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

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 265,962 267,822 267,991 267,540 -

Civilian labor force

 165,871 168,127 167,451 167,276 -

Participation rate

 62.4 62.8 62.5 62.5 -

Employed

 160,152 161,866 161,183 161,152 -

Employment-population ratio

 60.2 60.4 60.1 60.2 -

Unemployed

 5,719 6,262 6,268 6,124 -

Unemployment rate

 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.7 -

Not in labor force

 100,090 99,695 100,540 100,265 -

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.7 -

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.2 3.7 3.5 3.6 -

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 -

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 10.5 11.4 11.9 10.6 -

White

 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.4 -

Black or African American

 5.4 5.8 5.2 5.3 -

Asian

 2.9 3.5 3.1 2.9 -

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.7 4.6 5.0 5.0 -

Total, 25 years and over

 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.2 -

Less than a high school diploma

 4.5 6.3 6.0 6.0 -

High school graduates, no college

 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.3 -

Some college or associate degree

 2.9 2.8 3.1 3.3 -

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 -

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,568 3,058 3,058 3,028 -

Job leavers

 883 821 833 794 -

Reentrants

 1,799 1,771 1,741 1,834 -

New entrants

 526 582 609 550 -

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 1,942 2,069 2,191 2,140 -

5 to 14 weeks

 1,795 2,060 1,791 1,848 -

15 to 26 weeks

 929 931 1,104 867 -

27 weeks and over

 1,073 1,220 1,245 1,277 -

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,049 3,994 4,211 4,422 -

Slack work or business conditions

 2,683 2,790 2,960 2,994 -

Could only find part-time work

 993 934 964 1,026 -

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,016 21,879 22,458 22,156 -

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,369 1,583 1,562 1,654 -

Discouraged workers

 345 425 346 452 -

- December - January changes in household data are not shown due to the introduction of updated population controls.
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: February 02, 2024