Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2011-2012

Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2011-2012
[Numbers in thousands. Data are not seasonally adjusted.]
Industry and class of worker	Total		White		Black or African American		Asian		Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Industry and class of worker	July 2011	July 2012	July 2011	July 2012	July 2011	July 2012	July 2011	July 2012	July 2011	July 2012
Total employed	18,632	19,461	15,367	15,498	1,996	2,323	638	718	3,260	3,799
Agriculture and related industries	382	419	369	392	4	4	0	1	121	90
Nonagricultural industries	18,251	19,043	14,998	15,106	1,992	2,319	638	717	3,139	3,709
Private wage and salary workers(1)	16,472	17,318	13,575	13,724	1,773	2,129	589	663	2,899	3,421
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	76	128	63	119	0	3	5	2	18	25
Construction	744	771	684	697	29	30	1	13	265	265
Manufacturing	1,106	1,278	896	1,047	116	121	58	51	192	292
Durable goods	688	776	590	640	49	66	35	37	99	126
Nondurable goods	418	502	306	407	67	56	24	14	93	166
Wholesale trade	342	319	278	296	47	12	14	5	112	92
Retail trade	3,869	3,772	3,104	2,856	502	599	153	136	662	636
Transportation and utilities	360	440	284	362	66	41	4	19	75	102
Information	329	340	271	257	22	50	21	15	47	51
Financial activities	716	696	595	576	66	52	36	40	117	135
Professional and business services	1,326	1,380	1,071	1,077	141	186	69	56	262	329
Education and health services	1,936	2,231	1,520	1,658	285	318	75	134	246	376
Leisure and hospitality	4,770	5,092	4,016	4,053	456	627	127	177	763	995
Other services	898	870	795	726	42	89	27	15	138	124
Government wage and salary workers	1,382	1,298	1,072	1,028	190	150	43	46	170	216
Federal	190	166	134	131	35	27	3	7	11	32
State	452	370	348	270	61	30	18	26	62	45
Local	739	762	590	628	95	93	22	13	97	139
Self-employed, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	397	427	350	354	29	41	5	8	70	71
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
NOTE: Estimates 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 3. Employed persons 16 to 24 years of age by industry, class of worker, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, July 2011-2012

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