Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
Employment status, sex, and age	Apr. 2023	Mar. 2024	Apr. 2024	Apr. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024	Apr. 2024
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	266,443	267,884	268,066	266,443	267,991	267,540	267,711	267,884	268,066
Civilian labor force	166,221	167,960	167,484	166,678	167,451	167,276	167,426	167,895	167,982
Participation rate	62.4	62.7	62.5	62.6	62.5	62.5	62.5	62.7	62.7
Employed	161,075	161,356	161,590	160,962	161,183	161,152	160,968	161,466	161,491
Employment-population ratio	60.5	60.2	60.3	60.4	60.1	60.2	60.1	60.3	60.2
Unemployed	5,146	6,604	5,894	5,715	6,268	6,124	6,458	6,429	6,492
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.9	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.9
Not in labor force	100,222	99,924	100,582	99,766	100,540	100,265	100,285	99,989	100,083
Persons who currently want a job	5,145	5,110	5,502	5,286	5,671	5,793	5,672	5,443	5,637

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,234	130,605	130,694	130,234	130,985	130,436	130,520	130,605	130,694
Civilian labor force	88,437	88,892	88,472	88,621	89,250	88,507	88,391	88,812	88,708
Participation rate	67.9	68.1	67.7	68.0	68.1	67.9	67.7	68.0	67.9
Employed	85,534	85,253	85,187	85,521	85,794	85,034	84,993	85,490	85,208
Employment-population ratio	65.7	65.3	65.2	65.7	65.5	65.2	65.1	65.5	65.2
Unemployed	2,903	3,639	3,285	3,100	3,456	3,473	3,398	3,323	3,500
Unemployment rate	3.3	4.1	3.7	3.5	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.9
Not in labor force	41,797	41,713	42,222	41,613	41,735	41,929	42,129	41,793	41,986

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	121,488	121,685	121,763	121,488	122,187	121,539	121,611	121,685	121,763
Civilian labor force	85,396	85,656	85,347	85,393	86,007	85,364	85,180	85,398	85,382
Participation rate	70.3	70.4	70.1	70.3	70.4	70.2	70.0	70.2	70.1
Employed	82,743	82,457	82,424	82,596	82,958	82,304	82,178	82,543	82,318
Employment-population ratio	68.1	67.8	67.7	68.0	67.9	67.7	67.6	67.8	67.6
Unemployed	2,653	3,199	2,923	2,797	3,050	3,060	3,002	2,855	3,064
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.6
Not in labor force	36,092	36,029	36,416	36,095	36,180	36,175	36,431	36,287	36,381

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	136,209	137,279	137,372	136,209	137,006	137,104	137,191	137,279	137,372
Civilian labor force	77,784	79,068	79,011	78,057	78,201	78,768	79,035	79,083	79,274
Participation rate	57.1	57.6	57.5	57.3	57.1	57.5	57.6	57.6	57.7
Employed	75,541	76,103	76,403	75,441	75,389	76,118	75,975	75,976	76,283
Employment-population ratio	55.5	55.4	55.6	55.4	55.0	55.5	55.4	55.3	55.5
Unemployed	2,243	2,965	2,609	2,615	2,811	2,650	3,060	3,106	2,991
Unemployment rate	2.9	3.7	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.8
Not in labor force	58,425	58,211	58,361	58,152	58,805	58,336	58,156	58,197	58,098

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	127,761	128,659	128,742	127,761	128,513	128,503	128,581	128,659	128,742
Civilian labor force	74,818	75,945	75,901	74,920	75,047	75,529	75,835	75,792	75,989
Participation rate	58.6	59.0	59.0	58.6	58.4	58.8	59.0	58.9	59.0
Employed	72,824	73,304	73,579	72,597	72,587	73,144	73,182	73,061	73,334
Employment-population ratio	57.0	57.0	57.2	56.8	56.5	56.9	56.9	56.8	57.0
Unemployed	1,994	2,642	2,322	2,324	2,460	2,385	2,653	2,731	2,655
Unemployment rate	2.7	3.5	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.5
Not in labor force	52,943	52,714	52,841	52,841	53,466	52,974	52,746	52,867	52,753

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,194	17,540	17,561	17,194	17,291	17,498	17,519	17,540	17,561
Civilian labor force	6,007	6,359	6,236	6,365	6,396	6,383	6,411	6,704	6,611
Participation rate	34.9	36.3	35.5	37.0	37.0	36.5	36.6	38.2	37.6
Employed	5,508	5,595	5,587	5,770	5,638	5,704	5,608	5,862	5,839
Employment-population ratio	32.0	31.9	31.8	33.6	32.6	32.6	32.0	33.4	33.2
Unemployed	499	764	649	595	758	679	803	842	772
Unemployment rate	8.3	12.0	10.4	9.3	11.9	10.6	12.5	12.6	11.7
Not in labor force	11,187	11,181	11,326	10,830	10,895	11,115	11,108	10,835	10,950
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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