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Category | Jan. 2020 |
Nov. 2020 |
Dec. 2020 |
Jan. 2021 |
Change from: Dec. 2020- Jan. 2021 |
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Employment status |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
259,502 | 261,085 | 261,230 | 260,851 | - |
Civilian labor force |
164,455 | 160,536 | 160,567 | 160,161 | - |
Participation rate |
63.4 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.4 | - |
Employed |
158,659 | 149,809 | 149,830 | 150,031 | - |
Employment-population ratio |
61.1 | 57.4 | 57.4 | 57.5 | - |
Unemployed |
5,796 | 10,728 | 10,736 | 10,130 | - |
Unemployment rate |
3.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.3 | - |
Not in labor force |
95,047 | 100,548 | 100,663 | 100,690 | - |
Unemployment rates |
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Total, 16 years and over |
3.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.3 | - |
Adult men (20 years and over) |
3.1 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.0 | - |
Adult women (20 years and over) |
3.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.0 | - |
Teenagers (16 to 19 years) |
12.6 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 14.8 | - |
White |
3.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.7 | - |
Black or African American |
6.1 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.2 | - |
Asian |
3.1 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 6.6 | - |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
4.3 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 8.6 | - |
Total, 25 years and over |
2.9 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | - |
Less than a high school diploma |
5.7 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.1 | - |
High school graduates, no college |
3.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.1 | - |
Some college or associate degree |
2.7 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.2 | - |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
2.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | - |
Reason for unemployment |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
2,575 | 7,468 | 7,210 | 6,997 | - |
Job leavers |
828 | 698 | 743 | 653 | - |
Reentrants |
1,831 | 1,968 | 2,250 | 1,963 | - |
New entrants |
560 | 551 | 509 | 542 | - |
Duration of unemployment |
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Less than 5 weeks |
2,071 | 2,455 | 2,904 | 2,278 | - |
5 to 14 weeks |
1,752 | 2,404 | 2,222 | 2,528 | - |
15 to 26 weeks |
881 | 1,875 | 1,572 | 1,346 | - |
27 weeks and over |
1,163 | 3,929 | 3,956 | 4,023 | - |
Employed persons at work part time |
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Part time for economic reasons |
4,269 | 6,641 | 6,170 | 5,954 | - |
Slack work or business conditions |
2,627 | 5,223 | 4,891 | 4,756 | - |
Could only find part-time work |
1,336 | 1,167 | 1,045 | 986 | - |
Part time for noneconomic reasons |
22,027 | 18,580 | 18,237 | 18,519 | - |
Persons not in the labor force |
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Marginally attached to the labor force |
1,323 | 2,083 | 2,186 | 1,917 | - |
Discouraged workers |
335 | 657 | 663 | 624 | - |
- December - January changes in household data are not shown due to the introduction of updated population controls. |