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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.
2025		 Nov.
2025		 Dec.
2025		 Jan.
2026		 Change from:
Dec.
2025-
Jan.
2026

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 272,685 274,633 274,816 274,982 166

Civilian labor force

 170,696 171,541 171,495 171,882 387

Participation rate

 62.6 62.5 62.4 62.5 0.1

Employed

 163,831 163,760 163,992 164,520 528

Employment-population ratio

 60.1 59.6 59.7 59.8 0.1

Unemployed

 6,865 7,781 7,503 7,362 -141

Unemployment rate

 4.0 4.5 4.4 4.3 -0.1

Not in labor force

 101,989 103,092 103,321 103,100 -221

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.0 4.5 4.4 4.3 -0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.8 -0.1

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.6 4.1 3.9 4.0 0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 11.8 16.3 15.7 13.6 -2.1

White

 3.5 3.9 3.8 3.7 -0.1

Black or African American

 6.2 8.2 7.5 7.2 -0.3

Asian

 3.7 3.6 3.6 4.1 0.5

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.7 -0.2

Total, 25 years and over

 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.6 0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 5.2 6.8 5.6 5.2 -0.4

High school graduates, no college

 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.5 0.5

Some college or associate degree

 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.6 -0.2

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.3 2.9 2.8 2.9 0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,254 3,560 3,473 3,514 41

Job leavers

 910 861 832 1,029 197

Reentrants

 2,132 2,600 2,337 2,157 -180

New entrants

 668 774 840 792 -48

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,292 2,540 2,289 2,155 -134

5 to 14 weeks

 1,956 2,190 2,069 2,150 81

15 to 26 weeks

 1,158 1,190 1,195 1,193 -2

27 weeks and over

 1,449 1,910 1,948 1,835 -113

Employed people at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,478 5,487 5,341 4,888 -453

Slack work or business conditions

 2,894 3,445 3,436 3,219 -217

Could only find part-time work

 1,200 1,650 1,514 1,357 -157

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,334 23,068 22,251 22,929 678

People not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,599 1,821 1,758 1,671 -87

Discouraged workers

 592 644 461 475 14

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. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.
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Last Modified Date: February 11, 2026