Hispanic and Asian American men have the highest labor force participation among older Americans: Labor force participation rate of older Americans, by race and ethnicity, gender, and age, 2022
White | Black | Hispanic | AAPI | |
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Men | 71.2% | 60.6% | 77.2% | 73.3% |
Women | 61.4% | 58.1% | 56.9% | 60.5% |
Men | 23.7% | 21.7% | 27.4% | 21.5% |
Women | 15.2% | 16.2% | 12.5% | 17.2% |
Notes: Labor force participants are employed workers and unemployed workers who are actively seeking work. The labor force participation rate for a given age group is the number of labor force participants divided by the total number of people in that age group. Hispanic refers to Hispanic of any race, while white, Black, and AAPI refer to non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, and non-Hispanic Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Data cover the first half of 2022.
Labor force participants are employed workers and unemployed workers who are actively seeking work. The labor force participation rate for a given age group is the number of labor force participants divided by the total number of people in that age group. Hispanic refers to Hispanic of any race, while white, Black, and AAPI refer to non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, and non-Hispanic Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Data cover the first half of 2022. The measure does not include discouraged workers who would like to work but are not actively looking due to weak job opportunities.
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) analysis of monthly microdata from the Current Population Survey (CPS) Outgoing Rotation Group for January–July 2022 (Flood et al. 2021).