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. 2022	July 2023	Aug. 2023	Aug. 2022	Apr. 2023	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug. 2023
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	264,184	267,002	267,213	264,184	266,443	266,618	266,801	267,002	267,213
Civilian labor force	164,971	168,354	168,049	164,714	166,688	166,818	166,951	167,103	167,839
Participation rate	62.4	63.1	62.9	62.3	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.8
Employed	158,714	161,982	161,427	158,694	161,031	160,721	160,994	161,262	161,484
Employment-population ratio	60.1	60.7	60.4	60.1	60.4	60.3	60.3	60.4	60.4
Unemployed	6,256	6,372	6,623	6,021	5,657	6,097	5,957	5,841	6,355
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.8
Not in labor force	99,213	98,649	99,164	99,469	99,755	99,800	99,850	99,899	99,374
Persons who currently want a job	5,633	5,578	5,482	5,534	5,271	5,477	5,389	5,247	5,370

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,722	130,507	130,608	128,722	130,234	130,319	130,408	130,507	130,608
Civilian labor force	87,649	89,647	89,299	87,366	88,686	88,704	88,836	88,695	89,082
Participation rate	68.1	68.7	68.4	67.9	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.0	68.2
Employed	84,504	86,417	85,838	84,081	85,611	85,410	85,547	85,492	85,493
Employment-population ratio	65.6	66.2	65.7	65.3	65.7	65.5	65.6	65.5	65.5
Unemployed	3,145	3,231	3,461	3,284	3,075	3,294	3,289	3,203	3,589
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.6	4.0
Not in labor force	41,072	40,859	41,310	41,356	41,548	41,616	41,572	41,811	41,527

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	120,058	121,735	121,832	120,058	121,488	121,565	121,646	121,735	121,832
Civilian labor force	84,180	86,062	85,868	84,192	85,439	85,487	85,774	85,739	85,934
Participation rate	70.1	70.7	70.5	70.1	70.3	70.3	70.5	70.4	70.5
Employed	81,401	83,320	82,865	81,263	82,661	82,526	82,868	82,922	82,777
Employment-population ratio	67.8	68.4	68.0	67.7	68.0	67.9	68.1	68.1	67.9
Unemployed	2,780	2,743	3,003	2,929	2,778	2,961	2,906	2,817	3,157
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.7
Not in labor force	35,878	35,673	35,964	35,867	36,049	36,078	35,871	35,997	35,898

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	135,462	136,496	136,605	135,462	136,209	136,299	136,393	136,496	136,605
Civilian labor force	77,321	78,706	78,750	77,349	78,002	78,114	78,115	78,408	78,757
Participation rate	57.1	57.7	57.6	57.1	57.3	57.3	57.3	57.4	57.7
Employed	74,210	75,565	75,589	74,613	75,420	75,311	75,448	75,769	75,991
Employment-population ratio	54.8	55.4	55.3	55.1	55.4	55.3	55.3	55.5	55.6
Unemployed	3,111	3,141	3,162	2,736	2,582	2,803	2,668	2,638	2,766
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.5	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.5
Not in labor force	58,141	57,790	57,854	58,113	58,207	58,185	58,277	58,088	57,847

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	127,034	128,028	128,132	127,034	127,761	127,845	127,932	128,028	128,132
Civilian labor force	73,850	74,856	75,305	74,098	74,868	75,005	74,927	75,205	75,541
Participation rate	58.1	58.5	58.8	58.3	58.6	58.7	58.6	58.7	59.0
Employed	71,067	72,120	72,515	71,676	72,575	72,518	72,567	72,877	73,121
Employment-population ratio	55.9	56.3	56.6	56.4	56.8	56.7	56.7	56.9	57.1
Unemployed	2,783	2,737	2,790	2,422	2,293	2,486	2,360	2,328	2,419
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.2
Not in labor force	53,185	53,171	52,826	52,936	52,893	52,840	53,005	52,822	52,591

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,091	17,239	17,249	17,091	17,194	17,208	17,223	17,239	17,249
Civilian labor force	6,940	7,435	6,876	6,424	6,382	6,326	6,250	6,159	6,365
Participation rate	40.6	43.1	39.9	37.6	37.1	36.8	36.3	35.7	36.9
Employed	6,247	6,542	6,046	5,754	5,796	5,676	5,559	5,462	5,586
Employment-population ratio	36.5	38.0	35.1	33.7	33.7	33.0	32.3	31.7	32.4
Unemployed	694	893	830	670	586	650	691	696	779
Unemployment rate	10.0	12.0	12.1	10.4	9.2	10.3	11.0	11.3	12.2
Not in labor force	10,151	9,804	10,373	10,667	10,813	10,882	10,973	11,080	10,885
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: September 01, 2023