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For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Wednesday, December 9, 2020 USDL-20-2217 Technical information: cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION -- 2019 A total of 168.6 million persons worked at some point during 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who worked at some time during 2019 was 64.9 percent, an increase of 0.5 percentage point from 2018. The number of persons who experienced some unemployment during 2019 edged up 401,000 to 13.6 million. These data are based on information collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ASEC collects information on employment and unemployment experienced during the prior calendar year. Additional information about the CPS and the ASEC, including concepts and definitions, is provided in the Technical Note. Highlights from the 2019 data: --The proportion of workers who worked full time, year round in 2019 was 70.2 percent, little different from the prior year. (See table 1.) --The "work-experience unemployment rate"--defined as the number of persons unemployed at some time during the year as a proportion of the number of persons who worked or looked for work during the year--was 8.0 percent in 2019, little changed from 2018. (See table 3.) --About 2.0 million individuals looked for a job but did not work at all in 2019, down from 2.2 million in 2018. (See table 3.) Persons with Employment Overall, 64.9 percent of the population worked in 2019, up from 64.4 percent in 2018. The proportion of men who worked at some time during 2019 was 70.1 percent, up slightly from the prior year (+0.4 percentage point). The proportion of women increased 0.7 percentage point to 60.1 percent in 2019. (See table 1.) Among the major race and ethnicity groups, the proportions who worked at some time during 2019 increased for Whites (65.1 percent), Asians (66.1 percent), and Hispanics (67.9 percent). The proportion for Blacks (62.8 percent) showed little change from 2018. (See table 2.) Among those with work experience in 2019, 80.8 percent usually worked full time, the same as a year earlier. The proportion of women who usually worked full time edged up 0.5 percentage point over the year to 74.9 percent in 2019. The share of men, however, declined 0.5 percentage point to 86.2 percent. Among those who worked at some point in 2019, Asians (84.3 percent) were more likely to work full time than Blacks (81.7 percent), Hispanics (81.3 percent), and Whites (80.4 percent). (See tables 1 and 2.) Of the total who worked during 2019, 80.4 percent were employed year round (working 50 to 52 weeks, either full or part time), down 0.4 percentage point from 2018. The share of men working year round declined 0.7 percentage point to 82.4 percent in 2019, while the percentage of women working year round was little changed at 78.2 percent. (See table 1.) Persons with Unemployment Overall, 170.7 million persons worked or looked for work at some time in 2019, up 2.0 million from the prior year. Of those, the number who experienced some unemployment during 2019 edged up 401,000 to 13.6 million. (See table 3.) The work-experience unemployment rate (those looking for work during the year as a percent of those who worked or looked for work during the year) was 8.0 percent in 2019. This is little different from the series low of 7.8 percent reached in 2018 (the series began in 1958). (See table 3.) In 2019, men continued to have a higher work-experience unemployment rate than women, at 8.3 percent and 7.6 percent, respectively. The rates for both men and women changed little from the prior year. (See table 3.) Among the major race and ethnicity groups, the work-experience unemployment rate for Blacks increased to 11.5 percent in 2019, while the rates for Whites (7.3 percent), Asians (6.1 percent), and Hispanics (10.0 percent) saw little or no change. Among Whites and Blacks, the rate for men was higher than the rate for women, while the rates for men and women were little different from each other for Asians and Hispanics. (See table 4.) The number of individuals who both worked and experienced unemployment in 2019 rose to 11.5 million. Among these workers, 46.1 percent looked for work for 15 weeks or more, and 20.9 percent had two or more spells of unemployment. Men continued to be more likely than women to experience multiple spells of unemployment (22.4 percent and 19.2 percent, respectively). Asians were less likely than Whites, Blacks, or Hispanics to experience two or more spells of unemployment in 2019. (See tables 3 and 4.)
Technical Note The data presented in this release were collected in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Data from the CPS are used to obtain the monthly estimates of the nation's employment and unemployment levels. The ASEC, conducted in the months of February through April, includes questions about work activity during the prior calendar year. For instance, data collected in 2020 refer to the 2019 calendar year. Because the reference period is a full year, the number of persons with some employment or unemployment greatly exceeds the average levels for any given month, which are based on a 1-week reference period, and the corresponding annual average of the monthly estimates. As shown below, for example, the number experiencing any unemployment was about twice the number unemployed in an average month during the year. Employed Unemployed 2019 estimates (in thousands) Annual average of monthly estimates 157,538 6,001 Annual supplement data 168,632 13,572 In addition, estimates from the supplement differ from those obtained in the basic CPS because the questions used to classify workers as either employed or unemployed are different. More important, perhaps, is that the supplement contains fewer questions for categorizing respondents. In regard to unemployment in particular, the supplement has no questions on the type of job search activity or on the respondent's availability to work. Also, individuals can be counted as both employed and unemployed in the work experience supplement data, whereas, for a specific monthly reference week, each person is only counted in one category and employment activity takes precedence over job search activity. The data presented in this release are not strictly comparable with data for earlier years due to the introduction of updated population controls used in the CPS. The population controls are updated each year in January to reflect the latest information about population change. Additional information is available at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the CPS are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the true population values they represent. The component of this difference that occurs because samples differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. The CPS data also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. A full discussion of the reliability of data from the CPS and information on estimating standard errors is available at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#reliability. Concepts and definitions The principle concepts and definitions used in connection with the data in this release are described briefly below. Persons who worked. In the 2020 supplement, persons are considered to have worked if they responded "yes" to either the question "Did you work at a job or business at any time during 2019?" or "Did you do any temporary, part-time, or seasonal work even for a few days during 2019?" Unemployed persons. Persons who worked during the year but not in every week are counted as unemployed if they also reported looking for work or being on layoff from a job during the year. Those who reported no work activity during the year are considered unemployed if they responded "yes" to the question "Even though you did not work in 2019, did you spend any time trying to find a job or on layoff?" Work-experience unemployment rate. The number of persons unemployed at some time during the year as a proportion of the number of persons who worked or looked for work during the year. Labor force participants. Persons who either worked or were unemployed during the year. Usual full- and part-time employment. These data refer to the number of hours a worker typically works during most weeks of the year. Workers are classified as full time if they usually worked 35 hours or more in a week; part-time employment refers to workers whose typical workweek was between 1 and 34 hours. Year-round and part-year employment. Workers are classified as year round if they worked 50 to 52 weeks. Part-year employment refers to workers who worked fewer than 50 weeks. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
Extent of employment | Total | Men | Women | |||
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2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | |
NUMBER OF EMPLOYED |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
258,527 | 259,757 | 125,027 | 125,638 | 133,500 | 134,119 |
Total who worked or looked for work |
168,617 | 170,663 | 88,364 | 89,200 | 80,253 | 81,463 |
Percent of the population |
65.2 | 65.7 | 70.7 | 71.0 | 60.1 | 60.7 |
Total who worked during the year(1) |
166,402 | 168,632 | 87,163 | 88,074 | 79,239 | 80,558 |
Percent of the population |
64.4 | 64.9 | 69.7 | 70.1 | 59.4 | 60.1 |
Full time(2) |
134,458 | 136,229 | 75,541 | 75,882 | 58,917 | 60,347 |
50 to 52 weeks |
117,172 | 118,324 | 66,451 | 66,364 | 50,721 | 51,960 |
48 to 49 weeks |
1,876 | 2,011 | 1,058 | 1,136 | 818 | 874 |
40 to 47 weeks |
5,166 | 5,175 | 2,618 | 2,771 | 2,548 | 2,404 |
27 to 39 weeks |
3,689 | 3,649 | 1,939 | 1,961 | 1,750 | 1,687 |
14 to 26 weeks |
3,994 | 4,181 | 2,096 | 2,163 | 1,898 | 2,019 |
1 to 13 weeks |
2,561 | 2,889 | 1,379 | 1,486 | 1,181 | 1,403 |
Part time(3) |
31,944 | 32,404 | 11,622 | 12,192 | 20,323 | 20,212 |
50 to 52 weeks |
17,363 | 17,236 | 6,000 | 6,165 | 11,364 | 11,072 |
48 to 49 weeks |
831 | 821 | 302 | 285 | 529 | 536 |
40 to 47 weeks |
2,834 | 2,795 | 970 | 1,038 | 1,864 | 1,758 |
27 to 39 weeks |
2,709 | 2,774 | 997 | 1,100 | 1,711 | 1,674 |
14 to 26 weeks |
4,286 | 4,576 | 1,701 | 1,823 | 2,585 | 2,753 |
1 to 13 weeks |
3,920 | 4,200 | 1,651 | 1,781 | 2,269 | 2,419 |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION |
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Total who worked during the year(1) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Full time(2) |
80.8 | 80.8 | 86.7 | 86.2 | 74.4 | 74.9 |
50 to 52 weeks |
70.4 | 70.2 | 76.2 | 75.4 | 64.0 | 64.5 |
48 to 49 weeks |
1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
40 to 47 weeks |
3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
27 to 39 weeks |
2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
14 to 26 weeks |
2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
1 to 13 weeks |
1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
Part time(3) |
19.2 | 19.2 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 25.6 | 25.1 |
50 to 52 weeks |
10.4 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 14.3 | 13.7 |
48 to 49 weeks |
0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
40 to 47 weeks |
1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
27 to 39 weeks |
1.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
14 to 26 weeks |
2.6 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
1 to 13 weeks |
2.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave. |
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NOTE: Data refer to persons 16 years and over. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000). |
Extent of employment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity | Total | Men | Women | |||
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2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | |
WHITE |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
200,567 | 201,193 | 98,110 | 98,480 | 102,457 | 102,712 |
Total who worked or looked for work |
131,215 | 132,264 | 70,101 | 70,444 | 61,114 | 61,820 |
Percent of the population |
65.4 | 65.7 | 71.5 | 71.5 | 59.6 | 60.2 |
Total who worked during the year(1) |
129,712 | 131,032 | 69,271 | 69,766 | 60,442 | 61,266 |
Percent of the population |
64.7 | 65.1 | 70.6 | 70.8 | 59.0 | 59.6 |
Percent who worked during the year(1) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Full time(2) |
80.4 | 80.4 | 86.8 | 86.4 | 73.1 | 73.7 |
50 to 52 weeks |
70.1 | 70.0 | 76.6 | 75.7 | 62.8 | 63.5 |
27 to 49 weeks |
6.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
1 to 26 weeks |
3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
Part time(3) |
19.6 | 19.6 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 26.9 | 26.3 |
50 to 52 weeks |
10.7 | 10.5 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 15.1 | 14.5 |
27 to 49 weeks |
4.0 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
1 to 26 weeks |
4.9 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
32,923 | 33,232 | 15,047 | 15,194 | 17,877 | 18,038 |
Total who worked or looked for work |
21,013 | 21,441 | 9,723 | 9,996 | 11,290 | 11,444 |
Percent of the population |
63.8 | 64.5 | 64.6 | 65.8 | 63.2 | 63.4 |
Total who worked during the year(1) |
20,533 | 20,881 | 9,478 | 9,668 | 11,055 | 11,213 |
Percent of the population |
62.4 | 62.8 | 63.0 | 63.6 | 61.8 | 62.2 |
Percent who worked during the year(1) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Full time(2) |
82.4 | 81.7 | 85.1 | 84.3 | 80.0 | 79.5 |
50 to 52 weeks |
71.6 | 70.2 | 74.5 | 71.9 | 69.1 | 68.7 |
27 to 49 weeks |
6.3 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
1 to 26 weeks |
4.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Part time(3) |
17.6 | 18.3 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 20.0 | 20.5 |
50 to 52 weeks |
9.2 | 9.5 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 10.8 | 10.9 |
27 to 49 weeks |
3.2 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
1 to 26 weeks |
5.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
ASIAN |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
16,260 | 16,413 | 7,685 | 7,717 | 8,575 | 8,696 |
Total who worked or looked for work |
10,589 | 10,935 | 5,597 | 5,753 | 4,992 | 5,182 |
Percent of the population |
65.1 | 66.6 | 72.8 | 74.5 | 58.2 | 59.6 |
Total who worked during the year(1) |
10,486 | 10,845 | 5,541 | 5,711 | 4,945 | 5,133 |
Percent of the population |
64.5 | 66.1 | 72.1 | 74.0 | 57.7 | 59.0 |
Percent who worked during the year(1) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Full time(2) |
84.7 | 84.3 | 89.9 | 88.4 | 78.8 | 79.6 |
50 to 52 weeks |
75.6 | 74.5 | 80.7 | 80.3 | 69.9 | 68.1 |
27 to 49 weeks |
5.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
1 to 26 weeks |
3.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 5.0 |
Part time(3) |
15.3 | 15.7 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 21.2 | 20.4 |
50 to 52 weeks |
9.0 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 12.9 | 11.1 |
27 to 49 weeks |
2.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
1 to 26 weeks |
3.5 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
43,196 | 43,889 | 21,503 | 21,837 | 21,692 | 22,051 |
Total who worked or looked for work |
29,240 | 30,259 | 16,341 | 16,762 | 12,899 | 13,497 |
Percent of the population |
67.7 | 68.9 | 76.0 | 76.8 | 59.5 | 61.2 |
Total who worked during the year(1) |
28,781 | 29,797 | 16,095 | 16,518 | 12,686 | 13,280 |
Percent of the population |
66.6 | 67.9 | 74.8 | 75.6 | 58.5 | 60.2 |
Percent who worked during the year(1) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Full time(2) |
81.2 | 81.3 | 87.2 | 87.1 | 73.6 | 74.0 |
50 to 52 weeks |
69.7 | 69.1 | 75.8 | 74.5 | 62.0 | 62.3 |
27 to 49 weeks |
7.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 |
1 to 26 weeks |
4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
Part time(3) |
18.8 | 18.7 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 26.4 | 26.0 |
50 to 52 weeks |
10.8 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 15.0 | 14.7 |
27 to 49 weeks |
3.5 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
1 to 26 weeks |
4.5 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 7.0 |
(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave. |
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NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 1 because data are not presented for all races. Persons 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000). |
Extent of unemployment | Total | Men | Women | |||
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2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | |
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED |
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Total who worked or looked for work |
168,617 | 170,663 | 88,364 | 89,200 | 80,253 | 81,463 |
Percent with unemployment |
7.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 |
Total with unemployment |
13,171 | 13,572 | 7,210 | 7,420 | 5,962 | 6,153 |
Did not work but looked for work |
2,215 | 2,030 | 1,202 | 1,126 | 1,014 | 905 |
1 to 14 weeks |
891 | 783 | 453 | 434 | 438 | 349 |
15 weeks or more |
1,324 | 1,247 | 748 | 691 | 576 | 556 |
Worked during the year |
10,956 | 11,542 | 6,008 | 6,294 | 4,948 | 5,248 |
Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment |
452 | 432 | 287 | 257 | 165 | 175 |
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment |
10,504 | 11,110 | 5,721 | 6,037 | 4,783 | 5,073 |
1 to 4 weeks |
2,350 | 2,378 | 1,097 | 1,137 | 1,253 | 1,241 |
5 to 10 weeks |
1,651 | 1,849 | 888 | 1,004 | 763 | 845 |
11 to 14 weeks |
1,430 | 1,566 | 783 | 871 | 647 | 695 |
15 to 26 weeks |
2,793 | 2,813 | 1,621 | 1,633 | 1,172 | 1,180 |
27 weeks or more |
2,281 | 2,504 | 1,333 | 1,392 | 948 | 1,112 |
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers |
13.9 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 12.8 | 13.1 |
With 2 spells or more of unemployment |
2,381 | 2,418 | 1,419 | 1,408 | 961 | 1,010 |
2 spells |
1,124 | 1,185 | 622 | 721 | 502 | 464 |
3 spells or more |
1,256 | 1,232 | 797 | 687 | 459 | 546 |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION |
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Did not work but looked for work |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
1 to 14 weeks |
40.2 | 38.6 | 37.7 | 38.6 | 43.2 | 38.6 |
15 weeks or more |
59.8 | 61.4 | 62.3 | 61.4 | 56.8 | 61.4 |
Worked during the year |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Year-round workers(1) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment |
4.1 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Part-year workers(2) with unemployment |
95.9 | 96.3 | 95.2 | 95.9 | 96.7 | 96.7 |
1 to 4 weeks |
21.4 | 20.6 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 25.3 | 23.7 |
5 to 10 weeks |
15.1 | 16.0 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 16.1 |
11 to 14 weeks |
13.0 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.2 |
15 to 26 weeks |
25.5 | 24.4 | 27.0 | 25.9 | 23.7 | 22.5 |
27 weeks or more |
20.8 | 21.7 | 22.2 | 22.1 | 19.2 | 21.2 |
With 2 spells or more of unemployment |
21.7 | 20.9 | 23.6 | 22.4 | 19.4 | 19.2 |
2 spells |
10.3 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 8.8 |
3 spells or more |
11.5 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000). |
Extent of unemployment, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity | Total | Men | Women | |||
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2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | |
WHITE |
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Total who worked or looked for work |
131,215 | 132,264 | 70,101 | 70,444 | 61,114 | 61,820 |
Percent with unemployment |
7.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
Total with unemployment |
9,590 | 9,720 | 5,332 | 5,428 | 4,258 | 4,292 |
Did not work but looked for work |
1,503 | 1,232 | 830 | 677 | 672 | 555 |
Worked during the year |
8,088 | 8,488 | 4,501 | 4,751 | 3,586 | 3,738 |
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers |
13.3 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 12.0 |
Percent who worked during the year(1) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment |
4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment |
96.0 | 96.0 | 95.0 | 95.8 | 97.3 | 96.3 |
1 to 4 weeks |
22.3 | 21.6 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 26.6 | 25.2 |
5 to 14 weeks |
29.6 | 31.6 | 30.2 | 31.4 | 28.8 | 31.9 |
15 weeks or more |
44.2 | 42.8 | 46.0 | 45.6 | 41.9 | 39.3 |
With 2 spells or more of unemployment |
22.2 | 20.4 | 23.8 | 21.9 | 20.1 | 18.5 |
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN |
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Total who worked or looked for work |
21,013 | 21,441 | 9,723 | 9,996 | 11,290 | 11,444 |
Percent with unemployment |
10.6 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
Total with unemployment |
2,230 | 2,456 | 1,119 | 1,252 | 1,111 | 1,205 |
Did not work but looked for work |
480 | 560 | 246 | 328 | 235 | 232 |
Worked during the year |
1,749 | 1,896 | 873 | 923 | 876 | 973 |
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers |
17.4 | 18.6 | 20.4 | 19.3 | 14.5 | 17.8 |
Percent who worked during the year(1) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment |
4.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 3.1 |
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment |
95.3 | 96.8 | 95.7 | 96.6 | 94.9 | 96.9 |
1 to 4 weeks |
16.9 | 15.5 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 20.4 | 17.3 |
5 to 14 weeks |
22.8 | 22.5 | 19.3 | 21.8 | 26.3 | 23.2 |
15 weeks or more |
55.6 | 58.7 | 63.1 | 61.0 | 48.2 | 56.4 |
With 2 spells or more of unemployment |
20.2 | 24.7 | 23.2 | 25.6 | 17.3 | 23.8 |
ASIAN |
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Total who worked or looked for work |
10,589 | 10,935 | 5,597 | 5,753 | 4,992 | 5,182 |
Percent with unemployment |
5.8 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
Total with unemployment |
610 | 666 | 359 | 355 | 251 | 311 |
Did not work but looked for work |
103 | 90 | 56 | 41 | 47 | 49 |
Worked during the year |
507 | 576 | 303 | 313 | 204 | 262 |
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers |
13.9 | 16.3 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 18.7 |
Percent who worked during the year(1) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment |
4.7 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment |
95.3 | 95.4 | 93.4 | 93.2 | 98.0 | 98.0 |
1 to 4 weeks |
20.1 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 17.2 | 20.2 | 22.2 |
5 to 14 weeks |
29.7 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 34.5 | 21.8 |
15 weeks or more |
45.5 | 51.9 | 47.0 | 50.1 | 43.3 | 54.0 |
With 2 spells or more of unemployment |
16.3 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 10.3 |
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY |
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Total who worked or looked for work |
29,240 | 30,259 | 16,341 | 16,762 | 12,899 | 13,497 |
Percent with unemployment |
9.7 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
Total with unemployment |
2,827 | 3,024 | 1,559 | 1,657 | 1,269 | 1,367 |
Did not work but looked for work |
459 | 462 | 246 | 244 | 213 | 218 |
Worked during the year |
2,368 | 2,563 | 1,312 | 1,413 | 1,056 | 1,150 |
Median weeks of unemployment for all workers |
14.7 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 16.2 | 13.8 |
Percent who worked during the year(1) |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Year-round workers(2) with 1 or 2 weeks of unemployment |
3.3 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.1 |
Part-year workers(3) with unemployment |
96.7 | 97.3 | 95.6 | 97.7 | 98.2 | 96.9 |
1 to 4 weeks |
20.2 | 18.1 | 19.5 | 17.3 | 21.1 | 19.1 |
5 to 14 weeks |
27.5 | 31.3 | 30.1 | 30.5 | 24.3 | 32.3 |
15 weeks or more |
49.0 | 47.9 | 45.9 | 49.9 | 52.8 | 45.5 |
With 2 spells or more of unemployment |
24.4 | 24.8 | 26.4 | 24.5 | 21.9 | 25.2 |
(1) Time worked includes paid vacation and sick leave. |
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NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals shown in table 3 because data are not presented for all races. Persons 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000). |