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QT-P24. Employment Status by Sex:  2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data
Geographic Area: United States

NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.


Employment Status


Number


Percent


Both sexes

Male

Female


Both sexes

Male

Female

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population 16 years and over

217,168,077

104,982,282

112,185,795

100.0

100.0

100.0

In labor force

138,820,935

74,273,203

64,547,732

63.9

70.7

57.5

Armed forces

1,152,137

987,898

164,239

0.5

0.9

0.1

Civilian labor force

137,668,798

73,285,305

64,383,493

63.4

69.8

57.4

Employed

129,721,512

69,091,443

60,630,069

59.7

65.8

54.0

Unemployed

7,947,286

4,193,862

3,753,424

3.7

4.0

3.3

Percent of civilian labor force

5.8

5.7

5.8

(X)

(X)

(X)

Not in labor force

78,347,142

30,709,079

47,638,063

36.1

29.3

42.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population 16 to 19 years

15,930,458

8,198,617

7,731,841

100.0

100.0

100.0

Employed civilian

6,455,439

3,269,644

3,185,795

40.5

39.9

41.2

Unemployed

1,474,882

789,471

685,411

9.3

9.6

8.9

Not in labor force

7,897,524

4,056,225

3,841,299

49.6

49.5

49.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population 20 to 24 years

19,025,980

9,705,979

9,320,001

100.0

100.0

100.0

Employed civilian

12,434,297

6,459,190

5,975,107

65.4

66.5

64.1

Unemployed

1,466,888

784,108

682,780

7.7

8.1

7.3

Not in labor force

4,777,160

2,169,536

2,607,624

25.1

22.4

28.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population 25 to 54 years

123,061,437

61,125,929

61,935,508

100.0

100.0

100.0

Employed civilian

92,950,185

49,530,548

43,419,637

75.5

81.0

70.1

Unemployed

4,251,038

2,211,614

2,039,424

3.5

3.6

3.3

Not in labor force

25,163,171

8,776,543

16,386,628

20.4

14.4

26.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population 55 to 59 years

13,383,251

6,454,809

6,928,442

100.0

100.0

100.0

Employed civilian

8,662,391

4,644,142

4,018,249

64.7

71.9

58.0

Unemployed

305,528

178,551

126,977

2.3

2.8

1.8

Not in labor force

4,410,940

1,628,278

2,782,662

33.0

25.2

40.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population 60 to 64 years

10,787,979

5,114,578

5,673,401

100.0

100.0

100.0

Employed civilian

4,850,302

2,666,793

2,183,509

45.0

52.1

38.5

Unemployed

179,103

106,310

72,793

1.7

2.1

1.3

Not in labor force

5,758,120

2,341,061

3,417,059

53.4

45.8

60.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population 65 to 69 years

9,569,199

4,415,402

5,153,797

100.0

100.0

100.0

Employed civilian

2,268,914

1,281,011

987,903

23.7

29.0

19.2

Unemployed

90,270

51,968

38,302

0.9

1.2

0.7

Not in labor force

7,210,015

3,082,423

4,127,592

75.3

69.8

80.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population 70 years and over

25,409,773

9,966,968

15,442,805

100.0

100.0

100.0

Employed civilian

2,099,984

1,240,115

859,869

8.3

12.4

5.6

Unemployed

179,577

71,840

107,737

0.7

0.7

0.7

Not in labor force

23,130,212

8,655,013

14,475,199

91.0

86.8

93.7

(X) Not applicable.
User note on employment status data (PDF 63KB)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P43 and PCT35.



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