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Civilian labor force participation rate, seasonally adjusted
Month
Total
Men, 20 years and older
Women, 20 years and older
16 to 19 years old
White
Black or African American
Asian
Hispanic or Latino
Nov 2004
66.0 75.8 60.2 44.3 66.3 64.0 66.6 68.2
Dec 2004
65.9 75.6 60.2 44.2 66.2 63.8 65.9 68.2
Jan 2005
65.8 75.5 60.3 43.4 66.2 63.6 66.2 67.6
Feb 2005
65.9 75.7 60.3 43.3 66.3 63.5 66.1 68.1
Mar 2005
65.9 75.6 60.1 44.0 66.2 63.7 65.7 68.1
Apr 2005
66.1 75.8 60.3 44.0 66.3 64.0 65.9 68.1
May 2005
66.1 76.0 60.4 44.0 66.4 64.4 65.8 68.2
June 2005
66.1 76.0 60.3 43.6 66.2 64.7 65.2 68.0
July 2005
66.1 75.9 60.3 43.6 66.3 64.6 66.4 67.8
Aug 2005
66.2 76.1 60.3 44.1 66.4 64.6 66.0 68.1
Sept 2005
66.1 75.9 60.5 43.4 66.4 64.2 66.2 67.8
Oct 2005
66.1 75.8 60.5 43.3 66.3 64.5 66.9 68.1
Nov 2005
66.0 75.6 60.5 44.1 66.3 64.4 66.3 68.3
Dec 2005
66.0 75.6 60.4 43.2 66.3 63.6 66.0 68.5
Jan 2006
66.0 75.8 60.3 43.6 66.5 63.4 65.8 69.0
Feb 2006
66.1 75.9 60.4 44.1 66.4 64.4 66.3 69.0
Mar 2006
66.2 76.0 60.3 44.3 66.4 64.6 66.6 68.8
Apr 2006
66.1 76.0 60.4 43.3 66.4 64.2 66.5 68.9
May 2006
66.1 76.0 60.4 43.4 66.4 64.2 65.8 68.8
June 2006
66.2 75.8 60.6 44.4 66.5 63.7 65.8 69.1
July 2006
66.1 75.5 60.8 43.9 66.5 64.1 65.7 68.5
Aug 2006
66.2 75.8 60.7 43.4 66.6 64.2 65.6 68.2
Sept 2006
66.1 75.9 60.5 43.0 66.3 63.6 67.1 68.0
Oct 2006
66.2 75.9 60.6 43.4 66.5 64.1 66.9 68.6
Nov 2006
66.3 76.0 60.7 43.6 66.5 64.3 66.6 68.8
Dec 2006
66.4 76.2 60.7 43.3 66.7 64.5 66.3 69.3
Jan 2007
66.4 76.3 60.8 42.9 66.7 64.6 66.5 69.4
Feb 2007
66.3 76.2 60.7 42.2 66.6 64.2 65.9 68.9
Mar 2007
66.2 76.1 60.8 41.7 66.6 63.8 66.1 69.0
Apr 2007
65.9 76.0 60.3 41.2 66.2 63.7 66.1 68.9
May 2007
66.0 75.9 60.5 40.6 66.3 63.4 66.4 68.7
June 2007
66.0 75.9 60.6 41.9 66.4 63.5 66.4 68.5
July 2007
66.0 75.8 60.7 40.9 66.3 63.9 66.7 68.7
Aug 2007
65.8 75.6 60.7 39.5 66.1 63.6 67.1 69.1
Sept 2007
66.0 75.6 60.8 41.1 66.3 63.5 65.8 68.9
Oct 2007
65.8 75.5 60.6 41.3 66.2 63.3 66.4 68.7
Nov 2007
66.0 75.9 60.6 41.5 66.4 63.2 67.5 68.8
Dec 2007
66.0 75.8 60.7 41.2 66.4 63.4 66.7 68.6
Jan 2008
66.2 76.1 60.8 41.2 66.5 64.0 67.3 68.6
Feb 2008
66.0 75.9 60.7 40.1 66.3 63.7 66.9 68.6
Mar 2008
66.1 75.9 60.9 40.0 66.3 64.0 67.2 68.6
Apr 2008
65.9 75.7 60.7 40.7 66.1 63.9 67.9 68.8
May 2008
66.1 75.6 60.9 42.1 66.4 63.8 67.3 69.1
June 2008
66.1 75.7 61.0 40.6 66.4 63.7 66.9 68.8
July 2008
66.1 75.8 60.8 40.4 66.4 63.8 67.2 68.5
Aug 2008
66.1 75.7 61.1 39.8 66.3 64.3 67.4 68.8
Sept 2008
66.0 75.7 60.9 40.1 66.2 63.7 66.7 68.5
Oct 2008
66.0 75.6 61.1 39.7 66.4 63.6 66.7 68.2
Nov 2008
65.9 75.5 61.0 38.6 66.2 63.1 66.2 67.8
Dec 2008
65.8 75.3 61.1 38.5 66.1 63.5 66.2 68.0
Jan 2009
65.7 75.3 60.9 38.5 66.1 63.2 65.5 67.9
Feb 2009
65.8 75.2 61.0 39.0 66.2 62.9 66.0 68.2
Mar 2009
65.6 74.9 61.0 38.0 66.0 62.3 65.7 68.3
Apr 2009
65.7 75.2 61.0 37.9 66.1 63.0 66.3 68.5
May 2009
65.7 75.2 61.0 38.5 66.2 62.8 66.3 68.1
June 2009
65.7 75.1 61.0 38.5 66.1 62.6 66.7 67.9
July 2009
65.5 74.9 61.0 37.7 65.9 62.8 67.2 68.5
Aug 2009
65.4 74.8 60.8 37.2 65.9 62.1 66.3 67.8
Sept 2009
65.1 74.5 60.6 36.8 65.5 61.8 65.9 67.8
Oct 2009
65.0 74.5 60.5 35.9 65.5 61.8 65.5 67.6
Nov 2009
65.0 74.4 60.6 36.0 65.4 62.1 65.3 67.7
Dec 2009
64.6 73.9 60.3 35.8 65.1 61.9 65.5 67.2
Jan 2010
64.8 74.1 60.6 35.2 65.3 62.3 64.2 68.1
Feb 2010
64.9 74.1 60.6 35.5 65.3 62.1 64.3 68.1
Mar 2010
64.9 74.3 60.5 35.9 65.3 62.6 64.4 68.1
Apr 2010
65.2 74.7 60.6 35.8 65.6 62.7 65.7 67.6
May 2010
64.9 74.3 60.4 35.6 65.3 62.7 65.0 67.4
June 2010
64.6 74.2 60.3 33.9 65.1 61.9 64.8 67.2
July 2010
64.6 74.1 60.2 34.5 65.1 61.9 64.9 67.5
Aug 2010
64.7 74.2 60.2 35.1 65.2 62.2 64.9 67.4
Sept 2010
64.6 74.1 60.3 34.1 65.0 61.8 64.2 67.6
Oct 2010
64.4 73.6 60.1 35.1 64.8 62.0 65.2 66.8
Nov 2010
64.6 73.7 60.4 34.7 64.8 62.5 64.6 67.1
Dec 2010
64.3 73.6 60.1 34.3 64.7 62.1 64.4 67.0
Jan 2011
64.2 73.4 60.0 34.6 64.6 61.6 64.9 67.1
Feb 2011
64.1 73.5 59.9 33.8 64.5 61.4 64.8 66.0
Mar 2011
64.2 73.4 60.0 34.2 64.6 61.3 65.3 66.4
Apr 2011
64.2 73.5 60.0 33.9 64.7 61.4 64.2 66.4
May 2011
64.1 73.5 59.8 33.3 64.6 61.0 65.1 66.0
June 2011
64.0 73.4 59.6 33.8 64.5 61.1 64.4 66.2
July 2011
64.0 73.3 59.7 33.5 64.5 60.7 64.3 66.1
Aug 2011
64.1 73.4 59.7 34.8 64.5 61.6 63.8 66.7
Sept 2011
64.2 73.4 59.9 34.6 64.5 62.2 64.3 66.7
Oct 2011
64.1 73.3 59.7 34.5 64.5 61.5 64.9 67.0
Nov 2011
64.1 73.4 59.6 34.6 64.4 61.4 64.3 66.6
Dec 2011
64.0 73.4 59.5 34.3 64.3 61.9 64.6 66.8
Jan 2012
63.7 73.3 59.3 33.6 64.2 61.1 64.2 66.3
Feb 2012
63.8 73.2 59.5 33.8 64.2 61.6 62.9 66.8
Mar 2012
63.8 73.2 59.4 34.0 64.1 61.8 63.3 66.3
Apr 2012
63.7 73.0 59.3 34.1 64.0 61.3 62.5 66.4
May 2012
63.7 73.1 59.4 34.2 64.1 61.3 63.5 67.0
June 2012
63.8 73.1 59.4 34.6 64.1 62.1 64.1 66.9
July 2012
63.7 73.0 59.2 35.0 63.9 61.6 64.5 66.5
Aug 2012
63.5 72.8 59.2 34.3 63.8 61.3 63.6 66.1
Sept 2012
63.6 73.0 59.3 34.2 64.0 61.2 64.0 66.3
Oct 2012
63.8 73.1 59.3 34.6 64.0 62.2 63.6 66.3
Nov 2012
63.6 72.9 59.2 34.7 63.8 61.3 64.8 65.7
Dec 2012
63.7 73.0 59.3 34.2 63.9 61.3 65.7 65.8
Jan 2013
63.7 73.1 59.0 35.1 63.9 61.8 64.9 66.2
Feb 2013
63.4 72.8 58.9 34.6 63.6 61.7 64.8 66.3
Mar 2013
63.3 72.6 58.8 33.9 63.5 61.2 64.2 65.4
Apr 2013
63.4 72.7 58.9 34.2 63.7 61.5 64.0 65.7
May 2013
63.4 72.7 58.9 34.8 63.7 61.7 63.7 66.5
June 2013
63.4 72.6 59.0 34.6 63.7 61.6 65.3 66.3
July 2013
63.3 72.5 58.8 34.9 63.6 61.2 64.4 66.7
Aug 2013
63.3 72.4 58.9 34.4 63.5 60.7 64.7 66.3
Sept 2013
63.2 72.4 58.8 34.8 63.4 61.2 65.3 65.8
Oct 2013
62.8 71.9 58.4 34.1 63.0 60.6 64.2 65.7
Nov 2013
63.0 72.2 58.4 34.2 63.3 60.4 64.7 66.0
Dec 2013
62.9 72.0 58.6 33.7 63.2 60.3 64.6 65.5
Jan 2014
62.9 72.0 58.6 33.1 63.2 60.6 63.9 65.9
Feb 2014
62.9 71.9 58.8 32.5 63.2 60.9 63.9 66.0
Mar 2014
63.1 72.1 58.8 33.9 63.3 61.3 64.3 66.1
Apr 2014
62.8 71.8 58.5 33.3 63.0 61.0 63.6 65.6
May 2014
62.9 71.9 58.6 33.7 63.1 60.8 63.8 65.8
June 2014
62.8 72.0 58.4 33.7 63.1 61.1 62.9 66.3
July 2014
62.9 72.0 58.4 34.3 63.0 61.7 62.8 66.0
Aug 2014
62.9 72.1 58.4 33.8 63.1 61.0 63.7 66.1
Sept 2014
62.8 72.0 58.3 34.1 63.0 61.6 63.4 66.1
Oct 2014
62.9 71.7 58.5 35.6 63.0 61.3 63.9 66.5
Nov 2014
62.9 71.8 58.5 35.0 63.1 61.3 63.2 66.4
Dec 2014
62.8 71.9 58.2 34.6 62.9 61.4 63.4 66.1
Jan 2015
62.9 71.9 58.4 34.8 63.1 60.9 62.6 66.6
Feb 2015
62.7 71.8 58.1 34.4 62.9 61.0 63.1 66.1
Mar 2015
62.6 71.8 58.0 34.7 62.8 61.1 62.4 66.2
Apr 2015
62.8 71.9 58.2 34.6 62.8 62.2 63.3 66.4
May 2015
62.9 72.0 58.4 35.1 63.0 62.1 63.8 66.3
June 2015
62.7 71.7 58.2 34.0 62.8 61.8 62.8 66.2
July 2015
62.6 71.7 58.1 33.7 62.7 61.5 62.6 66.0
Aug 2015
62.6 71.6 58.2 33.9 62.7 61.7 62.4 65.7
Sept 2015
62.4 71.4 57.9 33.8 62.5 61.4 62.1 65.3
Oct 2015
62.5 71.4 58.1 33.9 62.6 61.5 61.8 65.6
Nov 2015
62.5 71.3 58.3 33.8 62.7 61.6 63.2 65.5
Dec 2015
62.7 71.6 58.3 35.3 62.8 61.7 63.3 65.5
Jan 2016
62.7 71.5 58.3 35.0 62.9 61.4 62.4 65.8
Feb 2016
62.8 71.8 58.3 35.1 63.0 61.5 63.0 66.0
Mar 2016
63.0 71.9 58.5 35.0 63.1 61.5 63.3 66.3
Apr 2016
62.9 71.9 58.3 35.5 63.1 61.2 63.8 65.8
May 2016
62.7 71.6 58.2 35.4 62.9 61.1 63.3 65.6
June 2016
62.7 71.9 58.1 34.4 62.9 61.4 63.3 65.8
July 2016
62.8 71.8 58.1 35.3 62.9 61.2 63.7 65.9
Aug 2016
62.9 71.8 58.2 36.1 63.0 61.8 63.2 66.2
Sept 2016
62.9 71.8 58.3 35.6 62.9 62.0 63.4 66.0
Oct 2016
62.8 71.6 58.3 35.1 62.8 61.8 63.7 65.6
Nov 2016
62.7 71.5 58.2 35.3 62.7 62.1 62.9 65.5
Dec 2016
62.7 71.5 58.2 35.0 62.6 62.0 62.8 65.6
Jan 2017
62.8 71.7 58.3 35.3 62.8 62.3 63.8 66.1
Feb 2017
62.9 71.6 58.5 35.1 62.8 62.3 63.6 66.4
Mar 2017
62.9 71.6 58.6 35.8 62.9 62.2 63.0 66.7
Apr 2017
63.0 71.7 58.6 35.8 62.9 62.5 63.7 66.2
May 2017
62.8 71.5 58.5 35.1 62.8 62.6 63.9 66.2
June 2017
62.8 71.6 58.4 36.0 62.8 62.0 63.7 66.2
July 2017
62.9 71.6 58.7 34.8 62.9 62.2 64.1 66.5
Aug 2017
62.9 71.6 58.5 35.3 62.9 62.0 64.2 65.9
Sept 2017
63.1 71.8 58.6 35.8 63.0 62.7 64.3 66.4
Oct 2017
62.7 71.6 58.2 34.5 62.6 62.2 63.6 65.5
Nov 2017
62.7 71.5 58.4 34.7 62.7 62.4 63.0 65.5
Dec 2017
62.7 71.6 58.2 34.5 62.7 62.2 62.7 65.7
Jan 2018
62.7 71.6 58.1 35.4 62.7 62.1 63.0 65.8
Feb 2018
63.0 71.8 58.4 36.2 63.0 62.9 62.8 66.1
Mar 2018
62.9 71.8 58.3 35.6 62.8 62.6 63.3 65.8
Apr 2018
62.9 71.8 58.3 34.8 62.9 61.8 63.4 66.5
May 2018
62.9 71.8 58.3 34.8 62.9 62.1 62.9 66.4
June 2018
63.0 71.7 58.6 35.4 62.9 62.3 63.6 66.6
July 2018
63.0 71.5 58.7 35.3 62.9 62.5 63.8 66.9
Aug 2018
62.6 71.4 58.4 33.1 62.6 62.0 63.5 65.9
Sept 2018
62.8 71.4 58.5 34.7 62.6 62.5 64.1 66.0
Oct 2018
62.9 71.5 58.6 35.3 62.8 62.6 63.9 66.1
Nov 2018
62.9 71.5 58.7 35.1 62.9 62.2 64.1 66.7
Dec 2018
63.0 71.5 58.8 35.7 63.0 62.1 63.6 67.0
Jan 2019
63.1 71.6 58.9 35.5 63.0 62.9 64.4 67.2
Feb 2019
63.1 71.6 59.0 34.8 63.0 62.4 64.6 66.4
Mar 2019
63.0 71.6 58.7 35.4 63.0 61.9 64.0 66.9
Apr 2019
62.8 71.5 58.6 33.9 62.8 62.4 62.7 65.9
May 2019
62.9 71.7 58.5 34.3 62.9 62.3 63.1 66.3
June 2019
63.0 71.6 58.6 35.7 63.0 61.9 63.7 66.4
July 2019
63.1 71.8 58.6 36.5 63.0 62.7 63.6 66.6
Aug 2019
63.1 71.7 58.9 35.1 63.1 62.3 63.9 66.7
Sept 2019
63.2 71.6 59.1 35.1 63.1 62.6 64.1 67.0
Oct 2019
63.3 71.6 59.2 35.4 63.2 62.6 65.4 67.3
Nov 2019
63.3 71.7 59.1 35.9 63.2 62.3 64.7 67.5
Dec 2019
63.3 71.6 59.2 35.9 63.2 63.2 63.6 67.1
Jan 2020
63.3 71.6 59.2 36.3 63.3 62.7 63.8 67.9
Feb 2020
63.3 71.4 59.3 36.6 63.2 63.0 64.4 67.8
Mar 2020
62.6 70.8 58.5 35.8 62.6 61.7 63.6 67.0
Apr 2020
60.1 68.5 56.3 29.8 60.3 58.5 60.7 63.1
May 2020
60.8 69.1 56.7 33.3 61.0 59.5 60.8 64.3
June 2020
61.5 69.8 57.4 33.4 61.7 60.1 61.6 65.2
July 2020
61.5 69.8 57.5 33.3 61.5 60.3 63.3 64.9
Aug 2020
61.7 70.2 57.5 33.8 61.7 60.4 63.7 65.1
Sept 2020
61.5 69.9 56.9 36.0 61.6 59.9 63.0 65.0
Oct 2020
61.7 70.1 57.2 36.1 61.8 60.4 62.9 65.6
Nov 2020
61.5 69.8 57.2 35.7 61.5 60.4 62.9 65.5
Dec 2020
61.5 69.7 57.3 35.9 61.6 60.0 62.1 65.4
Jan 2021
61.3 69.6 57.0 35.7 61.3 60.2 62.6 64.9
Feb 2021
61.4 69.4 57.2 36.3 61.4 59.9 62.6 65.4
Mar 2021
61.5 69.3 57.4 36.0 61.4 60.6 62.9 65.4
Apr 2021
61.6 69.7 57.2 37.0 61.5 61.3 62.6 65.3
May 2021
61.5 69.7 57.2 36.6 61.4 60.8 63.1 65.1
June 2021
61.7 70.0 57.4 35.8 61.4 61.6 63.4 65.3
July 2021
61.8 70.0 57.4 36.3 61.6 60.9 64.2 65.7
Aug 2021
61.8 70.1 57.3 36.1 61.5 61.7 64.1 65.5
Sept 2021
61.7 70.1 57.2 36.6 61.5 61.4 64.5 65.7
Oct 2021
61.8 70.0 57.4 36.3 61.5 61.1 65.5 65.8
Nov 2021
61.9 70.1 57.6 36.3 61.7 60.8 65.5 66.3
Dec 2021
62.0 70.0 57.8 36.1 61.7 60.8 64.8 65.9
Jan 2022
62.2 70.1 58.1 36.6 62.0 61.9 64.3 66.3
Feb 2022
62.2 70.3 58.1 35.8 62.1 62.0 62.9 66.5
Mar 2022
62.3 70.3 58.3 36.9 62.2 62.0 63.9 66.4
Apr 2022
62.2 70.3 58.0 36.6 61.9 62.2 64.3 66.1
May 2022
62.3 70.2 58.3 36.5 61.9 62.9 64.7 66.4
June 2022
62.2 70.1 58.1 36.8 61.9 62.2 64.5 66.5
July 2022
62.1 70.0 58.2 36.1 61.9 62.1 64.7 65.7
Aug 2022
62.4 70.2 58.3 37.6 62.0 62.0 65.4 66.9
Sept 2022
62.3 70.4 58.0 36.9 62.0 62.3 65.0 66.1
Oct 2022
62.3 70.5 57.9 36.6 62.0 62.1 65.1 66.2
Nov 2022
62.1 70.2 57.7 37.7 61.8 62.4 64.9 65.8
Dec 2022
62.3 70.4 58.1 37.0 62.1 62.5 64.3 66.4
Jan 2023
62.4 70.1 58.4 37.1 62.1 62.9 64.2 66.4
Feb 2023
62.5 70.2 58.5 37.4 62.1 63.3 65.1 66.9
Mar 2023
62.6 70.5 58.5 37.3 62.2 64.0 64.8 66.8
Apr 2023
62.6 70.3 58.6 37.0 62.3 62.9 64.8 66.8
May 2023
62.6 70.3 58.7 36.7 62.3 63.1 65.0 66.8
June 2023
62.6 70.5 58.6 36.4 62.3 62.7 65.4 67.3
July 2023
62.6 70.5 58.7 35.8 62.3 62.8 65.5 67.3
Aug 2023
62.8 70.5 58.9 37.0 62.5 62.7 65.6 67.1
Sept 2023
62.8 70.6 58.8 36.6 62.4 63.0 65.7 67.2
Oct 2023
62.7 70.2 58.8 37.9 62.3 63.0 65.3 67.0
Nov 2023
62.8 70.6 58.7 37.5 62.3 63.7 65.0 66.9
Dec 2023
62.5 70.4 58.4 37.0 62.1 63.4 63.9 66.7
Jan 2024
62.5 70.2 58.8 36.5 62.1 63.3 64.5 66.8
Feb 2024
62.5 70.0 59.0 36.6 62.1 63.7 64.5 67.1
Mar 2024
62.7 70.2 58.9 38.2 62.3 63.6 64.1 66.8
Apr 2024
62.7 70.1 59.0 37.6 62.3 63.2 64.7 67.3
May 2024
62.5 69.9 58.8 38.1 62.2 62.9 65.3 67.3
June 2024
62.6 70.4 58.6 37.4 62.2 62.7 65.9 67.5
July 2024
62.7 70.5 58.9 36.4 62.3 63.2 65.7 67.3
Aug 2024
62.7 70.3 59.2 35.7 62.3 62.7 65.4 67.8
Sept 2024
62.7 70.4 58.9 37.2 62.4 62.9 65.3 67.4
Oct 2024
62.6 70.5 58.7 35.8 62.2 62.9 65.5 66.9
Nov 2024
62.5 70.3 58.7 36.2 62.1 62.4 64.7 66.9
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