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Table 6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic or
Latino ethnicity, March 2006
(Numbers in thousands)
Civilian labor force
Employed
Unemployed
Total, 16 years and over…………………………… 117,814
69,401
58.9
66,168
56.2
3,233
4.7
48,413
With children under 18 years old………………… 36,823
26,009
70.6
24,728
67.2
1,281
4.9
10,814
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger… 20,271
15,579
76.9
14,949
73.7
630
4.0
4,693
With children under 6 years old………………… 16,552
10,430
63.0
9,779
59.1
651
6.2
6,122
With children under 3 years old………………… 9,753
5,842
59.9
5,458
56.0
384
6.6
3,911
With no children under 18 years old……………… 80,991
43,392
53.6
41,440
51.2
1,952
4.5
37,599
Total, 16 years and over……………………………
59,476
36,192
60.9
35,185
59.2
1,007
2.8
23,284
With children under 18 years old………………… 26,432
18,067
68.4
17,494
66.2
574
3.2
8,365
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger… 14,221
10,702
75.3
10,402
73.1
300
2.8
3,520
With children under 6 years old………………… 12,211
7,366
60.3
7,092
58.1
274
3.7
4,845
With children under 3 years old………………… 7,295
4,209
57.7
4,050
55.5
159
3.8
3,085
With no children under 18 years old……………… 33,044
18,124
54.8
17,691
53.5
434
2.4
14,920
Total, 16 years and over……………………………
58,338
33,209
56.9
30,983
53.1
2,226
6.7
25,128
With children under 18 years old………………… 10,391
7,942
76.4
7,234
69.6
708
8.9
2,450
With children 6 to 17 years old, none younger…
6,050
4,877
80.6
4,547
75.2
331
6.8
1,173
With children under 6 years old…………………
4,341
3,064
70.6
2,687
61.9
377
12.3
1,277
With children under 3 years old………………… 2,459
1,633
66.4
1,407
57.2
226
13.8
826
With no children under 18 years old……………… 47,947
25,268
52.7
23,749
49.5
1,519
6.0
22,679
Total, 16 years and over……………………………
94,98