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Civilian labor force participation rate

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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

Oct 2004

65.9 75.7 60.2 44.2 66.2 64.3 66.3 68.6

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