Civilian labor force participation rate by age, gender, race, and ethnicity

This table also can be found in the article, "Labor force projections to 2024: the labor force is growing, but slowly," published in the December 2015 Monthly Labor Review.

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Table 3.3 Civilian labor force participation rate, by age, gender, race, and ethnicity, 1994, 2004, 2014,
and projected 2024 (in percent)
Group	Participation rate				Percentage-point change			Annual growth rate
Group	1994	2004	2014	2024	1994–2004	2004–14	2014–24	1994–2004	2004–14	2014–24
Total, 16 years and older	66.6	66.0	62.9	60.9	-0.6	-3.1	-2.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.3
16 to 24	66.4	61.1	55.0	49.7	-5.3	-6.1	-5.3	-0.8	-1.0	-1.0
16 to 19	52.7	43.9	34.0	26.4	-8.8	-9.9	-7.6	-1.8	-2.5	-2.5
20 to 24	77.0	75.0	70.8	68.2	-2.0	-4.2	-2.6	-0.3	-0.6	-0.4
25 to 54	83.4	82.8	80.9	81.2	-0.6	-1.9	0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
25 to 34	83.2	82.7	81.2	81.3	-0.5	-1.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
35 to 44	84.8	83.6	82.2	81.7	-1.2	-1.4	-0.5	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1
45 to 54	81.7	81.8	79.6	81.0	0.1	-2.2	1.4	0.0	-0.3	0.2
55 and older	30.1	36.2	40.0	39.4	6.1	3.8	-0.6	1.9	1.0	-0.2
55 to 64	56.8	62.3	64.1	66.3	5.5	1.8	2.2	0.9	0.3	0.3
55 to 59	67.7	71.1	71.4	74.2	3.4	0.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.4
60 to 64	44.9	50.9	55.8	58.8	6.0	4.9	3.0	1.3	0.9	0.5
60 to 61	54.5	59.2	63.4	67.1	4.7	4.2	3.7	0.8	0.7	0.6
62 to 64	38.7	44.4	50.2	53.2	5.7	5.8	3.0	1.4	1.2	0.6
65 and older	12.4	14.4	18.6	21.7	2.0	4.2	3.1	1.5	2.6	1.6
65 to 74	17.2	21.9	26.2	29.9	4.7	4.3	3.7	2.4	1.8	1.3
65 to 69	21.9	27.7	31.6	36.2	5.8	3.9	4.6	2.4	1.3	1.4
70 to 74	11.8	15.3	18.9	22.8	3.5	3.6	3.9	2.6	2.1	1.9
75 to 79	6.6	8.8	11.3	14.4	2.2	2.5	3.1	2.9	2.5	2.5
75 and older	5.4	6.1	8.0	10.6	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.2	2.7	2.9

Men, 16 years and older	75.1	73.3	69.2	66.2	-1.8	-4.1	-3.0	-0.2	-0.6	-0.4
16 to 24	70.3	63.9	56.4	50.2	-6.4	-7.5	-6.2	-0.9	-1.2	-1.2
16 to 19	54.1	43.9	33.5	27.5	-10.2	-10.4	-6.0	-2.1	-2.7	-2.0
20 to 24	83.1	79.6	73.9	68.3	-3.5	-5.7	-5.6	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8
25 to 54	91.7	90.5	88.2	87.3	-1.2	-2.3	-0.9	-0.1	-0.3	-0.1
25 to 34	92.6	91.9	88.7	87.0	-0.7	-3.2	-1.7	-0.1	-0.4	-0.2
35 to 44	92.8	91.9	90.5	90.1	-0.9	-1.4	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
45 to 54	89.1	87.5	85.6	84.4	-1.6	-1.9	-1.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1
55 and older	37.8	43.2	45.9	44.0	5.4	2.7	-1.9	1.3	0.6	-0.4
55 to 64	65.5	68.7	69.9	69.9	3.2	1.2	0.0	0.5	0.2	0.0
55 to 59	76.9	77.6	76.8	76.3	0.7	-0.8	-0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.1
60 to 64	52.8	57.0	61.9	63.8	4.2	4.9	1.9	0.8	0.8	0.3
60 to 61	64.8	64.9	69.7	69.7	0.1	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
62 to 64	45.1	50.8	56.2	59.9	5.7	5.4	3.7	1.2	1.0	0.6
65 and older	16.9	19.0	23.0	25.7	2.1	4.0	2.7	1.2	1.9	1.1
65 to 74	21.7	26.7	30.6	34.0	5.0	3.9	3.4	2.1	1.4	1.1
65 to 69	26.8	32.6	36.1	40.0	5.8	3.5	3.9	2.0	1.0	1.0
70 to 74	15.8	19.4	22.8	26.6	3.6	3.4	3.8	2.1	1.6	1.6
75 to 79	9.8	12.4	14.5	17.3	2.6	2.1	2.8	2.4	1.6	1.8
75 and older	8.6	9.0	11.0	13.5	0.4	2.0	2.5	0.5	2.0	2.1

Women, 16 years and older	58.8	59.2	57.0	55.8	0.4	-2.2	-1.2	0.1	-0.4	-0.2
16 to 24	62.5	58.7	53.6	48.6	-3.8	-5.1	-5.0	-0.6	-0.9	-1.0
16 to 19	51.3	43.8	34.5	25.9	-7.5	-9.3	-8.6	-1.6	-2.4	-2.8
20 to 24	71.0	70.5	67.7	66.5	-0.5	-2.8	-1.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.2
25 to 54	75.3	75.3	73.9	75.2	0.0	-1.4	1.3	0.0	-0.2	0.2
25 to 34	74.0	73.6	73.8	74.9	-0.4	0.2	1.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
35 to 44	77.1	75.6	74.1	73.9	-1.5	-1.5	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0
45 to 54	74.6	76.5	73.8	77.0	1.9	-2.7	3.2	0.3	-0.4	0.4
55 and older	24.0	30.5	34.9	35.4	6.5	4.4	0.5	2.4	1.4	0.1
55 to 64	48.9	56.3	58.8	62.9	7.4	2.5	4.1	1.4	0.4	0.7
55 to 59	59.2	65.0	66.4	72.2	5.8	1.4	5.8	0.9	0.2	0.8
60 to 64	37.8	45.4	50.2	54.2	7.6	4.8	4.0	1.8	1.0	0.8
60 to 61	45.3	54.0	57.6	64.8	8.7	3.6	7.2	1.8	0.6	1.2
62 to 64	33.1	38.7	44.7	47.1	5.6	6.0	2.4	1.6	1.5	0.5
65 and older	9.2	11.1	15.1	18.4	1.9	4.0	3.3	1.9	3.1	2.0
65 to 74	13.6	18.0	22.4	26.2	4.4	4.4	3.8	2.8	2.2	1.6
65 to 69	17.9	23.3	27.5	32.8	5.4	4.2	5.3	2.7	1.7	1.8
70 to 74	8.7	12.0	15.6	18.5	3.3	3.6	2.9	3.3	2.7	1.7
75 to 79	4.4	6.3	8.9	12.0	1.9	2.6	3.1	3.7	3.5	3.0
75 and older	3.5	4.3	5.9	8.4	0.8	1.6	2.5	2.1	3.2	3.6

Race:
White	67.1	66.3	63.1	60.8	-0.8	-3.2	-2.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.4
Men	75.9	74.1	69.8	66.5	-1.8	-4.3	-3.3	-0.2	-0.6	-0.5
Women	58.9	58.9	56.7	55.2	0.0	-2.2	-1.5	0.0	-0.4	-0.3

Black	63.4	63.8	61.2	59.7	0.4	-2.6	-1.5	0.1	-0.4	-0.2
Men	69.1	66.7	63.6	60.7	-2.4	-3.1	-2.9	-0.4	-0.5	-0.5
Women	58.7	61.5	59.2	58.9	2.8	-2.3	-0.3	0.5	-0.4	-0.1

Asian	65.3	65.9	63.6	63.0	0.6	-2.3	-0.6	0.1	-0.4	-0.1
Men	74.3	75.0	72.4	71.3	0.7	-2.6	-1.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.2
Women	56.9	57.6	55.8	55.7	0.7	-1.8	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	0.0

All other race groups (1)	-	66.4	67.6	63.1	-	1.2	-4.5	-	0.2	-0.7
Men	-	73.2	72.0	68.3	-	-1.3	-3.7	-	-0.2	-0.5
Women	-	60.0	63.3	57.8	-	3.3	-5.5	-	0.5	-0.9

Ethnicity:
Hispanic origin	66.1	68.6	66.1	65.9	2.5	-2.5	-0.2	0.4	-0.4	0.0
Men	79.2	80.4	76.1	74.3	1.2	-4.3	-1.8	0.2	-0.5	-0.2
Women	52.9	56.1	56.0	57.4	3.2	-0.1	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.2

Other than Hispanic origin	66.6	65.6	62.3	59.7	-1.0	-3.3	-2.6	-0.2	-0.5	-0.4
Men	74.6	72.2	67.9	64.3	-2.4	-4.3	-3.6	-0.3	-0.6	-0.5
Women	59.4	59.6	57.2	55.5	0.2	-2.4	-2.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.4

White non-Hispanic	67.2	65.9	62.4	60.7	-1.3	-3.5	-1.7	-0.2	-0.5	-0.3
Men	75.5	73.0	68.4	66.0	-2.5	-4.6	-2.4	-0.3	-0.6	-0.4
Women	60.1	59.3	56.9	55.7	-0.8	-2.4	-1.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.2

Age of baby boomers	30 to 48	40 to 58	50 to 68	60 to 78
Footnotes: 1 The "all other groups" category includes (1) those classified as being of mutiple racial origin and (2) the race categories of (2a) American Indian and Alaska Native or (2b) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders. Note: Dash indicates no data collected for category. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding. Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: December 8, 2015

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