Employment-Population (EPOP) Ratios for All Working-Age Adults and Prime-Age Workers During Last Four Recoveries, by Race
| All Workers (Age 16 or older) | Prime Age Workers (Age 25-54) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment-population ratio (high) | Change (trough to peak) | Change (1995–2000) | Employment-population ratio (high) | Change (trough to peak) | Change (1995–2000) | ||
| 1982–1990 Recovery | All | 63 | 5.0 | 79.9 | 6.2 | ||
| White | 63.8 | 4.9 | |||||
| Black | 56.9 | 7.3 | |||||
| 1991–2001 Recovery | All | 64.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 81.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| White | 64.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 82.4 | 0.2 | ||
| Black | 60.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 77.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 2001–2007 Recovery | All | 63.7 | -0.7 | 83.7 | -0.6 | ||
| White | 64.2 | -0.6 | 84.4 | -0.7 | |||
| Black | 59.7 | -1.3 | 75.5 | -0.7 | |||
| 2009–2014 Recovery | All | 59.3 | -2.5 | 76.7 | 0.9 | ||
| White | 60.2 | -2.7 | 78.1 | 1.0 | |||
| Black | 54.3 | -1.2 | 70.6 | 1.8 | |||
Note: Bureau of Labor Statistics only publishes EPOP ratios by race for 1994 and later.
Source: Author's analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey; note that EPOP ratios by race available only for 1994 and later.