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	Feb. 2022	Jan. 2023	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022	Jan. 2023	Feb. 2023
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	263,324	265,962	266,112	263,324	264,535	264,708	264,844	265,962	266,112
Civilian labor force	163,725	165,070	166,178	163,862	164,646	164,527	164,966	165,832	166,251
Participation rate	62.2	62.1	62.4	62.2	62.2	62.2	62.3	62.4	62.5
Employed	156,942	158,692	159,713	157,590	158,593	158,527	159,244	160,138	160,315
Employment-population ratio	59.6	59.7	60.0	59.8	60.0	59.9	60.1	60.2	60.2
Unemployed	6,782	6,378	6,465	6,272	6,053	6,000	5,722	5,694	5,936
Unemployment rate	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.6
Not in labor force	99,600	100,892	99,934	99,463	99,890	100,181	99,878	100,130	99,861
Persons who currently want a job	5,299	5,466	4,987	5,392	5,681	5,528	5,176	5,314	5,103

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,296	129,998	130,072	128,296	128,897	128,983	129,050	129,998	130,072
Civilian labor force	87,271	87,842	88,382	87,389	87,772	87,793	87,864	88,334	88,474
Participation rate	68.0	67.6	67.9	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.1	67.9	68.0
Employed	83,460	84,120	84,666	84,071	84,559	84,557	84,880	85,186	85,266
Employment-population ratio	65.1	64.7	65.1	65.5	65.6	65.6	65.8	65.5	65.6
Unemployed	3,812	3,723	3,717	3,318	3,212	3,236	2,984	3,147	3,208
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.2	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.6	3.6
Not in labor force	41,024	42,156	41,689	40,907	41,126	41,189	41,186	41,665	41,597

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	119,669	121,283	121,346	119,669	120,225	120,301	120,360	121,283	121,346
Civilian labor force	84,390	84,872	85,363	84,264	84,606	84,525	84,694	85,084	85,210
Participation rate	70.5	70.0	70.3	70.4	70.4	70.3	70.4	70.2	70.2
Employed	80,918	81,524	82,048	81,293	81,776	81,698	82,033	82,324	82,407
Employment-population ratio	67.6	67.2	67.6	67.9	68.0	67.9	68.2	67.9	67.9
Unemployed	3,472	3,348	3,315	2,971	2,829	2,827	2,661	2,760	2,803
Unemployment rate	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.3
Not in labor force	35,280	36,412	35,983	35,405	35,619	35,776	35,666	36,199	36,136

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	135,028	135,963	136,040	135,028	135,638	135,725	135,795	135,963	136,040
Civilian labor force	76,453	77,228	77,796	76,473	76,874	76,734	77,102	77,498	77,777
Participation rate	56.6	56.8	57.2	56.6	56.7	56.5	56.8	57.0	57.2
Employed	73,483	74,572	75,047	73,519	74,033	73,970	74,364	74,952	75,049
Employment-population ratio	54.4	54.8	55.2	54.4	54.6	54.5	54.8	55.1	55.2
Unemployed	2,971	2,656	2,749	2,954	2,841	2,764	2,738	2,546	2,728
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.5
Not in labor force	58,575	58,736	58,245	58,555	58,764	58,991	58,692	58,465	58,264

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	126,631	127,546	127,613	126,631	127,204	127,283	127,345	127,546	127,613
Civilian labor force	73,650	74,308	74,823	73,482	73,752	73,532	73,930	74,379	74,606
Participation rate	58.2	58.3	58.6	58.0	58.0	57.8	58.1	58.3	58.5
Employed	70,931	71,921	72,354	70,810	71,218	71,088	71,531	72,104	72,189
Employment-population ratio	56.0	56.4	56.7	55.9	56.0	55.9	56.2	56.5	56.6
Unemployed	2,718	2,387	2,470	2,672	2,534	2,444	2,398	2,275	2,417
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.2	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.2
Not in labor force	52,981	53,238	52,790	53,149	53,452	53,750	53,416	53,167	53,007

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,024	17,133	17,153	17,024	17,107	17,124	17,139	17,133	17,153
Civilian labor force	5,685	5,890	5,992	6,116	6,288	6,469	6,343	6,368	6,435
Participation rate	33.4	34.4	34.9	35.9	36.8	37.8	37.0	37.2	37.5
Employed	5,094	5,247	5,311	5,487	5,598	5,740	5,680	5,710	5,719
Employment-population ratio	29.9	30.6	31.0	32.2	32.7	33.5	33.1	33.3	33.3
Unemployed	592	643	680	628	690	729	662	658	716
Unemployment rate	10.4	10.9	11.4	10.3	11.0	11.3	10.4	10.3	11.1
Not in labor force	11,339	11,242	11,161	10,908	10,819	10,655	10,796	10,765	10,718
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: March 10, 2023