Employment
Men EPOP and earners (1 minus nonearners), by race/ethnicity, 1979–2015
| EPOP- Men | EPOP- White men | EPOP- Black men | EPOP- Hispanic men | Earners- Men | Earners- White men | Earners- Black men | Earners- Hispanic men | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 91.2% | 92.5% | 82.5% | 88.1% | 93.7% | 94.6% | 87.2% | 93.5% |
| 1980 | 89.3% | 90.9% | 79.1% | 85.8% | 93.2% | 94.6% | 83.2% | 91.9% |
| 1981 | 89.0% | 90.7% | 77.4% | 85.8% | 92.7% | 93.8% | 84.5% | 92.8% |
| 1982 | 86.5% | 88.4% | 74.5% | 83.0% | 91.6% | 93.1% | 80.7% | 89.9% |
| 1983 | 86.2% | 88.1% | 74.6% | 82.2% | 91.2% | 92.9% | 80.5% | 89.2% |
| 1984 | 88.4% | 90.3% | 77.3% | 84.7% | 92.0% | 93.6% | 82.1% | 89.7% |
| 1985 | 88.7% | 90.7% | 77.7% | 84.5% | 92.0% | 93.5% | 83.9% | 88.9% |
| 1986 | 88.5% | 90.4% | 78.6% | 84.4% | 92.5% | 94.0% | 83.6% | 91.5% |
| 1987 | 89.0% | 90.8% | 79.1% | 85.4% | 92.4% | 93.9% | 84.5% | 89.9% |
| 1988 | 89.5% | 91.3% | 79.8% | 86.5% | 92.5% | 94.0% | 83.6% | 91.2% |
| 1989 | 89.9% | 91.7% | 79.9% | 87.2% | 94.1% | 95.5% | 86.3% | 91.7% |
| 1990 | 89.1% | 91.1% | 79.4% | 86.0% | 93.8% | 95.1% | 86.4% | 91.1% |
| 1991 | 87.5% | 89.6% | 77.6% | 83.1% | 93.0% | 94.6% | 84.0% | 91.1% |
| 1992 | 86.8% | 89.1% | 75.5% | 82.5% | 92.3% | 94.0% | 83.4% | 89.5% |
| 1993 | 87.0% | 89.3% | 76.1% | 83.5% | 91.5% | 93.5% | 80.8% | 89.5% |
| 1994 | 87.3% | 89.5% | 76.8% | 84.0% | 91.8% | 93.8% | 81.1% | 89.9% |
| 1995 | 87.6% | 89.6% | 77.4% | 84.6% | 91.7% | 93.9% | 81.1% | 89.3% |
| 1996 | 87.9% | 90.0% | 77.2% | 85.8% | 92.1% | 94.0% | 82.3% | 90.8% |
| 1997 | 88.4% | 90.3% | 78.5% | 87.0% | 92.4% | 94.1% | 83.4% | 90.6% |
| 1998 | 88.8% | 90.7% | 79.1% | 87.3% | 92.2% | 93.7% | 84.0% | 91.5% |
| 1999 | 89.0% | 90.7% | 80.4% | 87.9% | 92.4% | 93.7% | 84.8% | 92.2% |
| 2000 | 89.0% | 90.6% | 79.4% | 89.1% | 92.2% | 93.7% | 83.7% | 91.4% |
| 2001 | 87.9% | 89.7% | 77.7% | 87.7% | 91.5% | 93.0% | 83.0% | 90.8% |
| 2002 | 86.6% | 88.5% | 76.4% | 86.2% | 90.8% | 92.5% | 80.8% | 90.8% |
| 2003 | 85.9% | 87.7% | 75.2% | 86.2% | 89.8% | 91.6% | 78.9% | 90.4% |
| 2004 | 86.3% | 88.0% | 75.0% | 87.4% | 80.0% | 91.4% | 81.3% | 90.9% |
| 2005 | 86.9% | 88.5% | 76.5% | 88.2% | 90.3% | 92.1% | 80.2% | 90.6% |
| 2006 | 87.3% | 88.8% | 76.8% | 88.9% | 90.5% | 91.9% | 81.0% | 92.2% |
| 2007 | 87.5% | 88.9% | 77.7% | 88.8% | 90.1% | 91.6% | 80.4% | 91.0% |
| 2008 | 86.0% | 87.5% | 76.0% | 86.9% | 89.3% | 91.0% | 79.6% | 89.8% |
| 2009 | 81.5% | 83.5% | 69.1% | 81.5% | 87.2% | 89.5% | 75.1% | 87.0% |
| 2010 | 81.0% | 83.0% | 68.6% | 81.6% | 86.0% | 88.2% | 73.5% | 86.4% |
| 2011 | 81.4% | 83.7% | 67.5% | 82.2% | 86.1% | 88.3% | 74.4% | 86.7% |
| 2012 | 82.5% | 84.6% | 69.5% | 83.1% | 86.8% | 88.6% | 76.1% | 87.3% |
| 2013 | 82.8% | 84.5% | 70.7% | 84.2% | 86.7% | 88.4% | 76.6% | 87.3% |
| 2014 | 83.6% | 85.2% | 72.3% | 85.8% | 87.1% | 88.7% | 76.3% | 88.8% |
| 2015 | 84.4% | 85.9% | 73.6% | 86.4% | 87.8% | 89.4% | 77.8% | 89.3% |

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