Employment

EPOP and earners (1 minus nonearners), by race/ethnicity, 1979–2015

EPOP- All EPOP- Whites EPOP- Blacks EPOP- Hispanics Earners- All  Earners- Whites  Earners- Blacks  Earners- Hispanics 
1979 74.7% 75.7% 70.7% 67.5% 81.7% 82.6% 77.9% 76.9%
1980 74.3% 75.6% 68.9% 67.0% 81.5% 82.9% 75.6% 75.0%
1981 74.7% 76.3% 68.0% 67.8% 81.7% 83.0% 76.3% 75.3%
1982 73.6% 75.3% 66.3% 65.7% 80.9% 82.5% 74.4% 73.1%
1983 73.8% 75.6% 66.6% 65.1% 81.3% 83.0% 74.4% 73.9%
1984 75.9% 77.7% 69.1% 67.4% 82.6% 84.3% 76.1% 75.2%
1985 76.7% 78.6% 69.9% 68.3% 82.9% 84.6% 77.8% 74.7%
1986 77.4% 79.2% 70.9% 69.2% 83.9% 85.5% 78.6% 76.8%
1987 78.4% 80.2% 72.0% 71.2% 84.2% 86.1% 78.4% 76.8%
1988 79.2% 81.1% 72.8% 71.8% 84.8% 86.6% 78.9% 78.1%
1989 79.9% 81.9% 73.2% 72.6% 85.8% 87.6% 80.7% 78.5%
1990 79.7% 81.9% 72.9% 72.1% 85.7% 87.7% 79.5% 77.9%
1991 78.6% 81.0% 71.4% 70.1% 85.4% 87.5% 78.9% 78.1%
1992 78.3% 80.8% 70.5% 69.7% 84.9% 87.0% 78.0% 77.2%
1993 78.6% 81.2% 70.7% 70.3% 84.5% 86.9% 77.6% 76.4%
1994 79.3% 81.9% 71.6% 70.6% 85.1% 87.5% 78.1% 77.5%
1995 79.8% 82.3% 72.7% 71.3% 85.2% 87.6% 78.4% 77.5%
1996 80.2% 82.7% 73.4% 72.5% 85.4% 87.7% 79.5% 78.7%
1997 80.9% 83.2% 74.5% 74.4% 85.8% 87.8% 81.3% 79.2%
1998 81.1% 83.2% 75.7% 74.7% 85.8% 87.7% 82.1% 79.7%
1999 81.4% 83.5% 77.3% 75.0% 86.4% 88.1% 83.7% 80.7%
2000 81.5% 83.3% 76.9% 76.9% 86.0% 87.7% 82.7% 81.5%
2001 80.5% 82.5% 75.7% 75.8% 85.2% 87.0% 81.2% 80.6%
2002 79.3% 81.5% 73.9% 74.8% 84.4% 86.5% 79.9% 79.6%
2003 78.8% 81.2% 73.5% 73.9% 83.6% 85.6% 79.0% 79.3%
2004 79.0% 81.1% 73.0% 75.2% 83.4% 85.4% 79.2% 79.2%
2005 79.3% 81.5% 73.7% 75.6% 83.5% 85.6% 79.2% 79.2%
2006 79.8% 81.8% 74.2% 76.6% 83.8% 85.6% 79.9% 80.9%
2007 79.9% 81.8% 74.9% 76.9% 83.6% 85.6% 79.2% 80.1%
2008 79.1% 81.1% 73.9% 75.4% 83.2% 85.2% 78.5% 79.7%
2009 75.8% 78.3% 68.8% 71.5% 81.3% 83.8% 74.5% 77.6%
2010 75.1% 77.6% 67.8% 71.7% 80.2% 82.7% 73.3% 76.5%
2011 75.1% 77.9% 66.7% 71.6% 80.0% 82.5% 73.7% 76.7%
2012 75.7% 78.3% 68.7% 72.4% 80.4% 82.9% 74.8% 76.9%
2013 75.9% 78.4% 69.1% 72.8% 80.4% 82.9% 75.2% 77.2%
2014 76.7% 79.1% 70.6% 74.3% 80.6% 82.9% 75.6% 77.7%
2015 77.2% 79.7% 71.9% 74.5% 81.4% 83.8% 76.8% 78.4%
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