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. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	273,197	274,858	274,955	273,197	274,816	274,676	274,766	274,858	274,955
Civilian labor force	170,650	170,102	169,548	171,054	171,495	170,465	170,483	170,087	169,995
Participation rate	62.5	61.9	61.7	62.6	62.4	62.1	62.0	61.9	61.8
Employed	164,069	162,764	162,781	163,898	163,992	163,097	162,912	162,848	162,622
Employment-population ratio	60.1	59.2	59.2	60.0	59.7	59.4	59.3	59.2	59.1
Unemployed	6,582	7,337	6,768	7,155	7,503	7,368	7,571	7,239	7,373
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.3	4.0	4.2	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.3
Not in labor force	102,547	104,756	105,406	102,143	103,321	104,211	104,283	104,771	104,959
People who currently want a job	5,534	5,728	5,956	5,691	6,208	5,838	5,974	6,040	6,111

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	133,260	132,627	132,670	133,260	134,046	132,546	132,586	132,627	132,670
Civilian labor force	90,451	88,827	88,712	90,642	90,780	89,200	89,101	88,846	88,936
Participation rate	67.9	67.0	66.9	68.0	67.7	67.3	67.2	67.0	67.0
Employed	86,688	84,852	84,981	86,691	86,812	85,348	85,210	85,111	85,007
Employment-population ratio	65.1	64.0	64.1	65.1	64.8	64.4	64.3	64.2	64.1
Unemployed	3,763	3,975	3,731	3,952	3,968	3,852	3,891	3,736	3,929
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.4
Not in labor force	42,810	43,799	43,958	42,618	43,266	43,345	43,485	43,780	43,734

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	124,166	123,657	123,704	124,166	124,981	123,570	123,612	123,657	123,704
Civilian labor force	87,280	85,931	85,739	87,281	87,638	86,096	86,006	85,796	85,791
Participation rate	70.3	69.5	69.3	70.3	70.1	69.7	69.6	69.4	69.4
Employed	83,940	82,429	82,420	83,835	84,199	82,783	82,591	82,562	82,353
Employment-population ratio	67.6	66.7	66.6	67.5	67.4	67.0	66.8	66.8	66.6
Unemployed	3,340	3,503	3,320	3,446	3,439	3,313	3,415	3,235	3,438
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.0
Not in labor force	36,887	37,726	37,964	36,885	37,344	37,474	37,606	37,860	37,913

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	139,937	142,231	142,284	139,937	140,770	142,130	142,180	142,231	142,284
Civilian labor force	80,200	81,274	80,837	80,411	80,715	81,265	81,382	81,241	81,059
Participation rate	57.3	57.1	56.8	57.5	57.3	57.2	57.2	57.1	57.0
Employed	77,381	77,912	77,799	77,208	77,180	77,749	77,702	77,737	77,615
Employment-population ratio	55.3	54.8	54.7	55.2	54.8	54.7	54.7	54.7	54.5
Unemployed	2,819	3,362	3,037	3,203	3,535	3,515	3,680	3,503	3,444
Unemployment rate	3.5	4.1	3.8	4.0	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.2
Not in labor force	59,737	60,957	61,448	59,525	60,055	60,865	60,798	60,991	61,225

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	131,167	133,593	133,648	131,167	132,034	133,489	133,541	133,593	133,648
Civilian labor force	77,173	78,181	77,854	77,218	77,351	78,128	78,183	78,007	77,898
Participation rate	58.8	58.5	58.3	58.9	58.6	58.5	58.5	58.4	58.3
Employed	74,642	75,125	75,168	74,360	74,306	74,925	74,965	74,861	74,872
Employment-population ratio	56.9	56.2	56.2	56.7	56.3	56.1	56.1	56.0	56.0
Unemployed	2,531	3,055	2,686	2,859	3,044	3,203	3,218	3,146	3,026
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.9	3.4	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9
Not in labor force	53,994	55,413	55,793	53,949	54,683	55,361	55,358	55,587	55,750

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,863	17,608	17,603	17,863	17,801	17,617	17,613	17,608	17,603
Civilian labor force	6,197	5,990	5,955	6,554	6,506	6,241	6,294	6,284	6,307
Participation rate	34.7	34.0	33.8	36.7	36.6	35.4	35.7	35.7	35.8
Employed	5,487	5,211	5,193	5,704	5,486	5,390	5,357	5,425	5,397
Employment-population ratio	30.7	29.6	29.5	31.9	30.8	30.6	30.4	30.8	30.7
Unemployed	711	779	762	850	1,020	851	937	858	910
Unemployment rate	11.5	13.0	12.8	13.0	15.7	13.6	14.9	13.7	14.4
Not in labor force	11,666	11,618	11,648	11,309	11,295	11,376	11,319	11,324	11,297
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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