Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
Employment status, sex, and age	Aug. 2023	July 2024	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2023	Apr. 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug. 2024
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	267,213	268,644	268,856	267,213	268,066	268,248	268,438	268,644	268,856
Civilian labor force	168,049	169,723	168,763	167,840	167,982	167,732	168,009	168,429	168,549
Participation rate	62.9	63.2	62.8	62.8	62.7	62.5	62.6	62.7	62.7
Employed	161,427	162,038	161,348	161,500	161,491	161,083	161,199	161,266	161,434
Employment-population ratio	60.4	60.3	60.0	60.4	60.2	60.1	60.1	60.0	60.0
Unemployed	6,623	7,685	7,415	6,340	6,492	6,649	6,811	7,163	7,115
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.5	4.4	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.3	4.2
Not in labor force	99,164	98,921	100,092	99,374	100,083	100,516	100,429	100,215	100,306
Persons who currently want a job	5,482	5,950	5,749	5,374	5,637	5,717	5,234	5,600	5,637

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,608	130,975	131,077	130,608	130,694	130,782	130,875	130,975	131,077
Civilian labor force	89,299	90,256	89,138	89,114	88,708	88,619	89,171	89,293	88,950
Participation rate	68.4	68.9	68.0	68.2	67.9	67.8	68.1	68.2	67.9
Employed	85,838	86,368	85,379	85,527	85,208	84,882	85,514	85,390	85,075
Employment-population ratio	65.7	65.9	65.1	65.5	65.2	64.9	65.3	65.2	64.9
Unemployed	3,461	3,889	3,759	3,587	3,500	3,737	3,657	3,903	3,875
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.3	4.2	4.0	3.9	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.4
Not in labor force	41,310	40,719	41,939	41,494	41,986	42,163	41,704	41,682	42,127

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	121,832	122,021	122,118	121,832	121,763	121,844	121,929	122,021	122,118
Civilian labor force	85,868	86,388	85,816	85,951	85,382	85,229	85,846	86,054	85,857
Participation rate	70.5	70.8	70.3	70.5	70.1	69.9	70.4	70.5	70.3
Employed	82,865	83,026	82,552	82,800	82,318	81,986	82,618	82,576	82,452
Employment-population ratio	68.0	68.0	67.6	68.0	67.6	67.3	67.8	67.7	67.5
Unemployed	3,003	3,362	3,264	3,151	3,064	3,243	3,227	3,477	3,405
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.0
Not in labor force	35,964	35,633	36,302	35,881	36,381	36,615	36,083	35,968	36,261

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	136,605	137,669	137,779	136,605	137,372	137,465	137,564	137,669	137,779
Civilian labor force	78,750	79,467	79,626	78,726	79,274	79,113	78,838	79,136	79,599
Participation rate	57.6	57.7	57.8	57.6	57.7	57.6	57.3	57.5	57.8
Employed	75,589	75,670	75,970	75,973	76,283	76,201	75,684	75,876	76,359
Employment-population ratio	55.3	55.0	55.1	55.6	55.5	55.4	55.0	55.1	55.4
Unemployed	3,162	3,797	3,656	2,752	2,991	2,912	3,154	3,260	3,240
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.8	4.6	3.5	3.8	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	57,854	58,203	58,153	57,879	58,098	58,353	58,725	58,533	58,179

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,132	129,021	129,125	128,132	128,742	128,830	128,922	129,021	129,125
Civilian labor force	75,305	75,657	76,216	75,514	75,989	75,812	75,587	75,968	76,411
Participation rate	58.8	58.6	59.0	58.9	59.0	58.8	58.6	58.9	59.2
Employed	72,515	72,348	73,014	73,107	73,334	73,226	72,798	73,078	73,589
Employment-population ratio	56.6	56.1	56.5	57.1	57.0	56.8	56.5	56.6	57.0
Unemployed	2,790	3,309	3,202	2,407	2,655	2,586	2,788	2,890	2,822
Unemployment rate	3.7	4.4	4.2	3.2	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.7
Not in labor force	52,826	53,364	52,909	52,618	52,753	53,018	53,335	53,052	52,714

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,249	17,602	17,612	17,249	17,561	17,574	17,588	17,602	17,612
Civilian labor force	6,876	7,678	6,731	6,374	6,611	6,692	6,577	6,407	6,281
Participation rate	39.9	43.6	38.2	37.0	37.6	38.1	37.4	36.4	35.7
Employed	6,046	6,664	5,782	5,593	5,839	5,871	5,782	5,612	5,393
Employment-population ratio	35.1	37.9	32.8	32.4	33.2	33.4	32.9	31.9	30.6
Unemployed	830	1,014	949	781	772	821	795	795	888
Unemployment rate	12.1	13.2	14.1	12.3	11.7	12.3	12.1	12.4	14.1
Not in labor force	10,373	9,924	10,881	10,875	10,950	10,882	11,011	11,195	11,332
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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