The labor force participation rate is the percentage of people in the labor force divided by the working-age population. (The labor force is defined as people employed plus people who are unemployed, but looking for work). This chart shows labor force participation by race for residents age 16 and older. Note that there is not enough data to show for the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander category. Labor force participation by race is one way to measure equity, by estimating how much our region's racial and ethnic groups are pursuing job opportunities.
Most racial and ethnic groups had little change in their labor force participation rates between 2021 and 2022. The exceptions were American Indian and Alaska Native (rising from 57% in 2021 to 59.1% in 2022) and the "some other race" category (rising from 61.1% in 2021 to 62.6% in 2022).
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year Estimate[Table code: S2301]
This chart uses 5-year American Community Survey data which is not directly comparable to the 1-year American Community Survey data. The observation year represents that last year of the 5-year survey, for example, year 2022 represents the 5-year survey collection period of 2018-2022. Some race categories have a small sample size, resulting in large observational variances. For some years, data are suppressed and there is a break in the time series.