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	Sept. 2023	Aug. 2024	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2023	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug. 2024	Sept. 2024
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	267,428	268,856	269,080	267,428	268,248	268,438	268,644	268,856	269,080
Civilian labor force	167,718	168,763	168,569	167,897	167,732	168,009	168,429	168,549	168,699
Participation rate	62.7	62.8	62.6	62.8	62.5	62.6	62.7	62.7	62.7
Employed	161,669	161,348	162,046	161,550	161,083	161,199	161,266	161,434	161,864
Employment-population ratio	60.5	60.0	60.2	60.4	60.1	60.1	60.0	60.0	60.2
Unemployed	6,049	7,415	6,524	6,347	6,649	6,811	7,163	7,115	6,834
Unemployment rate	3.6	4.4	3.9	3.8	4.0	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	99,710	100,092	100,511	99,531	100,516	100,429	100,215	100,306	100,381
Persons who currently want a job	5,299	5,749	5,591	5,424	5,717	5,234	5,600	5,637	5,697

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,713	131,077	131,186	130,713	130,782	130,875	130,975	131,077	131,186
Civilian labor force	89,159	89,138	89,209	89,335	88,619	89,171	89,293	88,950	89,308
Participation rate	68.2	68.0	68.0	68.3	67.8	68.1	68.2	67.9	68.1
Employed	85,745	85,379	85,754	85,657	84,882	85,514	85,390	85,075	85,596
Employment-population ratio	65.6	65.1	65.4	65.5	64.9	65.3	65.2	64.9	65.2
Unemployed	3,414	3,759	3,455	3,678	3,737	3,657	3,903	3,875	3,712
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.4	4.2
Not in labor force	41,553	41,939	41,978	41,378	42,163	41,704	41,682	42,127	41,878

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	121,931	122,118	122,221	121,931	121,844	121,929	122,021	122,118	122,221
Civilian labor force	86,086	85,816	86,045	86,124	85,229	85,846	86,054	85,857	86,006
Participation rate	70.6	70.3	70.4	70.6	69.9	70.4	70.5	70.3	70.4
Employed	83,057	82,552	83,091	82,853	81,986	82,618	82,576	82,452	82,815
Employment-population ratio	68.1	67.6	68.0	68.0	67.3	67.8	67.7	67.5	67.8
Unemployed	3,029	3,264	2,955	3,271	3,243	3,227	3,477	3,405	3,192
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.8	3.4	3.8	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.7
Not in labor force	35,845	36,302	36,175	35,807	36,615	36,083	35,968	36,261	36,215

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	136,715	137,779	137,894	136,715	137,465	137,564	137,669	137,779	137,894
Civilian labor force	78,559	79,626	79,361	78,562	79,113	78,838	79,136	79,599	79,391
Participation rate	57.5	57.8	57.6	57.5	57.6	57.3	57.5	57.8	57.6
Employed	75,924	75,970	76,292	75,893	76,201	75,684	75,876	76,359	76,268
Employment-population ratio	55.5	55.1	55.3	55.5	55.4	55.0	55.1	55.4	55.3
Unemployed	2,634	3,656	3,069	2,669	2,912	3,154	3,260	3,240	3,123
Unemployment rate	3.4	4.6	3.9	3.4	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.1	3.9
Not in labor force	58,156	58,153	58,533	58,153	58,353	58,725	58,533	58,179	58,503

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,237	129,125	129,236	128,237	128,830	128,922	129,021	129,125	129,236
Civilian labor force	75,602	76,216	76,264	75,453	75,812	75,587	75,968	76,411	76,134
Participation rate	59.0	59.0	59.0	58.8	58.8	58.6	58.9	59.2	58.9
Employed	73,292	73,014	73,598	73,119	73,226	72,798	73,078	73,589	73,426
Employment-population ratio	57.2	56.5	56.9	57.0	56.8	56.5	56.6	57.0	56.8
Unemployed	2,310	3,202	2,667	2,333	2,586	2,788	2,890	2,822	2,708
Unemployment rate	3.1	4.2	3.5	3.1	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.6
Not in labor force	52,635	52,909	52,972	52,784	53,018	53,335	53,052	52,714	53,102

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,260	17,612	17,623	17,260	17,574	17,588	17,602	17,612	17,623
Civilian labor force	6,030	6,731	6,260	6,321	6,692	6,577	6,407	6,281	6,559
Participation rate	34.9	38.2	35.5	36.6	38.1	37.4	36.4	35.7	37.2
Employed	5,321	5,782	5,357	5,578	5,871	5,782	5,612	5,393	5,624
Employment-population ratio	30.8	32.8	30.4	32.3	33.4	32.9	31.9	30.6	31.9
Unemployed	710	949	902	743	821	795	795	888	935
Unemployment rate	11.8	14.1	14.4	11.8	12.3	12.1	12.4	14.1	14.3
Not in labor force	11,230	10,881	11,364	10,939	10,882	11,011	11,195	11,332	11,064
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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