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	Dec. 2023	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2023	Aug. 2024	Sept. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	267,991	269,463	269,638	267,991	268,856	269,080	269,289	269,463	269,638
Civilian labor force	166,661	168,164	167,746	167,439	168,496	168,703	168,428	168,304	168,547
Participation rate	62.2	62.4	62.2	62.5	62.7	62.7	62.5	62.5	62.5
Employed	160,754	161,456	161,294	161,124	161,425	161,802	161,456	161,183	161,661
Employment-population ratio	60.0	59.9	59.8	60.1	60.0	60.1	60.0	59.8	60.0
Unemployed	5,907	6,708	6,452	6,315	7,071	6,901	6,972	7,121	6,886
Unemployment rate	3.5	4.0	3.8	3.8	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	101,330	101,299	101,892	100,552	100,360	100,377	100,861	101,159	101,091
Persons who currently want a job	5,465	5,133	5,294	5,677	5,632	5,683	5,652	5,483	5,505

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,985	131,371	131,455	130,985	131,077	131,186	131,287	131,371	131,455
Civilian labor force	88,610	88,922	88,712	89,175	88,938	89,339	89,378	89,151	89,295
Participation rate	67.6	67.7	67.5	68.1	67.9	68.1	68.1	67.9	67.9
Employed	85,198	85,296	85,139	85,686	85,099	85,562	85,592	85,318	85,620
Employment-population ratio	65.0	64.9	64.8	65.4	64.9	65.2	65.2	64.9	65.1
Unemployed	3,412	3,626	3,574	3,489	3,839	3,777	3,785	3,833	3,675
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.1	4.0	3.9	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.1
Not in labor force	42,375	42,450	42,743	41,810	42,139	41,848	41,909	42,220	42,160

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	122,187	122,398	122,480	122,187	122,118	122,221	122,316	122,398	122,480
Civilian labor force	85,564	85,908	85,558	85,944	85,846	86,042	86,191	85,982	85,945
Participation rate	70.0	70.2	69.9	70.3	70.3	70.4	70.5	70.2	70.2
Employed	82,493	82,745	82,378	82,860	82,479	82,783	82,851	82,633	82,739
Employment-population ratio	67.5	67.6	67.3	67.8	67.5	67.7	67.7	67.5	67.6
Unemployed	3,071	3,164	3,179	3,084	3,367	3,258	3,339	3,348	3,206
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.7
Not in labor force	36,623	36,490	36,923	36,243	36,272	36,179	36,125	36,417	36,535

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	137,006	138,092	138,183	137,006	137,779	137,894	138,002	138,092	138,183
Civilian labor force	78,051	79,242	79,034	78,263	79,558	79,365	79,050	79,153	79,252
Participation rate	57.0	57.4	57.2	57.1	57.7	57.6	57.3	57.3	57.4
Employed	75,556	76,161	76,155	75,437	76,325	76,240	75,864	75,865	76,041
Employment-population ratio	55.1	55.2	55.1	55.1	55.4	55.3	55.0	54.9	55.0
Unemployed	2,495	3,082	2,879	2,826	3,232	3,125	3,187	3,288	3,211
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.9	3.6	3.6	4.1	3.9	4.0	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	58,955	58,850	59,149	58,742	58,221	58,529	58,952	58,939	58,931

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,513	129,428	129,518	128,513	129,125	129,236	129,340	129,428	129,518
Civilian labor force	75,079	76,149	75,961	75,110	76,368	76,110	75,916	75,920	75,994
Participation rate	58.4	58.8	58.6	58.4	59.1	58.9	58.7	58.7	58.7
Employed	72,862	73,386	73,359	72,637	73,555	73,397	73,152	72,988	73,135
Employment-population ratio	56.7	56.7	56.6	56.5	57.0	56.8	56.6	56.4	56.5
Unemployed	2,217	2,762	2,602	2,473	2,813	2,713	2,764	2,932	2,859
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.9	3.8
Not in labor force	53,434	53,280	53,557	53,403	52,757	53,126	53,423	53,509	53,524

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,291	17,636	17,640	17,291	17,612	17,623	17,633	17,636	17,640
Civilian labor force	6,018	6,107	6,227	6,384	6,281	6,552	6,321	6,403	6,607
Participation rate	34.8	34.6	35.3	36.9	35.7	37.2	35.8	36.3	37.5
Employed	5,399	5,325	5,556	5,626	5,390	5,621	5,453	5,562	5,786
Employment-population ratio	31.2	30.2	31.5	32.5	30.6	31.9	30.9	31.5	32.8
Unemployed	619	782	671	758	891	930	868	841	821
Unemployment rate	10.3	12.8	10.8	11.9	14.2	14.2	13.7	13.1	12.4
Not in labor force	11,273	11,529	11,412	10,907	11,331	11,072	11,312	11,233	11,033
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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Last Modified Date: January 10, 2025