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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-17. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Sex, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity
Less than a
high school
diploma
High school
graduates,
no college(1)
Some college or associate degree Bachelor's
degree
and higher(2)
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024
Total Some college,
no degree
Associate
degree
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024
Feb.
2023
Feb.
2024

TOTAL

Civilian labor force

8,850 8,887 35,852 36,541 35,869 36,297 20,125 19,778 15,744 16,519 63,848 64,479

Participation rate

46.7 46.7 56.0 57.1 63.4 63.4 61.5 60.9 66.1 66.7 73.1 72.7

Employed

8,198 8,204 34,441 34,866 34,594 35,049 19,367 18,999 15,227 16,049 62,530 63,013

Employment-population ratio

43.2 43.1 53.8 54.5 61.2 61.2 59.2 58.5 63.9 64.8 71.6 71.1

Unemployed

652 683 1,411 1,675 1,275 1,248 757 779 517 470 1,318 1,466

Unemployment rate

7.4 7.7 3.9 4.6 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.9 3.3 2.8 2.1 2.3

Men

Civilian labor force

5,702 5,827 21,319 21,732 18,448 18,652 10,880 10,552 7,568 8,100 31,865 31,505

Participation rate

59.5 59.0 65.1 66.0 69.4 69.5 68.2 67.2 71.1 72.7 77.1 76.3

Employed

5,318 5,429 20,429 20,729 17,762 17,948 10,463 10,123 7,299 7,825 31,184 30,746

Employment-population ratio

55.4 55.0 62.4 62.9 66.8 66.9 65.6 64.5 68.6 70.2 75.5 74.5

Unemployed

385 398 890 1,003 686 704 417 429 269 275 681 759

Unemployment rate

6.7 6.8 4.2 4.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.1 2.4

Women

Civilian labor force

3,148 3,060 14,533 14,809 17,421 17,645 9,244 9,226 8,176 8,419 31,983 32,975

Participation rate

33.6 33.5 46.5 47.8 58.1 58.0 55.1 55.0 62.0 61.8 69.6 69.6

Employed

2,881 2,775 14,012 14,137 16,832 17,101 8,904 8,877 7,928 8,224 31,346 32,267

Employment-population ratio

30.7 30.4 44.8 45.6 56.2 56.3 53.0 52.9 60.1 60.3 68.2 68.1

Unemployed

267 285 521 672 589 544 340 349 249 195 637 708

Unemployment rate

8.5 9.3 3.6 4.5 3.4 3.1 3.7 3.8 3.0 2.3 2.0 2.1

White

Civilian labor force

6,998 7,079 27,426 27,743 27,544 27,621 15,465 14,807 12,079 12,814 48,358 48,675

Participation rate

48.5 49.0 55.5 56.5 62.2 61.9 60.4 59.0 64.8 65.5 71.8 71.4

Employed

6,522 6,582 26,382 26,599 26,711 26,768 14,976 14,255 11,735 12,513 47,459 47,633

Employment-population ratio

45.2 45.6 53.4 54.1 60.3 60.0 58.5 56.8 62.9 63.9 70.4 69.8

Unemployed

476 498 1,044 1,144 834 853 489 552 344 301 900 1,043

Unemployment rate

6.8 7.0 3.8 4.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.7 2.9 2.4 1.9 2.1

Black or African American

Civilian labor force

983 912 5,568 5,650 5,443 5,759 3,055 3,380 2,388 2,379 6,763 6,891

Participation rate

40.4 36.0 57.9 58.9 66.9 69.8 63.5 68.0 71.8 72.7 78.9 78.4

Employed

875 790 5,315 5,279 5,119 5,497 2,841 3,230 2,278 2,267 6,582 6,708

Employment-population ratio

36.0 31.2 55.3 55.0 62.9 66.7 59.1 64.9 68.5 69.3 76.8 76.3

Unemployed

108 122 253 371 324 262 214 150 110 112 181 184

Unemployment rate

11.0 13.4 4.5 6.6 5.9 4.6 7.0 4.5 4.6 4.7 2.7 2.7

Asian

Civilian labor force

492 445 1,460 1,516 1,380 1,451 720 712 659 738 7,038 7,134

Participation rate

40.4 38.7 54.9 56.3 69.6 67.1 70.4 63.2 68.8 71.4 76.4 75.7

Employed

457 425 1,409 1,458 1,316 1,389 690 676 626 712 6,850 6,969

Employment-population ratio

37.5 36.9 53.0 54.2 66.4 64.2 67.4 60.0 65.3 68.9 74.4 74.0

Unemployed

35 20 52 58 64 62 30 36 34 26 187 164

Unemployment rate

7.2 4.5 3.5 3.8 4.6 4.3 4.2 5.1 5.1 3.5 2.7 2.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Civilian labor force

5,246 5,394 8,335 8,827 6,044 6,005 3,583 3,477 2,461 2,528 6,558 6,968

Participation rate

57.6 57.5 68.6 70.4 75.0 75.2 74.4 74.1 75.8 76.8 80.3 79.0

Employed

4,894 4,984 7,854 8,397 5,763 5,791 3,421 3,349 2,342 2,442 6,351 6,757

Employment-population ratio

53.8 53.1 64.6 66.9 71.5 72.5 71.1 71.4 72.1 74.1 77.7 76.6

Unemployed

352 410 480 430 281 214 162 128 119 86 208 211

Unemployment rate

6.7 7.6 5.8 4.9 4.7 3.6 4.5 3.7 4.8 3.4 3.2 3.0

Footnotes
(1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(2) Includes persons with bachelor`s, master`s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

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. Persons 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.

 

Last Modified Date: March 08, 2024