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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