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1. Percent of Workforce Unemployed

Figure 1
 Percent of Workforce Unemployed
Table 1
Percentage of civilian workforce unemployed, Maryland
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Percent 3.9 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.6 4.2

2. Percent of Workforce Self-employed

Figure 2
 Percent of Workforce Unemployed
Table 2
Percentage of civilian employment self-employed, Maryland
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Percent 5.7 5.6 6.0 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.5

3. Percent of Workforce employed Part-time

Figure 3
 Percent of Workforce Unemployed
Table 3
Percent of Workforce Employed Part-time, Maryland
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Percent 14.6 15.3 15.8 15.8 15.5 14.9 15.0 15.1 15.5

* "Employed part-time" are individuals who work 1 to 34 hours per week. Employees are considered full-time if they work at least 35 hours per week.

4. Percent of Workers by Number of Hours Worked

Figure 4
 Percent of Workforce Unemployed
Table 4
Percent of civilian employment by number of hours worked per week, Maryland
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Less than 40 hours 31.1 33.3 32.6 32.0 32.0 31.4 31.5 31.6 31.3
40 hours 38.0 38.4 38.2 41.2 42.4 41.7 42.6 43.0 44.6
41+ hours 30.9 28.4 29.3 26.8 25.7 27.0 25.9 25.5 24.1

5. Percent of Workforce by Sex

Figure 5
 Percent of Workforce Unemployed
Table 5
Percentage of civilian employment by sex, Maryland
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Males 52.6 51.4 51.4 51.3 51.8 51.8 51.6 51.4 50.7
Females 47.4 48.6 48.6 48.7 48.2 48.2 48.4 48.6 49.2

6. Percent of Workforce by Age Group

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Table 6
Percentage of civilian employment by sex, Maryland
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
16 to 17 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.5
18 to 64 94.4 94.5 94.4 94.3 94.4 94.6 94.3 94.2 94.2
65+ 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.3

7. Percent of Workforce by Race

Figure 7
 Percent of Workforce Unemployed
Table 7
Percentage of civilian employment by sex, Maryland
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
White 67.4 68.1 66.8 66.2 67.7 67.0 67.0 65.7 65.8
Black 29.3 27.8 27.6 26.5 26.2 26.9 26.8 27.9 28.3
Other 3.3 4.1 5.6 7.2 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 5.9

8. Percent of Workforce by Hispanic Origin

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 Percent of Workforce Unemployed
Table 8

9. Percent of Workforce by Industry

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 Percent of Workforce Unemployed

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10. Percent of Workforce by Occupations

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 Percent of Workforce Unemployed