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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 Mar.
2023		 Jan.
2024		 Feb.
2024		 Mar.
2024		 Change from:
Feb.
2024-
Mar.
2024

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 266,272 267,540 267,711 267,884 173

Civilian labor force

 166,690 167,276 167,426 167,895 469

Participation rate

 62.6 62.5 62.5 62.7 0.2

Employed

 160,824 161,152 160,968 161,466 498

Employment-population ratio

 60.4 60.2 60.1 60.3 0.2

Unemployed

 5,866 6,124 6,458 6,429 -29

Unemployment rate

 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 -0.1

Not in labor force

 99,582 100,265 100,285 99,989 -296

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 -0.1

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.3 -0.2

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.6 0.1

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 9.9 10.6 12.5 12.6 0.1

White

 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 0.0

Black or African American

 5.1 5.3 5.6 6.4 0.8

Asian

 2.8 2.9 3.4 2.5 -0.9

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.5 -0.5

Total, 25 years and over

 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 -0.1

Less than a high school diploma

 4.8 6.0 6.1 4.9 -1.2

High school graduates, no college

 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.1 -0.1

Some college or associate degree

 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.4 0.3

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 -0.1

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,884 3,028 3,216 3,042 -174

Job leavers

 841 794 711 823 112

Reentrants

 1,683 1,834 1,946 1,920 -26

New entrants

 506 550 611 678 67

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,279 2,140 2,326 2,189 -137

5 to 14 weeks

 1,765 1,848 1,933 1,979 46

15 to 26 weeks

 797 867 974 982 8

27 weeks and over

 1,050 1,277 1,203 1,246 43

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,091 4,422 4,376 4,308 -68

Slack work or business conditions

 2,853 2,994 2,863 2,972 109

Could only find part-time work

 892 1,026 1,104 999 -105

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 21,416 22,156 22,309 22,902 593

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,326 1,654 1,558 1,595 37

Discouraged workers

 347 452 425 337 -88

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: April 05, 2024