Appendix Table 2
Population shares by gender and demographic group, 1979, 2024, and percentage point change
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic group | 1979 | 2024 | Ppt. change | 1979 | 2024 | Ppt. change |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 83.2% | 55.8% | -27.4 | 81.1% | 54.9% | -26.2 |
| Black | 9.7% | 13.1% | 3.4 | 11.2% | 14.6% | 3.4 |
| Hispanic | 5.4% | 21.6% | 16.2 | 5.6% | 20.6% | 15.0 |
| Other | 1.8% | 9.5% | 7.7 | 2.1% | 10.0% | 7.9 |
| Nativity * | ||||||
| Native | 88.5% | 78.0% | -10.5 | 89.2% | 78.6% | -10.6 |
| Naturalized | 3.4% | 8.9% | 5.5 | 3.4% | 9.7% | 6.3 |
| Not a citizen | 8.1% | 13.2% | 5.1 | 7.4% | 11.7% | 4.3 |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 22.2% | 8.3% | -13.9 | 22.0% | 6.6% | -15.4 |
| High school | 32.4% | 29.3% | -3.1 | 42.6% | 22.7% | -19.9 |
| Some college | 20.8% | 23.5% | 2.7 | 19.3% | 24.3% | 5.0 |
| College | 15.3% | 25.3% | 10.0 | 12.2% | 28.5% | 16.3 |
| Advanced degree | 9.3% | 13.6% | 4.3 | 4.0% | 17.9% | 13.9 |
| College/Noncollege | ||||||
| College | 24.6% | 38.9% | 14.3 | 16.1% | 46.4% | 30.3 |
| Noncollege | 75.4% | 61.1% | -14.3 | 83.9% | 53.6% | -30.3 |
| Married | ||||||
| Married | 80.7% | 54.7% | -26.0 | 78.6% | 56.6% | -22.0 |
| Not married | 19.3% | 45.3% | 26.0 | 21.4% | 43.4% | 22.0 |
| Age | ||||||
| 25–29 | 22.1% | 16.7% | -5.4 | 21.9% | 16.6% | -5.3 |
| 30–34 | 20.0% | 17.9% | -2.1 | 19.8% | 17.9% | -1.9 |
| 35–39 | 16.2% | 17.4% | 1.2 | 16.4% | 17.4% | 1.0 |
| 40–44 | 13.9% | 17.0% | 3.1 | 14.0% | 16.9% | 2.9 |
| 45–49 | 13.7% | 15.4% | 1.7 | 13.6% | 15.5% | 1.9 |
| 50–54 | 14.2% | 15.6% | 1.4 | 14.4% | 15.8% | 1.4 |
| Region | ||||||
| Midwest | 26.6% | 20.3% | -6.3 | 26.0% | 19.9% | -6.1 |
| Northeast | 22.1% | 16.7% | -5.4 | 22.9% | 16.8% | -6.1 |
| South | 32.1% | 38.1% | 6.0 | 32.3% | 39.1% | 6.8 |
| West | 19.3% | 24.9% | 5.6 | 18.8% | 24.2% | 5.4 |
Notes: Nativity data begin in 1994.
Source: EPI analysis of the Current Population Survey (CPS) basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 2025.6.11, https://microdata.epi.org.
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