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Category | May 2024 |
Current 1-month change (May24-Apr.24) |
Current 3-month change (May24-Feb.24) |
Current 6-month change (May24-Nov.23) |
Current 9-month change (May24-Aug.23) |
Current 12-month change (May24-May23) |
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Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | ||
Employment status |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
268,248 | 182 | - | - | 537 | - | - | 426 | - | - | 1,035 | - | - | 1,630 | - | - |
Civilian labor force |
167,732 | -250 | 612 | No | 306 | 803 | No | -395 | 927 | No | -108 | 929 | No | 909 | 911 | No |
Participation rate |
62.5 | -0.14 | 0.23 | No | -0.01 | 0.30 | No | -0.25 | 0.35 | No | -0.28 | 0.35 | No | -0.04 | 0.34 | No |
Employed |
161,083 | -408 | 620 | No | 115 | 829 | No | -783 | 951 | No | -417 | 955 | No | 376 | 940 | No |
Employment-population ratio |
60.1 | -0.19 | 0.23 | No | -0.08 | 0.31 | No | -0.39 | 0.35 | Yes | -0.39 | 0.36 | Yes | -0.23 | 0.35 | No |
Unemployed |
6,649 | 157 | 331 | No | 191 | 389 | No | 387 | 408 | No | 309 | 407 | No | 532 | 395 | Yes |
Unemployment rate |
4.0 | 0.10 | 0.20 | No | 0.11 | 0.23 | No | 0.24 | 0.25 | No | 0.19 | 0.24 | No | 0.30 | 0.24 | Yes |
Not in labor force |
100,516 | 433 | 612 | No | 231 | 803 | No | 821 | 927 | No | 1,142 | 929 | Yes | 721 | 911 | No |
Unemployment rates |
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Total, 16 years and over |
4.0 | 0.10 | 0.20 | No | 0.11 | 0.23 | No | 0.24 | 0.25 | No | 0.19 | 0.24 | No | 0.30 | 0.24 | Yes |
Adult men (20 years and over) |
3.8 | 0.22 | 0.26 | No | 0.28 | 0.31 | No | 0.13 | 0.34 | No | 0.14 | 0.33 | No | 0.34 | 0.32 | Yes |
Adult women (20 years and over) |
3.4 | -0.08 | 0.27 | No | -0.09 | 0.31 | No | 0.29 | 0.32 | No | 0.22 | 0.32 | No | 0.07 | 0.31 | No |
Teenagers (16 to 19 years) |
12.3 | 0.59 | 1.77 | No | -0.27 | 2.05 | No | 0.84 | 2.07 | No | 0.01 | 2.12 | No | 1.93 | 2.04 | No |
White |
3.5 | -0.01 | 0.21 | No | 0.07 | 0.24 | No | 0.20 | 0.26 | No | 0.07 | 0.26 | No | 0.22 | 0.25 | No |
Black or African American |
6.1 | 0.49 | 0.72 | No | 0.52 | 0.85 | No | 0.31 | 0.91 | No | 0.81 | 0.88 | No | 0.42 | 0.89 | No |
Asian |
3.1 | 0.28 | 0.64 | No | -0.33 | 0.80 | No | -0.43 | 0.86 | No | -0.08 | 0.82 | No | 0.09 | 0.80 | No |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
5.0 | 0.12 | 0.51 | No | 0.00 | 0.60 | No | 0.40 | 0.62 | No | 0.10 | 0.62 | No | 0.91 | 0.59 | Yes |
Total, 25 years and over |
3.2 | -0.02 | 0.18 | No | -0.04 | 0.22 | No | 0.07 | 0.23 | No | 0.14 | 0.23 | No | 0.09 | 0.22 | No |
Less than a high school diploma |
5.9 | -0.12 | 1.07 | No | -0.28 | 1.25 | No | -0.46 | 1.29 | No | 0.45 | 1.25 | No | 0.16 | 1.25 | No |
High school graduates, no college |
4.3 | 0.27 | 0.42 | No | 0.09 | 0.51 | No | 0.19 | 0.54 | No | 0.41 | 0.52 | No | 0.36 | 0.52 | No |
Some college or associate degree |
3.1 | -0.27 | 0.37 | No | -0.08 | 0.44 | No | 0.26 | 0.45 | No | 0.02 | 0.45 | No | -0.11 | 0.45 | No |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
2.1 | -0.06 | 0.22 | No | -0.14 | 0.27 | No | 0.00 | 0.28 | No | -0.13 | 0.28 | No | 0.06 | 0.27 | No |
Reason for unemployment |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
3,220 | -21 | 227 | No | 4 | 272 | No | 162 | 282 | No | 274 | 278 | No | 221 | 273 | No |
Job leavers |
717 | -68 | 111 | No | 6 | 131 | No | -104 | 140 | No | -87 | 138 | No | -47 | 137 | No |
Reentrants |
2,046 | 117 | 189 | No | 100 | 220 | No | 275 | 223 | Yes | 115 | 226 | No | 195 | 222 | No |
New entrants |
630 | 56 | 106 | No | 19 | 125 | No | 48 | 126 | No | 38 | 126 | No | 103 | 122 | No |
Duration of unemployment |
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Less than 5 weeks |
2,309 | 47 | 244 | No | -17 | 247 | No | 240 | 242 | No | 85 | 247 | No | 229 | 241 | No |
5 to 14 weeks |
1,918 | -69 | 197 | No | -15 | 221 | No | -142 | 226 | No | 5 | 222 | No | 55 | 217 | No |
15 to 26 weeks |
955 | 86 | 134 | No | -19 | 156 | No | 24 | 156 | No | -15 | 157 | No | 44 | 154 | No |
27 weeks and over |
1,350 | 100 | 143 | No | 147 | 174 | No | 130 | 183 | No | 24 | 185 | No | 218 | 176 | Yes |
Employed persons at work part time |
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Part time for economic reasons |
4,419 | -50 | 303 | No | 43 | 341 | No | 425 | 343 | Yes | 198 | 344 | No | 682 | 327 | Yes |
Slack work or business conditions |
3,086 | 28 | 264 | No | 223 | 284 | No | 296 | 290 | Yes | 265 | 287 | No | 498 | 277 | Yes |
Could only find part-time work |
1,042 | -92 | 152 | No | -62 | 169 | No | 108 | 164 | No | 25 | 168 | No | 195 | 158 | Yes |
Part time for noneconomic reasons |
22,662 | 409 | 530 | No | 353 | 657 | No | 783 | 695 | Yes | 632 | 685 | No | 831 | 656 | Yes |
Persons not in the labor force |
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Marginally attached to the labor force |
1,525 | -40 | 191 | No | -33 | 201 | No | -58 | 205 | No | 6 | 202 | No | 13 | 200 | No |
Discouraged workers |
462 | 100 | 101 | No | 37 | 109 | No | 37 | 110 | No | 78 | 107 | No | 37 | 109 | No |
Footnotes |
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- Standard errors cannot be calculated for population levels. |
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