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Figure 6: Labor Force Entrants by Race 1994-2004 (actual) vs. 2004-
2014 projected) (Numbers in thousands)

Race 1994 - 2004 2004 -2014
Total 32,638 (100.0%) 39,048 (100.0%)
Men 17,633 (54.0%) 20,829 (53.3%)
Women 15,005 (46.0%) 18,219 (46.7%)
White 26,634 (81.6%) 29,190 (74.8%)
Men 14,869 (45.6%) 16,073 (41.2%)
Women 11,765 (36.0%) 13,117 (33.6%)
Black 4,379 (13.4%) 5,795 (14.8%)
Men 1,902 (5.8%) 2,683 (6.9%)
Women 2,477 (7.6%) 3,112 (8.0%)
Asian1 1,625 (5.0%) 2,697 (6.9%)
Men 862 (2.6%) 1,353 (3.5%)
Women 763 (2.3%) 1,344 (3.4%)
Other2 NA 1,366 (3.5%)
Men NA 720 (1.8%)
Women NA 646 (1.7%)

1 Definitions of race categories were changed in census 2000. Data for 2004 and 2014 represent the “Asian only” race category with 2000 census weights.

2 “Other” category includes 1) those classes as of multiple racial origin and 2) the race categories of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections. Table 7. www.bls/emp/emplab07.htm

 

Figure 7: Labor Force Entrants by Hispanic Origin 1994-2004 (actual) vs. 2004-2014 (projected) (Numbers in thousands)

Race 1994 - 2004 2004 -2014
Hispanic Origin 8,283 (25.4%) 8,378 (21.5%)
Men 4,952 (15.2%) 4,501 (11.5%)
Women 3,331 (10.2%) 3,877 (9.9%)
Other Than Hispanic 24,355 (74.6%) 30,670 (78.5%)
Men 12,681 (38.9%) 16,328 (41.8%)
Women 11,674 (35.8%) 14,342 (36.7%)
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections. Table 7.www.bls/emp/emplab07.htm

 

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