Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category Aug.
2016		 June
2017		 July
2017		 Aug.
2017		 Change from:
July
2017-
Aug.
2017

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 253,854 254,957 255,151 255,357 206

Civilian labor force

 159,508 160,145 160,494 160,571 77

Participation rate

 62.8 62.8 62.9 62.9 0.0

Employed

 151,655 153,168 153,513 153,439 -74

Employment-population ratio

 59.7 60.1 60.2 60.1 -0.1

Unemployed

 7,853 6,977 6,981 7,132 151

Unemployment rate

 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.4 0.1

Not in labor force

 94,346 94,813 94,657 94,785 128

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.4 0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.1 0.1

Adult women (20 years and over)

 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 15.6 13.3 13.2 13.6 0.4

White

 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 0.1

Black or African American

 8.1 7.1 7.4 7.7 0.3

Asian

 4.2 3.6 3.8 4.0 0.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.7 4.8 5.1 5.2 0.1

Total, 25 years and over

 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.8 0.2

Less than a high school diploma

 7.3 6.4 6.9 6.0 -0.9

High school graduates, no college

 5.1 4.6 4.5 5.1 0.6

Some college or associate degree

 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.8 0.1

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.4 0.0

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,777 3,444 3,378 3,523 145

Job leavers

 893 820 757 804 47

Reentrants

 2,284 2,043 2,083 2,132 49

New entrants

 853 682 703 656 -47

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,318 2,305 2,133 2,222 89

5 to 14 weeks

 2,308 1,933 2,017 2,015 -2

15 to 26 weeks

 1,080 948 957 1,055 98

27 weeks and over

 1,997 1,664 1,785 1,740 -45

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 6,027 5,326 5,282 5,255 -27

Slack work or business conditions

 3,736 3,286 3,161 3,266 105

Could only find part-time work

 1,907 1,727 1,754 1,645 -109

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 20,575 20,791 21,260 21,447 187

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,713 1,582 1,629 1,548 -

Discouraged workers

 576 514 536 448 -

- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data.
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, 2017