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2021 Tennessee labor force characteristics, by educational attainment
All TN 18-64
year-olds in
the labor
Some
force and not
Did not HS diploma college, No Associate's
Graduate or
Bachelor's professional
attending
finish HS
or GED
degree
degree
degree
degree
school
(6.7%)
(30.9%)
(20.8%)
(8.2%)
(21.8%)
(11.7%)
Female (%)
46.7
33.7
40.4
46.3
57.3
50.8
56.8
Black (%)
15.9
15.5
18.8
20.4
14.2
11.0
10.7
Native American (%)
0.2
0.7
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
Multiple Races (%)
5.8
14.0
5.5
5.6
5.4
4.7
5.0
Hispanic (%)
5.7
26.2
6.0
3.8
3.0
3.0
3.4
Notes: Authors' calculations using the 2021 American Community Survey, limited to 18-64 year-olds.
Women are under-represented in the state labor force, but
over-represented among workers with college degrees.
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