Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

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Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino 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. 2023	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2023	Aug. 2024	Sept. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024	Dec. 2024
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population	48,068	49,385	49,483	48,068	49,071	49,180	49,286	49,385	49,483
Civilian labor force	31,996	33,097	33,315	32,090	33,252	33,129	33,003	33,039	33,415
Participation rate	66.6	67.0	67.3	66.8	67.8	67.4	67.0	66.9	67.5
Employed	30,418	31,435	31,627	30,486	31,448	31,441	31,315	31,297	31,702
Employment-population ratio	63.3	63.7	63.9	63.4	64.1	63.9	63.5	63.4	64.1
Unemployed	1,578	1,662	1,687	1,604	1,803	1,688	1,688	1,743	1,713
Unemployment rate	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.4	5.1	5.1	5.3	5.1
Not in labor force	16,072	16,288	16,169	15,978	15,819	16,051	16,283	16,345	16,068
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	17,199	17,694	17,815	17,269	17,813	17,698	17,756	17,716	17,885
Participation rate	78.8	79.3	79.6	79.1	80.3	79.6	79.7	79.4	79.9
Employed	16,340	16,972	17,056	16,446	16,977	16,979	17,049	16,941	17,162
Employment-population ratio	74.8	76.0	76.2	75.3	76.5	76.4	76.5	75.9	76.7
Unemployed	860	722	759	823	836	719	706	775	723
Unemployment rate	5.0	4.1	4.3	4.8	4.7	4.1	4.0	4.4	4.0
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	13,367	13,979	14,001	13,345	13,938	13,888	13,759	13,879	13,985
Participation rate	61.3	62.3	62.3	61.2	62.6	62.2	61.5	61.9	62.2
Employed	12,790	13,273	13,280	12,744	13,240	13,224	13,046	13,154	13,241
Employment-population ratio	58.7	59.2	59.1	58.5	59.4	59.2	58.3	58.6	58.9
Unemployed	577	706	720	601	699	665	713	724	744
Unemployment rate	4.3	5.1	5.1	4.5	5.0	4.8	5.2	5.2	5.3
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	1,430	1,424	1,499	1,476	1,501	1,543	1,487	1,445	1,545
Participation rate	32.2	30.8	32.3	33.2	32.6	33.4	32.2	31.2	33.3
Employed	1,288	1,190	1,291	1,296	1,232	1,238	1,220	1,201	1,298
Employment-population ratio	29.0	25.7	27.9	29.2	26.7	26.8	26.4	26.0	28.0
Unemployed	142	234	208	180	269	304	268	244	247
Unemployment rate	9.9	16.4	13.9	12.2	17.9	19.7	18.0	16.9	16.0
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: January 10, 2025