Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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Employment status and disability status, March 2009

Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands)
Employment status, sex, and age	Persons with a disability		Persons with no disability
Employment status, sex, and age	Feb. 2009	Mar. 2009	Feb. 2009	Mar. 2009
TOTAL, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	26,738	26,842	208,175	208,244
Civilian labor force	6,141	6,114	147,663	147,614
Percent of population in labor force	23.0	22.8	70.9	70.9
Employed	5,282	5,312	134,823	134,521
Employment-population ratio	19.8	19.8	64.8	64.6
Unemployed	859	802	12,840	13,093
Unemployment rate	14.0	13.1	8.7	8.9
Not in labor force	20,596	20,728	60,512	60,630

Men, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	2,865	2,769	75,581	75,523
Percent of population in labor force	39.1	37.9	83.9	83.8
Employed	2,362	2,335	67,833	67,555
Employment-population ratio	32.2	32.0	75.3	74.9
Unemployed	503	434	7,748	7,968
Unemployment rate	17.6	15.7	10.3	10.6
Not in labor force	4,468	4,531	14,495	14,640

Women, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	2,470	2,535	66,488	66,445
Percent of population in labor force	32.7	33.4	72.1	72.0
Employed	2,172	2,206	61,772	61,683
Employment-population ratio	28.7	29.1	67.0	66.9
Unemployed	299	330	4,716	4,762
Unemployment rate	12.1	13.0	7.1	7.2
Not in labor force	5,092	5,050	25,743	25,811

Both sexes, 65 years and over
Civilian labor force	806	810	5,594	5,647
Percent of population in labor force	6.8	6.8	21.6	21.9
Employed	748	771	5,218	5,284
Employment-population ratio	6.3	6.4	20.2	20.5
Unemployed	57	38	376	363
Unemployment rate	7.1	4.7	6.7	6.4
Not in labor force	11,036	11,147	20,274	20,179