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Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category Aug.
2022		 June
2023		 July
2023		 Aug.
2023		 Change from:
July
2023-
Aug.
2023

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 264,184 266,801 267,002 267,213 211

Civilian labor force

 164,714 166,951 167,103 167,839 736

Participation rate

 62.3 62.6 62.6 62.8 0.2

Employed

 158,694 160,994 161,262 161,484 222

Employment-population ratio

 60.1 60.3 60.4 60.4 0.0

Unemployed

 6,021 5,957 5,841 6,355 514

Unemployment rate

 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.8 0.3

Not in labor force

 99,469 99,850 99,899 99,374 -525

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.8 0.3

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.7 0.4

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2 0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 10.4 11.0 11.3 12.2 0.9

White

 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4 0.3

Black or African American

 6.4 6.0 5.8 5.3 -0.5

Asian

 2.8 3.2 2.3 3.1 0.8

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.9 0.5

Total, 25 years and over

 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 0.2

Less than a high school diploma

 6.1 6.0 5.2 5.4 0.2

High school graduates, no college

 4.4 3.9 3.4 3.8 0.4

Some college or associate degree

 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 -0.1

Bachelor's degree and higher

 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.2 0.2

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,693 2,900 2,620 2,914 294

Job leavers

 897 794 852 801 -51

Reentrants

 1,833 1,745 1,853 1,930 77

New entrants

 451 558 503 597 94

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,227 2,068 2,004 2,221 217

5 to 14 weeks

 1,797 1,889 1,698 1,877 179

15 to 26 weeks

 887 917 997 1,002 5

27 weeks and over

 1,165 1,105 1,164 1,296 132

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,140 4,191 4,000 4,221 221

Slack work or business conditions

 2,767 2,890 2,717 2,799 82

Could only find part-time work

 971 948 1,014 1,021 7

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 21,085 21,267 21,971 21,975 4

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,433 1,435 1,398 1,505 107

Discouraged workers

 367 310 335 386 51

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Last Modified Date: September 01, 2023