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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 Sept.
2023
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Change from:
Aug.
2024-
Sept.
2024

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

267,428 268,644 268,856 269,080 224

Civilian labor force

167,897 168,429 168,549 168,699 150

Participation rate

62.8 62.7 62.7 62.7 0.0

Employed

161,550 161,266 161,434 161,864 430

Employment-population ratio

60.4 60.0 60.0 60.2 0.2

Unemployed

6,347 7,163 7,115 6,834 -281

Unemployment rate

3.8 4.3 4.2 4.1 -0.1

Not in labor force

99,531 100,215 100,306 100,381 75

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

3.8 4.3 4.2 4.1 -0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

3.8 4.0 4.0 3.7 -0.3

Adult women (20 years and over)

3.1 3.8 3.7 3.6 -0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

11.8 12.4 14.1 14.3 0.2

White

3.4 3.8 3.8 3.6 -0.2

Black or African American

5.7 6.3 6.1 5.7 -0.4

Asian

2.9 3.7 4.1 4.1 0.0

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

4.6 5.3 5.5 5.1 -0.4

Total, 25 years and over

3.0 3.5 3.4 3.3 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma

5.5 6.7 7.1 6.8 -0.3

High school graduates, no college

4.1 4.6 4.0 4.0 0.0

Some college or associate degree

3.0 3.5 3.4 3.4 0.0

Bachelor's degree and higher

2.2 2.3 2.5 2.3 -0.2

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

2,869 3,490 3,328 3,233 -95

Job leavers

797 855 845 818 -27

Reentrants

2,024 2,160 2,132 2,046 -86

New entrants

586 650 718 662 -56

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

2,053 2,351 2,468 2,146 -322

5 to 14 weeks

2,043 2,141 2,019 1,982 -37

15 to 26 weeks

985 1,087 1,167 1,119 -48

27 weeks and over

1,303 1,535 1,533 1,630 97

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

4,069 4,566 4,830 4,624 -206

Slack work or business conditions

2,799 2,985 3,303 2,999 -304

Could only find part-time work

940 1,195 1,144 1,274 130

Part time for noneconomic reasons

22,177 22,036 22,561 22,566 5

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

1,442 1,571 1,401 1,605 204

Discouraged workers

372 405 367 445 78

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.

Last Modified Date: October 04, 2024