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. 2021	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022	Dec. 2021	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	262,136	264,708	264,844	262,136	264,184	264,356	264,535	264,708	264,844
Civilian labor force	161,696	164,272	164,224	162,410	164,714	164,619	164,646	164,527	164,966
Participation rate	61.7	62.1	62.0	62.0	62.3	62.3	62.2	62.2	62.3
Employed	155,732	158,749	158,872	156,081	158,694	158,850	158,593	158,527	159,244
Employment-population ratio	59.4	60.0	60.0	59.5	60.1	60.1	60.0	59.9	60.1
Unemployed	5,964	5,523	5,352	6,329	6,021	5,770	6,053	6,000	5,722
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.5
Not in labor force	100,440	100,436	100,621	99,726	99,469	99,736	99,890	100,181	99,878
Persons who currently want a job	5,524	5,211	4,948	5,747	5,534	5,813	5,681	5,528	5,176

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	126,832	128,983	129,050	126,832	128,722	128,807	128,897	128,983	129,050
Civilian labor force	85,339	87,441	87,251	85,934	87,366	87,659	87,772	87,793	87,864
Participation rate	67.3	67.8	67.6	67.8	67.9	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.1
Employed	82,024	84,455	84,304	82,580	84,081	84,532	84,559	84,557	84,880
Employment-population ratio	64.7	65.5	65.3	65.1	65.3	65.6	65.6	65.6	65.8
Unemployed	3,314	2,986	2,947	3,354	3,284	3,127	3,212	3,236	2,984
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.4	3.4	3.9	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.4
Not in labor force	41,493	41,542	41,799	40,898	41,356	41,148	41,126	41,189	41,186

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	118,520	120,301	120,360	118,520	120,058	120,140	120,225	120,301	120,360
Civilian labor force	82,547	84,329	84,262	82,968	84,192	84,602	84,606	84,525	84,694
Participation rate	69.6	70.1	70.0	70.0	70.1	70.4	70.4	70.3	70.4
Employed	79,525	81,731	81,589	79,958	81,263	81,816	81,776	81,698	82,033
Employment-population ratio	67.1	67.9	67.8	67.5	67.7	68.1	68.0	67.9	68.2
Unemployed	3,022	2,598	2,673	3,010	2,929	2,786	2,829	2,827	2,661
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.1	3.2	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1
Not in labor force	35,973	35,972	36,098	35,552	35,867	35,537	35,619	35,776	35,666

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	135,304	135,725	135,795	135,304	135,462	135,548	135,638	135,725	135,795
Civilian labor force	76,357	76,831	76,973	76,476	77,349	76,960	76,874	76,734	77,102
Participation rate	56.4	56.6	56.7	56.5	57.1	56.8	56.7	56.5	56.8
Employed	73,708	74,294	74,568	73,501	74,613	74,318	74,033	73,970	74,364
Employment-population ratio	54.5	54.7	54.9	54.3	55.1	54.8	54.6	54.5	54.8
Unemployed	2,649	2,537	2,405	2,975	2,736	2,642	2,841	2,764	2,738
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.3	3.1	3.9	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.6
Not in labor force	58,947	58,894	58,821	58,828	58,113	58,588	58,764	58,991	58,692

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	127,167	127,283	127,345	127,167	127,034	127,117	127,204	127,283	127,345
Civilian labor force	73,546	73,766	73,981	73,498	74,098	73,729	73,752	73,532	73,930
Participation rate	57.8	58.0	58.1	57.8	58.3	58.0	58.0	57.8	58.1
Employed	71,140	71,516	71,843	70,831	71,676	71,457	71,218	71,088	71,531
Employment-population ratio	55.9	56.2	56.4	55.7	56.4	56.2	56.0	55.9	56.2
Unemployed	2,406	2,250	2,138	2,667	2,422	2,272	2,534	2,444	2,398
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.1	2.9	3.6	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.3	3.2
Not in labor force	53,621	53,517	53,365	53,669	52,936	53,388	53,452	53,750	53,416

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	16,449	17,124	17,139	16,449	17,091	17,099	17,107	17,124	17,139
Civilian labor force	5,602	6,177	5,981	5,944	6,424	6,288	6,288	6,469	6,343
Participation rate	34.1	36.1	34.9	36.1	37.6	36.8	36.8	37.8	37.0
Employed	5,068	5,502	5,439	5,292	5,754	5,576	5,598	5,740	5,680
Employment-population ratio	30.8	32.1	31.7	32.2	33.7	32.6	32.7	33.5	33.1
Unemployed	535	675	541	652	670	712	690	729	662
Unemployment rate	9.5	10.9	9.1	11.0	10.4	11.3	11.0	11.3	10.4
Not in labor force	10,847	10,947	11,158	10,505	10,667	10,811	10,819	10,655	10,796
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 06, 2023