Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category	July 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Change from: June 2026- July 2026
Employment status
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	273,785	275,054	275,166	275,282	116
Civilian labor force	170,412	170,078	169,358	169,094	-264
Participation rate	62.2	61.8	61.5	61.4	-0.1
Employed	163,140	162,771	162,264	162,177	-87
Employment-population ratio	59.6	59.2	59.0	58.9	-0.1
Unemployed	7,272	7,307	7,094	6,916	-178
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	-0.1
Not in labor force	103,373	104,976	105,808	106,189	381

Unemployment rates
Total, 16 years and over	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	-0.1
Adult men (20 years and over)	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	0.0
Adult women (20 years and over)	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	0.0
Teenagers (16 to 19 years)	15.2	14.7	14.6	12.1	-2.5
White	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.6	0.0
Black or African American	7.2	6.6	6.6	6.3	-0.3
Asian	3.9	3.8	3.9	4.0	0.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	5.0	5.0	5.2	4.6	-0.6

Total, 25 years and over	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.4	0.0
Less than a high school diploma	5.6	6.0	5.5	5.4	-0.1
High school graduates, no college	4.4	4.4	4.2	4.0	-0.2
Some college or associate degree	3.0	3.6	3.6	3.6	0.0
Bachelor's degree and higher	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	0.0

Reason for unemployment
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,412	3,385	3,278	3,309	31
Job leavers	785	916	776	793	17
Reentrants	2,199	2,209	2,237	2,123	-114
New entrants	982	818	772	761	-11

Duration of unemployment
Less than 5 weeks	2,304	2,210	2,182	1,960	-222
5 to 14 weeks	2,041	1,946	1,936	2,049	113
15 to 26 weeks	1,166	1,077	1,052	1,157	105
27 weeks and over	1,822	1,988	1,937	1,771	-166

Employed people at work part time
Part time for economic reasons	4,689	4,805	4,681	4,804	123
Slack work or business conditions	3,040	3,263	3,010	3,019	9
Could only find part-time work	1,289	1,208	1,409	1,428	19
Part time for noneconomic reasons	22,773	22,853	22,618	22,770	152

People not in the labor force
Marginally attached to the labor force	1,697	1,723	1,761	1,806	45
Discouraged workers	430	486	477	476	-1
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: August 07, 2026