6 (0.85) 69.0 (0.70) 70.2   (0.83) 426   (7.9) 51.2 (0.95) 54.0 (0.81) 57.1   (0.93) 347   (7.6) 24.3   (0.93) 21.7   (0.83) 18.7   (0.86) 80   (3.9)
At least some college 73.2 (1.36) 72.9 (1.62) 76.7   (1.49) 110   (4.5) 60.8 (1.39) 63.1 (1.61) 66.2   (1.67) 95   (3.9) 16.9   (1.56) 13.5   (1.20) 13.6   (1.30) 15   (1.6)
                                                                 
White, all education levels 69.2 (0.56) 68.7 (0.60) 68.3   (0.58) 788   (11.3) 53.8 (0.56) 55.4 (0.72) 55.7   (0.59) 642   (9.9) 22.2   (0.48) 19.3   (0.58) 18.6   (0.51) 146   (4.6)
Less than high school completion 50.9 (1.14) 49.9 (1.11) 49.6   (1.17) 163   (5.1) 34.6 (1.00) 36.8 (1.03) 34.6   (0.97) 114   (4.1) 32.1   (1.47) 26.3   (1.09) 30.2   (1.23) 49   (2.5)
High school completion4 75.3 (0.68) 75.0 (0.67) 74.9   (0.75) 512   (10.0) 59.3 (0.80) 61.1 (0.78) 62.8   (0.76) 429   (8.4) 21.2   (0.68) 18.5   (0.70) 16.2   (0.61) 83   (3.8)
At least some college 76.6 (1.46) 77.7 (1.58) 80.3   (1.19) 113   (3.6) 65.7 (1.50) 67.5 (1.67) 70.3   (1.52) 99   (3.7) 14.3   (1.16) 13.1   (1.28) 12.5   (1.24) 14   (1.4)
                                                                 
Black, all education levels 57.5 (1.15) 57.3 (1.05) 60.4   (0.97) 238   (7.5) 34.9 (0.96) 38.0 (1.12) 41.0   (1.11) 162   (5.9) 39.4   (1.43) 33.6   (1.50) 32.2   (1.59) 77   (4.8)
Less than high school completion 35.9 (2.13) 38.5 (2.10) 43.3   (1.95) 46   (3.2) 17.6 (1.81) 18.5 (1.88) 22.2   (1.60) 24   (2.1) 50.9   (3.68) 51.8   (3.66) 48.7   (3.61) 23   (2.5)
High school completion4 65.1 (1.36) 64.4 (1.36) 65.2   (1.34) 155   (6.2) 40.4 (1.35) 44.2 (1.45) 46.0   (1.64) 109   (5.1) 37.9   (1.77) 31.4   (1.78) 29.4   (1.95) 46   (3.7)
At least some college 69.8 (2.87) 65.4 (3.04) 74.3   (3.04) 37   (2.9) 47.6 (3.87) 51.6 (2.96) 57.4   (3.67) 28   (2.7) 31.8   (4.54) 21.2   (2.79) 22.8   (3.16) 8   (1.2)
                                                                 
Hispanic, all education levels 62.8 (0.82) 64.1 (0.93) 64.4   (0.77) 422   (9.7) 47.6 (0.87) 50.0 (0.89) 52.1   (0.81) 341   (8.7) 24.3   (0.86) 22.0   (0.86) 19.1   (0.81) 81   (3.8)
Less than high school completion 53.4 (1.57) 49.9 (1.66) 50.6   (1.47) 105   (5.0) 36.4 (1.52) 36.4 (1.56) 38.1   (1.50) 79   (4.4) 31.8   (1.90) 27.1   (1.97) 24.7   (2.03) 26   (2.4)
High school completion4 66.9 (1.10) 70.7 (1.11) 70.7   (0.91) 267   (6.6) 51.9 (1.14) 55.5 (1.13) 58.1   (0.93) 219   (5.5) 22.4   (0.99) 21.5   (1.13) 17.9   (0.99) 48   (3.1)
At least some college 71.8 (2.49) 71.6 (2.62) 70.8   (2.12) 50   (3.8) 60.9 (2.58) 61.6 (2.81) 60.8   (2.16) 43   (3.2) 15.2   (1.89) 13.9   (2.15) 14.1   (1.90) 7   (1.2)
                                                                 
Asian, all education levels 54.3 (3.21) 59.4 (2.88) 58.6   (3.14) 26   (2.0) 40.7 (3.11) 47.6 (3.07) 50.1   (3.25) 22   (2.0) 25.1   (3.45) 19.9   (3.14) 14.5   (3.17) 4   (0.8)
Less than high school completion 34.4 (4.91) 43.7 (5.35) 40.7   (5.06) 4   (0.8) 24.1 (4.95) 29.2 (3.96) 33.3   (5.41) 4   (0.7) 29.7   (8.25) 33.3   (7.37) 18.3 ! (6.73)   (†)
High school completion4 60.2 (4.60) 67.0 (3.90) 64.0   (3.71) 16   (1.6) 45.3 (4.41) 55.4 (4.37) 56.6   (3.99) 14   (1.6) 24.8   (4.55) 17.2   (3.66) 11.6   (3.44)   (†)
At least some college 64.2 (6.71) 55.9 (6.56) 66.0   (6.86) 5   (0.8) 49.6 (7.32) 47.6 (7.29) 52.7   (7.22) 4   (0.7) 22.7 ! (7.26) 14.8 ! (6.61) 20.2 ! (7.51)   (†)
                                                                 
American Indian/Alaska Native, all                                                                
education levels 54.3 (3.43) 49.0 (2.55) 53.6   (3.72) 16   (1.6) 37.4 (3.56) 30.1 (2.28) 39.0   (3.40) 12   (1.3) 31.2   (4.61) 38.5   (3.73) 27.3   (3.59) 4   (0.7)
Less than high school completion 41.9 (4.97) 35.5 (5.16) 30.8   (4.76) 3   (0.5) 25.3 (5.26) 15.4 (3.52) 18.0   (3.61)   (†) 39.5   (9.25) 56.5   (9.24) 41.6   (8.34)   (†)
High school completion4 55.1 (4.80) 57.4 (4.05) 65.4   (3.83) 11   (1.3) 37.5 (4.77) 38.1 (3.69) 49.0   (4.27) 8   (1.1) 31.9   (6.20) 33.7   (4.80) 25.0   (4.55) 3   (0.6)
At least some college 79.1 (6.33) 54.3 (9.80) 57.7   (7.60) 2   (0.5) 63.3 (8.90) 42.6 (9.83) 45.8   (7.86)   (†) 20.0 ! (9.31)   (†) 20.5 ! (9.95)   (†)
                                                                 
20 to 24 years old                                                                
All persons, all education levels 80.7 (0.15) 81.5 (0.15) 82.2   (0.16) 10,483   (36.1) 69.5 (0.19) 71.6 (0.19) 72.9   (0.18) 9,302   (37.6) 13.9   (0.17) 12.2   (0.15) 11.3   (0.14) 1,181   (14.0)
Less than high school completion 63.5 (0.48) 64.2 (0.48) 64.4   (0.55) 1,020   (16.5) 48.4 (0.51) 50.5 (0.52) 50.7   (0.57) 802   (14.3) 23.9   (0.55) 21.4   (0.49) 21.4   (0.56) 218   (6.7)
High school completion4 77.9 (0.19) 78.8 (0.27) 79.9   (0.27) 4,331   (26.9) 64.7 (0.25) 67.4 (0.31) 69.1   (0.31) 3,748   (26.0) 17.0   (0.27) 14.5   (0.26) 13.5   (0.25) 583   (11.1)
Some college, no degree 85.4 (0.26) 86.0 (0.25) 86.2   (0.29) 2,677   (22.7) 75.6 (0.35) 77.2 (0.31) 78.6   (0.35) 2,441   (22.6) 11.5   (0.29) 10.3   (0.29) 8.8   (0.24) 236   (6.3)
Associate's degree 90.8 (0.46) 91.6 (0.40) 90.9   (0.57) 581   (10.7) 84.5 (0.60) 85.7 (0.56) 85.8   (0.65) 548   (10.6) 6.9   (0.39) 6.4   (0.48) 5.6   (0.43) 32   (2.5)
Bachelor's or higher degree 93.3 (0.27) 93.4 (0.23) 93.5   (0.24) 1,873   (17.6) 87.3 (0.34) 87.9 (0.32) 88.0   (0.32) 1,763   (17.5) 6.4   (0.25) 6.0   (0.24) 5.9   (0.21) 110   (3.9)
                                                                 
Male, all education levels 83.0 (0.22) 83.5 (0.21) 83.7   (0.18) 5,744   (24.5) 71.0 (0.26) 72.7 (0.27) 73.8   (0.24) 5,065   (25.2) 14.4   (0.21) 12.9   (0.21) 11.8   (0.20) 679   (11.9)
Less than high school completion 68.4 (0.59) 68.5 (0.55) 68.2   (0.66) 663   (13.1) 53.7 (0.65) 54.6 (0.59) 54.8   (0.69) 532   (10.9) 21.5   (0.68) 20.3   (0.53) 19.8   (0.64) 131   (5.2)
High school completion4 81.3 (0.29) 81.9 (0.27) 82.6   (0.31) 2,621   (21.0) 67.5 (0.33) 70.0 (0.39) 71.6   (0.38) 2,272   (20.0) 17.1   (0.32) 14.6   (0.37) 13.3   (0.31) 349   (8.6)
Some college, no degree 88.1 (0.36) 88.6 (0.35) 87.9   (0.34) 1,396   (15.1) 78.0 (0.48) 79.1 (0.44) 79.8   (0.44) 1,268   (15.0) 11.5   (0.37) 10.8   (0.37) 9.2   (0.31) 129   (4.4)
Associate's degree 92.1 (0.74) 94.1 (0.47) 93.7   (0.58) 270   (7.5) 85.9 (0.95) 87.4 (0.86) 88.2   (0.85) 254   (7.5) 6.8   (0.56) 7.2   (0.80) 5.9   (0.63) 16   (1.7)
Bachelor's or higher degree 94.9 (0.31) 94.5 (0.34) 94.1   (0.36) 794   (12.5) 88.0 (0.42) 88.0 (0.50) 87.7   (0.47) 739   (12.2) 7.2   (0.38) 6.9   (0.42) 6.9   (0.35) 55   (2.9)
                                                                 
Female, all education levels 78.1 (0.20) 79.1 (0.21) 80.5   (0.23) 4,739   (25.5) 67.8 (0.27) 70.3 (0.28) 71.9   (0.24) 4,237   (23.7) 13.3   (0.26) 11.2   (0.23) 10.6   (0.19) 501   (9.9)
Less than high school completion 56.4 (0.72) 57.6 (0.87) 58.4   (0.93) 357   (9.7) 40.6 (0.70) 44.2 (0.92) 44.1   (0.95) 270   (8.2) 28.1   (0.95) 23.2   (0.93) 24.4   (1.04) 87   (4.4)
High school completion4 73.1 (0.37) 74.3 (0.41) 76.1   (0.40) 1,710   (17.6) 60.7 (0.48) 63.7 (0.42) 65.6   (0.44) 1,476   (16.9) 16.9   (0.48) 14.3   (0.37) 13.7   (0.41) 234   (7.2)
Some college, no degree 82.7 (0.39) 83.2 (0.36) 84.4   (0.42) 1,281   (16.3) 73.2 (0.51) 75.2 (0.46) 77.3   (0.52) 1,173   (16.3) 11.5   (0.43) 9.6   (0.41) 8.4   (0.36) 108   (4.6)
Associate's degree 89.7 (0.66) 89.4 (0.67) 88.6   (0.81) 311   (7.3) 83.4 (0.80) 84.2 (0.78) 83.9   (0.93) 294   (7.2) 7.0   (0.54) 5.7   (0.56) 5.3   (0.59) 17   (1.9)
Bachelor's or higher degree 92.2 (0.41) 92.7 (0.29) 93.0   (0.32) 1,080   (13.4) 86.8 (0.49) 87.7 (0.40) 88.2   (0.41) 1,024   (13.4) 5.9   (0.32) 5.4   (0.29) 5.2   (0.26) 56   (2.8)
                                                                 
White, all education levels 83.8 (0.18) 84.4 (0.17) 84.8   (0.20) 5,749   (26.7) 74.4 (0.22) 76.1 (0.21) 77.1   (0.25) 5,227   (27.9) 11.3   (0.20) 9.9   (0.18) 9.1   (0.18) 522   (10.2)
Less than high school completion 63.9 (0.78) 64.6 (0.79) 65.6   (0.81) 407   (9.0) 49.3 (0.85) 50.8 (0.82) 51.1   (0.96) 317   (8.3) 22.8   (0.86) 21.3   (0.76) 22.1   (1.07) 90   (4.8)
High school completion4 80.1 (0.27) 80.7 (0.32) 81.3   (0.36) 2,235   (19.3) 68.3 (0.34) 70.5 (0.36) 72.1   (0.40) 1,983   (17.6) 14.7   (0.33) 12.6   (0.29) 11.3   (0.30) 252   (7.3)
Some college, no degree 86.5 (0.35) 87.6 (0.33) 87.3   (0.35) 1,412   (15.6) 78.2 (0.39) 80.7 (0.38) 81.3   (0.41) 1,315   (14.8) 9.6   (0.32) 7.9   (0.29) 6.9   (0.27) 97   (4.0)
Associate's degree 91.8 (0.59) 93.0 (0.38) 93.0   (0.61) 375   (9.3) 86.6 (0.71) 88.3 (0.64) 88.4   (0.84) 357   (9.2) 5.7   (0.46) 5.1   (0.53) 5.0   (0.56) 19   (2.1)
Bachelor's or higher degree 95.1 (0.24) 95.1 (0.24) 95.0   (0.29) 1,319   (15.2) 90.0 (0.35) 90.4 (0.32) 90.4   (0.37) 1,255   (15.5) 5.4   (0.28) 5.0   (0.23) 4.9   (0.20) 64   (2.5)
                                                                 
Black, all education levels 74.5 (0.44) 75.8 (0.46) 77.1   (0.48) 1,547   (17.4) 56.0 (0.50) 60.1 (0.57) 62.9   (0.51) 1,261   (16.4) 24.8   (0.51) 20.8   (0.54) 18.5   (0.45) 286   (7.5)
Less than high school completion 52.9 (1.05) 52.6 (1.35) 53.5   (1.43) 154   (6.5) 29.1 (0.91) 32.4 (1.28) 35.0   (1.45) 101   (5.4) 45.0   (1.47) 38.4   (1.87) 34.6   (1.82) 53   (3.3)
High school completion4 72.6 (0.69) 73.7 (0.68) 76.1   (0.74) 710   (13.7) 52.0 (0.80) 56.7 (0.79) 60.0   (0.91) 560   (13.0) 28.3   (0.78) 23.1   (0.77) 21.1   (0.78) 150   (5.7)
Some college, no degree 84.2 (0.78) 85.0 (0.71) 85.9   (0.76) 474   (10.1) 69.4 (0.93) 71.5 (1.03) 74.3   (0.98) 410   (10.0) 17.7   (0.77) 15.9   (0.90) 13.5   (0.83) 64   (4.0)
Associate's degree 88.4 (1.83) 92.0 (1.29) 84.1   (2.28) 58   (3.9) 76.8 (2.44) 82.6 (2.02) 76.1   (2.48) 52   (3.7) 13.2   (2.27) 10.2   (1.59) 9.5   (1.90) 6   (1.1)
Bachelor's or higher degree 92.1 (1.08) 93.5 (1.01) 92.1   (1.05) 151   (5.9) 81.3 (1.40) 82.8 (1.55) 83.8   (1.25) 137   (5.7) 11.7   (1.10) 11.4   (1.30) 9.0   (1.01) 14   (1.6)
                                                                 
Hispanic, all education levels 79.1 (0.33) 79.4 (0.35) 80.6   (0.34) 2,446   (15.2) 68.8 (0.42) 70.1 (0.38) 71.3   (0.39) 2,163   (16.1) 13.0   (0.36) 11.7   (0.29) 11.6   (0.31) 283   (7.6)
Less than high school completion 69.5 (0.77) 69.7 (0.75) 69.3   (0.85) 400   (10.7) 58.2 (0.85) 59.5 (0.94) 58.5   (0.94) 338   (9.3) 16.2   (0.83) 14.7   (0.77) 15.5   (0.83) 62   (3.9)
High school completion4 78.4 (0.41) 78.9 (0.51) 80.6   (0.46) 1,133   (13.0) 67.3 (0.52) 69.0 (0.52) 70.5   (0.56) 991   (12.5) 14.1   (0.50) 12.5   (0.43) 12.6   (0.46) 142   (5.4)
Some college, no degree 84.9 (0.72) 84.1 (0.59) 85.1   (0.51) 605   (10.2) 75.8 (0.91) 75.7 (0.68) 77.2   (0.66) 549   (10.3) 10.7   (0.64) 10.1   (0.55) 9.3   (0.59) 56   (3.6)
Associate's degree 88.9 (1.22) 88.7 (1.36) 90.1   (1.09) 112   (4.7) 82.1 (1.34) 82.0 (1.60) 84.9   (1.28) 106   (4.5) 7.6   (1.25) 7.5   (1.03) 5.8   (1.01) 6   (1.2)
Bachelor's or higher degree 92.3 (0.85) 91.5 (0.81) 91.1   (0.93) 195   (6.1) 84.9 (1.16) 84.9 (1.04) 83.7   (1.15) 179   (5.7) 8.0   (0.80) 7.2   (0.83) 8.1   (0.89) 16   (1.8)
                                                                 
Asian, all education levels 78.6 (0.86) 78.8 (0.83) 80.1   (0.91) 314   (7.7) 70.6 (1.00) 71.1 (0.95) 72.4   (1.05) 284   (7.6) 10.2   (0.74) 9.8   (0.69) 9.6   (0.59) 30   (1.8)
Less than high school completion 61.9 (3.49) 69.0 (3.34) 67.9   (2.88) 20   (2.0) 49.6 (3.14) 56.5 (3.60) 58.9   (2.98) 17   (1.8) 19.9   (3.10) 18.0   (3.45) 13.2   (2.70)   (†)
High school completion4 71.7 (1.96) 74.9 (2.14) 76.1   (1.92) 77   (4.1) 64.0 (2.22) 66.5 (2.37) 69.3   (1.99) 70   (3.9) 10.7   (1.48) 11.2   (1.70) 8.9   (1.22) 7   (1.0)
Some college, no degree 82.9 (1.77) 78.8 (1.79) 77.5   (2.04) 56   (3.6) 72.7 (2.23) 70.7 (2.10) 68.4   (2.30) 49   (3.3) 12.3   (1.68) 10.3   (1.66) 11.7   (1.64) 7   (1.0)
Associate's degree 87.3 (2.87) 74.4 (4.19) 77.0   (4.25) 14   (1.4) 82.2 (3.39) 69.7 (4.09) 69.4   (4.32) 13   (1.3) 5.9 ! (2.06) 6.4 ! (2.09) 9.8 ! (3.10)   (†)
Bachelor's or higher degree 83.2 (1.06) 83.5 (1.24) 86.0   (1.21) 147   (4.9) 76.7 (1.14) 76.9 (1.41) 78.4   (1.30) 134   (4.7) 7.8   (0.80) 7.9   (0.81) 8.8   (0.85) 13   (1.3)
                                                                 
American Indian/Alaska Native, all                                                                
education levels 67.1 (1.53) 69.7 (1.54) 70.0   (1.34) 90   (3.3) 51.2 (1.75) 53.2 (1.89) 53.5   (1.57) 69   (3.3) 23.6   (1.76) 23.6   (2.08) 23.5   (1.70) 21   (1.5)
Less than high school completion 56.2 (2.98) 53.6 (3.78) 55.2   (3.79) 13   (1.5) 34.3 (2.93) 37.4 (3.59) 32.3   (3.86) 8   (1.2) 38.9   (4.09) 30.3   (4.70) 41.6   (5.16) 5   (0.8)
High school completion4 65.0 (2.15) 70.0 (2.16) 67.8   (2.10) 43   (2.4) 50.2 (2.22) 51.9 (3.00) 49.7   (2.24) 31   (2.1) 22.8   (2.31) 25.9   (3.24) 26.6   (2.42) 11   (1.2)
Some college, no degree 75.4 (3.02) 77.2 (2.84) 80.7   (3.00) 27   (2.1) 60.2 (3.41) 60.4 (3.60) 69.7   (3.43) 23   (2.1) 20.2   (3.27) 21.7   (3.69) 13.6   (2.55) 4   (0.7)
Associate's degree 85.7 (6.60) 90.1 (4.91) 82.9   (6.08) 4   (0.9) 75.2 (8.81) 75.7 (9.47) 82.9   (6.08) 4   (0.9)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Bachelor's or higher degree 87.6 (6.14) 92.8 (4.21) 93.4   (4.37) 3   (0.6) 83.8 (6.73) 88.6 (5.07) 75.8   (8.72)   (†)   (†)   (†) 18.8 ! (8.63)   (†)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
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 GED credential.
NOTE: Table excludes persons enrolled in school. Estimates are for all nonenrolled civilians in the given age range, including persons living in households and persons living in group quarters (e.g., residential treatment centers or correctional facilities). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include racial/ethnic groups not separately shown. Standard errors were computed using replicate weights. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2014, 2015, and 2016, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared January 2018.)

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