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Howard County Historical Employment Status Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

	Howard County	Maryland	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	234,068, see rank	4,695,768	248,775,628
Male¹	113,340, 48.42%, see rank	47.77%	48.69%
Male, In Labor Force:²	89,384, 78.86%, see rank	73.28%	69.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	774, 0.68%, see rank	0.94%	0.73%
Male, Civilian²	88,610, 78.18%, see rank	72.33%	68.54%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	84,192, 95.01%, see rank	91.57%	90.49%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	4,418, 4.99%, see rank	8.43%	9.51%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	23,956, 21.14%, see rank	26.72%	30.72%
Female¹	120,728, 51.58%, see rank	52.23%	51.31%
Female, In Labor Force:²	80,998, 67.09%, see rank	64.83%	58.79%
Female, In Armed Forces²	139, 0.12%, see rank	0.21%	0.11%
Female, Civilian²	80,859, 66.98%, see rank	64.62%	58.69%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	76,550, 94.67%, see rank	92.36%	91.18%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	4,309, 5.33%, see rank	7.64%	8.82%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	39,730, 32.91%, see rank	35.17%	41.21%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

ACS 2008-2012 data

	Howard County	Maryland	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	224,093, see rank	4,598,714	243,810,053
Male¹	108,291, 48.32%, see rank	47.70%	48.65%
Male, In Labor Force:²	86,468, 79.85%, see rank	74.08%	70.20%
Male, In Armed Forces²	968, 0.89%, see rank	1.01%	0.82%
Male, Civilian²	85,500, 78.95%, see rank	73.07%	69.38%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	81,403, 95.21%, see rank	91.71%	90.27%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	4,097, 4.79%, see rank	8.29%	9.73%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	21,823, 20.15%, see rank	25.92%	29.80%
Female¹	115,802, 51.68%, see rank	52.30%	51.35%
Female, In Labor Force:²	78,390, 67.69%, see rank	65.46%	59.43%
Female, In Armed Forces²	215, 0.19%, see rank	0.25%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	78,175, 67.51%, see rank	65.20%	59.30%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	74,299, 95.04%, see rank	92.74%	91.21%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	3,876, 4.96%, see rank	7.26%	8.79%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	37,412, 32.31%, see rank	34.54%	40.57%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

ACS 2006-2010 data

	Howard County	Maryland	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	214,777, see rank	4,503,062	238,733,844
Male¹	103,752, 48.31%, see rank	47.64%	48.60%
Male, In Labor Force:²	82,732, 79.74%, see rank	74.56%	70.92%
Male, In Armed Forces²	778, 0.75%, see rank	1.00%	0.83%
Male, Civilian²	81,954, 78.99%, see rank	73.56%	70.09%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	78,998, 96.39%, see rank	93.05%	91.78%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	2,956, 3.61%, see rank	6.95%	8.22%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	21,020, 20.26%, see rank	25.44%	29.08%
Female¹	111,025, 51.69%, see rank	52.36%	51.40%
Female, In Labor Force:²	74,908, 67.47%, see rank	65.16%	59.40%
Female, In Armed Forces²	286, 0.26%, see rank	0.27%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	74,622, 67.21%, see rank	64.89%	59.26%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	71,101, 95.28%, see rank	93.82%	92.41%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	3,521, 4.72%, see rank	6.18%	7.59%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	36,117, 32.53%, see rank	34.84%	40.60%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

ACS 2005-2009 data

	Howard County	Maryland	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	210,207, see rank	4,436,052	235,871,704
Male¹	102,070, 48.56%, see rank	47.71%	48.74%
Male, In Labor Force:²	81,325, 79.68%, see rank	74.50%	71.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	867, 0.85%, see rank	0.98%	0.84%
Male, Civilian²	80,458, 78.83%, see rank	73.52%	70.44%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	77,703, 96.58%, see rank	93.76%	92.66%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	2,755, 3.42%, see rank	6.24%	7.34%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	20,745, 20.32%, see rank	25.50%	28.72%
Female¹	108,137, 51.44%, see rank	52.29%	51.26%
Female, In Labor Force:²	72,602, 67.14%, see rank	64.68%	59.10%
Female, In Armed Forces²	351, 0.32%, see rank	0.29%	0.14%
Female, Civilian²	72,251, 66.81%, see rank	64.38%	58.96%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	69,266, 95.87%, see rank	94.25%	92.95%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	2,985, 4.13%, see rank	5.75%	7.05%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	35,535, 32.86%, see rank	35.32%	40.90%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

US Census 2000 data

	Howard County	Maryland	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	185,381, see rank	4,085,942	217,168,077
Male¹	89,426, 48.24%, see rank	47.36%	48.34%
Male, In Labor Force:²	73,844, 82.58%, see rank	73.30%	70.75%
Male, In Armed Forces²	769, 0.86%, see rank	1.31%	0.94%
Male, Civilian²	73,075, 81.72%, see rank	71.99%	69.81%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	71,367, 97.66%, see rank	95.35%	94.28%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	1,708, 2.34%, see rank	4.65%	5.72%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	15,582, 17.42%, see rank	26.70%	29.25%
Female¹	95,955, 51.76%, see rank	52.64%	51.66%
Female, In Labor Force:²	66,041, 68.82%, see rank	62.82%	57.54%
Female, In Armed Forces²	255, 0.27%, see rank	0.32%	0.15%
Female, Civilian²	65,786, 68.56%, see rank	62.50%	57.39%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	64,137, 97.49%, see rank	95.22%	94.17%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	1,649, 2.51%, see rank	4.78%	5.83%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	29,914, 31.18%, see rank	37.18%	42.46%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.