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In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018 - (Percent)
County
Value
Alcona
40.2
Alger
41.9
Allegan
62.8
Alpena
55.8
Antrim
53.3
Arenac
49.8
Baraga
41.3
Barry
61.7
Bay
58.5
Benzie
56.3
Berrien
61.4
Branch
57.0
Calhoun
59.0
Cass
60.5
Charlevoix
59.2
Cheboygan
52.6
Chippewa
52.7
Clare
48.0
Clinton
63.0
Crawford
49.1
Delta
55.3
Dickinson
55.8
Eaton
62.9
Emmet
63.8
Genesee
57.6
Gladwin
44.7
Gogebic
47.6
Grand Traverse
64.5
Gratiot
50.9
Hillsdale
55.2
Houghton
54.5
Huron
56.3
Ingham
63.7
Ionia
58.9
Iosco
46.6
Iron
48.7
Isabella
61.5
Jackson
56.5
Kalamazoo
66.4
Kalkaska
55.0
Kent
68.9
Keweenaw
48.5
Lake
40.3
Lapeer
58.3
Leelanau
55.6
Lenawee
58.4
Livingston
65.9
Luce
41.1
Mackinac
54.8
Macomb
63.5
Manistee
49.0
Marquette
56.8
Mason
56.7
Mecosta
55.3
Menominee
58.9
Midland
60.1
Missaukee
55.6
Monroe
60.9
Montcalm
56.1
Montmorency
40.7
Muskegon
58.4
Newaygo
54.8
Oakland
66.1
Oceana
55.2
Ogemaw
47.8
Ontonagon
41.8
Osceola
51.9
Oscoda
46.8
Otsego
58.1
Ottawa
68.7
Presque Isle
46.4
Roscommon
41.3
Saginaw
57.1
Sanilac
57.0
Schoolcraft
45.7
Shiawassee
60.1
St. Clair
60.5
St. Joseph
62.1
Tuscola
56.1
Van Buren
61.0
Washtenaw
64.6
Wayne
58.9
Wexford
57.0
Value for Michigan (Percent): 61.3%
Data item: In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS), 5-Year Estimates. The PRCS is part of the Census Bureau's ACS, customized for Puerto Rico. Both Surveys are updated every year.
Definition
Civilian Labor Force consists of people classified as employed or unemployed in accordance with the criteria described below.
Employed - This category includes all civilians 16 years old and over who either (1) were "at work," that is, those who did any work at all during the reference week as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession, worked on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers on a family farm or in a family business; or (2) were "with a job but not at work," that is, those who did not work during the reference week but had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent due to illness, bad weather, industrial dispute, vacation, or other personal reasons. Excluded from the employed are people whose only activity consisted of work around the house or unpaid volunteer work for religious, charitable, and similar organizations; also excluded are all institutionalized people and people on active duty in the United States Armed Forces. For the complete definition, go to ACS subject definitions "Employment Status."
Source and Accuracy
This Fact is based on data collected in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) conducted annually by the U.S. Census Bureau. A sample of over 3.5 million housing unit addresses is interviewed each year over a 12 month period. This Fact (estimate) is based on five years of ACS and PRCS sample data and describes the average value of person, household and housing unit characteristics over this period of collection.
Statistics from all surveys are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. Sampling error is the uncertainty between an estimate based on a sample and the corresponding value that would be obtained if the estimate were based on the entire population (as from a census). Measures of sampling error are provided in the form of margins of error for all estimates included with ACS and PRCS published products. The Census Bureau recommends that data users incorporate this information into their analyses, as sampling error in survey estimates could impact the conclusions drawn from the results. The data for each geographic area are presented together with margins of error at Using margins of error. A more detailed explanation of margins of error and a demonstration of how to use them is provided below.
For more information on sampling and estimation methodology, confidentiality, and sampling and nonsampling errors, please see the Multiyear Accuracy (US) and the Multiyear Accuracy (Puerto Rico) documents at "Documentation - Accuracy of the data."
Margin of Error
As mentioned above, ACS estimates are based on a sample and are subject to sampling error. The margin of error measures the degree of uncertainty caused by sampling error. The margin of error is used with an ACS estimate to construct a confidence interval about the estimate. The interval is formed by adding the margin of error to the estimate (the upper bound) and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate (the lower bound). It is expected with 90 percent confidence that the interval will contain the full population value of the estimate. The following example is for demonstrating purposes only. Suppose the ACS reported that the percentage of people in a state who were 25 years and older with a bachelor's degree was 21.3 percent and that the margin of error associated with this estimate was 0.7 percent. By adding and subtracting the margin of error from the estimate, we calculate the 90-percent confidence interval for this estimate:
Therefore, we can be 90 percent confident that the percent of the population 25 years and older having a bachelor's degree in a state falls somewhere between 20.6 percent and 22.0 percent.
