Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category Apr.
2017		 Feb.
2018		 Mar.
2018		 Apr.
2018		 Change from:
Mar.
2018-
Apr.
2018

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 254,588 256,934 257,097 257,272 175

Civilian labor force

 160,181 161,921 161,763 161,527 -236

Participation rate

 62.9 63.0 62.9 62.8 -0.1

Employed

 153,161 155,215 155,178 155,181 3

Employment-population ratio

 60.2 60.4 60.4 60.3 -0.1

Unemployed

 7,021 6,706 6,585 6,346 -239

Unemployment rate

 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.9 -0.2

Not in labor force

 94,407 95,012 95,335 95,745 410

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.9 -0.2

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 0.0

Adult women (20 years and over)

 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.5 -0.2

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.7 14.4 13.5 12.9 -0.6

White

 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.6 0.0

Black or African American

 7.9 6.9 6.9 6.6 -0.3

Asian

 3.2 2.9 3.1 2.8 -0.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.2 4.9 5.1 4.8 -0.3

Total, 25 years and over

 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.3 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 6.5 5.7 5.5 5.9 0.4

High school graduates, no college

 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.3 0.0

Some college or associate degree

 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.5 -0.1

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 -0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,538 3,279 3,146 2,958 -188

Job leavers

 785 780 864 815 -49

Reentrants

 2,044 1,948 1,967 2,009 42

New entrants

 707 704 625 623 -2

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,300 2,508 2,287 2,115 -172

5 to 14 weeks

 2,140 1,906 2,009 2,017 8

15 to 26 weeks

 1,087 934 880 1,036 156

27 weeks and over

 1,633 1,397 1,322 1,293 -29

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 5,309 5,160 5,019 4,985 -34

Slack work or business conditions

 3,183 3,302 3,005 2,994 -11

Could only find part-time work

 1,787 1,541 1,625 1,586 -39

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 20,406 21,061 21,399 21,258 -141

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,534 1,602 1,454 1,362 -

Discouraged workers

 455 373 450 408 -

- 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: May 04, 2018