Only 43% of African-American men aged 18 to 29 have a full-time job

And less than half of all white men will have full-time jobs in 2018, according to post-2000 trends hidden in federal population and workforce data. At least 15 million legal and illegal immigrants, mostly young and unskilled, entered the country between 1994 and 2007. The full-time employment population ratio for white men fell from 62% in 2000 to 55% by 2010. That’s a drop of 7% in 10 years, or 0.7% a year. If that drop continues at the same rate, less than half of whites will be working by 2018. If part-time workers are included, the ratio started at 74% in 2000 and fell to 67% in 2010. Among all African-American men aged more than 16, the full-time ratio fell from 56.9% in 2000 to 46.4% in 2010. The inclusion of part-time work bumps the ratio upwards, but the ratio still fell from 67% to 58% in 2010.