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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.
2025		 Jan.
2026		 Feb.
2026		 Mar.
2026		 Change from:
Feb.
2026-
Mar.
2026

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 273,023 274,676 274,766 274,858 92

Civilian labor force

 170,641 170,465 170,483 170,087 -396

Participation rate

 62.5 62.1 62.0 61.9 -0.1

Employed

 163,509 163,097 162,912 162,848 -64

Employment-population ratio

 59.9 59.4 59.3 59.2 -0.1

Unemployed

 7,132 7,368 7,571 7,239 -332

Unemployment rate

 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 -0.1

Not in labor force

 102,382 104,211 104,283 104,771 488

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 -0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.8 -0.2

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.0 -0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 13.8 13.6 14.9 13.7 -1.2

White

 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 -0.1

Black or African American

 6.2 7.3 7.7 7.1 -0.6

Asian

 3.5 4.2 4.8 3.7 -1.1

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.1 4.9 5.2 4.8 -0.4

Total, 25 years and over

 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.6 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.9 0.3

High school graduates, no college

 4.2 4.6 4.8 4.7 -0.1

Some college or associate degree

 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.6 0.1

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.6 3.0 3.0 2.8 -0.2

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,322 3,495 3,620 3,403 -217

Job leavers

 869 1,038 867 898 31

Reentrants

 2,182 2,168 2,320 2,254 -66

New entrants

 743 796 805 714 -91

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,362 2,166 2,319 2,138 -181

5 to 14 weeks

 2,154 2,151 2,078 1,998 -80

15 to 26 weeks

 1,010 1,202 1,206 1,212 6

27 weeks and over

 1,499 1,813 1,899 1,821 -78

Employed people at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,771 4,873 4,396 4,497 101

Slack work or business conditions

 3,153 3,181 2,838 3,107 269

Could only find part-time work

 1,253 1,379 1,251 1,126 -125

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,647 22,899 22,728 22,767 39

People not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,687 1,662 1,619 1,944 325

Discouraged workers

 502 475 366 510 144

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: April 03, 2026