Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category	May 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	May 2026	Change from: Apr. 2026- May 2026
Employment status
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	273,385	274,858	274,955	275,054	99
Civilian labor force	170,492	170,087	169,995	170,078	83
Participation rate	62.4	61.9	61.8	61.8	0.0
Employed	163,244	162,848	162,622	162,771	149
Employment-population ratio	59.7	59.2	59.1	59.2	0.1
Unemployed	7,248	7,239	7,373	7,307	-66
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0
Not in labor force	102,893	104,771	104,959	104,976	17

Unemployment rates
Total, 16 years and over	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	0.0
Adult men (20 years and over)	3.9	3.8	4.0	4.0	0.0
Adult women (20 years and over)	3.9	4.0	3.9	3.8	-0.1
Teenagers (16 to 19 years)	13.4	13.7	14.4	14.7	0.3
White	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.8	0.1
Black or African American	6.1	7.1	7.3	6.6	-0.7
Asian	3.6	3.7	3.3	3.8	0.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	5.1	4.8	5.0	5.0	0.0

Total, 25 years and over	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.5	-0.1
Less than a high school diploma	5.6	5.9	6.4	6.0	-0.4
High school graduates, no college	4.4	4.7	4.7	4.4	-0.3
Some college or associate degree	3.3	3.6	3.2	3.6	0.4
Bachelor's degree and higher	2.6	2.8	2.8	2.7	-0.1

Reason for unemployment
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,459	3,403	3,511	3,385	-126
Job leavers	706	898	844	916	72
Reentrants	2,291	2,254	2,282	2,209	-73
New entrants	734	714	805	818	13

Duration of unemployment
Less than 5 weeks	2,456	2,138	2,496	2,210	-286
5 to 14 weeks	2,203	1,998	1,859	1,946	87
15 to 26 weeks	1,042	1,212	1,057	1,077	20
27 weeks and over	1,464	1,821	1,833	1,988	155

Employed people at work part time
Part time for economic reasons	4,624	4,497	4,942	4,805	-137
Slack work or business conditions	3,009	3,107	3,289	3,263	-26
Could only find part-time work	1,376	1,126	1,267	1,208	-59
Part time for noneconomic reasons	22,600	22,767	22,706	22,853	147

People not in the labor force
Marginally attached to the labor force	1,571	1,944	1,792	1,723	-69
Discouraged workers	390	510	475	486	11
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
NOTE: People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: June 05, 2026