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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 Apr.
2024		 Feb.
2025		 Mar.
2025		 Apr.
2025		 Change from:
Mar.
2025-
Apr.
2025

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 268,066 272,847 273,023 273,197 174

Civilian labor force

 167,988 170,359 170,591 171,109 518

Participation rate

 62.7 62.4 62.5 62.6 0.1

Employed

 161,495 163,307 163,508 163,944 436

Employment-population ratio

 60.2 59.9 59.9 60.0 0.1

Unemployed

 6,492 7,052 7,083 7,165 82

Unemployment rate

 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.2 0.0

Not in labor force

 100,078 102,487 102,431 102,088 -343

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.2 0.0

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.6 3.8 3.8 4.0 0.2

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.7 0.0

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 11.8 12.9 13.7 12.9 -0.8

White

 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.8 0.1

Black or African American

 5.6 6.0 6.2 6.3 0.1

Asian

 2.9 3.2 3.5 3.0 -0.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.2 0.1

Total, 25 years and over

 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.4 0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.2 0.4

High school graduates, no college

 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.0 -0.1

Some college or associate degree

 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.7 0.2

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.5 -0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,225 3,316 3,313 3,453 140

Job leavers

 785 918 870 855 -15

Reentrants

 1,949 2,208 2,176 2,236 60

New entrants

 581 662 739 701 -38

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,273 2,337 2,362 2,185 -177

5 to 14 weeks

 1,990 2,152 2,146 2,269 123

15 to 26 weeks

 879 1,031 1,006 988 -18

27 weeks and over

 1,253 1,455 1,495 1,674 179

Employed people at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,463 4,937 4,780 4,690 -90

Slack work or business conditions

 3,054 3,292 3,156 3,150 -6

Could only find part-time work

 1,145 1,253 1,255 1,260 5

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,238 22,435 22,625 22,723 98

People not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,560 1,704 1,687 1,616 -71

Discouraged workers

 364 464 509 414 -95

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 02, 2025