Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category Feb.
2018		 Dec.
2018		 Jan.
2019		 Feb.
2019		 Change from:
Jan.
2019-
Feb.
2019

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 256,934 258,888 258,239 258,392 153

Civilian labor force

 161,900 163,240 163,229 163,184 -45

Participation rate

 63.0 63.1 63.2 63.2 0.0

Employed

 155,213 156,945 156,694 156,949 255

Employment-population ratio

 60.4 60.6 60.7 60.7 0.0

Unemployed

 6,687 6,294 6,535 6,235 -300

Unemployment rate

 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.8 -0.2

Not in labor force

 95,033 95,649 95,010 95,208 198

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.8 -0.2

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 -0.2

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.4 -0.2

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.4 12.5 12.9 13.4 0.5

White

 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 -0.2

Black or African American

 6.8 6.6 6.8 7.0 0.2

Asian

 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1 0.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.9 4.4 4.9 4.3 -0.6

Total, 25 years and over

 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.1 -0.2

Less than a high school diploma

 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.3 -0.4

High school graduates, no college

 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 0.0

Some college or associate degree

 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.2 -0.2

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.2 -0.2

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,227 2,903 3,082 2,857 -225

Job leavers

 784 839 805 840 35

Reentrants

 1,954 1,958 1,945 1,905 -40

New entrants

 703 588 606 623 17

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,458 2,126 2,325 2,194 -131

5 to 14 weeks

 1,900 2,027 2,013 1,810 -203

15 to 26 weeks

 933 897 902 942 40

27 weeks and over

 1,403 1,306 1,252 1,271 19

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 5,115 4,657 5,147 4,310 -837

Slack work or business conditions

 3,293 2,891 3,451 2,792 -659

Could only find part-time work

 1,537 1,496 1,419 1,347 -72

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 21,120 21,234 20,949 21,153 204

Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,602 1,556 1,614 1,424 -

Discouraged workers

 373 375 426 428 -

- 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: March 08, 2019