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	Oct. 2023	Sept. 2024	Oct. 2024	Oct. 2023	June 2024	July 2024	Aug. 2024	Sept. 2024	Oct. 2024
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	267,642	269,080	269,289	267,642	268,438	268,644	268,856	269,080	269,289
Civilian labor force	167,774	168,569	168,569	167,723	168,009	168,429	168,549	168,699	168,479
Participation rate	62.7	62.6	62.6	62.7	62.6	62.7	62.7	62.7	62.6
Employed	161,676	162,046	161,938	161,280	161,199	161,266	161,434	161,864	161,496
Employment-population ratio	60.4	60.2	60.1	60.3	60.1	60.0	60.0	60.2	60.0
Unemployed	6,098	6,524	6,631	6,443	6,811	7,163	7,115	6,834	6,984
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.9	3.9	3.8	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	99,868	100,511	100,720	99,919	100,429	100,215	100,306	100,381	100,809
Persons who currently want a job	5,037	5,591	5,330	5,376	5,234	5,600	5,637	5,697	5,666

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	130,816	131,186	131,287	130,816	130,875	130,975	131,077	131,186	131,287
Civilian labor force	88,730	89,209	89,279	88,968	89,171	89,293	88,950	89,308	89,439
Participation rate	67.8	68.0	68.0	68.0	68.1	68.2	67.9	68.1	68.1
Employed	85,384	85,754	85,770	85,327	85,514	85,390	85,075	85,596	85,631
Employment-population ratio	65.3	65.4	65.3	65.2	65.3	65.2	64.9	65.2	65.2
Unemployed	3,345	3,455	3,509	3,641	3,657	3,903	3,875	3,712	3,808
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.4	4.4	4.2	4.3
Not in labor force	42,087	41,978	42,008	41,848	41,704	41,682	42,127	41,878	41,848

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	122,029	122,221	122,316	122,029	121,929	122,021	122,118	122,221	122,316
Civilian labor force	85,542	86,045	86,204	85,687	85,846	86,054	85,857	86,006	86,257
Participation rate	70.1	70.4	70.5	70.2	70.4	70.5	70.3	70.4	70.5
Employed	82,663	83,091	83,121	82,526	82,618	82,576	82,452	82,815	82,896
Employment-population ratio	67.7	68.0	68.0	67.6	67.8	67.7	67.5	67.8	67.8
Unemployed	2,879	2,955	3,083	3,161	3,227	3,477	3,405	3,192	3,361
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.7	3.9
Not in labor force	36,487	36,175	36,112	36,343	36,083	35,968	36,261	36,215	36,059

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	136,826	137,894	138,002	136,826	137,564	137,669	137,779	137,894	138,002
Civilian labor force	79,045	79,361	79,290	78,755	78,838	79,136	79,599	79,391	79,040
Participation rate	57.8	57.6	57.5	57.6	57.3	57.5	57.8	57.6	57.3
Employed	76,292	76,292	76,169	75,953	75,684	75,876	76,359	76,268	75,865
Employment-population ratio	55.8	55.3	55.2	55.5	55.0	55.1	55.4	55.3	55.0
Unemployed	2,753	3,069	3,121	2,801	3,154	3,260	3,240	3,123	3,176
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.9	3.9	3.6	4.0	4.1	4.1	3.9	4.0
Not in labor force	57,781	58,533	58,712	58,071	58,725	58,533	58,179	58,503	58,961

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,342	129,236	129,340	128,342	128,922	129,021	129,125	129,236	129,340
Civilian labor force	75,888	76,264	76,282	75,487	75,587	75,968	76,411	76,134	75,911
Participation rate	59.1	59.0	59.0	58.8	58.6	58.9	59.2	58.9	58.7
Employed	73,499	73,598	73,566	73,066	72,798	73,078	73,589	73,426	73,159
Employment-population ratio	57.3	56.9	56.9	56.9	56.5	56.6	57.0	56.8	56.6
Unemployed	2,390	2,667	2,716	2,421	2,788	2,890	2,822	2,708	2,752
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.5	3.6	3.2	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6
Not in labor force	52,454	52,972	53,057	52,856	53,335	53,052	52,714	53,102	53,428

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,270	17,623	17,633	17,270	17,588	17,602	17,612	17,623	17,633
Civilian labor force	6,344	6,260	6,083	6,549	6,577	6,407	6,281	6,559	6,311
Participation rate	36.7	35.5	34.5	37.9	37.4	36.4	35.7	37.2	35.8
Employed	5,514	5,357	5,252	5,688	5,782	5,612	5,393	5,624	5,441
Employment-population ratio	31.9	30.4	29.8	32.9	32.9	31.9	30.6	31.9	30.9
Unemployed	830	902	832	861	795	795	888	935	870
Unemployment rate	13.1	14.4	13.7	13.1	12.1	12.4	14.1	14.3	13.8
Not in labor force	10,927	11,364	11,550	10,721	11,011	11,195	11,332	11,064	11,322
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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