Table 3. Employment status by race, age, sex, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 3. Employment status by race, age, sex, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages
Race, age, sex, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Civilian noninstitutional population	Civilian labor force						Not in labor force
		Total	Percent of population	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of population	Total	Percent of labor force
White
Total, 16 years and over	189,540	125,635	66.3	119,126	62.8	6,509	5.2	63,905
16 to 19 years	13,084	5,644	43.1	4,697	35.9	947	16.8	7,440
20 to 24 years	15,914	12,142	76.3	11,055	69.5	1,087	9.0	3,773
25 to 54 years	100,268	83,922	83.7	80,297	80.1	3,625	4.3	16,346
55 to 64 years	28,109	18,464	65.7	17,829	63.4	634	3.4	9,646
65 years and over	32,165	5,463	17.0	5,247	16.3	216	4.0	26,702
Women, 16 years and over	96,814	57,284	59.2	54,501	56.3	2,782	4.9	39,531
16 to 19 years	6,414	2,776	43.3	2,377	37.1	399	14.4	3,639
20 to 24 years	7,842	5,616	71.6	5,197	66.3	419	7.5	2,226
25 to 54 years	49,954	37,866	75.8	36,291	72.6	1,575	4.2	12,088
55 to 64 years	14,411	8,609	59.7	8,312	57.7	298	3.5	5,802
65 years and over	18,193	2,417	13.3	2,325	12.8	92	3.8	15,776
Men, 16 years and over	92,725	68,351	73.7	64,624	69.7	3,727	5.5	24,374
16 to 19 years	6,669	2,868	43.0	2,320	34.8	548	19.1	3,801
20 to 24 years	8,072	6,526	80.8	5,858	72.6	668	10.2	1,546
25 to 54 years	50,314	46,056	91.5	44,006	87.5	2,050	4.5	4,258
55 to 64 years	13,698	9,855	71.9	9,518	69.5	337	3.4	3,844
65 years and over	13,972	3,046	21.8	2,922	20.9	124	4.1	10,926
Black or African American
Total, 16 years and over	27,843	17,740	63.7	15,953	57.3	1,788	10.1	10,103
16 to 19 years	2,676	787	29.4	541	20.2	246	31.2	1,889
20 to 24 years	2,914	1,981	68.0	1,625	55.8	355	17.9	933
25 to 54 years	15,643	12,589	80.5	11,555	73.9	1,034	8.2	3,054
55 to 64 years	3,429	1,908	55.6	1,791	52.2	117	6.1	1,521
65 years and over	3,182	476	15.0	440	13.8	36	7.5	2,706
Women, 16 years and over	15,328	9,393	61.3	8,554	55.8	839	8.9	5,934
16 to 19 years	1,354	402	29.7	294	21.7	108	26.8	952
20 to 24 years	1,530	997	65.2	831	54.3	166	16.6	533
25 to 54 years	8,597	6,688	77.8	6,193	72.0	495	7.4	1,909
55 to 64 years	1,910	1,056	55.3	1,000	52.3	56	5.3	854
65 years and over	1,937	251	13.0	236	12.2	15	5.8	1,686
Men, 16 years and over	12,516	8,347	66.7	7,398	59.1	949	11.4	4,169
16 to 19 years	1,322	385	29.1	247	18.7	138	35.9	937
20 to 24 years	1,384	984	71.1	794	57.4	190	19.3	400
25 to 54 years	7,046	5,901	83.7	5,362	76.1	539	9.1	1,146
55 to 64 years	1,519	852	56.1	792	52.1	61	7.1	666
65 years and over	1,245	225	18.1	204	16.4	21	9.5	1,020
Asian
Total, 16 years and over	10,751	7,202	67.0	6,917	64.3	285	4.0	3,549
16 to 19 years	630	157	24.9	134	21.3	23	14.6	473
20 to 24 years	872	526	60.3	493	56.5	33	6.3	346
25 to 54 years	6,615	5,408	81.8	5,223	79.0	186	3.4	1,207
55 to 64 years	1,343	891	66.4	856	63.8	35	3.9	452
65 years and over	1,291	219	17.0	211	16.3	8	3.8	1,072
Women, 16 years and over	5,639	3,350	59.4	3,225	57.2	125	3.7	2,289
16 to 19 years	306	72	23.6	63	20.7	9	12.3	234
20 to 24 years	443	258	58.2	242	54.7	16	6.1	185
25 to 54 years	3,426	2,488	72.6	2,405	70.2	83	3.3	938
55 to 64 years	726	434	59.7	418	57.6	15	3.5	293
65 years and over	738	99	13.4	97	13.1	2	2.2	639
Men, 16 years and over	5,112	3,852	75.3	3,692	72.2	160	4.1	1,260
16 to 19 years	324	85	26.2	71	21.9	14	16.6	239
20 to 24 years	429	268	62.5	251	58.5	17	6.5	161
25 to 54 years	3,189	2,921	91.6	2,818	88.4	103	3.5	268
55 to 64 years	616	457	74.2	438	71.1	19	4.3	159
65 years and over	553	120	21.8	114	20.7	6	5.1	433
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Total, 16 years and over	32,141	22,024	68.5	20,346	63.3	1,678	7.6	10,116
16 to 19 years	3,042	1,121	36.9	870	28.6	251	22.4	1,921
20 to 24 years	3,620	2,668	73.7	2,361	65.2	307	11.5	952
25 to 54 years	20,030	16,117	80.5	15,110	75.4	1,007	6.2	3,913
55 to 64 years	2,840	1,701	59.9	1,619	57.0	81	4.8	1,139
65 years and over	2,609	417	16.0	385	14.8	32	7.8	2,192
Women, 16 years and over	15,616	8,769	56.2	8,098	51.9	672	7.7	6,847
16 to 19 years	1,489	495	33.3	391	26.2	104	21.1	994
20 to 24 years	1,730	1,074	62.1	955	55.2	119	11.1	655
25 to 54 years	9,435	6,304	66.8	5,901	62.5	403	6.4	3,131
55 to 64 years	1,475	722	48.9	690	46.8	32	4.4	753
65 years and over	1,488	174	11.7	161	10.8	13	7.7	1,314
Men, 16 years and over	16,524	13,255	80.2	12,248	74.1	1,007	7.6	3,270
16 to 19 years	1,553	626	40.3	479	30.9	147	23.4	927
20 to 24 years	1,890	1,594	84.3	1,406	74.4	188	11.8	297
25 to 54 years	10,594	9,813	92.6	9,209	86.9	604	6.2	781
55 to 64 years	1,365	979	71.7	929	68.1	50	5.1	386
65 years and over	1,121	243	21.7	224	20.0	19	7.8	878
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.