Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Category Apr.
2012		 Feb.
2013		 Mar.
2013		 Apr.
2013		 Change from:
Mar.
2013-
Apr.
2013

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 242,784 244,828 244,995 245,175 180

Civilian labor force

 154,451 155,524 155,028 155,238 210

Participation rate

 63.6 63.5 63.3 63.3 0.0

Employed

 141,934 143,492 143,286 143,579 293

Employment-population ratio

 58.5 58.6 58.5 58.6 0.1

Unemployed

 12,518 12,032 11,742 11,659 -83

Unemployment rate

 8.1 7.7 7.6 7.5 -0.1

Not in labor force

 88,332 89,304 89,967 89,936 -31

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 8.1 7.7 7.6 7.5 -0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 7.5 7.1 6.9 7.1 0.2

Adult women (20 years and over)

 7.4 7.0 7.0 6.7 -0.3

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 24.9 25.1 24.2 24.1 -0.1

White

 7.4 6.8 6.7 6.7 0.0

Black or African American

 13.1 13.8 13.3 13.2 -0.1

Asian (not seasonally adjusted)

 5.2 6.1 5.0 5.1 -

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 10.3 9.6 9.2 9.0 -0.2

Total, 25 years and over

 6.8 6.3 6.2 6.1 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 12.5 11.2 11.1 11.6 0.5

High school graduates, no college

 7.9 7.9 7.6 7.4 -0.2

Some college or associate degree

 7.5 6.7 6.4 6.4 0.0

Bachelor's degree and higher

 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.9 0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 6,880 6,522 6,329 6,410 81

Job leavers

 989 956 986 864 -122

Reentrants

 3,336 3,340 3,176 3,151 -25

New entrants

 1,362 1,279 1,316 1,280 -36

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,567 2,667 2,464 2,474 10

5 to 14 weeks

 2,841 2,782 2,838 2,848 10

15 to 26 weeks

 1,984 1,695 1,737 1,967 230

27 weeks and over

 5,040 4,797 4,611 4,353 -258

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 7,896 7,988 7,638 7,916 278

Slack work or business conditions

 5,210 5,136 4,906 5,129 223

Could only find part-time work

 2,393 2,578 2,576 2,527 -49

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 18,868 18,908 18,745 18,908 163

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force

 2,363 2,588 2,326 2,347 -

Discouraged workers

 968 885 803 835 -

- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data.
NOTE: Persons 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: May 03, 2013