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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 Sept.
2024		 July
2025		 Aug.
2025		 Sept.
2025		 Change from:
Aug.
2025-
Sept.
2025

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 269,080 273,785 274,001 274,226 225

Civilian labor force

 168,703 170,342 170,778 171,248 470

Participation rate

 62.7 62.2 62.3 62.4 0.1

Employed

 161,802 163,106 163,394 163,645 251

Employment-population ratio

 60.1 59.6 59.6 59.7 0.1

Unemployed

 6,901 7,236 7,384 7,603 219

Unemployment rate

 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 0.1

Not in labor force

 100,377 103,443 103,223 102,978 -245

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.0 -0.1

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.6 3.7 3.8 4.2 0.4

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.2 15.2 13.9 13.2 -0.7

White

 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 0.1

Black or African American

 5.7 7.2 7.5 7.5 0.0

Asian

 4.1 3.9 3.6 4.4 0.8

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.1 5.0 5.3 5.5 0.2

Total, 25 years and over

 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 6.8 5.5 6.7 6.8 0.1

High school graduates, no college

 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.2 -0.1

Some college or associate degree

 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.4 0.2

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.3 2.7 2.7 2.8 0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,233 3,405 3,437 3,525 88

Job leavers

 819 784 784 861 77

Reentrants

 2,051 2,180 2,287 2,325 38

New entrants

 656 985 786 813 27

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,139 2,299 2,476 2,227 -249

5 to 14 weeks

 1,987 2,034 2,049 2,367 318

15 to 26 weeks

 1,133 1,167 1,047 1,290 243

27 weeks and over

 1,614 1,826 1,930 1,814 -116

Employed people at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,624 4,684 4,749 4,579 -170

Slack work or business conditions

 3,028 3,035 3,063 3,123 60

Could only find part-time work

 1,260 1,264 1,308 1,170 -138

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,553 22,770 23,298 22,756 -542

People not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,610 1,689 1,836 1,742 -94

Discouraged workers

 448 425 514 557 43

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: November 20, 2025