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Lehigh County Historical Employment Status Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

	Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	282,134, see rank	10,351,296	248,775,628
Male¹	135,349, 47.97%, see rank	48.30%	48.69%
Male, In Labor Force:²	95,942, 70.88%, see rank	67.76%	69.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	58, 0.04%, see rank	0.10%	0.73%
Male, Civilian²	95,884, 70.84%, see rank	67.67%	68.54%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	86,186, 89.89%, see rank	90.82%	90.49%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	9,698, 10.11%, see rank	9.18%	9.51%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	39,407, 29.12%, see rank	32.24%	30.72%
Female¹	146,785, 52.03%, see rank	51.70%	51.31%
Female, In Labor Force:²	89,212, 60.78%, see rank	58.31%	58.79%
Female, In Armed Forces²	22, 0.01%, see rank	0.01%	0.11%
Female, Civilian²	89,190, 60.76%, see rank	58.30%	58.69%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	80,561, 90.33%, see rank	92.12%	91.18%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	8,629, 9.67%, see rank	7.88%	8.82%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	57,573, 39.22%, see rank	41.69%	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

	Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	277,405, see rank	10,265,643	243,810,053
Male¹	132,483, 47.76%, see rank	48.17%	48.65%
Male, In Labor Force:²	95,190, 71.85%, see rank	68.43%	70.20%
Male, In Armed Forces²	210, 0.16%, see rank	0.15%	0.82%
Male, Civilian²	94,980, 71.69%, see rank	68.27%	69.38%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	85,745, 90.28%, see rank	90.86%	90.27%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	9,235, 9.72%, see rank	9.14%	9.73%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	37,293, 28.15%, see rank	31.57%	29.80%
Female¹	144,922, 52.24%, see rank	51.83%	51.35%
Female, In Labor Force:²	87,204, 60.17%, see rank	58.33%	59.43%
Female, In Armed Forces²	13, 0.01%, see rank	0.02%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	87,191, 60.16%, see rank	58.31%	59.30%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	79,279, 90.93%, see rank	92.27%	91.21%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	7,912, 9.07%, see rank	7.73%	8.79%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	57,718, 39.83%, see rank	41.67%	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

	Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	271,751, see rank	10,147,657	238,733,844
Male¹	129,401, 47.62%, see rank	48.06%	48.60%
Male, In Labor Force:²	93,516, 72.27%, see rank	68.89%	70.92%
Male, In Armed Forces²	152, 0.12%, see rank	0.17%	0.83%
Male, Civilian²	93,364, 72.15%, see rank	68.71%	70.09%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	86,351, 92.49%, see rank	92.26%	91.78%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	7,013, 7.51%, see rank	7.74%	8.22%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	35,885, 27.73%, see rank	31.11%	29.08%
Female¹	142,350, 52.38%, see rank	51.94%	51.40%
Female, In Labor Force:²	85,036, 59.74%, see rank	58.03%	59.40%
Female, In Armed Forces²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.02%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	85,036, 59.74%, see rank	58.01%	59.26%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	78,576, 92.40%, see rank	93.19%	92.41%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	6,460, 7.60%, see rank	6.81%	7.59%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	57,314, 40.26%, see rank	41.97%	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

	Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	266,707, see rank	10,055,581	235,871,704
Male¹	127,721, 47.89%, see rank	48.00%	48.74%
Male, In Labor Force:²	92,104, 72.11%, see rank	69.00%	71.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	147, 0.12%, see rank	0.19%	0.84%
Male, Civilian²	91,957, 72.00%, see rank	68.81%	70.44%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	85,712, 93.21%, see rank	92.88%	92.66%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	6,245, 6.79%, see rank	7.12%	7.34%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	35,617, 27.89%, see rank	31.00%	28.72%
Female¹	138,986, 52.11%, see rank	52.00%	51.26%
Female, In Labor Force:²	82,185, 59.13%, see rank	57.55%	59.10%
Female, In Armed Forces²	29, 0.02%, see rank	0.02%	0.14%
Female, Civilian²	82,156, 59.11%, see rank	57.52%	58.96%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	76,674, 93.33%, see rank	93.64%	92.95%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	5,482, 6.67%, see rank	6.36%	7.05%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	56,801, 40.87%, see rank	42.45%	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

	Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	245,633, see rank	9,693,040	217,168,077
Male¹	116,373, 47.38%, see rank	47.45%	48.34%
Male, In Labor Force:²	83,453, 71.71%, see rank	69.18%	70.75%
Male, In Armed Forces²	74, 0.06%, see rank	0.14%	0.94%
Male, Civilian²	83,379, 71.65%, see rank	69.04%	69.81%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	79,826, 95.74%, see rank	94.26%	94.28%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	3,553, 4.26%, see rank	5.74%	5.72%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	32,920, 28.29%, see rank	30.82%	29.25%
Female¹	129,260, 52.62%, see rank	52.55%	51.66%
Female, In Labor Force:²	74,053, 57.29%, see rank	55.33%	57.54%
Female, In Armed Forces²	11, 0.01%, see rank	0.02%	0.15%
Female, Civilian²	74,042, 57.28%, see rank	55.31%	57.39%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	70,598, 95.35%, see rank	94.43%	94.17%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	3,444, 4.65%, see rank	5.57%	5.83%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	55,207, 42.71%, see rank	44.67%	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.