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

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	Apr. 2020	Mar. 2021	Apr. 2021	Apr. 2020	Dec. 2020	Jan. 2021	Feb. 2021	Mar. 2021	Apr. 2021
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	259,896	261,003	261,103	259,896	261,230	260,851	260,918	261,003	261,103
Civilian labor force	155,830	160,397	160,379	156,478	160,567	160,161	160,211	160,558	160,988
Participation rate	60.0	61.5	61.4	60.2	61.5	61.4	61.4	61.5	61.7
Employed	133,326	150,493	151,160	133,370	149,830	150,031	150,239	150,848	151,176
Employment-population ratio	51.3	57.7	57.9	51.3	57.4	57.5	57.6	57.8	57.9
Unemployed	22,504	9,905	9,220	23,109	10,736	10,130	9,972	9,710	9,812
Unemployment rate	14.4	6.2	5.7	14.8	6.7	6.3	6.2	6.0	6.1
Not in labor force	104,066	100,606	100,723	103,418	100,663	100,690	100,708	100,445	100,115
Persons who currently want a job	9,761	6,576	6,466	9,917	7,331	6,957	6,933	6,850	6,647

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	125,707	126,266	126,316	125,707	126,367	126,192	126,224	126,266	126,316
Civilian labor force	82,820	84,728	85,112	83,166	85,175	85,149	85,061	84,917	85,410
Participation rate	65.9	67.1	67.4	66.2	67.4	67.5	67.4	67.3	67.6
Employed	71,810	79,188	79,965	71,892	79,481	79,714	79,666	79,681	80,017
Employment-population ratio	57.1	62.7	63.3	57.2	62.9	63.2	63.1	63.1	63.3
Unemployed	11,010	5,540	5,146	11,274	5,694	5,434	5,395	5,236	5,394
Unemployment rate	13.3	6.5	6.0	13.6	6.7	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.3
Not in labor force	42,887	41,538	41,204	42,541	41,192	41,043	41,163	41,349	40,905

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	117,330	117,949	118,003	117,330	118,010	117,864	117,902	117,949	118,003
Civilian labor force	80,379	81,992	82,275	80,490	82,244	82,173	82,095	81,978	82,333
Participation rate	68.5	69.5	69.7	68.6	69.7	69.7	69.6	69.5	69.8
Employed	70,041	76,872	77,447	69,975	77,004	77,204	77,193	77,194	77,348
Employment-population ratio	59.7	65.2	65.6	59.6	65.3	65.5	65.5	65.4	65.5
Unemployed	10,338	5,120	4,828	10,515	5,240	4,969	4,902	4,784	4,985
Unemployment rate	12.9	6.2	5.9	13.1	6.4	6.0	6.0	5.8	6.1
Not in labor force	36,951	35,957	35,728	36,841	35,767	35,691	35,807	35,972	35,670

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	134,189	134,737	134,787	134,189	134,862	134,660	134,694	134,737	134,787
Civilian labor force	73,010	75,670	75,268	73,312	75,392	75,012	75,149	75,641	75,577
Participation rate	54.4	56.2	55.8	54.6	55.9	55.7	55.8	56.1	56.1
Employed	61,516	71,305	71,195	61,478	70,350	70,316	70,572	71,167	71,159
Employment-population ratio	45.8	52.9	52.8	45.8	52.2	52.2	52.4	52.8	52.8
Unemployed	11,494	4,365	4,073	11,834	5,042	4,696	4,577	4,474	4,418
Unemployment rate	15.7	5.8	5.4	16.1	6.7	6.3	6.1	5.9	5.8
Not in labor force	61,179	59,067	59,519	60,877	59,471	59,648	59,545	59,096	59,210

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	125,991	126,594	126,648	125,991	126,681	126,507	126,546	126,594	126,648
Civilian labor force	70,790	72,818	72,378	70,896	72,422	72,147	72,173	72,668	72,503
Participation rate	56.2	57.5	57.1	56.3	57.2	57.0	57.0	57.4	57.2
Employed	60,124	68,730	68,605	59,938	67,872	67,851	67,928	68,513	68,430
Employment-population ratio	47.7	54.3	54.2	47.6	53.6	53.6	53.7	54.1	54.0
Unemployed	10,666	4,088	3,773	10,958	4,551	4,296	4,245	4,155	4,073
Unemployment rate	15.1	5.6	5.2	15.5	6.3	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.6
Not in labor force	55,202	53,775	54,271	55,096	54,259	54,360	54,373	53,926	54,145

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	16,574	16,460	16,451	16,574	16,538	16,481	16,470	16,460	16,451
Civilian labor force	4,661	5,587	5,727	5,093	5,900	5,841	5,942	5,913	6,152
Participation rate	28.1	33.9	34.8	30.7	35.7	35.4	36.1	35.9	37.4
Employed	3,161	4,890	5,108	3,457	4,955	4,975	5,118	5,142	5,398
Employment-population ratio	19.1	29.7	31.1	20.9	30.0	30.2	31.1	31.2	32.8
Unemployed	1,500	697	618	1,636	946	865	825	771	754
Unemployment rate	32.2	12.5	10.8	32.1	16.0	14.8	13.9	13.0	12.3
Not in labor force	11,913	10,873	10,725	11,481	10,638	10,640	10,528	10,547	10,300
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.

Last Modified Date: May 07, 2021

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

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