Interesting Stats on Women

By 2018, the number of women age 65 to 74 in the civilian labor force is projected to increase more than the number of women in any other age group.

In 2010, more than 66 percent of women in the labor force had either attended some college or graduated with a degree.

In 2009, only a few countries (notably Canada and Sweden) had higher labor force participation rates for women than the United States.

In 2010, more women were employed in the education and health services industry than in any other industry; in the 1960s, manufacturing employed the most women.

Women working as personal financial advisors earn 58 percent of what men earnlower than the overall ratio of women's to men's earnings (81 percent).

When they were 23 years old, about 23 percent of young women held a bachelor's degree (or higher), compared with about 14 percent of young men.

Single women spend about 25 percent of their annual expenditures on shelter.
 
Source: The BLS Spotlight on Statistics combines related data from various Bureau programs for the media and the public. Recent Spotlight topics include "Food for Thought," "Back to College," and "Travel."