Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity, March 2010
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Presence and age of children
Civilian
noninstitutional
population
Total
Percent
of
population
Employed
Total
Percent
of
population
Unemployed
Total
Percent
of labor
force
Not
in
labor
force
Total, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over………………………………...………..
122,337
71,881
With children under 18 years old………………………….…….
36,172
25,783
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
19,750
15,247
With children under 6 years old…………………………….….
16,422
10,536
With children under 3 years old………………………...……
9,621
5,878
With no children under 18 years old………………………..….
86,165
46,098
58.8
71.3
65,766
23,510
53.8
65.0
6,116
2,273
8.5
8.8
50,456
10,389
77.2
64.2
61.1
53.5
14,058
9,452
5,240
42,256
71.2
57.6
54.5
49.0
1,189
1,085
638
3,842
7.8
10.3
10.9
8.3
4,503
5,886
3,742
40,067
Total, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over……………………………………….…..
60,337
37,201
61.7
With children under 18 years old…………………………..…….
25,270
17,622
69.7
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
13,700
10,395
75.9
With children under 6 years old…………………………….….
11,569
7,227
62.5
With children under 3 years old………………………….……
6,832
4,035
59.1
With no children under 18 years old………………………...….
35,068
19,579
55.8
34,964
16,510
57.9
65.3
2,237
1,112
6.0
6.3
23,137
7,647
9,769
6,741
3,763
18,454
71.3
58.3
55.1
52.6
626
486
272
1,125
6.0
6.7
6.7
5.7
3,305
4,342
2,796
15,489
Total, other marital statuses1
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
62,000
34,680
55.9
With children under 18 years old…………………………..…….
10,903
8,161
74.9
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
6,050
4,852
80.2
With children under 6 years old…………………………….….
4,853
3,309
68.2
With children under 3 years old………………………….……
2,789
1,843
66.1
With no children under 18 years old……………………...…….
51,097
26,520
51.9
30,802
6,999
49.7
64.2
3,879
1,161
11.2
14.2
27,320
2,742
4,288
2,711
1,477
23,803
70.9
55.9
53.0
46.6
563
598
366
2,717
11.6
18.1
19.8
10.2
1,198
1,544
946
24,578
White, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over……………………………………….…..
97,798
57,316
58.6
With children under 18 years old…………………………….….
28,252
20,039
70.9
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
15,508
11,951
77.1
With children under 6 years old…………………………….….
12,744
8,088
63.5
With children under 3 years old………………………...……
7,514
4,543
60.5
With no children under 18 years old…………………………....
69,547
37,278
53.6
52,880
18,461
54.1
65.3
4,437
1,578
7.7
7.9
40,482
8,213
11,092
7,368
4,114
34,419
71.5
57.8
54.8
49.5
859
720
429
2,858
7.2
8.9
9.4
7.7
3,557
4,656
2,970
32,269
White, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over……………………………………….…..
51,480
31,543
61.3
With children under 18 years old…………………………….….
21,079
14,652
69.5
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
11,498
8,696
75.6
With children under 6 years old……………………………..….
9,581
5,956
62.2
With children under 3 years old…………………………….…
5,704
3,366
59.0
With no children under 18 years old…………………………....
30,401
16,892
55.6
29,728
13,769
57.7
65.3
1,816
883
5.8
6.0
19,937
6,427
8,185
5,584
3,148
15,959
71.2
58.3
55.2
52.5
511
372
219
933
5.9
6.2
6.5
5.5
2,802
3,625
2,338
13,510
White, other marital statuses1
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
46,318
25,773
55.6
With children under 18 years old………………………………...
7,173
5,387
75.1
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
4,009
3,255
81.2
With children under 6 years old…………………………….….
3,163
2,132
67.4
With children under 3 years old…………………………….…
1,809
1,177
65.0
With no children under 18 years old……………………………..
39,145
20,386
52.1
See footnote at end of table.
15
15
23,152
4,692
50.0
65.4
2,621
695
10.2
12.9
20,545
1,786
2,907
1,785
967
18,460
72.5
56.4
53.4
47.2
348
348
210
1,926
10.7
16.3
17.9
9.4
754
1,031
632
18,759
Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity, March 2010—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Presence and age of children
Civilian
noninstitutional
population
Total
Percent
of
population
Employed
Total
Percent
of
population
Unemployed
Total
Percent
of labor
force
Not
in
labor
force
Black or African American, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
15,711
9,398
59.8
With children under 18 years old………………………….…….
4,993
3,738
74.9
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
2,729
2,148
78.7
With children under 6 years old…………………………….….
2,263
1,590
70.3
With children under 3 years old……………………….………
1,303
879
67.5
With no children under 18 years old……………………...…….
10,718
5,660
52.8
8,197
3,206
52.2
64.2
1,201
532
12.8
14.2
6,313
1,254
1,897
1,309
713
4,991
69.5
57.9
54.7
46.6
251
281
166
669
11.7
17.6
18.9
11.8
581
673
424
5,059
Black or African American, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
4,252
2,819
66.3
With children under 18 years old……………………..………….
1,870
1,428
76.4
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
1,035
834
80.6
With children under 6 years old……………………………..….
835
594
71.1
With children under 3 years old……………………….………
468
308
65.8
With no children under 18 years old…………………...……….
2,383
1,391
58.4
2,603
1,310
61.2
70.1
216
118
7.7
8.3
1,433
442
775
535
278
1,292
74.9
64.1
59.5
54.2
59
59
30
98
7.1
9.9
9.6
7.1
200
241
160
992
Black or African American, other marital statuses 1
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
11,459
6,579
57.4
With children under 18 years old…………………………..…….
3,123
2,310
74.0
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
1,695
1,314
77.5
With children under 6 years old…………………………..…….
1,428
996
69.7
With children under 3 years old……………………….………
835
571
68.4
With no children under 18 years old…………………….……….
8,336
4,269
51.2
5,594
1,896
48.8
60.7
985
414
15.0
17.9
4,880
813
1,122
774
435
3,698
66.2
54.2
52.1
44.4
192
222
136
571
14.6
22.3
23.9
13.4
381
432
264
4,067
Asian, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
5,841
3,368
57.7
With children under 18 years old……………………………..….
2,007
1,370
68.2
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
1,058
795
75.1
With children under 6 years old……………………………..….
949
575
60.6
With children under 3 years old…………………………….…
529
292
55.3
With no children under 18 years old……………………….…….
3,834
1,998
52.1
3,116
1,274
53.3
63.5
252
95
7.5
7.0
2,473
637
746
528
272
1,841
70.5
55.7
51.5
48.0
49
47
20
157
6.1
8.1
6.9
7.8
263
374
236
1,836
Asian, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
3,459
2,122
61.3
With children under 18 years old……………………………..….
1,755
1,166
66.4
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
875
642
73.4
With children under 6 years old……………………………..….
880
524
59.5
With children under 3 years old…………………………….…
493
270
54.8
With no children under 18 years old……………………….…….
1,704
956
56.1
1,973
1,086
57.0
61.9
149
81
7.0
6.9
1,337
589
604
482
251
887
69.1
54.7
51.0
52.1
38
42
19
68
6.0
8.1
7.0
7.1
232
357
222
748
Asian, other marital statuses1
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
2,382
1,246
52.3
With children under 18 years old……………………………..….
252
203
80.8
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
183
152
83.2
With children under 6 years old……………………………..….
69
51
74.4
With children under 3 years old………………………….……
36
22
61.9
With no children under 18 years old………………………...….
2,130
1,042
48.9
See footnote at end of table.
16
16
1,143
189
48.0
74.9
103
15
8.3
7.3
1,136
48
142
47
21
954
77.6
67.9
58.3
44.8
10
5
1
88
6.7
8.8
5.8
8.5
31
18
14
1,088
Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity, March 2010—Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Presence and age of children
Civilian
noninstitutional
population
Total
Percent
of
population
Employed
Total
Percent
of
population
Unemployed
Total
Percent
of labor
force
Not
in
labor
force
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, all marital statuses
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
16,212
9,168
56.6
With children under 18 years old……………………………..….
6,873
4,258
61.9
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
3,347
2,357
70.4
With children under 6 years old……………………………..….
3,526
1,901
53.9
With children under 3 years old…………………………….…
2,018
1,019
50.5
With no children under 18 years old……………………….…….
9,339
4,910
52.6
8,056
3,742
49.7
54.5
1,112
515
12.1
12.1
7,044
2,615
2,113
1,630
857
4,313
63.1
46.2
42.5
46.2
244
271
162
597
10.3
14.3
15.9
12.2
991
1,625
1,000
4,429
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, married, spouse present
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
7,370
4,085
55.4
With children under 18 years old……………………………..….
4,376
2,500
57.1
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
2,101
1,376
65.5
With children under 6 years old……………………………..….
2,274
1,124
49.4
With children under 3 years old…………………………….…
1,319
608
46.1
With no children under 18 years old……………………….…….
2,994
1,585
52.9
3,660
2,242
49.7
51.2
425
259
10.4
10.4
3,285
1,875
1,251
990
539
1,419
59.5
43.5
40.9
47.4
125
134
69
166
9.1
11.9
11.3
10.5
725
1,150
711
1,410
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, other marital statuses 1
Total women, 16 years and over…………………………………………...
8,842
5,083
57.5
With children under 18 years old……………………………..….
2,497
1,757
70.4
With children 6 to 17 years old,
none younger………….……………………………...……
1,246
980
78.7
With children under 6 years old……………………………..….
1,251
777
62.1
With children under 3 years old………………………….……
700
411
58.7
With no children under 18 years old………………………...….
6,344
3,325
52.4
1
4,395
1,501
49.7
60.1
687
256
13.5
14.6
3,759
740
861
639
318
2,894
69.1
51.1
45.5
45.6
119
137
93
431
12.1
17.7
22.6
13.0
266
474
289
3,019
Includes never-married, divorced, separated, and widowed persons.
NOTE:Children are "own" children and include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces,
nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. Detail for the above race groups (White, Black or African
American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as
Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
SOURCE: 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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