Figure 3 Labor Force Participation Rate, Figure Fourth Quarters, 2007 and 2008
Labor market activity—gauged by the share of persons employed or actively seeking work—diminished in the face of the recession. Among all persons, labor force participation fell from 66.3% in the fourth quarter of 2007 to 66.0% in the fourth quarter of 2008, a decline of 0.3 percentage points. The greatest drop in labor force participation was registered by foreign-born Hispanics (0.8 percentage points) and Asian workers (0.9 percentage points).
Figure 3  | Labor Force Participation Rate, Figure Fourth Quarters, 2007 and 2008  | inonseasonally adjusted,  | 2008  | 2007  | 66.0  | All  | 66.3  | 70.A  | Foreign-born  | Hispanics  | 71.2  | Native-born  | 66, 1  | Hispanics  | 66 6  | 63.2  | Blacks  | 63.4  | 66.2  | Asians  | 67.1  | 66, 1  | Whites  | 66.3  | Note: Data for 2007 have been adjusted to account for the effects of annual revisions to  | the CPS.  | Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of Current Population Survey data 