A-4. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age	2025					2026
	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	207,675	207,788	-	207,980	208,058	202,423	202,426	202,436	202,448	202,468	202,497	202,529	202,572
Civilian labor force	128,374	128,560	-	128,477	128,617	123,997	123,986	123,841	123,673	123,868	122,956	123,005	123,432
Participation rate	61.8	61.9	-	61.8	61.8	61.3	61.2	61.2	61.1	61.2	60.7	60.7	60.9
Employed	123,565	123,739	-	123,517	123,778	119,412	119,402	119,371	119,071	119,133	118,472	118,574	118,826
Employment-population ratio	59.5	59.6	-	59.4	59.5	59.0	59.0	59.0	58.8	58.8	58.5	58.5	58.7
Unemployed	4,808	4,821	-	4,960	4,838	4,585	4,584	4,470	4,602	4,735	4,484	4,431	4,606
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.7	-	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.7
Not in labor force	79,301	79,228	-	79,503	79,441	78,426	78,441	78,595	78,775	78,600	79,541	79,524	79,140
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	66,905	66,725	-	66,683	66,700	63,834	63,768	63,724	63,399	63,656	63,087	63,270	63,524
Participation rate	69.8	69.5	-	69.4	69.4	68.9	68.9	68.8	68.5	68.7	68.1	68.3	68.5
Employed	64,468	64,369	-	64,311	64,411	61,734	61,574	61,684	61,199	61,344	60,881	61,085	61,192
Employment-population ratio	67.2	67.1	-	67.0	67.0	66.7	66.5	66.6	66.1	66.2	65.7	65.9	66.0
Unemployed	2,438	2,356	-	2,371	2,289	2,100	2,194	2,040	2,200	2,312	2,206	2,185	2,333
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.5	-	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.7
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	56,725	57,003	-	56,993	57,008	55,661	55,682	55,596	55,698	55,649	55,346	55,246	55,344
Participation rate	57.3	57.5	-	57.5	57.4	56.9	56.9	56.8	56.9	56.8	56.5	56.4	56.5
Employed	54,920	55,082	-	55,051	55,178	53,748	53,874	53,721	53,876	53,776	53,622	53,503	53,667
Employment-population ratio	55.5	55.6	-	55.5	55.6	54.9	55.1	54.9	55.1	54.9	54.8	54.6	54.8
Unemployed	1,805	1,921	-	1,943	1,831	1,913	1,808	1,875	1,821	1,873	1,724	1,743	1,677
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.4	-	3.4	3.2	3.4	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.2	3.0
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	4,743	4,831	-	4,801	4,909	4,502	4,536	4,521	4,577	4,563	4,523	4,489	4,564
Participation rate	37.1	37.8	-	37.7	38.5	37.5	37.8	37.7	38.2	38.1	37.9	37.6	38.3
Employed	4,177	4,288	-	4,155	4,190	3,929	3,955	3,966	3,996	4,012	3,968	3,986	3,968
Employment-population ratio	32.7	33.6	-	32.6	32.9	32.7	33.0	33.1	33.3	33.5	33.2	33.4	33.3
Unemployed	565	543	-	646	719	572	581	555	581	551	554	503	596
Unemployment rate	11.9	11.2	-	13.5	14.6	12.7	12.8	12.3	12.7	12.1	12.3	11.2	13.1

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	35,854	35,892	-	35,961	35,995	35,364	35,388	35,411	35,434	35,455	35,477	35,500	35,526
Civilian labor force	22,445	22,598	-	22,948	22,728	22,160	22,286	22,195	22,044	21,996	21,957	21,753	21,872
Participation rate	62.6	63.0	-	63.8	63.1	62.7	63.0	62.7	62.2	62.0	61.9	61.3	61.6
Employed	20,749	20,892	-	21,065	21,024	20,553	20,579	20,621	20,442	20,543	20,514	20,391	20,550
Employment-population ratio	57.9	58.2	-	58.6	58.4	58.1	58.2	58.2	57.7	57.9	57.8	57.4	57.8
Unemployed	1,697	1,706	-	1,884	1,704	1,607	1,707	1,574	1,602	1,453	1,443	1,361	1,321
Unemployment rate	7.6	7.6	-	8.2	7.5	7.3	7.7	7.1	7.3	6.6	6.6	6.3	6.0
Not in labor force	13,409	13,294	-	13,013	13,267	13,204	13,102	13,216	13,390	13,459	13,520	13,747	13,654
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	10,644	10,594	-	10,776	10,669	10,148	10,113	10,057	10,167	10,093	10,116	10,082	10,203
Participation rate	69.8	69.4	-	70.4	69.6	68.3	68.0	67.6	68.3	67.8	67.9	67.6	68.3
Employed	9,893	9,889	-	9,969	9,938	9,402	9,407	9,328	9,464	9,445	9,532	9,462	9,631
Employment-population ratio	64.9	64.8	-	65.1	64.9	63.3	63.3	62.7	63.6	63.4	63.9	63.4	64.5
Unemployed	751	705	-	807	731	747	706	729	703	648	584	620	572
Unemployment rate	7.1	6.7	-	7.5	6.9	7.4	7.0	7.3	6.9	6.4	5.8	6.2	5.6
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	11,016	11,106	-	11,238	11,222	11,177	11,369	11,308	11,076	11,116	10,982	10,859	10,874
Participation rate	61.5	61.9	-	62.5	62.4	62.6	63.7	63.3	61.9	62.1	61.3	60.6	60.6
Employed	10,265	10,275	-	10,440	10,403	10,459	10,565	10,617	10,358	10,499	10,353	10,270	10,264
Employment-population ratio	57.3	57.3	-	58.1	57.8	58.6	59.2	59.4	57.9	58.7	57.8	57.3	57.2
Unemployed	750	831	-	798	820	717	804	691	718	617	629	589	610
Unemployment rate	6.8	7.5	-	7.1	7.3	6.4	7.1	6.1	6.5	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.6
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	786	898	-	934	837	835	804	830	801	786	859	812	795
Participation rate	29.3	33.5	-	34.8	31.2	31.3	30.2	31.1	30.0	29.5	32.3	30.5	29.9
Employed	590	728	-	656	684	692	606	676	619	598	629	660	656
Employment-population ratio	22.0	27.1	-	24.4	25.5	26.0	22.8	25.4	23.2	22.5	23.6	24.8	24.7
Unemployed	196	170	-	278	153	143	197	154	182	188	230	153	139
Unemployment rate	24.9	18.9	-	29.8	18.3	17.1	24.5	18.5	22.7	23.9	26.8	18.8	17.5

ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	19,408	19,519	-	19,836	19,788	20,856	21,099	21,176	21,088	20,939	20,811	20,627	20,710
Civilian labor force	12,624	12,751	-	13,083	13,036	13,828	13,892	13,860	13,806	13,698	13,729	13,407	13,457
Participation rate	65.0	65.3	-	66.0	65.9	66.3	65.8	65.4	65.5	65.4	66.0	65.0	65.0
Employed	12,172	12,197	-	12,617	12,565	13,241	13,222	13,348	13,350	13,182	13,194	12,875	13,021
Employment-population ratio	62.7	62.5	-	63.6	63.5	63.5	62.7	63.0	63.3	63.0	63.4	62.4	62.9
Unemployed	453	553	-	466	471	588	670	512	456	516	535	532	436
Unemployment rate	3.6	4.3	-	3.6	3.6	4.2	4.8	3.7	3.3	3.8	3.9	4.0	3.2
Not in labor force	6,783	6,769	-	6,753	6,752	7,027	7,207	7,317	7,282	7,241	7,082	7,220	7,253

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	51,629	51,746	-	51,971	52,080	52,547	52,614	52,675	52,740	52,799	52,861	52,923	52,991
Civilian labor force	34,594	34,839	-	35,025	35,014	35,403	35,396	35,515	35,407	35,475	34,911	35,165	35,704
Participation rate	67.0	67.3	-	67.4	67.2	67.4	67.3	67.4	67.1	67.2	66.0	66.4	67.4
Employed	32,777	32,928	-	33,262	33,286	33,671	33,551	33,794	33,633	33,697	33,085	33,548	33,987
Employment-population ratio	63.5	63.6	-	64.0	63.9	64.1	63.8	64.2	63.8	63.8	62.6	63.4	64.1
Unemployed	1,817	1,912	-	1,763	1,728	1,732	1,845	1,722	1,774	1,778	1,825	1,617	1,717
Unemployment rate	5.3	5.5	-	5.0	4.9	4.9	5.2	4.8	5.0	5.0	5.2	4.6	4.8
Not in labor force	17,034	16,907	-	16,946	17,066	17,144	17,218	17,160	17,333	17,324	17,950	17,758	17,287
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	18,521	18,586	-	18,700	18,744	18,424	18,455	18,330	18,311	18,407	18,191	18,425	18,501
Participation rate	79.1	79.2	-	79.3	79.3	79.0	79.0	78.4	78.2	78.5	77.5	78.3	78.5
Employed	17,639	17,731	-	17,856	17,935	17,700	17,618	17,621	17,542	17,688	17,444	17,635	17,743
Employment-population ratio	75.3	75.5	-	75.7	75.9	75.9	75.4	75.3	74.9	75.4	74.3	75.0	75.3
Unemployed	882	855	-	844	809	724	837	709	769	720	747	790	758
Unemployment rate	4.8	4.6	-	4.5	4.3	3.9	4.5	3.9	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.1
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	14,525	14,685	-	14,845	14,812	15,473	15,423	15,648	15,512	15,514	15,159	15,318	15,696
Participation rate	62.0	62.5	-	62.9	62.6	63.4	63.1	63.9	63.3	63.2	61.6	62.2	63.6
Employed	13,814	13,875	-	14,186	14,140	14,731	14,659	14,857	14,774	14,721	14,395	14,630	15,017
Employment-population ratio	58.9	59.1	-	60.1	59.8	60.3	60.0	60.7	60.3	60.0	58.5	59.4	60.9
Unemployed	711	810	-	659	672	742	764	792	738	793	764	688	679
Unemployment rate	4.9	5.5	-	4.4	4.5	4.8	5.0	5.1	4.8	5.1	5.0	4.5	4.3
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	1,549	1,569	-	1,480	1,458	1,506	1,518	1,537	1,584	1,554	1,560	1,423	1,507
Participation rate	32.4	32.8	-	30.9	30.5	31.4	31.6	32.0	33.0	32.4	32.6	29.8	31.6
Employed	1,324	1,322	-	1,220	1,210	1,241	1,274	1,315	1,317	1,288	1,247	1,284	1,227
Employment-population ratio	27.7	27.7	-	25.5	25.3	25.8	26.5	27.4	27.4	26.9	26.1	26.9	25.7
Unemployed	225	247	-	260	248	266	245	221	267	265	314	139	280
Unemployment rate	14.5	15.8	-	17.6	17.0	17.6	16.1	14.4	16.9	17.1	20.1	9.8	18.6

Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

Last Modified Date: September 04, 2026