Boone County	Select Characteristics
	Both Sexes			Male			Female
	Total	White	Black	Total	White	Black	Total	White	Black
2000 POPULATION
Total	25,535	25,160	167	12,471	12,277	90	13,064	12,883	77
Percent Distribution (1)	100	98.53	0.65	100	98.44	0.72	100	98.61	0.59
2000 POPULATION
16 YEARS AND OVER	20,350	20,088	123	9,785	9,654	62	10,565	10,434	61
Percent Distribution (1)	100	98.71	0.6	100	98.66	0.63	100	98.76	0.58
2000 NONINSTITUTIONAL POPULATION
16 YEARS AND OVER	20,270	20,010	120	9,750	9,620	60	10,520	10,390	60
Percent Distribution (1)	100	98.71	0.61	100	98.67	0.64	100	98.76	0.58
2000 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Total	9,606	9,492	74	5,515	5,438	49	4,091	4,054	25
Employment	8,788	8,681	67	5,028	4,958	42	3,760	3,723	25
Unemployment	818	811	7	487	480	7	331	331	-
Unemployment	8.5	8.5	9.5	8.8	8.8	14.3	8.1	8.2	-
Participation Rate	47.4	47.4	60.2	56.6	56.6	79	38.9	39	41
2008 NONINSTITUTIONAL POPULATION
16 YEARS AND OVER	19,830	19,570	120	9,530	9,410	60	10,290	10,170	60
Percent Distribution (1)	100	98.71	0.6	100	98.66	0.63	100	98.76	0.57
2008 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
16 YEARS AND OVER
Total	9,400	9,290	70	5,390	5,310	50	4,010	3,980	30
Employment	9,040	8,930	70	5,170	5,100	40	3,870	3,830	30
Unemployment	360	360	-	210	210	-	150	150	-
Unemployment	3.8	3.8	4.2	4	4	6.5	3.6	3.6	-
Participation Rate	47.4	47.4	60.5	56.5	56.5	76.7	39	39.1	44.1
Employment Distribution (1)	100	98.78	0.76	100	98.61	0.83	100	99.02	0.67
Unemployment Distribution (1)	100	99.16	0.84	100	98.59	1.41	100	100	-
Percent Distribution of Select Characteristics (2)
2000 Total Population	100	98.53	0.65	48.84	48.08	0.35	51.16	50.45	0.3
2008 Employment	100	98.78	0.76	57.21	56.42	0.48	42.79	42.37	0.29
2008 Unemployment	100	99.16	0.84	59.5	58.66	0.84	40.5	40.5	-
(1) These statistics show the distribution of race in respect to their categories
(2) These statistics show the distribution of each category to the overall total
WorkForce West Virginia:  Research, Information and Analysis								9-Dec-10