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	Aug. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Aug. 2020	Apr. 2021	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug. 2021
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	260,558	261,469	261,611	260,558	261,103	261,210	261,338	261,469	261,611
Civilian labor force	160,966	162,817	161,788	160,818	160,988	160,935	161,086	161,347	161,537
Participation rate	61.8	62.3	61.8	61.7	61.7	61.6	61.6	61.7	61.7
Employed	147,224	153,596	153,232	147,276	151,176	151,620	151,602	152,645	153,154
Employment-population ratio	56.5	58.7	58.6	56.5	57.9	58.0	58.0	58.4	58.5
Unemployed	13,742	9,221	8,556	13,542	9,812	9,316	9,484	8,702	8,384
Unemployment rate	8.5	5.7	5.3	8.4	6.1	5.8	5.9	5.4	5.2
Not in labor force	99,592	98,653	99,823	99,740	100,115	100,275	100,253	100,123	100,074
Persons who currently want a job	7,184	6,818	5,810	7,049	6,647	6,600	6,428	6,517	5,682

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	126,036	126,499	126,570	126,036	126,316	126,369	126,434	126,499	126,570
Civilian labor force	85,600	86,723	86,074	85,270	85,410	85,210	85,320	85,507	85,684
Participation rate	67.9	68.6	68.0	67.7	67.6	67.4	67.5	67.6	67.7
Employed	78,711	81,918	81,670	78,213	80,017	80,062	80,176	80,712	81,100
Employment-population ratio	62.5	64.8	64.5	62.1	63.3	63.4	63.4	63.8	64.1
Unemployed	6,889	4,806	4,404	7,057	5,394	5,148	5,144	4,795	4,584
Unemployment rate	8.0	5.5	5.1	8.3	6.3	6.0	6.0	5.6	5.4
Not in labor force	40,436	39,776	40,496	40,765	40,905	41,159	41,114	40,992	40,886

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	117,672	118,192	118,261	117,672	118,003	118,059	118,125	118,192	118,261
Civilian labor force	82,554	83,075	82,817	82,461	82,333	82,182	82,414	82,526	82,665
Participation rate	70.2	70.3	70.0	70.1	69.8	69.6	69.8	69.8	69.9
Employed	76,178	78,698	78,783	75,903	77,348	77,340	77,545	78,041	78,440
Employment-population ratio	64.7	66.6	66.6	64.5	65.5	65.5	65.6	66.0	66.3
Unemployed	6,376	4,376	4,034	6,558	4,985	4,842	4,869	4,484	4,225
Unemployment rate	7.7	5.3	4.9	8.0	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.4	5.1
Not in labor force	35,118	35,118	35,444	35,211	35,670	35,877	35,711	35,667	35,597

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	134,523	134,970	135,041	134,523	134,787	134,841	134,905	134,970	135,041
Civilian labor force	75,366	76,093	75,714	75,548	75,577	75,725	75,766	75,840	75,853
Participation rate	56.0	56.4	56.1	56.2	56.1	56.2	56.2	56.2	56.2
Employed	68,513	71,678	71,562	69,063	71,159	71,557	71,426	71,934	72,054
Employment-population ratio	50.9	53.1	53.0	51.3	52.8	53.1	52.9	53.3	53.4
Unemployed	6,853	4,416	4,152	6,485	4,418	4,168	4,340	3,906	3,799
Unemployment rate	9.1	5.8	5.5	8.6	5.8	5.5	5.7	5.2	5.0
Not in labor force	59,156	58,877	59,327	58,975	59,210	59,116	59,139	59,130	59,188

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	126,336	126,837	126,906	126,336	126,648	126,704	126,770	126,837	126,906
Civilian labor force	72,415	72,547	72,571	72,728	72,503	72,707	72,855	72,883	72,842
Participation rate	57.3	57.2	57.2	57.6	57.2	57.4	57.5	57.5	57.4
Employed	65,997	68,494	68,746	66,667	68,430	68,811	68,817	69,235	69,357
Employment-population ratio	52.2	54.0	54.2	52.8	54.0	54.3	54.3	54.6	54.7
Unemployed	6,418	4,053	3,825	6,061	4,073	3,895	4,038	3,648	3,485
Unemployment rate	8.9	5.6	5.3	8.3	5.6	5.4	5.5	5.0	4.8
Not in labor force	53,921	54,290	54,335	53,608	54,145	53,998	53,915	53,954	54,065

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	16,550	16,440	16,443	16,550	16,451	16,446	16,443	16,440	16,443
Civilian labor force	5,998	7,195	6,400	5,630	6,152	6,046	5,817	5,938	6,031
Participation rate	36.2	43.8	38.9	34.0	37.4	36.8	35.4	36.1	36.7
Employed	5,049	6,403	5,702	4,706	5,398	5,468	5,240	5,369	5,357
Employment-population ratio	30.5	38.9	34.7	28.4	32.8	33.2	31.9	32.7	32.6
Unemployed	949	792	697	924	754	578	577	569	674
Unemployment rate	15.8	11.0	10.9	16.4	12.3	9.6	9.9	9.6	11.2
Not in labor force	10,552	9,245	10,044	10,920	10,300	10,400	10,626	10,502	10,412
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: September 03, 2021

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

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