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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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| Employment status | Number of persons (in thousands) | Percent distribution | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | With a certification or license(1) | Without a certification or license | Total | With a certification or license(1) | Without a certification or license | |||||
| Total | With a certification, but no license | With a license(2) | Total | With a certification, but no license | With a license(2) | |||||
Civilian noninstitutional population | 250,801 | 44,696 | 5,461 | 39,235 | 206,104 | 100.0 | 17.8 | 2.2 | 15.6 | 82.2 |
Civilian labor force | 157,130 | 38,984 | 4,739 | 34,244 | 118,146 | 100.0 | 24.8 | 3.0 | 21.8 | 75.2 |
Employed | 148,834 | 37,930 | 4,575 | 33,356 | 110,903 | 100.0 | 25.5 | 3.1 | 22.4 | 74.5 |
Usually work full time | 121,492 | 32,627 | 4,017 | 28,610 | 88,865 | 100.0 | 26.9 | 3.3 | 23.5 | 73.1 |
Usually work part time | 27,341 | 5,303 | 558 | 4,745 | 22,038 | 100.0 | 19.4 | 2.0 | 17.4 | 80.6 |
Unemployed | 8,296 | 1,054 | 165 | 889 | 7,243 | 100.0 | 12.7 | 2.0 | 10.7 | 87.3 |
Not in the labor force | 93,671 | 5,713 | 722 | 4,991 | 87,958 | 100.0 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 93.9 |
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NOTE: Certifications are issued by a non-governmental certification body and convey that an individual has the knowledge or skill to perform a specific job. A license is awarded by a government agency and conveys a legal authority to work in an occupation. | ||||||||||
(Certification and licensing status tables 1-7 were renumbered as annual average tables 49-55 in February 2018.)
Last Modified Date: February 7, 2018