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Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category Mar.
2024		 Jan.
2025		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025		 Change from:
Feb.
2025-
Mar.
2025

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 267,884 272,685 272,847 273,023 176

Civilian labor force

 167,922 170,744 170,359 170,591 232

Participation rate

 62.7 62.6 62.4 62.5 0.1

Employed

 161,425 163,895 163,307 163,508 201

Employment-population ratio

 60.3 60.1 59.9 59.9 0.0

Unemployed

 6,497 6,849 7,052 7,083 31

Unemployment rate

 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2 0.1

Not in labor force

 99,963 101,941 102,487 102,431 -56

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2 0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.8 0.0

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.7 -0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 12.6 11.8 12.9 13.7 0.8

White

 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.7 -0.1

Black or African American

 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.2 0.2

Asian

 2.6 3.7 3.2 3.5 0.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.1 -0.1

Total, 25 years and over

 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.3 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 5.0 5.2 6.0 5.8 -0.2

High school graduates, no college

 4.1 4.5 4.2 4.1 -0.1

Some college or associate degree

 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 0.0

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,053 3,235 3,316 3,313 -3

Job leavers

 823 912 918 870 -48

Reentrants

 1,938 2,124 2,208 2,176 -32

New entrants

 674 659 662 739 77

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,206 2,290 2,337 2,362 25

5 to 14 weeks

 1,977 1,935 2,152 2,146 -6

15 to 26 weeks

 980 1,161 1,031 1,006 -25

27 weeks and over

 1,254 1,443 1,455 1,495 40

Employed people at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,305 4,477 4,937 4,780 -157

Slack work or business conditions

 2,965 2,893 3,292 3,156 -136

Could only find part-time work

 1,020 1,195 1,253 1,255 2

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,872 22,299 22,435 22,625 190

People not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,590 1,590 1,704 1,687 -17

Discouraged workers

 341 592 464 509 45

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: April 04, 2025