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Labor force participation rate of workers age 16 and older by race and ethnicity, January 1995–May 2023

date White Black Asian Hispanic
Jan-1995 67.2% 63.4% NA 65.6%
Feb-1995 67.1% 64.3% NA 65.4%
Mar-1995 67.1% 63.9% NA 65.4%
Apr-1995 67.3% 64.4% NA 65.9%
May-1995 66.9% 63.7% NA 65.9%
Jun-1995 67.0% 63.6% NA 66.0%
Jul-1995 67.2% 63.1% NA 66.1%
Aug-1995 67.1% 63.3% NA 66.0%
Sep-1995 67.1% 63.4% NA 66.5%
Oct-1995 67.1% 63.7% NA 66.3%
Nov-1995 66.9% 64.3% NA 65.7%
Dec-1995 66.9% 63.7% NA 65.6%
Jan-1996 66.8% 64.0% NA 65.9%
Feb-1996 67.1% 63.2% NA 66.3%
Mar-1996 67.1% 63.8% NA 65.8%
Apr-1996 67.1% 63.9% NA 65.7%
May-1996 67.2% 64.2% NA 65.7%
Jun-1996 67.1% 63.8% NA 65.7%
Jul-1996 67.3% 64.5% NA 66.1%
Aug-1996 67.1% 64.8% NA 66.8%
Sep-1996 67.3% 63.9% NA 66.8%
Oct-1996 67.5% 64.6% NA 67.3%
Nov-1996 67.4% 64.5% NA 68.3%
Dec-1996 67.4% 64.3% NA 67.5%
Jan-1997 67.3% 64.4% NA 68.4%
Feb-1997 67.3% 64.3% NA 67.7%
Mar-1997 67.5% 64.4% NA 67.7%
Apr-1997 67.5% 64.3% NA 67.0%
May-1997 67.5% 64.3% NA 67.8%
Jun-1997 67.5% 64.5% NA 67.9%
Jul-1997 67.6% 64.7% NA 68.3%
Aug-1997 67.5% 65.8% NA 68.2%
Sep-1997 67.5% 65.3% NA 67.7%
Oct-1997 67.5% 64.6% NA 68.0%
Nov-1997 67.5% 64.7% NA 68.0%
Dec-1997 67.5% 65.0% NA 67.9%
Jan-1998 67.3% 65.1% NA 67.5%
Feb-1998 67.3% 65.2% NA 67.7%
Mar-1998 67.3% 65.7% NA 68.2%
Apr-1998 67.2% 65.4% NA 68.2%
May-1998 67.3% 64.7% NA 68.7%
Jun-1998 67.2% 65.8% NA 68.3%
Jul-1998 67.2% 65.8% NA 67.9%
Aug-1998 67.3% 65.5% NA 67.7%
Sep-1998 67.4% 65.6% NA 68.2%
Oct-1998 67.4% 66.2% NA 67.9%
Nov-1998 67.4% 66.0% NA 67.6%
Dec-1998 67.4% 65.6% NA 67.8%
Jan-1999 67.4% 66.2% NA 67.9%
Feb-1999 67.5% 65.6% NA 67.9%
Mar-1999 67.3% 65.5% NA 67.8%
Apr-1999 67.3% 65.6% NA 67.5%
May-1999 67.3% 65.6% NA 67.5%
Jun-1999 67.4% 65.7% NA 67.7%
Jul-1999 67.3% 66.0% NA 67.6%
Aug-1999 67.3% 65.7% NA 68.0%
Sep-1999 67.2% 66.4% NA 67.7%
Oct-1999 67.2% 66.1% NA 67.6%
Nov-1999 67.3% 65.9% NA 67.9%
Dec-1999 67.4% 65.7% NA 68.1%
Jan-2000 67.5% 65.3% NA 70.2%
Feb-2000 67.5% 65.3% NA 69.9%
Mar-2000 67.5% 64.7% NA 70.0%
Apr-2000 67.5% 66.0% NA 69.9%
May-2000 67.2% 65.9% NA 69.8%
Jun-2000 67.3% 65.7% NA 69.8%
Jul-2000 67.1% 65.4% NA 68.9%
Aug-2000 67.2% 65.4% NA 69.2%
Sep-2000 67.1% 65.0% NA 69.8%
Oct-2000 67.0% 65.4% NA 69.4%
Nov-2000 67.0% 65.8% NA 69.8%
Dec-2000 67.3% 65.5% NA 69.9%
Jan-2001 67.4% 66.1% NA 69.9%
Feb-2001 67.4% 65.6% NA 70.0%
Mar-2001 67.4% 65.9% NA 70.3%
Apr-2001 67.1% 65.4% NA 69.9%
May-2001 66.9% 65.3% NA 69.3%
Jun-2001 66.9% 65.4% NA 68.6%
Jul-2001 66.9% 65.3% NA 69.1%
Aug-2001 66.7% 65.2% NA 69.2%
Sep-2001 66.9% 65.3% NA 69.2%
Oct-2001 67.0% 64.9% NA 69.6%
Nov-2001 67.0% 64.6% NA 69.2%
Dec-2001 67.0% 65.2% NA 69.4%
Jan-2002 66.7% 65.1% NA 69.4%
Feb-2002 67.1% 65.0% NA 69.5%
Mar-2002 66.9% 64.9% NA 69.1%
Apr-2002 66.9% 65.3% NA 69.5%
May-2002 67.0% 65.3% NA 68.9%
Jun-2002 66.8% 64.6% NA 69.0%
Jul-2002 66.9% 64.1% NA 69.3%
Aug-2002 66.9% 64.4% NA 69.1%
Sep-2002 66.9% 65.0% NA 69.2%
Oct-2002 66.8% 64.7% NA 68.8%
Nov-2002 66.6% 64.2% NA 68.9%
Dec-2002 66.5% 64.8% NA 68.6%
Jan-2003 66.6% 64.6% 67.2% 69.4%
Feb-2003 66.7% 64.5% 66.5% 69.4%
Mar-2003 66.6% 64.1% 66.4% 69.0%
Apr-2003 66.7% 64.7% 66.6% 68.9%
May-2003 66.5% 64.9% 66.3% 68.1%
Jun-2003 66.7% 64.8% 66.7% 68.4%
Jul-2003 66.5% 64.3% 65.8% 67.6%
Aug-2003 66.4% 64.3% 66.3% 67.7%
Sep-2003 66.2% 64.5% 66.3% 67.8%
Oct-2003 66.4% 64.1% 66.5% 67.7%
Nov-2003 66.4% 64.0% 65.5% 67.7%
Dec-2003 66.2% 63.3% 66.6% 67.7%
Jan-2004 66.4% 64.3% 66.7% 68.5%
Feb-2004 66.3% 63.5% 66.4% 68.1%
Mar-2004 66.3% 64.1% 66.0% 68.9%
Apr-2004 66.3% 63.5% 66.2% 68.5%
May-2004 66.3% 63.2% 65.5% 68.8%
Jun-2004 66.4% 63.3% 65.0% 68.7%
Jul-2004 66.4% 64.1% 64.9% 68.9%
Aug-2004 66.3% 64.0% 65.1% 68.8%
Sep-2004 66.1% 63.8% 66.1% 68.5%
Oct-2004 66.2% 64.3% 66.3% 68.6%
Nov-2004 66.3% 64.0% 66.6% 68.2%
Dec-2004 66.2% 63.8% 65.9% 68.2%
Jan-2005 66.2% 63.6% 66.2% 67.6%
Feb-2005 66.3% 63.5% 66.1% 68.1%
Mar-2005 66.2% 63.7% 65.7% 68.1%
Apr-2005 66.3% 64.0% 65.9% 68.1%
May-2005 66.4% 64.4% 65.8% 68.2%
Jun-2005 66.2% 64.7% 65.2% 68.0%
Jul-2005 66.3% 64.6% 66.4% 67.8%
Aug-2005 66.4% 64.6% 66.0% 68.1%
Sep-2005 66.4% 64.2% 66.2% 67.8%
Oct-2005 66.3% 64.5% 66.9% 68.1%
Nov-2005 66.3% 64.4% 66.3% 68.3%
Dec-2005 66.3% 63.6% 66.0% 68.5%
Jan-2006 66.5% 63.4% 65.8% 69.0%
Feb-2006 66.4% 64.4% 66.3% 69.0%
Mar-2006 66.4% 64.6% 66.6% 68.8%
Apr-2006 66.4% 64.2% 66.5% 68.9%
May-2006 66.4% 64.2% 65.8% 68.8%
Jun-2006 66.5% 63.7% 65.8% 69.1%
Jul-2006 66.5% 64.1% 65.7% 68.5%
Aug-2006 66.6% 64.2% 65.6% 68.2%
Sep-2006 66.3% 63.6% 67.1% 68.0%
Oct-2006 66.5% 64.1% 66.9% 68.6%
Nov-2006 66.5% 64.3% 66.6% 68.8%
Dec-2006 66.7% 64.5% 66.3% 69.3%
Jan-2007 66.7% 64.6% 66.5% 69.4%
Feb-2007 66.6% 64.2% 65.9% 68.9%
Mar-2007 66.6% 63.8% 66.1% 69.0%
Apr-2007 66.2% 63.7% 66.1% 68.9%
May-2007 66.3% 63.4% 66.4% 68.7%
Jun-2007 66.4% 63.5% 66.4% 68.5%
Jul-2007 66.3% 63.9% 66.7% 68.7%
Aug-2007 66.1% 63.6% 67.1% 69.1%
Sep-2007 66.3% 63.5% 65.8% 68.9%
Oct-2007 66.2% 63.3% 66.4% 68.7%
Nov-2007 66.4% 63.2% 67.5% 68.8%
Dec-2007 66.4% 63.4% 66.7% 68.6%
Jan-2008 66.5% 64.0% 67.3% 68.6%
Feb-2008 66.3% 63.7% 66.9% 68.6%
Mar-2008 66.3% 64.0% 67.2% 68.6%
Apr-2008 66.1% 63.9% 67.9% 68.8%
May-2008 66.4% 63.8% 67.3% 69.1%
Jun-2008 66.4% 63.7% 66.9% 68.8%
Jul-2008 66.4% 63.8% 67.2% 68.5%
Aug-2008 66.3% 64.3% 67.4% 68.8%
Sep-2008 66.2% 63.7% 66.7% 68.5%
Oct-2008 66.4% 63.6% 66.7% 68.2%
Nov-2008 66.2% 63.1% 66.2% 67.8%
Dec-2008 66.1% 63.5% 66.2% 68.0%
Jan-2009 66.1% 63.2% 65.5% 67.9%
Feb-2009 66.2% 62.9% 66.0% 68.2%
Mar-2009 66% 62.3% 65.7% 68.3%
Apr-2009 66.1% 63.0% 66.3% 68.5%
May-2009 66.2% 62.8% 66.3% 68.1%
Jun-2009 66.1% 62.6% 66.7% 67.9%
Jul-2009 65.9% 62.8% 67.2% 68.5%
Aug-2009 65.9% 62.1% 66.3% 67.8%
Sep-2009 65.5% 61.8% 65.9% 67.8%
Oct-2009 65.5% 61.8% 65.5% 67.6%
Nov-2009 65.4% 62.1% 65.3% 67.7%
Dec-2009 65.1% 61.9% 65.5% 67.2%
Jan-2010 65.3% 62.3% 64.2% 68.1%
Feb-2010 65.3% 62.1% 64.3% 68.1%
Mar-2010 65.3% 62.6% 64.4% 68.1%
Apr-2010 65.6% 62.7% 65.7% 67.6%
May-2010 65.3% 62.7% 65.0% 67.4%
Jun-2010 65.1% 61.9% 64.8% 67.2%
Jul-2010 65.1% 61.9% 64.9% 67.5%
Aug-2010 65.2% 62.2% 64.9% 67.4%
Sep-2010 65.0% 61.8% 64.2% 67.6%
Oct-2010 64.8% 62.0% 65.2% 66.8%
Nov-2010 64.8% 62.5% 64.6% 67.1%
Dec-2010 64.7% 62.1% 64.4% 67.0%
Jan-2011 64.6% 61.6% 64.9% 67.1%
Feb-2011 64.5% 61.4% 64.8% 66.0%
Mar-2011 64.6% 61.3% 65.3% 66.4%
Apr-2011 64.7% 61.4% 64.2% 66.4%
May-2011 64.6% 61.0% 65.1% 66.0%
Jun-2011 64.5% 61.1% 64.4% 66.2%
Jul-2011 64.5% 60.7% 64.3% 66.1%
Aug-2011 64.5% 61.6% 63.8% 66.7%
Sep-2011 64.5% 62.2% 64.3% 66.7%
Oct-2011 64.5% 61.5% 64.9% 67.0%
Nov-2011 64.4% 61.4% 64.3% 66.6%
Dec-2011 64.3% 61.9% 64.6% 66.8%
Jan-2012 64.2% 61.1% 64.2% 66.3%
Feb-2012 64.2% 61.6% 62.9% 66.8%
Mar-2012 64.1% 61.8% 63.3% 66.3%
Apr-2012 64.0% 61.3% 62.5% 66.4%
May-2012 64.1% 61.3% 63.5% 67.0%
Jun-2012 64.1% 62.1% 64.1% 66.9%
Jul-2012 63.9% 61.6% 64.5% 66.5%
Aug-2012 63.8% 61.3% 63.6% 66.1%
Sep-2012 64.0% 61.2% 64.0% 66.3%
Oct-2012 64.0% 62.2% 63.6% 66.3%
Nov-2012 63.8% 61.3% 64.8% 65.7%
Dec-2012 63.9% 61.3% 65.7% 65.8%
Jan-2013 63.9% 61.8% 64.9% 66.2%
Feb-2013 63.6% 61.7% 64.8% 66.3%
Mar-2013 63.5% 61.2% 64.2% 65.4%
Apr-2013 63.7% 61.5% 64.0% 65.7%
May-2013 63.7% 61.7% 63.7% 66.5%
Jun-2013 63.7% 61.6% 65.3% 66.3%
Jul-2013 63.6% 61.2% 64.4% 66.7%
Aug-2013 63.5% 60.7% 64.7% 66.3%
Sep-2013 63.4% 61.2% 65.3% 65.8%
Oct-2013 63.0% 60.6% 64.2% 65.7%
Nov-2013 63.3% 60.4% 64.7% 66.0%
Dec-2013 63.2% 60.3% 64.6% 65.5%
Jan-2014 63.2% 60.6% 63.9% 65.9%
Feb-2014 63.2% 60.9% 63.9% 66.0%
Mar-2014 63.3% 61.3% 64.3% 66.1%
Apr-2014 63.0% 61.0% 63.6% 65.6%
May-2014 63.1% 60.8% 63.8% 65.8%
Jun-2014 63.1% 61.1% 62.9% 66.3%
Jul-2014 63.0% 61.7% 62.8% 66.0%
Aug-2014 63.1% 61.0% 63.7% 66.1%
Sep-2014 63.0% 61.6% 63.4% 66.1%
Oct-2014 63.0% 61.3% 63.9% 66.5%
Nov-2014 63.1% 61.3% 63.2% 66.4%
Dec-2014 62.9% 61.4% 63.4% 66.1%
Jan-2015 63.1% 60.9% 62.6% 66.6%
Feb-2015 62.9% 61.0% 63.1% 66.1%
Mar-2015 62.8% 61.1% 62.4% 66.2%
Apr-2015 62.8% 62.2% 63.3% 66.4%
May-2015 63.0% 62.1% 63.8% 66.3%
Jun-2015 62.8% 61.8% 62.8% 66.2%
Jul-2015 62.7% 61.5% 62.6% 66.0%
Aug-2015 62.7% 61.7% 62.4% 65.7%
Sep-2015 62.5% 61.4% 62.1% 65.3%
Oct-2015 62.6% 61.5% 61.8% 65.6%
Nov-2015 62.7% 61.6% 63.2% 65.5%
Dec-2015 62.8% 61.7% 63.3% 65.5%
Jan-2016 62.9% 61.4% 62.4% 65.8%
Feb-2016 63.0% 61.5% 63.0% 66.0%
Mar-2016 63.1% 61.5% 63.3% 66.3%
Apr-2016 63.1% 61.2% 63.8% 65.8%
May-2016 62.9% 61.1% 63.3% 65.6%
Jun-2016 62.9% 61.4% 63.3% 65.8%
Jul-2016 62.9% 61.2% 63.7% 65.9%
Aug-2016 63.0% 61.8% 63.2% 66.2%
Sep-2016 62.9% 62.0% 63.4% 66.0%
Oct-2016 62.8% 61.8% 63.7% 65.6%
Nov-2016 62.7% 62.1% 62.9% 65.5%
Dec-2016 62.6% 62.0% 62.8% 65.6%
Jan-2017 62.8% 62.3% 63.8% 66.1%
Feb-2017 62.8% 62.3% 63.6% 66.4%
Mar-2017 62.9% 62.2% 63.0% 66.7%
Apr-2017 62.9% 62.5% 63.7% 66.2%
May-2017 62.8% 62.6% 63.9% 66.2%
Jun-2017 62.8% 62.0% 63.7% 66.2%
Jul-2017 62.9% 62.2% 64.1% 66.5%
Aug-2017 62.9% 62.0% 64.2% 65.9%
Sep-2017 63.0% 62.7% 64.3% 66.4%
Oct-2017 62.6% 62.2% 63.6% 65.5%
Nov-2017 62.7% 62.4% 63.0% 65.5%
Dec-2017 62.7% 62.2% 62.7% 65.7%
Jan-2018 62.7% 62.1% 63.0% 65.8%
Feb-2018 63.0% 62.9% 62.8% 66.1%
Mar-2018 62.8% 62.6% 63.3% 65.8%
Apr-2018 62.9% 61.8% 63.4% 66.5%
May-2018 62.9% 62.1% 62.9% 66.4%
Jun-2018 62.9% 62.3% 63.6% 66.6%
Jul-2018 62.9% 62.5% 63.8% 66.9%
Aug-2018 62.6% 62.0% 63.5% 65.9%
Sep-2018 62.6% 62.5% 64.1% 66.0%
Oct-2018 62.8% 62.6% 63.9% 66.1%
Nov-2018 62.9% 62.2% 64.1% 66.7%
Dec-2018 63.0% 62.1% 63.6% 67.0%
Jan-2019 63.0% 62.9% 64.4% 67.1%
Feb-2019 63.0% 62.5% 64.6% 66.5%
Mar-2019 63.0% 62.0% 64.2% 66.8%
Apr-2019 62.8% 62.4% 62.8% 66.0%
May-2019 62.9% 62.4% 63.2% 66.3%
Jun-2019 63.0% 61.8% 63.6% 66.4%
Jul-2019 63.0% 62.6% 63.7% 66.6%
Aug-2019 63.1% 62.2% 63.8% 66.7%
Sep-2019 63.2% 62.5% 64.0% 67.1%
Oct-2019 63.2% 62.5% 65.2% 67.3%
Nov-2019 63.2% 62.3% 64.6% 67.4%
Dec-2019 63.2% 63.2% 63.5% 67.2%
Jan-2020 63.3% 62.8% 63.8% 67.8%
Feb-2020 63.2% 63.1% 64.5% 67.9%
Mar-2020 62.6% 61.8% 63.8% 66.9%
Apr-2020 60.2% 58.4% 60.9% 63.3%
May-2020 61.0% 59.6% 60.9% 64.2%
Jun-2020 61.7% 60.0% 61.6% 65.4%
Jul-2020 61.5% 60.2% 63.4% 64.8%
Aug-2020 61.8% 60.2% 63.6% 65.3%
Sep-2020 61.6% 59.8% 62.8% 65.0%
Oct-2020 61.8% 60.3% 62.7% 65.7%
Nov-2020 61.6% 60.4% 62.8% 65.5%
Dec-2020 61.6% 60.0% 62.0% 65.4%
Jan-2021 61.3% 60.3% 62.6% 64.9%
Feb-2021 61.4% 60.1% 62.7% 65.3%
Mar-2021 61.4% 60.7% 63.0% 65.3%
Apr-2021 61.5% 61.2% 62.7% 65.2%
May-2021 61.4% 60.9% 63.3% 65.1%
Jun-2021 61.4% 61.6% 63.3% 65.3%
Jul-2021 61.6% 60.8% 64.4% 65.7%
Aug-2021 61.5% 61.5% 64.0% 65.4%
Sep-2021 61.5% 61.3% 64.4% 65.6%
Oct-2021 61.5% 61.1% 65.3% 65.7%
Nov-2021 61.7% 60.8% 65.4% 66.4%
Dec-2021 61.7% 60.8% 64.7% 66.0%
Jan-2022 62.0% 62.0% 64.3% 66.4%
Feb-2022 62.1% 62.2% 63.0% 66.6%
Mar-2022 62.2% 62.1% 64.1% 66.4%
Apr-2022 61.9% 62.3% 64.5% 66.1%
May-2022 61.9% 63.0% 64.9% 66.5%
Jun-2022 61.9% 62.2% 64.4% 66.5%
Jul-2022 61.9% 62.0% 64.9% 65.8%
Aug-2022 62.0% 61.8% 65.2% 66.8%
Sep-2022 62.0% 62.2% 64.8% 66.1%
Oct-2022 62.0% 62.1% 64.8% 66.1%
Nov-2022 61.8% 62.3% 64.8% 65.7%
Dec-2022 62.1% 62.4% 64.2% 66.3%
Jan-2023 62.1% 62.9% 64.1% 66.3%
Feb-2023 62.1% 63.4% 65.1% 66.8%
Mar-2023 62.2% 64.1% 64.9% 66.8%
Apr-2023 62.3% 63.0% 64.9% 66.8%
May-2023 62.3% 63.2% 65.1% 66.9%
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Notes: Racial and ethnic categories are not mutually exclusive; white and Black data do not exclude Latinx workers of each race. Low-point and high-point of each series marked.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey, public data series. 

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