Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted
| Category | Nov. 2013 |
Sept. 2014 |
Oct. 2014 |
Nov. 2014 |
Change from: Oct. 2014- Nov. 2014 |
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Employment status |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
246,567 | 248,446 | 248,657 | 248,844 | 187 |
Civilian labor force |
155,284 | 155,862 | 156,278 | 156,397 | 119 |
Participation rate |
63.0 | 62.7 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 0.0 |
Employed |
144,443 | 146,600 | 147,283 | 147,287 | 4 |
Employment-population ratio |
58.6 | 59.0 | 59.2 | 59.2 | 0.0 |
Unemployed |
10,841 | 9,262 | 8,995 | 9,110 | 115 |
Unemployment rate |
7.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
Not in labor force |
91,283 | 92,584 | 92,378 | 92,447 | 69 |
Unemployment rates |
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Total, 16 years and over |
7.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 |
Adult men (20 years and over) |
6.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 0.3 |
Adult women (20 years and over) |
6.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | -0.1 |
Teenagers (16 to 19 years) |
20.8 | 20.0 | 18.6 | 17.7 | -0.9 |
White |
6.1 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
Black or African American |
12.4 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 0.2 |
Asian (not seasonally adjusted) |
5.3 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | - |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
8.7 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.6 | -0.2 |
Total, 25 years and over |
5.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
Less than a high school diploma |
10.6 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 0.6 |
High school graduates, no college |
7.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
Some college or associate degree |
6.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 0.1 |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
3.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
Reason for unemployment |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
5,731 | 4,530 | 4,358 | 4,483 | 125 |
Job leavers |
890 | 829 | 794 | 838 | 44 |
Reentrants |
3,065 | 2,809 | 2,871 | 2,773 | -98 |
New entrants |
1,169 | 1,105 | 1,063 | 1,064 | 1 |
Duration of unemployment |
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Less than 5 weeks |
2,439 | 2,383 | 2,473 | 2,529 | 56 |
5 to 14 weeks |
2,585 | 2,508 | 2,312 | 2,390 | 78 |
15 to 26 weeks |
1,742 | 1,416 | 1,417 | 1,431 | 14 |
27 weeks and over |
4,044 | 2,954 | 2,916 | 2,815 | -101 |
Employed persons at work part time |
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Part time for economic reasons |
7,723 | 7,103 | 7,027 | 6,850 | -177 |
Slack work or business conditions |
4,869 | 4,162 | 4,214 | 4,064 | -150 |
Could only find part-time work |
2,499 | 2,562 | 2,447 | 2,453 | 6 |
Part time for noneconomic reasons |
18,858 | 19,561 | 19,769 | 20,004 | 235 |
Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted) |
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Marginally attached to the labor force |
2,096 | 2,226 | 2,192 | 2,109 | - |
Discouraged workers |
762 | 698 | 770 | 698 | - |
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- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data. |
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