Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Employment status and disability status, December 2008

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
Employment status, sex, and age	Nov. 2008	Dec. 2008	Nov. 2008	Dec. 2008
TOTAL, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	26,923	26,896	207,905	208,139
Civilian labor force	6,222	6,197	148,402	148,152
Percent of population in labor force	23.1	23.0	71.4	71.2
Employed	5,529	5,436	139,080	137,914
Employment-population ratio	20.5	20.2	66.9	66.3
Unemployed	693	761	9,322	10,238
Unemployment rate	11.1	12.3	6.3	6.9
Not in labor force	20,701	20,699	59,503	59,987

Men, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	2,899	2,808	75,931	75,877
Percent of population in labor force	39.1	37.8	84.3	84.1
Employed	2,539	2,409	70,768	69,814
Employment-population ratio	34.2	32.5	78.6	77.4
Unemployed	360	398	5,163	6,063
Unemployment rate	12.4	14.2	6.8	8.0
Not in labor force	4,519	4,612	14,142	14,304

Women, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	2,453	2,478	66,892	66,777
Percent of population in labor force	32.4	32.5	72.5	72.4
Employed	2,163	2,169	62,987	62,874
Employment-population ratio	28.6	28.5	68.3	68.1
Unemployed	290	309	3,905	3,903
Unemployment rate	11.8	12.5	5.8	5.8
Not in labor force	5,120	5,145	25,391	25,513

Both sexes, 65 years and over
Civilian labor force	870	911	5,579	5,498
Percent of population in labor force	7.3	7.7	21.8	21.4
Employed	827	857	5,324	5,227
Employment-population ratio	6.9	7.2	20.8	20.4
Unemployed	43	54	255	271
Unemployment rate	5.0	6.0	4.6	4.9
Not in labor force	11,062	10,943	19,970	20,170

Last Modified Date: February 06, 2009