U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 2. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 16 years and over by presence and age of
youngest child and sex, 2009-10 annual averages
(Numbers in thousands)
2009 2010
Characteristic
Total Men Women Total Men Women
FOREIGN BORN
With own children under 18
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 13,723 6,585 7,138 14,385 6,896 7,490
Civilian labor force........................ 10,577 6,209 4,368 11,032 6,480 4,552
Participation rate........................ 77.1 94.3 61.2 76.7 94.0 60.8
Employed................................... 9,573 5,645 3,928 10,008 5,913 4,095
Employment-population ratio............... 69.8 85.7 55.0 69.6 85.7 54.7
Unemployed................................. 1,003 563 440 1,025 568 457
Unemployment rate......................... 9.5 9.1 10.1 9.3 8.8 10.0
With own children 6 to 17, none younger
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 7,180 3,395 3,785 7,338 3,423 3,915
Civilian labor force........................ 5,834 3,176 2,658 5,908 3,184 2,725
Participation rate........................ 81.2 93.5 70.2 80.5 93.0 69.6
Employed................................... 5,292 2,876 2,416 5,373 2,903 2,470
Employment-population ratio............... 73.7 84.7 63.8 73.2 84.8 63.1
Unemployed................................. 542 299 242 536 281 255
Unemployment rate......................... 9.3 9.4 9.1 9.1 8.8 9.4
With own children under 6
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 6,543 3,190 3,353 7,047 3,473 3,574
Civilian labor force........................ 4,743 3,033 1,710 5,124 3,296 1,827
Participation rate........................ 72.5 95.1 51.0 72.7 94.9 51.1
Employed................................... 4,281 2,769 1,512 4,635 3,010 1,625
Employment-population ratio............... 65.4 86.8 45.1 65.8 86.7 45.5
Unemployed................................. 461 264 198 489 287 202
Unemployment rate......................... 9.7 8.7 11.6 9.5 8.7 11.1
With own children under 3
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 3,758 1,852 1,907 4,074 2,022 2,053
Civilian labor force........................ 2,632 1,758 874 2,871 1,916 955
Participation rate........................ 70.0 95.0 45.8 70.5 94.8 46.5
Employed................................... 2,379 1,612 767 2,585 1,748 837
Employment-population ratio............... 63.3 87.0 40.2 63.4 86.4 40.8
Unemployed................................. 253 146 107 286 168 118
Unemployment rate......................... 9.6 8.3 12.2 10.0 8.8 12.3
With no own children under 18
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 21,493 11,043 10,450 21,484 11,040 10,444
Civilian labor force........................ 13,349 7,982 5,367 13,323 7,895 5,429
Participation rate........................ 62.1 72.3 51.4 62.0 71.5 52.0
Employed................................... 12,035 7,119 4,916 11,961 7,033 4,928
Employment-population ratio............... 56.0 64.5 47.0 55.7 63.7 47.2
Unemployed................................. 1,314 862 452 1,362 862 501
Unemployment rate......................... 9.8 10.8 8.4 10.2 10.9 9.2
NATIVE BORN
With own children under 18
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 50,974 22,132 28,841 51,801 22,530 29,270
Civilian labor force........................ 42,050 20,720 21,330 42,459 21,018 21,441
Participation rate........................ 82.5 93.6 74.0 82.0 93.3 73.2
Employed................................... 38,934 19,291 19,642 38,981 19,430 19,551
Employment-population ratio............... 76.4 87.2 68.1 75.3 86.2 66.8
Unemployed................................. 3,116 1,429 1,687 3,478 1,588 1,890
Unemployment rate......................... 7.4 6.9 7.9 8.2 7.6 8.8
With own children 6 to 17, none younger
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 28,548 12,527 16,021 28,468 12,426 16,042
Civilian labor force........................ 24,244 11,589 12,655 24,033 11,503 12,530
Participation rate........................ 84.9 92.5 79.0 84.4 92.6 78.1
Employed................................... 22,653 10,847 11,806 22,337 10,735 11,601
Employment-population ratio............... 79.4 86.6 73.7 78.5 86.4 72.3
Unemployed................................. 1,591 743 848 1,697 768 929
Unemployment rate......................... 6.6 6.4 6.7 7.1 6.7 7.4
With own children under 6
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 22,426 9,606 12,820 23,333 10,104 13,229
Civilian labor force........................ 17,806 9,131 8,675 18,426 9,515 8,911
Participation rate........................ 79.4 95.1 67.7 79.0 94.2 67.4
Employed................................... 16,281 8,445 7,836 16,644 8,695 7,949
Employment-population ratio............... 72.6 87.9 61.1 71.3 86.1 60.1
Unemployed................................. 1,525 686 839 1,781 820 961
Unemployment rate......................... 8.6 7.5 9.7 9.7 8.6 10.8
With own children under 3
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 13,293 5,723 7,570 13,859 6,006 7,853
Civilian labor force........................ 10,350 5,438 4,913 10,725 5,658 5,067
Participation rate........................ 77.9 95.0 64.9 77.4 94.2 64.5
Employed................................... 9,442 5,018 4,424 9,638 5,146 4,492
Employment-population ratio............... 71.0 87.7 58.4 69.5 85.7 57.2
Unemployed................................. 908 420 488 1,087 511 575
Unemployment rate......................... 8.8 7.7 9.9 10.1 9.0 11.4
With no own children under 18
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 149,611 74,375 75,236 150,159 74,708 75,452
Civilian labor force........................ 88,167 47,213 40,954 87,074 46,591 40,483
Participation rate........................ 58.9 63.5 54.4 58.0 62.4 53.7
Employed................................... 79,335 41,614 37,722 78,115 40,983 37,131
Employment-population ratio............... 53.0 56.0 50.1 52.0 54.9 49.2
Unemployed................................. 8,831 5,599 3,232 8,960 5,608 3,352
Unemployment rate......................... 10.0 11.9 7.9 10.3 12.0 8.3
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. See the Technical Note
for further information.