Employment Status in Ward 8, District of Columbia (Ward)

Employment Status#1

Percentage of population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and Ward 8
Ward 8
District of Columbia
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%CountArmed ForcesEmployed1UnemployedOther22.342256%0.631782%2.342256%2.3%1,42143.405090%62.768124%43.405090%43.4%26,33326.3k12.172809%6.007066%12.172809%12.2%7,38542.079844%30.593028%42.079844%42.1%25,52925.5k
Count population with given employment status
1excluding armed forces 2not in the labor force

Employment Status By Sex#2

Percentage of male and female population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and Ward 8
Ward 8
District of Columbia
40%20%0%20%40%FMArmed ForcesEmployed1UnemployedOther2-0.456687%-0.456687%-0.456687%0.5%0.456687%4.424947%0.456687%4.424947%4.881634%4.9%1591,262-42.194028%-2.110315%-42.194028%-2.110315%-44.304343%44.3%42.194028%42.194028%42.194028%42.2%15,42515.4k10,90810.9k-11.276425%-11.276425%-11.276425%11.3%11.276425%2.103585%11.276425%2.103585%13.380009%13.4%3,9263,459-39.544329%-4.418217%-39.544329%-4.418217%-43.962546%44.0%39.544329%39.544329%39.544329%39.5%15,30615.3k10,22310.2k
F females with given employment status
M males with given employment status
1excluding armed forces 2not in the labor force

Employment Status by Age#3

Employment status composition of the given age cohorts.
Scope: population of Ward 8
Armed Forces
Employed
Unemployed
Not in Labor Force
75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-190.000000%8.911740%9%0.171380%90.916881%91%2080.000000%15.340314%15%1.256545%83.403141%83%2930.000000%18.838174%19%2.614108%78.547718%79%4540.000000%30.631025%31%4.469763%64.899211%65%6990.000000%42.718447%43%8.025890%8%49.255663%49%6600.432738%46.792098%47%8.428975%8%44.346190%44%2,5101.025375%54.572760%55%9.735888%10%34.665976%35%5,3681.884849%58.172829%58%14.285714%14%25.656607%26%5,8313.348675%56.721155%57%16.743374%17%23.186796%23%3,7853.058572%55.283683%55%17.709130%18%23.948616%24%3,8157.525913%8%40.378549%40%22.239748%22%29.855791%30%2,1269.207241%9%33.302122%33%18.539326%19%38.951311%39%1,3621.512137%11.281337%11%9.928372%10%77.278154%77%6430%20%40%60%80%100%Count
Count number of people in age cohort

Employment by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of population employed by sex and age cohort.
Scope: population of Ward 8
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-194.610%4.61%16.298%16.3%13.542%13.5%18.074%18.1%21.921%21.9%14.818%14.8%29.332%29.3%33.333%33.3%49.313%49.3%35.618%35.6%49.895%49.9%44.147%44.1%55.424%55.4%55.828%55.8%59.127%59.1%61.463%61.5%54.759%54.8%68.501%68.5%56.215%56.2%61.244%61.2%48.255%48.3%47.540%47.5%38.084%38.1%47.203%47.2%12.282%12.3%13.412%13.4%
F employed females as percentage of age cohort
M employed males as percentage of age cohort

Employment Sex Ratio by Age#5

Percentage more males or females employed by age cohort.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and Ward 8
More Females More Males
District of Columbia
Ward 8
50%0%50%100%M:FFM75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-19105.882353%5.851463%105.882353%105.9%2.0592.0668140-13.868613%-13.868613%13.9%26.042155%0.8780.88156137-92.903226%-21.249385%-92.903226%92.9%0.5180.52299155-82.995951%-3.382385%-82.995951%83.0%0.5460.55452247-49.056604%-20.865578%-49.056604%49.1%0.6710.67395265-30.275229%-5.786667%-30.275229%30.3%0.7680.771,4201,090-31.080499%-31.080499%31.1%6.191445%0.7630.763,0452,323-45.206056%-45.206056%45.2%8.567704%0.6890.693,4532,378-26.918465%-2.032658%-26.918465%26.9%0.7880.792,1171,668-25.206612%-18.721398%-25.206612%25.2%0.7990.802,1211,694-5.609284%-43.163830%-5.609284%5.6%0.9470.951,0921,034-15.759027%16.878981%16.878981%16.9%1.1691.17628734-10.819672%-65.132106%-10.819672%10.8%0.9020.90338305
M:F ratio of males to females in the age cohort
F employed females in the age cohort
M employed males in the age cohort

Male Employment by Age#6

Percentage of male population employed by age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the upper state legislative districts in District of Columbia.
Scope: population of District of Columbia, Ward 8, and selected other upper state legislative districts in District of Columbias
Ward 8
District of Columbia
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%20%40%60%80%100%%75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-1916.298%16.3%18.074%18.1%14.818%14.8%33.333%33.3%35.618%35.6%44.147%44.1%55.828%55.8%61.463%61.5%68.501%68.5%61.244%61.2%47.540%47.5%47.203%47.2%13.412%13.4%
% employed percentage of male population in Ward 8

Female Employment by Age#7

Percentage of female population employed by age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the upper state legislative districts in District of Columbia.
Scope: population of District of Columbia, Ward 8, and selected other upper state legislative districts in District of Columbias
Ward 8
District of Columbia
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%20%40%60%80%100%%75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-194.610%4.61%13.542%13.5%21.921%21.9%29.332%29.3%49.313%49.3%49.895%49.9%55.424%55.4%59.127%59.1%54.759%54.8%56.215%56.2%48.255%48.3%38.084%38.1%12.282%12.3%
% employed percentage of female population in Ward 8

Employment among the Married#8

Selected family employment structures as a percentage of all married couple households.
Scope: households in District of Columbia and Ward 8
Ward 8
District of Columbia
0%10%20%30%CountBoth Parents Work1Stay at Home Moms1Stay at Home Dads1Neither Parent WorksNeither Parent Wo…1Both Work, No Kids2Ladies Who Lunch2Gents Who Lunch2Neither Works, No KidsNeither Works, No …229.160872%30.069993%29.160872%29.2%1,25812.795549%8.080747%12.795549%12.8%5522.410756%1.147526%2.410756%2.4%1041.205378%0.539217%1.205378%1.2%5223.041261%34.253057%23.041261%23.0%9949.851646%8.315059%9.851646%9.9%4257.487251%6.062063%7.487251%7.5%32314.047288%11.532338%14.047288%14.0%606
1children under 18 present in the house 2no children under 18 present in the house

Employment among the Married With Children#9

Selected employment arrangements as a percentage of married couples with children under 18 present in the house.
Scope: households in District of Columbia and Ward 8
Ward 8
District of Columbia
0%20%40%60%CountBoth WorkStay at Home MomsStay at Home DadsNeither Work63.987792%75.481657%63.987792%64.0%1,25828.077314%20.284282%28.077314%28.1%5525.289929%2.880519%5.289929%5.3%1042.644964%1.353542%2.644964%2.6%52

Employment among the Married Without Children#10

Selected employment arrangements as a percentage of married couples without children under 18 present in the house.
Scope: households in District of Columbia and Ward 8
Ward 8
District of Columbia
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountBoth WorkLadies Who LunchGents Who LunchNeither Work42.333901%56.934215%42.333901%42.3%99418.100511%13.820996%18.100511%18.1%42513.756388%10.076145%13.756388%13.8%32325.809199%19.168643%25.809199%25.8%606

Employment by Educational Attainment#11

Percentage of population that is employed by highest level of educational attainment among the population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and Ward 8
Ward 8
District of Columbia
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma380.186480%88.182152%80.186480%80.2%5,16062.408126%67.463397%62.408126%62.4%7,55749.077097%56.261506%49.077097%49.1%8,26928.254662%49.825417%28.254662%28.3%1,682
Count employed people with given educational attainment aged 25 to 64 years old
1or higher 2two or four year institution 3H.S. = High School

The Non-Working by Race#12

Percentage of each ethno-racial group's population 16 to 64 years of age that is either unemployed or not in the labor force.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and Ward 8
Female Male
District of Columbia
Ward 8
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
80%60%40%20%0%20%40%%MixedBlackAsianHispanic1OtherWhite-48.866499%-25.788182%-2.101812%-48.866499%48.9%48.866499%8.675401%25.788182%57.541899%57.5%51.563%51.6%-51.806592%-43.694521%-51.806592%51.8%51.806592%0.803284%43.694521%1.612081%52.609877%52.6%52.144%52.1%-46.086957%-5.358130%-24.223042%-51.445087%51.4%46.086957%24.223042%0.256617%46.086957%46.1%49.306%49.3%-10.679612%-70.452464%-18.045378%-6.665578%-81.132075%81.1%10.679612%18.045378%10.679612%10.7%34.615%34.6%-32.078560%-20.553971%-8.042033%-32.078560%32.1%32.078560%6.254774%20.553971%38.333333%38.3%34.138%34.1%-17.633803%-25.098246%-15.264696%-2.674827%-42.732049%42.7%17.633803%15.264696%17.633803%17.6%27.460%27.5%
% percentage of both sexes combined
1white Hispanic

Unemployment by Race#13

Percentage unemployed of each ethno-racial group's population 16 to 64 years of age.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and Ward 8
Female Male
District of Columbia
Ward 8
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
10%5%0%5%10%15%20%%BlackMixedOtherHispanic1WhiteAsian-13.385688%-10.930531%-13.385688%13.4%13.385688%2.496722%10.930531%1.483098%15.882410%15.9%14.436%14.4%-6.045340%-3.433810%-6.045340%6.0%6.045340%12.949073%3.433810%3.645669%18.994413%19.0%10.069%10.1%-0.000000%-4.643585%-1.721703%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%21.666667%4.643585%21.666667%21.7%7.135%7.14%-6.796117%-2.637846%-3.619670%-0.674696%-9.433962%9.4%6.796117%3.619670%6.796117%6.8%7.692%7.69%-0.845070%-4.146173%-2.388329%-4.991243%5.0%0.845070%2.388329%0.174534%0.845070%0.8%2.468%2.47%-0.000000%-1.182592%-0.990429%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%1.182592%0.000000%0.0%0.000%0%
% percentage of both sexes combined
1white Hispanic

Armed Forces by Race#14

Percentage of each ethno-racial group's population 16 to 64 years of age in the armed forces.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and Ward 8
Female Male
District of Columbia
Ward 8
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
0%10%20%30%40%50%%Hispanic1WhiteMixedAsianOtherBlack-0.000000%-0.146816%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%59.708738%0.146816%2.166241%59.708738%59.7%39.423%39.4%-8.931699%-0.333156%-8.931699%8.9%8.931699%38.617597%0.333156%1.930110%47.549296%47.5%32.431%32.4%-4.785894%-0.730267%-4.785894%4.8%4.785894%6.945949%0.730267%0.553478%11.731844%11.7%6.944%6.94%-0.000000%-0.483805%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%12.173913%0.483805%0.001058%12.173913%12.2%4.861%4.86%-0.000000%-0.200707%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%1.666667%0.200707%0.002959%1.666667%1.7%0.549%0.55%-0.133822%-0.064698%-0.133822%0.1%0.133822%1.103202%0.064698%0.372569%1.237023%1.2%0.598%0.60%
% percentage of both sexes combined
1white Hispanic

Employment by Race#15

Percentage employed of each ethno-racial group's population 16 to 64 years of age.
Scope: population of District of Columbia and Ward 8
Female Male
District of Columbia
Ward 8
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%%WhiteOtherHispanic1AsianBlackMixed-57.267951%-82.060477%-57.267951%57.3%57.267951%25.098246%82.060477%2.674827%82.366197%82.4%72.540%72.5%-61.666667%-6.254774%-71.403995%-67.921440%67.9%61.666667%71.403995%8.042033%61.666667%61.7%65.862%65.9%-18.867925%-75.289044%-18.867925%18.9%18.867925%70.452464%75.289044%6.665578%89.320388%89.3%65.385%65.4%-48.554913%-75.520341%-0.256617%-48.554913%48.6%48.554913%5.358130%75.520341%53.913043%53.9%50.694%50.7%-47.390123%-0.803284%-54.693398%-1.612081%-48.193408%48.2%47.390123%54.693398%47.390123%47.4%47.856%47.9%-42.458101%-8.675401%-72.110006%-51.133501%51.1%42.458101%72.110006%2.101812%42.458101%42.5%48.438%48.4%
% percentage of both sexes combined
1white Hispanic

Map of Employment Status by Tract in Ward 8

Both Parents Work Employment Status by Tract#16

Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which both parents work outside the home (%):
0%17%34%51%68%86%

Stay at Home Moms Employment Status by Tract#17

Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the husband works outside the home and the wife stays at home (%):
0%11%22%32%43%54%

Stay at Home Dads Employment Status by Tract#18

Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which the wife works outside the home and the husband stays at home (%):
0.0%4.8%9.7%14.5%19.3%24.2%

Neither Parent Works Employment Status by Tract#19

Percentage of married families with children under the age of 18 present in which neither parent works outside the home (%):
0%5%10%15%20%26%

Employed Working-Age Men Employment Status by Tract#20

Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed
17%34%50%67%83%100%
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Employment Status by Place in Ward 8

There is 1 place that are fully or partially contained within Ward 8 (0 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 1 of those to each other, Ward 8, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Ward 8.

Employed Working-Age Men by Place#25

Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed.
Scope: population of Ward 8, selected places in Ward 8, and entities that contain Ward 8
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Washington, Arlington, and Alexandria Metro AreaWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaD.C.District of ColumbiaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia Public SchoolsDist of ColumbiaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth AtlanticSouthWard 8DC-891.057221%91.057221%91.1%388,553389k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k83.826751%83.826751%83.8%16,918,49516.9M83.196825%83.196825%83.2%3,276,3853.28M82.890666%82.890666%82.9%6,325,3956.33M61.462910%61.462910%61.5%2,378
Count number of employed 35 to 44 year old men
# rank of place out of 1 by percentage employed 35 to 44 year old men

Employment Status by Metro Area in Ward 8

There is 1 metro area that are fully or partially contained within Ward 8 (0 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 1 of those to each other, Ward 8, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Ward 8.

Employed Working-Age Men by Metro Area#30

Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed.
Scope: population of Ward 8, selected metro areas in Ward 8, and entities that contain Ward 8
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Washington, Arlington, and Alexandria Metro AreaWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaD.C.District of ColumbiaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia Public SchoolsDist of ColumbiaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth AtlanticSouthWard 8DC-891.057221%91.057221%91.1%388,553389k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k83.826751%83.826751%83.8%16,918,49516.9M83.196825%83.196825%83.2%3,276,3853.28M82.890666%82.890666%82.9%6,325,3956.33M61.462910%61.462910%61.5%2,378
Count number of employed 35 to 44 year old men
# rank of metro area out of 1 by percentage employed 35 to 44 year old men

Employment Status by County in Ward 8

There is 1 county that are fully or partially contained within Ward 8 (0 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 1 of those to each other, Ward 8, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Ward 8.

Employed Working-Age Men by County#35

Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed.
Scope: population of Ward 8, selected counties in Ward 8, and entities that contain Ward 8
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Washington, Arlington, and Alexandria Metro AreaWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaD.C.District of ColumbiaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia Public SchoolsDist of ColumbiaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth AtlanticSouthWard 8DC-891.057221%91.057221%91.1%388,553389k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k83.826751%83.826751%83.8%16,918,49516.9M83.196825%83.196825%83.2%3,276,3853.28M82.890666%82.890666%82.9%6,325,3956.33M61.462910%61.462910%61.5%2,378
Count number of employed 35 to 44 year old men
# rank of county out of 1 by percentage employed 35 to 44 year old men

Employment Status by County Subdivision in Ward 8

There is 1 county subdivision that are fully or partially contained within Ward 8 (0 fully and 1 partially). This section compares all 1 of those to each other, Ward 8, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Ward 8.

Employed Working-Age Men by County Subdivision#40

Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed.
Scope: population of Ward 8, selected county subdivisions in Ward 8, and entities that contain Ward 8
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Washington, Arlington, and Alexandria Metro AreaWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaD.C.District of ColumbiaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia Public SchoolsDist of ColumbiaWashingtonUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth AtlanticSouthWard 8DC-891.057221%91.057221%91.1%388,553389k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k183.826751%83.826751%83.8%16,918,49516.9M83.196825%83.196825%83.2%3,276,3853.28M82.890666%82.890666%82.9%6,325,3956.33M61.462910%61.462910%61.5%2,378
Count number of employed 35 to 44 year old men
# rank of county subdivision out of 1 by percentage employed 35 to 44 year old men

Employment Status by Upper State Legislative District in District of Columbia

There are 8 upper state legislative districts in District of Columbia. This section compares Ward 8 to all of the upper state legislative districts in District of Columbia and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Ward 8.

Employed Working-Age Men by Upper State Legislative District#45

Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed.
Scope: population of Ward 8, selected other upper state legislative districts in District of Columbia, and entities that contain Ward 8
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Ward 3DC-3Ward 2DC-2Ward 6DC-6Washington, Arlington, and Alexandria Metro AreaWashingtonWard 1DC-1Ward 4DC-4District of ColumbiaD.C.District of ColumbiaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia Public SchoolsDist of ColumbiaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth AtlanticSouthWard 5DC-5Ward 7DC-7Ward 8DC-893.997124%93.997124%94.0%5,230192.161687%92.161687%92.2%5,244291.395565%91.395565%91.4%6,883391.057221%91.057221%91.1%388,553389k89.441243%89.441243%89.4%6,675488.522987%88.522987%88.5%5,430584.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k84.835284%84.835284%84.8%39,14339.1k83.826751%83.826751%83.8%16,918,49516.9M83.196825%83.196825%83.2%3,276,3853.28M82.890666%82.890666%82.9%6,325,3956.33M81.931009%81.931009%81.9%4,489663.809524%63.809524%63.8%2,814761.462910%61.462910%61.5%2,3788
Count number of employed 35 to 44 year old men
# rank of upper state legislative district out of 8 by percentage employed 35 to 44 year old men

Definitions

  • Armed Forces: persons on active duty in the Armed Forces
  • Employed: persons who did any work for pay during the survey week, those who did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-owned enterprise operated by someone in their household, and those who were temporarily absent from their regular jobs
  • Unemployed: persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work
  • Not in Labor Force: not in the labor force are those who are not classified as employed or unemployed during the survey reference week
  • Working-Age Men: males aged 35 to 44 years old, the national peak employment age

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State Equivalent:
District of Columbia
County:
District of Columbia
Metro Area:
Washington Area
City:
Washington
Delegate District:
DC-At Large
Unified School District:
District of Columbia
ZIP Codes:
20020, 20024, 20032, 20373
Neighboring State Senate Districts:
MD-26, VA-30
Neighboring Wards:
DC-2, DC-6, DC-7
Nearby State Senate Districts:
MD-20, MD-22, MD-24, MD-25, MD-47, VA-35
Nearby Wards:
DC-1, DC-3, DC-4, DC-5