"Figure 1: Employment rates by ethnic group, England and Wales","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. People aged between 16 to 64 2. Uses April to June Labour Force Survey datasets 3. Harmonised question introduced in the LFS in 2011 to bring the question in line with the census data collection. Chinese moved from Other ethnic group to the Asian category in 2011, therefore for the purpose of figure 1 and figure 2 analysis Chinese has been included under Asian for the years preceding 2011; New tick boxes were also introduced for Gypsy or Irish Traveller under White and Arab under Other ethnic group 4. More details on how ethnicity is asked on the LFS can be found on LFS guidance" "Unit","Percentages" "","" "","All","White","Mixed/Multiple"," Asian / Asian British","Black / African / Caribbean / Black British","Other ethnic group" "2001","72.8","74.3","64.1","53.2","61.0","52.2" "2002","72.9","74.3","60.3","56.8","60.6","51.4" "2003","72.9","74.5","64.3","56.1","59.8","50.9" "2004","73.0","74.5","59.5","57.4","62.1","57.7" "2005","72.9","74.7","62.9","56.8","59.4","56.9" "2006","72.8","74.4","65.1","59.1","63.7","56.0" "2007","72.3","74.1","62.1","57.6","62.2","58.3" "2008","72.7","74.4","62.0","58.0","63.3","60.8" "2009","70.7","72.5","56.9","58.3","57.5","59.2" "2010","70.4","72.0","60.9","59.6","59.0","57.1" "2011","70.8","72.6","57.5","58.8","61.0","58.0" "2012","71.2","73.2","61.3","58.6","60.4","57.1" "2013","71.2","73.2","61.3","58.6","60.4","57.1" "2014","72.7","74.7","63.4","61.7","60.6","56.7"