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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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Employment status and disability status, March 2009

Table 1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands)
Employment status, sex, and age Persons with a disability Persons with no disability
Feb.
2009		 Mar.
2009		 Feb.
2009		 Mar.
2009

TOTAL, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population

 26,738 26,842 208,175 208,244

Civilian labor force

 6,141 6,114 147,663 147,614

Percent of population in labor force

 23.0 22.8 70.9 70.9

Employed

 5,282 5,312 134,823 134,521

Employment-population ratio

 19.8 19.8 64.8 64.6

Unemployed

 859 802 12,840 13,093

Unemployment rate

 14.0 13.1 8.7 8.9

Not in labor force

 20,596 20,728 60,512 60,630

Men, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force

 2,865 2,769 75,581 75,523

Percent of population in labor force

 39.1 37.9 83.9 83.8

Employed

 2,362 2,335 67,833 67,555

Employment-population ratio

 32.2 32.0 75.3 74.9

Unemployed

 503 434 7,748 7,968

Unemployment rate

 17.6 15.7 10.3 10.6

Not in labor force

 4,468 4,531 14,495 14,640

Women, 16 to 64 years

Civilian labor force

 2,470 2,535 66,488 66,445

Percent of population in labor force

 32.7 33.4 72.1 72.0

Employed

 2,172 2,206 61,772 61,683

Employment-population ratio

 28.7 29.1 67.0 66.9

Unemployed

 299 330 4,716 4,762

Unemployment rate

 12.1 13.0 7.1 7.2

Not in labor force

 5,092 5,050 25,743 25,811

Both sexes, 65 years and over

Civilian labor force

 806 810 5,594 5,647

Percent of population in labor force

 6.8 6.8 21.6 21.9

Employed

 748 771 5,218 5,284

Employment-population ratio

 6.3 6.4 20.2 20.5

Unemployed

 57 38 376 363

Unemployment rate

 7.1 4.7 6.7 6.4

Not in labor force

 11,036 11,147 20,274 20,179

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Last Modified Date: September 09, 2024