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Employment–population ratio

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Employment-population ratio, seasonally adjusted
Month Total Men, 20 years and over Women, 20 years and over 16 to 19 years old White Black or African American Asian Hispanic or Latino

Nov 2004

62.5 72.1 57.4 37.1 63.2 57.2 63.9 63.7

Dec 2004

62.4 72.0 57.4 36.4 63.2 57.0 63.2 63.7

Jan 2005

62.4 71.9 57.5 36.3 63.2 56.9 63.5 63.5

Feb 2005

62.4 72.1 57.4 35.7 63.2 56.6 63.3 63.8

Mar 2005

62.4 72.2 57.4 36.5 63.2 57.0 63.1 64.2

Apr 2005

62.7 72.5 57.5 36.2 63.4 57.5 63.1 63.7

May 2005

62.8 72.7 57.6 36.2 63.5 58.0 63.0 64.1

June 2005

62.7 72.7 57.5 36.5 63.3 58.1 62.9 64.1

July 2005

62.8 72.7 57.6 36.6 63.5 58.6 63.2 64.1

Aug 2005

62.9 72.8 57.7 37.0 63.6 58.3 63.6 64.1

Sept 2005

62.8 72.5 57.8 36.7 63.4 58.2 63.4 63.5

Oct 2005

62.8 72.5 57.8 36.3 63.4 58.6 64.8 64.0

Nov 2005

62.7 72.3 57.7 36.6 63.4 57.5 63.9 64.1

Dec 2005

62.8 72.4 57.8 36.8 63.5 57.7 63.5 64.3

Jan 2006

62.9 72.8 57.7 37.0 63.7 57.8 63.8 65.2

Feb 2006

63.0 72.8 57.8 37.4 63.7 58.3 64.4 65.3

Mar 2006

63.1 72.9 57.8 37.2 63.7 58.5 64.3 65.3

Apr 2006

63.0 72.9 57.8 37.0 63.7 58.2 63.9 65.1

May 2006

63.1 72.8 58.0 37.3 63.7 58.6 63.6 65.3

June 2006

63.1 72.8 58.1 37.4 63.8 58.1 63.8 65.5

July 2006

63.0 72.4 58.2 36.9 63.8 57.9 64.1 64.9

Aug 2006

63.1 72.7 58.2 36.5 63.8 58.5 63.6 64.6

Sept 2006

63.1 73.1 58.0 36.0 63.7 57.9 65.1 64.3

Oct 2006

63.3 73.0 58.3 36.9 63.9 58.7 65.1 65.3

Nov 2006

63.3 73.0 58.2 37.2 63.9 58.8 64.5 65.2

Dec 2006

63.4 73.2 58.4 37.0 64.1 59.2 64.7 65.8

Jan 2007

63.3 73.1 58.3 36.5 63.9 59.4 64.4 65.5

Feb 2007

63.3 73.0 58.4 35.9 63.9 59.0 64.2 65.3

Mar 2007

63.3 73.1 58.5 35.5 64.0 58.5 64.1 65.5

Apr 2007

63.0 73.0 58.0 34.7 63.6 58.4 63.8 65.1

May 2007

63.0 72.9 58.2 34.2 63.7 58.2 64.3 64.7

June 2007

63.0 72.8 58.2 35.0 63.7 58.1 64.6 64.7

July 2007

62.9 72.6 58.2 34.7 63.5 58.8 64.9 64.7

Aug 2007

62.7 72.5 58.2 33.2 63.3 58.7 64.8 65.3

Sept 2007

62.9 72.5 58.3 34.6 63.5 58.4 63.6 64.8

Oct 2007

62.7 72.3 58.0 35.0 63.5 57.9 63.9 64.7

Nov 2007

62.9 72.7 58.1 34.8 63.6 57.8 65.0 64.7

Dec 2007

62.7 72.5 58.0 34.3 63.5 57.8 64.2 64.3

Jan 2008

62.9 72.7 58.2 33.9 63.6 58.2 65.2 64.3

Feb 2008

62.8 72.6 58.1 33.4 63.4 58.3 65.0 64.4

Mar 2008

62.7 72.4 58.2 33.6 63.3 58.1 64.8 63.9

Apr 2008

62.7 72.2 58.1 34.3 63.2 58.4 65.6 63.9

May 2008

62.5 71.9 58.1 34.1 63.2 57.6 64.5 64.3

June 2008

62.4 71.8 58.1 32.8 63.1 57.6 64.1 63.6

July 2008

62.2 71.7 58.0 32.1 63.0 57.4 64.7 63.3

Aug 2008

62.0 71.4 57.8 32.4 62.7 57.5 64.3 63.3

Sept 2008

61.9 71.1 57.8 32.4 62.6 56.5 64.1 63.0

Oct 2008

61.7 70.8 57.8 31.8 62.5 56.3 64.1 62.2

Nov 2008

61.4 70.4 57.6 30.8 62.1 55.8 63.0 61.9

Dec 2008

61.0 69.8 57.4 30.6 61.7 55.8 62.8 61.6

Jan 2009

60.6 69.3 57.0 30.5 61.4 55.2 61.5 61.1

Feb 2009

60.3 68.8 56.9 30.3 61.2 54.3 61.5 60.5

Mar 2009

59.9 68.2 56.7 29.6 60.7 53.8 61.4 60.3

Apr 2009

59.8 68.1 56.7 29.5 60.7 53.6 61.8 60.7

May 2009

59.6 67.8 56.4 29.5 60.5 53.4 61.6 59.7

June 2009

59.4 67.7 56.3 28.9 60.3 53.3 61.4 59.6

July 2009

59.3 67.5 56.3 28.6 60.2 53.5 61.8 59.9

Aug 2009

59.1 67.3 56.1 27.9 60.0 52.9 61.3 58.9

Sept 2009

58.7 67.0 55.8 27.3 59.6 52.3 60.9 59.2

Oct 2009

58.5 66.8 55.7 26.1 59.5 52.0 60.6 58.9

Nov 2009

58.6 66.8 55.8 26.3 59.4 52.3 60.5 59.3

Dec 2009

58.3 66.4 55.4 26.2 59.2 52.0 59.9 58.6

Jan 2010

58.5 66.5 55.8 26.0 59.6 52.0 58.9 59.3

Feb 2010

58.5 66.5 55.7 26.4 59.5 52.1 59.0 59.5

Mar 2010

58.5 66.7 55.6 26.5 59.5 52.0 59.5 59.3

Apr 2010

58.7 67.1 55.6 26.7 59.7 52.3 61.1 59.1

May 2010

58.6 67.1 55.6 26.2 59.6 53.0 59.9 59.3

June 2010

58.5 67.0 55.6 25.1 59.5 52.5 60.0 58.9

July 2010

58.5 67.0 55.5 25.5 59.5 52.3 59.8 59.3

Aug 2010

58.6 67.1 55.4 26.1 59.6 52.3 60.2 59.3

Sept 2010

58.5 67.0 55.4 25.3 59.5 51.9 59.9 59.3

Oct 2010

58.3 66.8 55.3 25.5 59.2 52.3 60.5 58.6

Nov 2010

58.2 66.4 55.3 26.1 59.0 52.4 59.8 58.4

Dec 2010

58.3 66.7 55.3 25.6 59.2 52.4 59.7 58.3

Jan 2011

58.3 66.7 55.3 25.7 59.4 51.9 60.5 58.9

Feb 2011

58.4 66.9 55.1 25.7 59.3 51.9 60.4 58.3

Mar 2011

58.4 66.9 55.3 25.9 59.5 51.6 60.5 58.7

Apr 2011

58.4 66.9 55.2 25.5 59.5 51.3 60.0 58.6

May 2011

58.3 67.0 55.0 25.4 59.5 51.1 60.3 58.3

June 2011

58.2 66.8 54.9 25.5 59.3 51.2 60.2 58.6

July 2011

58.2 66.8 55.0 25.2 59.3 51.0 59.5 58.7

Aug 2011

58.3 67.0 55.0 26.1 59.4 51.5 59.2 59.2

Sept 2011

58.4 67.0 55.0 26.1 59.4 52.3 59.2 59.2

Oct 2011

58.4 67.0 55.1 26.1 59.3 52.5 60.1 59.4

Nov 2011

58.6 67.4 55.0 26.3 59.5 51.8 60.1 59.1

Dec 2011

58.6 67.5 54.9 26.3 59.5 52.3 60.2 59.4

Jan 2012

58.4 67.6 54.8 25.6 59.4 52.8 59.9 59.2

Feb 2012

58.5 67.6 54.9 25.8 59.5 53.0 59.0 59.5

Mar 2012

58.5 67.5 55.0 25.6 59.4 53.2 59.2 59.3

Apr 2012

58.4 67.4 54.9 25.6 59.3 53.2 59.1 59.6

May 2012

58.5 67.5 55.0 25.8 59.4 53.0 60.0 59.7

June 2012

58.6 67.4 55.0 26.6 59.4 53.1 60.3 59.6

July 2012

58.5 67.4 54.8 26.7 59.2 52.8 60.7 59.7

Aug 2012

58.4 67.3 54.9 26.0 59.2 52.9 59.9 59.4

Sept 2012

58.7 67.6 55.1 26.1 59.5 52.9 60.9 59.8

Oct 2012

58.8 67.8 55.1 26.3 59.6 53.4 60.4 59.7

Nov 2012

58.7 67.7 55.0 26.4 59.5 53.2 60.7 59.2

Dec 2012

58.7 67.7 54.9 25.9 59.5 52.7 61.3 59.5

Jan 2013

58.6 67.6 54.7 26.8 59.4 53.3 60.8 59.8

Feb 2013

58.6 67.7 54.8 25.8 59.3 53.2 60.9 59.8

Mar 2013

58.5 67.6 54.7 25.8 59.3 53.3 61.0 59.3

Apr 2013

58.6 67.5 55.0 25.8 59.4 53.3 60.6 59.8

May 2013

58.6 67.5 55.0 26.3 59.4 53.5 60.8 60.5

June 2013

58.6 67.5 55.0 26.6 59.4 52.9 62.2 60.3

July 2013

58.7 67.5 55.1 26.8 59.5 53.5 61.0 60.4

Aug 2013

58.7 67.2 55.3 26.7 59.4 53.0 61.4 60.2

Sept 2013

58.7 67.3 55.1 27.4 59.4 53.3 61.8 60.0

Oct 2013

58.3 66.9 54.7 26.6 59.1 52.8 60.8 59.7

Nov 2013

58.6 67.4 54.8 27.1 59.4 53.0 61.3 60.2

Dec 2013

58.7 67.5 55.0 26.8 59.5 53.1 61.8 60.0

Jan 2014

58.8 67.5 55.2 26.4 59.6 53.3 60.9 60.4

Feb 2014

58.7 67.4 55.4 25.6 59.6 53.7 60.2 60.6

Mar 2014

58.9 67.8 55.2 26.9 59.6 53.9 60.7 60.9

Apr 2014

58.9 67.6 55.2 26.8 59.7 53.9 59.8 60.8

May 2014

58.9 67.6 55.2 27.2 59.7 53.9 60.1 60.7

June 2014

59.0 67.9 55.3 26.8 59.7 54.4 59.9 61.2

July 2014

59.0 67.9 55.2 27.3 59.7 54.5 60.2 60.9

Aug 2014

59.0 68.0 55.1 27.2 59.8 54.1 60.9 61.2

Sept 2014

59.1 68.1 55.1 27.3 59.8 54.8 60.6 61.6

Oct 2014

59.3 68.1 55.3 29.0 60.0 54.8 60.6 62.0

Nov 2014

59.2 67.8 55.4 29.0 59.9 54.7 60.2 62.0

Dec 2014

59.3 68.1 55.3 28.7 59.9 54.9 60.6 61.9

Jan 2015

59.3 68.1 55.4 28.3 60.1 54.6 60.1 62.1

Feb 2015

59.2 68.1 55.3 28.6 59.9 54.8 60.6 61.7

Mar 2015

59.2 68.1 55.2 28.6 59.8 55.0 60.4 61.7

Apr 2015

59.3 68.2 55.3 28.7 59.8 56.2 60.5 61.8

May 2015

59.4 68.3 55.4 28.8 60.0 55.8 61.1 61.8

June 2015

59.4 68.2 55.5 27.9 59.9 55.9 60.3 61.7

July 2015

59.3 68.3 55.3 28.2 59.9 55.9 60.2 61.4

Aug 2015

59.4 68.2 55.5 28.1 59.9 55.9 60.3 61.3

Sept 2015

59.2 68.1 55.2 28.2 59.8 55.7 59.9 61.3

Oct 2015

59.3 68.1 55.4 28.5 59.9 55.9 59.6 61.5

Nov 2015

59.4 67.9 55.6 28.6 59.9 55.8 60.7 61.3

Dec 2015

59.6 68.2 55.7 29.6 60.0 56.4 60.7 61.4

Jan 2016

59.7 68.4 55.7 29.4 60.3 56.1 60.1 61.9

Feb 2016

59.8 68.6 55.7 29.7 60.3 56.2 60.6 62.4

Mar 2016

59.8 68.7 55.8 29.4 60.4 56.0 60.8 62.6

Apr 2016

59.7 68.6 55.6 29.8 60.3 55.8 61.4 61.7

May 2016

59.7 68.4 55.7 29.8 60.3 56.1 60.7 61.9

June 2016

59.7 68.6 55.6 28.9 60.2 56.1 61.0 61.9

July 2016

59.8 68.5 55.7 29.9 60.3 56.1 61.2 62.3

Aug 2016

59.8 68.5 55.7 30.5 60.2 56.9 60.6 62.5

Sept 2016

59.7 68.4 55.7 29.9 60.1 56.7 61.0 61.9

Oct 2016

59.7 68.4 55.7 29.6 60.0 56.5 61.5 61.8

Nov 2016

59.7 68.4 55.7 29.8 60.1 57.0 61.0 61.8

Dec 2016

59.7 68.4 55.7 29.8 60.0 57.1 61.0 61.8

Jan 2017

59.9 68.6 55.8 30.1 60.1 57.6 61.5 62.2

Feb 2017

60.0 68.6 56.0 30.0 60.3 57.3 61.4 62.7

Mar 2017

60.2 68.6 56.3 31.0 60.5 57.3 61.0 63.3

Apr 2017

60.2 68.9 56.2 30.7 60.5 57.7 61.6 62.8

May 2017

60.1 68.7 56.1 30.1 60.4 57.8 61.6 62.8

June 2017

60.1 68.7 56.1 31.1 60.4 57.7 61.3 62.9

July 2017

60.2 68.7 56.3 30.2 60.5 57.7 61.7 63.1

Aug 2017

60.1 68.7 56.2 30.4 60.4 57.3 61.7 62.5

Sept 2017

60.4 69.0 56.3 31.2 60.6 58.2 62.0 63.1

Oct 2017

60.1 68.8 56.1 29.7 60.3 57.4 61.7 62.2

Nov 2017

60.1 68.8 56.2 29.1 60.4 57.7 61.0 62.3

Dec 2017

60.1 68.9 56.0 29.8 60.4 58.0 61.1 62.4

Jan 2018

60.1 68.9 56.0 30.6 60.5 57.4 61.1 62.5

Feb 2018

60.4 69.2 56.2 31.0 60.7 58.6 60.9 62.9

Mar 2018

60.4 69.2 56.2 30.9 60.6 58.4 61.3 62.5

Apr 2018

60.4 69.1 56.2 30.4 60.7 57.9 61.5 63.3

May 2018

60.5 69.3 56.3 30.3 60.8 58.5 61.5 63.2

June 2018

60.5 69.0 56.4 31.0 60.7 58.3 61.6 63.5

July 2018

60.6 69.1 56.6 30.7 60.8 58.4 61.9 63.9

Aug 2018

60.3 68.9 56.4 28.9 60.4 58.2 61.7 62.8

Sept 2018

60.4 68.9 56.5 30.4 60.5 58.7 61.9 63.0

Oct 2018

60.5 68.9 56.6 31.1 60.7 58.6 61.9 63.2

Nov 2018

60.6 69.1 56.7 30.8 60.8 58.4 62.3 63.6

Dec 2018

60.6 68.9 56.7 31.2 60.8 58.0 61.5 64.0

Jan 2019

60.6 69.0 56.7 30.8 60.7 58.4 62.4 64.0

Feb 2019

60.7 69.1 57.0 30.0 60.9 58.0 62.5 63.6

Mar 2019

60.6 69.0 56.7 30.9 60.9 57.7 62.1 63.7

Apr 2019

60.5 69.1 56.7 29.4 60.8 58.2 61.3 63.2

May 2019

60.6 69.3 56.6 29.9 60.8 58.5 61.5 63.5

June 2019

60.7 69.2 56.7 31.2 60.9 58.3 62.4 63.6

July 2019

60.8 69.3 56.6 31.9 60.9 59.1 61.8 63.6

Aug 2019

60.8 69.3 56.9 30.8 60.9 59.0 62.1 63.9

Sept 2019

61.0 69.3 57.3 30.8 61.1 59.3 62.5 64.5

Oct 2019

61.0 69.2 57.3 31.2 61.1 59.1 63.5 64.5

Nov 2019

61.0 69.4 57.1 31.6 61.2 58.9 63.0 64.6

Dec 2019

61.1 69.3 57.3 31.4 61.2 59.4 61.9 64.3

Jan 2020

61.1 69.3 57.3 31.7 61.3 58.8 61.8 65.0

Feb 2020

61.1 69.1 57.5 32.4 61.3 59.2 62.8 64.8

Mar 2020

59.8 67.9 56.1 30.6 60.1 57.3 61.0 63.0

Apr 2020

51.2 59.6 47.6 20.1 51.7 48.6 52.0 51.2

May 2020

52.7 61.1 48.8 23.1 53.5 49.5 51.7 52.9

June 2020

54.7 62.8 51.0 25.9 55.5 50.9 53.2 55.8

July 2020

55.2 63.2 51.5 26.9 55.8 51.6 55.7 56.6

Aug 2020

56.5 64.6 52.7 28.2 57.2 52.6 56.9 58.3

Sept 2020

56.6 64.8 52.5 30.2 57.3 52.8 57.4 58.3

Oct 2020

57.5 65.4 53.5 31.1 58.1 53.9 58.2 59.8

Nov 2020

57.4 65.2 53.7 30.8 57.9 54.2 58.7 59.9

Dec 2020

57.4 65.3 53.7 30.2 57.9 54.0 58.4 59.3

Jan 2021

57.4 65.4 53.6 30.4 57.8 54.6 58.5 59.4

Feb 2021

57.5 65.2 53.8 31.3 58.0 54.0 59.4 59.9

Mar 2021

57.7 65.3 54.1 31.3 58.1 54.6 59.1 60.2

Apr 2021

57.9 65.5 54.0 32.6 58.2 55.0 59.0 60.1

May 2021

58.0 65.6 54.1 33.0 58.3 55.3 59.5 60.3

June 2021

58.1 65.8 54.2 31.8 58.2 56.0 59.9 60.6

July 2021

58.4 66.2 54.5 32.5 58.6 55.9 60.8 61.4

Aug 2021

58.6 66.5 54.6 32.1 58.7 56.3 61.2 61.5

Sept 2021

58.8 66.8 54.8 32.5 58.9 56.7 61.8 61.6

Oct 2021

59.0 67.0 55.0 32.2 59.1 56.5 62.8 62.0

Nov 2021

59.3 67.4 55.3 32.3 59.4 56.9 63.0 63.0

Dec 2021

59.6 67.5 55.7 32.2 59.7 56.6 62.4 62.9

Jan 2022

59.7 67.4 56.0 32.5 59.9 57.6 62.0 63.2

Feb 2022

59.8 67.9 55.9 32.2 60.1 57.9 61.0 63.7

Mar 2022

60.1 67.9 56.3 33.1 60.3 58.0 62.2 63.6

Apr 2022

59.9 67.8 56.1 32.7 59.9 58.4 62.3 63.3

May 2022

60.0 67.9 56.3 32.7 59.9 59.0 63.2 63.5

June 2022

59.9 67.7 56.2 32.7 59.9 58.6 62.6 63.6

July 2022

60.0 67.7 56.4 32.1 59.9 58.4 63.0 63.1

Aug 2022

60.1 67.7 56.4 33.8 60.1 58.1 63.5 63.8

Sept 2022

60.1 68.1 56.2 32.7 60.1 58.7 63.3 63.5

Oct 2022

60.0 68.1 56.0 32.7 60.0 58.5 63.1 63.4

Nov 2022

59.9 67.9 55.8 33.4 59.8 58.8 63.2 63.1

Dec 2022

60.1 68.2 56.2 33.1 60.2 58.9 62.8 63.6

Jan 2023

60.2 67.8 56.6 33.2 60.2 59.5 62.3 63.3

Feb 2023

60.2 67.9 56.6 33.3 60.1 59.7 62.9 63.3

Mar 2023

60.4 68.1 56.7 33.6 60.2 60.7 63.0 63.7

Apr 2023

60.4 68.0 56.8 33.6 60.3 59.9 63.0 63.8

May 2023

60.3 67.9 56.7 32.9 60.2 59.6 63.1 64.1

June 2023

60.3 68.1 56.8 32.3 60.4 58.9 63.4 64.4

July 2023

60.4 68.1 56.9 31.8 60.3 59.2 64.0 64.3

Aug 2023

60.4 68.0 57.1 32.4 60.4 59.4 63.5 63.9

Sept 2023

60.4 68.0 57.0 32.3 60.3 59.4 63.8 64.1

Oct 2023

60.3 67.6 56.9 32.9 60.1 59.3 63.3 63.8

Nov 2023

60.4 68.0 56.9 33.2 60.3 60.0 62.7 63.9

Dec 2023

60.1 67.9 56.5 32.6 59.9 60.1 61.9 63.4

Jan 2024

60.2 67.7 56.9 32.6 60.0 60.0 62.6 63.5

Feb 2024

60.1 67.6 56.9 32.0 59.9 60.1 62.3 63.7

Mar 2024

60.3 67.8 56.8 33.4 60.2 59.5 62.5 63.8

Apr 2024

60.2 67.6 57.0 33.2 60.2 59.6 62.9 64.1

May 2024

60.1 67.3 56.8 33.4 60.0 59.1 63.3 64.0

June 2024

60.1 67.8 56.5 32.9 60.0 58.8 63.2 64.2

July 2024

60.0 67.7 56.6 31.9 60.0 59.2 63.3 63.7

Aug 2024

60.0 67.5 57.0 30.6 60.0 58.9 62.7 64.1

Sept 2024

60.2 67.8 56.8 31.9 60.1 59.3 62.6 64.0

Oct 2024

60.0 67.8 56.6 30.9 59.8 59.3 62.9 63.5

Nov 2024

59.8 67.5 56.4 31.4 59.8 58.5 62.3 63.3