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Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category Aug.
2024		 June
2025		 July
2025		 Aug.
2025		 Change from:
July
2025-
Aug.
2025

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 268,856 273,585 273,785 274,001 216

Civilian labor force

 168,496 170,380 170,342 170,778 436

Participation rate

 62.7 62.3 62.2 62.3 0.1

Employed

 161,425 163,366 163,106 163,394 288

Employment-population ratio

 60.0 59.7 59.6 59.6 0.0

Unemployed

 7,071 7,015 7,236 7,384 148

Unemployment rate

 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 0.1

Not in labor force

 100,360 103,204 103,443 103,223 -220

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 0.1

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.8 0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.2 14.4 15.2 13.9 -1.3

White

 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.7 0.0

Black or African American

 6.1 6.8 7.2 7.5 0.3

Asian

 4.1 3.5 3.9 3.6 -0.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.4 4.8 5.0 5.3 0.3

Total, 25 years and over

 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 0.0

Less than a high school diploma

 7.0 5.8 5.5 6.7 1.2

High school graduates, no college

 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.3 -0.1

Some college or associate degree

 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.2 0.2

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.7 0.0

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,321 3,293 3,405 3,437 32

Job leavers

 845 825 784 784 0

Reentrants

 2,133 2,145 2,180 2,287 107

New entrants

 708 710 985 786 -199

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,465 2,241 2,299 2,476 177

5 to 14 weeks

 2,029 2,131 2,034 2,049 15

15 to 26 weeks

 1,153 1,063 1,167 1,047 -120

27 weeks and over

 1,545 1,647 1,826 1,930 104

Employed people at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,822 4,465 4,684 4,749 65

Slack work or business conditions

 3,320 3,109 3,035 3,063 28

Could only find part-time work

 1,146 1,161 1,264 1,308 44

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,555 22,556 22,770 23,298 528

People not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,412 1,790 1,689 1,836 147

Discouraged workers

 373 637 425 514 89

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: September 05, 2025