Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category	Feb. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Change from: Jan. 2026- Feb. 2026
Employment status
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	272,847	274,816	274,676	274,766	90
Civilian labor force	170,441	171,495	170,465	170,483	18
Participation rate	62.5	62.4	62.1	62.0	-0.1
Employed	163,338	163,992	163,097	162,912	-185
Employment-population ratio	59.9	59.7	59.4	59.3	-0.1
Unemployed	7,104	7,503	7,368	7,571	203
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.4	0.1
Not in labor force	102,405	103,321	104,211	104,283	72

Unemployment rates
Total, 16 years and over	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.4	0.1
Adult men (20 years and over)	3.8	3.9	3.8	4.0	0.2
Adult women (20 years and over)	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.1	0.0
Teenagers (16 to 19 years)	13.0	15.7	13.6	14.9	1.3
White	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	0.0
Black or African American	6.0	7.5	7.3	7.7	0.4
Asian	3.2	3.6	4.2	4.8	0.6
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	5.2	4.9	4.9	5.2	0.3

Total, 25 years and over	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.7	0.1
Less than a high school diploma	6.0	5.6	5.3	5.6	0.3
High school graduates, no college	4.3	4.0	4.6	4.8	0.2
Some college or associate degree	3.5	3.8	3.6	3.5	-0.1
Bachelor's degree and higher	2.5	2.8	3.0	3.0	0.0

Reason for unemployment
Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs	3,327	3,473	3,495	3,620	125
Job leavers	915	832	1,038	867	-171
Reentrants	2,212	2,337	2,168	2,320	152
New entrants	673	840	796	805	9

Duration of unemployment
Less than 5 weeks	2,334	2,289	2,166	2,319	153
5 to 14 weeks	2,161	2,069	2,151	2,078	-73
15 to 26 weeks	1,033	1,195	1,202	1,206	4
27 weeks and over	1,461	1,948	1,813	1,899	86

Employed people at work part time
Part time for economic reasons	4,923	5,341	4,873	4,396	-477
Slack work or business conditions	3,286	3,436	3,181	2,838	-343
Could only find part-time work	1,264	1,514	1,379	1,251	-128
Part time for noneconomic reasons	22,468	22,251	22,899	22,728	-171

People not in the labor force
Marginally attached to the labor force	1,708	1,758	1,662	1,619	-43
Discouraged workers	460	461	475	366	-109
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
NOTE: People 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. January 2026 estimates were revised to incorporate updated population estimates. For additional information, see https://www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#pop. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

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Last Modified Date: March 06, 2026