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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 Feb.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024
Feb.
2024
Change from:
Jan.
2024-
Feb.
2024

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

266,112 267,991 267,540 267,711 171

Civilian labor force

166,263 167,451 167,276 167,426 150

Participation rate

62.5 62.5 62.5 62.5 0.0

Employed

160,301 161,183 161,152 160,968 -184

Employment-population ratio

60.2 60.1 60.2 60.1 -0.1

Unemployed

5,962 6,268 6,124 6,458 334

Unemployment rate

3.6 3.7 3.7 3.9 0.2

Not in labor force

99,849 100,540 100,265 100,285 20

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

3.6 3.7 3.7 3.9 0.2

Adult men (20 years and over)

3.3 3.5 3.6 3.5 -0.1

Adult women (20 years and over)

3.3 3.3 3.2 3.5 0.3

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

11.1 11.9 10.6 12.5 1.9

White

3.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 0.0

Black or African American

5.7 5.2 5.3 5.6 0.3

Asian

3.4 3.1 2.9 3.4 0.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

5.4 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0

Total, 25 years and over

3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 0.0

Less than a high school diploma

5.8 6.0 6.0 6.1 0.1

High school graduates, no college

3.6 4.2 4.3 4.2 -0.1

Some college or associate degree

3.3 3.1 3.3 3.1 -0.2

Bachelor's degree and higher

2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,766 3,058 3,028 3,216 188

Job leavers

888 833 794 711 -83

Reentrants

1,844 1,741 1,834 1,946 112

New entrants

521 609 550 611 61

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

2,294 2,191 2,140 2,326 186

5 to 14 weeks

1,838 1,791 1,848 1,933 85

15 to 26 weeks

812 1,104 867 974 107

27 weeks and over

1,051 1,245 1,277 1,203 -74

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

4,070 4,211 4,422 4,376 -46

Slack work or business conditions

2,842 2,960 2,994 2,863 -131

Could only find part-time work

866 964 1,026 1,104 78

Part time for noneconomic reasons

21,780 22,458 22,156 22,309 153

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

1,419 1,562 1,654 1,558 -96

Discouraged workers

367 346 452 425 -27

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.

Last Modified Date: March 08, 2024