Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category	Apr. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Change from: Mar. 2026- Apr. 2026
Employment status
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	273,197	274,766	274,858	274,955	97
Civilian labor force	171,054	170,483	170,087	169,995	-92
Participation rate	62.6	62.0	61.9	61.8	-0.1
Employed	163,898	162,912	162,848	162,622	-226
Employment-population ratio	60.0	59.3	59.2	59.1	-0.1
Unemployed	7,155	7,571	7,239	7,373	134
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.3	0.0
Not in labor force	102,143	104,283	104,771	104,959	188

Unemployment rates
Total, 16 years and over	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.3	0.0
Adult men (20 years and over)	3.9	4.0	3.8	4.0	0.2
Adult women (20 years and over)	3.7	4.1	4.0	3.9	-0.1
Teenagers (16 to 19 years)	13.0	14.9	13.7	14.4	0.7
White	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.7	0.1
Black or African American	6.4	7.7	7.1	7.3	0.2
Asian	3.1	4.8	3.7	3.3	-0.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	5.2	5.2	4.8	5.0	0.2

Total, 25 years and over	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.6	0.0
Less than a high school diploma	6.2	5.6	5.9	6.4	0.5
High school graduates, no college	4.0	4.8	4.7	4.7	0.0
Some college or associate degree	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.2	-0.4
Bachelor's degree and higher	2.5	3.0	2.8	2.8	0.0

Reason for unemployment
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,455	3,620	3,403	3,511	108
Job leavers	854	867	898	844	-54
Reentrants	2,240	2,320	2,254	2,282	28
New entrants	709	805	714	805	91

Duration of unemployment
Less than 5 weeks	2,194	2,319	2,138	2,496	358
5 to 14 weeks	2,262	2,078	1,998	1,859	-139
15 to 26 weeks	993	1,206	1,212	1,057	-155
27 weeks and over	1,672	1,899	1,821	1,833	12

Employed people at work part time
Part time for economic reasons	4,686	4,396	4,497	4,942	445
Slack work or business conditions	3,146	2,838	3,107	3,289	182
Could only find part-time work	1,265	1,251	1,126	1,267	141
Part time for noneconomic reasons	22,733	22,728	22,767	22,706	-61

People not in the labor force
Marginally attached to the labor force	1,627	1,619	1,944	1,792	-152
Discouraged workers	417	366	510	475	-35
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: May 08, 2026