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. 2024	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	268,066	273,023	273,197	268,066	269,638	272,685	272,847	273,023	273,197
Civilian labor force	167,484	170,653	170,622	167,988	168,547	170,744	170,359	170,591	171,109
Participation rate	62.5	62.5	62.5	62.7	62.5	62.6	62.4	62.5	62.6
Employed	161,590	163,412	164,043	161,495	161,661	163,895	163,307	163,508	163,944
Employment-population ratio	60.3	59.9	60.0	60.2	60.0	60.1	59.9	59.9	60.0
Unemployed	5,894	7,242	6,580	6,492	6,886	6,849	7,052	7,083	7,165
Unemployment rate	3.5	4.2	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2
Not in labor force	100,582	102,369	102,574	100,078	101,091	101,941	102,487	102,431	102,088
People who currently want a job	5,502	5,600	5,536	5,639	5,505	5,479	5,893	5,915	5,674

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,694	133,175	133,260	130,694	131,455	133,010	133,089	133,175	133,260
Civilian labor force	88,472	90,318	90,440	88,738	89,295	90,393	89,987	90,244	90,683
Participation rate	67.7	67.8	67.9	67.9	67.9	68.0	67.6	67.8	68.0
Employed	85,187	86,216	86,678	85,235	85,620	86,733	86,226	86,443	86,724
Employment-population ratio	65.2	64.7	65.0	65.2	65.1	65.2	64.8	64.9	65.1
Unemployed	3,285	4,102	3,761	3,503	3,675	3,660	3,761	3,800	3,959
Unemployment rate	3.7	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.4
Not in labor force	42,222	42,857	42,821	41,956	42,160	42,617	43,102	42,932	42,577

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	121,763	124,082	124,166	121,763	122,480	123,918	123,996	124,082	124,166
Civilian labor force	85,347	87,135	87,269	85,406	85,945	87,067	86,594	86,887	87,299
Participation rate	70.1	70.2	70.3	70.1	70.2	70.3	69.8	70.0	70.3
Employed	82,424	83,485	83,930	82,346	82,739	83,803	83,311	83,563	83,849
Employment-population ratio	67.7	67.3	67.6	67.6	67.6	67.6	67.2	67.3	67.5
Unemployed	2,923	3,650	3,339	3,060	3,206	3,264	3,283	3,324	3,450
Unemployment rate	3.4	4.2	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.0
Not in labor force	36,416	36,946	36,897	36,357	36,535	36,851	37,402	37,195	36,867

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	137,372	139,848	139,937	137,372	138,183	139,674	139,758	139,848	139,937
Civilian labor force	79,011	80,336	80,183	79,250	79,252	80,351	80,372	80,348	80,426
Participation rate	57.5	57.4	57.3	57.7	57.4	57.5	57.5	57.5	57.5
Employed	76,403	77,195	77,364	76,260	76,041	77,162	77,081	77,065	77,220
Employment-population ratio	55.6	55.2	55.3	55.5	55.0	55.2	55.2	55.1	55.2
Unemployed	2,609	3,140	2,819	2,989	3,211	3,189	3,291	3,283	3,206
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.9	3.5	3.8	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0
Not in labor force	58,361	59,512	59,754	58,122	58,931	59,324	59,385	59,500	59,511

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,742	131,080	131,167	128,742	129,518	130,908	130,991	131,080	131,167
Civilian labor force	75,901	77,153	77,155	75,967	75,994	77,203	77,115	76,997	77,224
Participation rate	59.0	58.9	58.8	59.0	58.7	59.0	58.9	58.7	58.9
Employed	73,579	74,398	74,624	73,316	73,135	74,380	74,205	74,159	74,362
Employment-population ratio	57.2	56.8	56.9	56.9	56.5	56.8	56.6	56.6	56.7
Unemployed	2,322	2,754	2,531	2,651	2,859	2,822	2,910	2,838	2,862
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.6	3.3	3.5	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7
Not in labor force	52,841	53,927	54,012	52,774	53,524	53,706	53,876	54,082	53,944

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,561	17,862	17,863	17,561	17,640	17,859	17,860	17,862	17,863
Civilian labor force	6,236	6,366	6,199	6,614	6,607	6,474	6,650	6,707	6,586
Participation rate	35.5	35.6	34.7	37.7	37.5	36.3	37.2	37.6	36.9
Employed	5,587	5,528	5,488	5,833	5,786	5,712	5,792	5,786	5,733
Employment-population ratio	31.8	31.0	30.7	33.2	32.8	32.0	32.4	32.4	32.1
Unemployed	649	837	711	781	821	763	858	921	853
Unemployment rate	10.4	13.2	11.5	11.8	12.4	11.8	12.9	13.7	12.9
Not in labor force	11,326	11,496	11,665	10,947	11,033	11,385	11,210	11,154	11,278
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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