U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 6. Employment status of mothers with own children under 3 years old by single year of age of youngest child and marital
status, 2009-10 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Civilian
noninsti- Employed Unemployed
Characteristic tutional Percent
popula- of
tion Total popula- Percent Full- Part- Percent
tion Total of time time Number of labor
popula- work- work- force
tion ers (1) ers (2)
2009
TOTAL MOTHERS
With own children under 3 years old... 9,476 5,787 61.1 5,191 54.8 3,626 1,565 595 10.3
2 years........................... 2,848 1,855 65.1 1,693 59.4 1,195 498 162 8.7
1 year............................ 3,398 2,104 61.9 1,880 55.3 1,314 566 224 10.6
Under 1 year...................... 3,231 1,828 56.6 1,619 50.1 1,117 502 209 11.4
Married, spouse present
With own children under 3 years old... 6,784 4,047 59.7 3,780 55.7 2,657 1,123 267 6.6
2 years........................... 2,053 1,288 62.7 1,208 58.8 858 350 80 6.2
1 year............................ 2,425 1,465 60.4 1,369 56.4 963 406 96 6.6
Under 1 year...................... 2,306 1,293 56.1 1,204 52.2 836 368 90 7.0
Other marital status (3)
With own children under 3 years old... 2,693 1,740 64.6 1,411 52.4 969 442 328 18.9
2 years........................... 795 567 71.3 485 61.0 337 148 82 14.4
1 year............................ 973 639 65.6 511 52.5 351 160 127 20.0
Under 1 year...................... 925 534 57.8 415 44.9 281 134 119 22.3
2010
TOTAL MOTHERS
With own children under 3 years old... 9,503 5,770 60.7 5,114 53.8 3,570 1,543 656 11.4
2 years........................... 2,968 1,908 64.3 1,708 57.6 1,200 509 199 10.5
1 year............................ 3,351 2,062 61.5 1,815 54.2 1,243 572 246 12.0
Under 1 year...................... 3,184 1,800 56.5 1,590 49.9 1,128 462 210 11.7
Married, spouse present
With own children under 3 years old... 6,642 3,941 59.3 3,670 55.3 2,596 1,074 271 6.9
2 years........................... 2,055 1,275 62.1 1,195 58.2 841 354 80 6.3
1 year............................ 2,344 1,403 59.8 1,301 55.5 896 405 101 7.2
Under 1 year...................... 2,243 1,263 56.3 1,174 52.3 859 315 89 7.1
Other marital status (3)
With own children under 3 years old... 2,862 1,828 63.9 1,444 50.4 974 470 385 21.0
2 years........................... 914 633 69.2 514 56.2 359 155 119 18.8
1 year............................ 1,007 659 65.5 514 51.1 346 168 145 22.0
Under 1 year...................... 941 537 57.0 416 44.2 269 147 121 22.5
1 Usually work 35 hours or more a week at all jobs.
2 Usually work less than 35 hours a week at all jobs.
3 Includes never married; married, spouse absent; divorced; separated; and widowed persons.
NOTE: Own children include sons, daughters, step-children, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews,
grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population
controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.