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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status,
sex, race, and Hispanic
or Latino ethnicity
2025
Total Less than a
high school
diploma
High school
graduates,
no college(1)
Some college or associate degree Bachelor's degree and higher
Total Some college,
no degree
Associate
degree
Total(2) Bachelor's
degree
only
Advanced degree
Total Master's degree Professional
degree
Doctoral
degree

Total, civilian noninstitutional population

233,887 19,008 64,192 57,847 32,389 25,458 92,840 56,906 35,933 26,687 3,668 5,578

Civilian labor force

148,702 9,001 36,507 36,269 19,684 16,585 66,925 40,779 26,146 19,242 2,651 4,253

Participation rate

63.6 47.4 56.9 62.7 60.8 65.1 72.1 71.7 72.8 72.1 72.3 76.2

Employed

143,595 8,454 34,953 35,029 18,934 16,094 65,159 39,648 25,511 18,734 2,599 4,178

Employment-population ratio

61.4 44.5 54.5 60.6 58.5 63.2 70.2 69.7 71.0 70.2 70.9 74.9

Unemployed

5,108 547 1,554 1,241 750 491 1,766 1,131 635 509 51 75

Unemployment rate

3.4 6.1 4.3 3.4 3.8 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.6 1.9 1.8

Not in labor force

85,185 10,007 27,685 21,578 12,705 8,873 25,915 16,128 9,787 7,445 1,017 1,325

Men, civilian noninstitutional population

113,400 9,873 33,220 27,136 15,700 11,436 43,170 26,737 16,433 11,371 1,961 3,102

Civilian labor force

79,215 5,809 21,954 18,721 10,585 8,136 32,731 20,493 12,238 8,494 1,447 2,297

Participation rate

69.9 58.8 66.1 69.0 67.4 71.1 75.8 76.6 74.5 74.7 73.8 74.1

Employed

76,494 5,482 21,027 18,114 10,219 7,894 31,870 19,933 11,937 8,265 1,417 2,256

Employment-population ratio

67.5 55.5 63.3 66.8 65.1 69.0 73.8 74.6 72.6 72.7 72.2 72.7

Unemployed

2,721 326 926 607 366 241 861 560 301 229 30 41

Unemployment rate

3.4 5.6 4.2 3.2 3.5 3.0 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.1 1.8

Not in labor force

34,185 4,064 11,267 8,415 5,115 3,300 10,439 6,243 4,195 2,877 514 804

Women, civilian noninstitutional
population

120,487 9,135 30,971 30,711 16,688 14,023 49,670 30,170 19,500 15,316 1,707 2,477

Civilian labor force

69,488 3,192 14,553 17,548 9,098 8,450 34,194 20,286 13,908 10,748 1,204 1,956

Participation rate

57.7 34.9 47.0 57.1 54.5 60.3 68.8 67.2 71.3 70.2 70.5 79.0

Employed

67,101 2,972 13,926 16,915 8,715 8,200 33,289 19,715 13,574 10,469 1,183 1,922

Employment-population ratio

55.7 32.5 45.0 55.1 52.2 58.5 67.0 65.3 69.6 68.4 69.3 77.6

Unemployed

2,387 220 628 634 384 250 905 571 335 279 21 34

Unemployment rate

3.4 6.9 4.3 3.6 4.2 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.6 1.8 1.7

Not in labor force

51,000 5,943 16,418 13,163 7,590 5,573 15,476 9,884 5,592 4,568 503 521

White, civilian noninstitutional
population

178,889 14,208 49,189 44,892 24,761 20,131 70,600 43,958 26,642 19,764 2,820 4,058

Civilian labor force

112,015 7,029 27,601 27,441 14,595 12,846 49,944 31,123 18,822 13,810 1,993 3,019

Participation rate

62.6 49.5 56.1 61.1 58.9 63.8 70.7 70.8 70.6 69.9 70.7 74.4

Employed

108,634 6,646 26,599 26,603 14,095 12,508 48,786 30,367 18,419 13,489 1,957 2,973

Employment-population ratio

60.7 46.8 54.1 59.3 56.9 62.1 69.1 69.1 69.1 68.2 69.4 73.3

Unemployed

3,380 383 1,002 838 499 338 1,158 756 403 321 36 46

Unemployment rate

3.0 5.4 3.6 3.1 3.4 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.3 1.8 1.5

Not in labor force

66,875 7,179 21,588 17,451 10,166 7,285 20,656 12,835 7,821 5,954 827 1,039

Black or African American, civilian
noninstitutional population

29,975 2,743 9,860 8,397 5,057 3,340 8,975 5,618 3,357 2,635 256 466

Civilian labor force

19,491 1,095 5,780 5,730 3,379 2,350 6,886 4,294 2,592 2,015 202 375

Participation rate

65.0 39.9 58.6 68.2 66.8 70.4 76.7 76.4 77.2 76.5 78.9 80.4

Employed

18,380 986 5,373 5,422 3,185 2,237 6,599 4,092 2,507 1,953 192 363

Employment-population ratio

61.3 35.9 54.5 64.6 63.0 67.0 73.5 72.8 74.7 74.1 75.0 77.8

Unemployed

1,111 109 407 307 195 113 287 202 85 63 10 12

Unemployment rate

5.7 10.0 7.0 5.4 5.8 4.8 4.2 4.7 3.3 3.1 5.0 3.2

Not in labor force

10,484 1,648 4,080 2,667 1,677 990 2,089 1,324 765 619 54 92

Asian, civilian noninstitutional population

16,729 1,098 2,680 2,196 1,133 1,063 10,755 5,723 5,033 3,613 487 933

Civilian labor force

11,535 410 1,549 1,469 746 723 8,107 4,089 4,018 2,879 373 766

Participation rate

69.0 37.4 57.8 66.9 65.8 68.0 75.4 71.4 79.8 79.7 76.6 82.1

Employed

11,192 399 1,510 1,433 727 706 7,849 3,960 3,889 2,772 368 750

Employment-population ratio

66.9 36.4 56.4 65.2 64.2 66.4 73.0 69.2 77.3 76.7 75.6 80.4

Unemployed

344 11 39 36 19 17 258 129 129 108 5 16

Unemployment rate

3.0 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.7 1.3 2.1

Not in labor force

5,194 687 1,131 727 387 340 2,648 1,634 1,014 734 114 167

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, civilian
noninstitutional population

41,093 9,108 13,494 8,704 5,025 3,679 9,788 6,737 3,051 2,266 367 419

Civilian labor force

28,896 5,336 9,312 6,452 3,680 2,772 7,795 5,323 2,472 1,841 286 346

Participation rate

70.3 58.6 69.0 74.1 73.2 75.4 79.6 79.0 81.0 81.2 78.0 82.5

Employed

27,735 5,033 8,904 6,227 3,539 2,688 7,571 5,159 2,413 1,791 281 341

Employment-population ratio

67.5 55.3 66.0 71.5 70.4 73.1 77.4 76.6 79.1 79.0 76.8 81.4

Unemployed

1,160 303 408 225 141 84 224 164 60 50 5 5

Unemployment rate

4.0 5.7 4.4 3.5 3.8 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.4 2.7 1.6 1.4

Not in labor force

12,198 3,771 4,182 2,252 1,345 906 1,993 1,414 579 425 81 73

Footnotes
(1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(2) Includes people with bachelor`s, master`s, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

 

Last Modified Date: February 20, 2026