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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 Dec.
2023		 Oct.
2024		 Nov.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Change from:
Nov.
2024-
Dec.
2024

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 267,991 269,289 269,463 269,638 175

Civilian labor force

 167,439 168,428 168,304 168,547 243

Participation rate

 62.5 62.5 62.5 62.5 0.0

Employed

 161,124 161,456 161,183 161,661 478

Employment-population ratio

 60.1 60.0 59.8 60.0 0.2

Unemployed

 6,315 6,972 7,121 6,886 -235

Unemployment rate

 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.1 -0.1

Not in labor force

 100,552 100,861 101,159 101,091 -68

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.1 -0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.7 -0.2

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.8 -0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 11.9 13.7 13.1 12.4 -0.7

White

 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.6 -0.2

Black or African American

 5.2 5.7 6.4 6.1 -0.3

Asian

 3.1 3.9 3.8 3.5 -0.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.1 -0.2

Total, 25 years and over

 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.4 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 6.1 6.6 6.0 5.6 -0.4

High school graduates, no college

 4.2 4.0 4.6 4.3 -0.3

Some college or associate degree

 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.5 -0.1

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.4 -0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,073 3,363 3,394 3,251 -143

Job leavers

 829 802 854 947 93

Reentrants

 1,770 2,151 2,182 2,031 -151

New entrants

 624 608 690 655 -35

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,204 2,109 2,208 2,156 -52

5 to 14 weeks

 1,794 2,082 2,063 1,997 -66

15 to 26 weeks

 1,072 1,231 1,236 1,207 -29

27 weeks and over

 1,273 1,608 1,654 1,551 -103

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,220 4,565 4,469 4,358 -111

Slack work or business conditions

 2,949 3,032 3,125 2,867 -258

Could only find part-time work

 977 1,179 1,084 1,195 111

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,470 22,351 22,380 22,514 134

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,564 1,575 1,572 1,562 -10

Discouraged workers

 340 385 401 480 79

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: January 10, 2025