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	Dec. 2020	Nov. 2021	Dec. 2021	Dec. 2020	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021	Nov. 2021	Dec. 2021
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	261,230	262,029	262,136	261,230	261,611	261,766	261,908	262,029	262,136
Civilian labor force	160,017	162,099	161,696	160,671	161,505	161,471	161,610	162,126	162,294
Participation rate	61.3	61.9	61.7	61.5	61.7	61.7	61.7	61.9	61.9
Employed	149,613	155,797	155,732	149,883	153,167	153,806	154,234	155,324	155,975
Employment-population ratio	57.3	59.5	59.4	57.4	58.5	58.8	58.9	59.3	59.5
Unemployed	10,404	6,302	5,964	10,789	8,339	7,666	7,375	6,802	6,319
Unemployment rate	6.5	3.9	3.7	6.7	5.2	4.7	4.6	4.2	3.9
Not in labor force	101,213	99,930	100,440	100,559	100,106	100,294	100,298	99,902	99,842
Persons who currently want a job	7,088	5,491	5,524	7,277	5,701	5,918	5,935	5,819	5,713

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	126,367	126,779	126,832	126,367	126,570	126,648	126,719	126,779	126,832
Civilian labor force	84,644	85,793	85,339	85,186	85,656	85,801	85,735	86,017	85,857
Participation rate	67.0	67.7	67.3	67.4	67.7	67.7	67.7	67.8	67.7
Employed	78,955	82,474	82,024	79,443	81,102	81,533	81,835	82,432	82,508
Employment-population ratio	62.5	65.1	64.7	62.9	64.1	64.4	64.6	65.0	65.1
Unemployed	5,689	3,318	3,314	5,743	4,554	4,268	3,900	3,585	3,349
Unemployment rate	6.7	3.9	3.9	6.7	5.3	5.0	4.5	4.2	3.9
Not in labor force	41,723	40,986	41,493	41,181	40,914	40,846	40,983	40,762	40,975

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	118,010	118,466	118,520	118,010	118,261	118,337	118,406	118,466	118,520
Civilian labor force	81,877	82,929	82,547	82,236	82,672	82,851	82,703	83,007	82,902
Participation rate	69.4	70.0	69.6	69.7	69.9	70.0	69.8	70.1	69.9
Employed	76,572	79,904	79,525	76,949	78,480	78,952	79,164	79,736	79,892
Employment-population ratio	64.9	67.4	67.1	65.2	66.4	66.7	66.9	67.3	67.4
Unemployed	5,305	3,025	3,022	5,287	4,192	3,899	3,539	3,272	3,010
Unemployment rate	6.5	3.6	3.7	6.4	5.1	4.7	4.3	3.9	3.6
Not in labor force	36,134	35,537	35,973	35,774	35,590	35,486	35,703	35,459	35,618

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	134,862	135,250	135,304	134,862	135,041	135,118	135,189	135,250	135,304
Civilian labor force	75,373	76,306	76,357	75,485	75,849	75,670	75,874	76,109	76,437
Participation rate	55.9	56.4	56.4	56.0	56.2	56.0	56.1	56.3	56.5
Employed	70,658	73,323	73,708	70,439	72,065	72,273	72,399	72,892	73,467
Employment-population ratio	52.4	54.2	54.5	52.2	53.4	53.5	53.6	53.9	54.3
Unemployed	4,715	2,984	2,649	5,046	3,784	3,398	3,475	3,217	2,970
Unemployment rate	6.3	3.9	3.5	6.7	5.0	4.5	4.6	4.2	3.9
Not in labor force	59,490	58,944	58,947	59,377	59,191	59,448	59,315	59,141	58,867

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	126,681	127,112	127,167	126,681	126,906	126,982	127,051	127,112	127,167
Civilian labor force	72,558	73,463	73,546	72,494	72,862	72,644	72,929	73,134	73,455
Participation rate	57.3	57.8	57.8	57.2	57.4	57.2	57.4	57.5	57.8
Employed	68,248	70,786	71,140	67,933	69,390	69,555	69,790	70,257	70,795
Employment-population ratio	53.9	55.7	55.9	53.6	54.7	54.8	54.9	55.3	55.7
Unemployed	4,309	2,677	2,406	4,561	3,472	3,089	3,139	2,876	2,660
Unemployment rate	5.9	3.6	3.3	6.3	4.8	4.3	4.3	3.9	3.6
Not in labor force	54,124	53,649	53,621	54,187	54,044	54,337	54,122	53,978	53,712

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	16,538	16,450	16,449	16,538	16,443	16,447	16,451	16,450	16,449
Civilian labor force	5,582	5,707	5,602	5,940	5,971	5,976	5,978	5,985	5,936
Participation rate	33.8	34.7	34.1	35.9	36.3	36.3	36.3	36.4	36.1
Employed	4,793	5,107	5,068	5,000	5,297	5,298	5,281	5,331	5,287
Employment-population ratio	29.0	31.0	30.8	30.2	32.2	32.2	32.1	32.4	32.1
Unemployed	789	600	535	940	675	678	697	654	649
Unemployment rate	14.1	10.5	9.5	15.8	11.3	11.3	11.7	10.9	10.9
Not in labor force	10,956	10,743	10,847	10,598	10,472	10,471	10,473	10,465	10,512
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: January 07, 2022