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	Mar. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	267,884	272,847	273,023	267,884	269,463	269,638	272,685	272,847	273,023
Civilian labor force	167,960	170,116	170,653	167,922	168,304	168,547	170,744	170,359	170,591
Participation rate	62.7	62.3	62.5	62.7	62.5	62.5	62.6	62.4	62.5
Employed	161,356	162,544	163,412	161,425	161,183	161,661	163,895	163,307	163,508
Employment-population ratio	60.2	59.6	59.9	60.3	59.8	60.0	60.1	59.9	59.9
Unemployed	6,604	7,572	7,242	6,497	7,121	6,886	6,849	7,052	7,083
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.2
Not in labor force	99,924	102,731	102,369	99,963	101,159	101,091	101,941	102,487	102,431
People who currently want a job	5,110	5,809	5,600	5,461	5,483	5,505	5,479	5,893	5,915

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,605	133,089	133,175	130,605	131,371	131,455	133,010	133,089	133,175
Civilian labor force	88,892	89,792	90,318	88,864	89,151	89,295	90,393	89,987	90,244
Participation rate	68.1	67.5	67.8	68.0	67.9	67.9	68.0	67.6	67.8
Employed	85,253	85,519	86,216	85,464	85,318	85,620	86,733	86,226	86,443
Employment-population ratio	65.3	64.3	64.7	65.4	64.9	65.1	65.2	64.8	64.9
Unemployed	3,639	4,273	4,102	3,400	3,833	3,675	3,660	3,761	3,800
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.8	4.5	3.8	4.3	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.2
Not in labor force	41,713	43,297	42,857	41,741	42,220	42,160	42,617	43,102	42,932

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	121,685	123,996	124,082	121,685	122,398	122,480	123,918	123,996	124,082
Civilian labor force	85,656	86,634	87,135	85,449	85,982	85,945	87,067	86,594	86,887
Participation rate	70.4	69.9	70.2	70.2	70.2	70.2	70.3	69.8	70.0
Employed	82,457	82,838	83,485	82,516	82,633	82,739	83,803	83,311	83,563
Employment-population ratio	67.8	66.8	67.3	67.8	67.5	67.6	67.6	67.2	67.3
Unemployed	3,199	3,796	3,650	2,933	3,348	3,206	3,264	3,283	3,324
Unemployment rate	3.7	4.4	4.2	3.4	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8
Not in labor force	36,029	37,362	36,946	36,236	36,417	36,535	36,851	37,402	37,195

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	137,279	139,758	139,848	137,279	138,092	138,183	139,674	139,758	139,848
Civilian labor force	79,068	80,323	80,336	79,057	79,153	79,252	80,351	80,372	80,348
Participation rate	57.6	57.5	57.4	57.6	57.3	57.4	57.5	57.5	57.5
Employed	76,103	77,025	77,195	75,961	75,865	76,041	77,162	77,081	77,065
Employment-population ratio	55.4	55.1	55.2	55.3	54.9	55.0	55.2	55.2	55.1
Unemployed	2,965	3,298	3,140	3,096	3,288	3,211	3,189	3,291	3,283
Unemployment rate	3.7	4.1	3.9	3.9	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	58,211	59,435	59,512	58,222	58,939	58,931	59,324	59,385	59,500

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,659	130,991	131,080	128,659	129,428	129,518	130,908	130,991	131,080
Civilian labor force	75,945	77,276	77,153	75,769	75,920	75,994	77,203	77,115	76,997
Participation rate	59.0	59.0	58.9	58.9	58.7	58.7	59.0	58.9	58.7
Employed	73,304	74,320	74,398	73,048	72,988	73,135	74,380	74,205	74,159
Employment-population ratio	57.0	56.7	56.8	56.8	56.4	56.5	56.8	56.6	56.6
Unemployed	2,642	2,956	2,754	2,721	2,932	2,859	2,822	2,910	2,838
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.7
Not in labor force	52,714	53,715	53,927	52,890	53,509	53,524	53,706	53,876	54,082

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,540	17,860	17,862	17,540	17,636	17,640	17,859	17,860	17,862
Civilian labor force	6,359	6,205	6,366	6,704	6,403	6,607	6,474	6,650	6,707
Participation rate	36.3	34.7	35.6	38.2	36.3	37.5	36.3	37.2	37.6
Employed	5,595	5,386	5,528	5,861	5,562	5,786	5,712	5,792	5,786
Employment-population ratio	31.9	30.2	31.0	33.4	31.5	32.8	32.0	32.4	32.4
Unemployed	764	820	837	843	841	821	763	858	921
Unemployment rate	12.0	13.2	13.2	12.6	13.1	12.4	11.8	12.9	13.7
Not in labor force	11,181	11,655	11,496	10,836	11,233	11,033	11,385	11,210	11,154
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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