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Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment [Numbers in thousands]
Educational attainment Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Sept.
2019		 Aug.
2020		 Sept.
2020		 Sept.
2019		 May
2020		 June
2020		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020		 Sept.
2020

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force

 10,008 8,545 8,946 9,917 8,212 8,342 8,255 8,500 8,835

Participation rate

 46.3 45.1 44.2 45.9 41.9 42.9 44.9 44.9 43.7

Employed

 9,608 7,536 8,093 9,440 6,577 6,958 6,981 7,427 7,898

Employment-population ratio

 44.5 39.8 40.0 43.7 33.5 35.7 38.0 39.2 39.0

Unemployed

 400 1,009 853 477 1,634 1,385 1,274 1,073 937

Unemployment rate

 4.0 11.8 9.5 4.8 19.9 16.6 15.4 12.6 10.6

High school graduates, no college(1)

Civilian labor force

 36,701 34,365 35,328 36,305 33,792 33,598 33,942 34,129 34,953

Participation rate

 58.4 55.3 55.6 57.8 55.0 55.3 55.4 54.9 55.0

Employed

 35,474 31,007 32,284 34,990 28,605 29,519 30,266 30,768 31,803

Employment-population ratio

 56.5 49.9 50.8 55.7 46.6 48.6 49.4 49.5 50.0

Unemployed

 1,227 3,358 3,044 1,315 5,187 4,079 3,677 3,361 3,150

Unemployment rate

 3.3 9.8 8.6 3.6 15.3 12.1 10.8 9.8 9.0

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force

 37,404 36,155 35,921 37,455 36,381 36,661 36,455 36,427 35,970

Participation rate

 65.0 63.5 63.5 65.1 63.3 63.8 63.4 64.0 63.6

Employed

 36,348 33,169 33,055 36,370 31,559 32,662 32,816 33,504 33,060

Employment-population ratio

 63.1 58.3 58.4 63.2 54.9 56.9 57.1 58.9 58.5

Unemployed

 1,056 2,987 2,866 1,085 4,821 3,999 3,639 2,922 2,910

Unemployment rate

 2.8 8.3 8.0 2.9 13.3 10.9 10.0 8.0 8.1

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)

Civilian labor force

 59,077 61,379 59,840 59,159 60,442 61,861 61,847 61,930 59,954

Participation rate

 73.9 72.1 72.2 74.0 71.9 72.7 72.1 72.8 72.3

Employed

 57,919 57,935 57,021 57,966 55,992 57,614 57,710 58,654 57,098

Employment-population ratio

 72.5 68.1 68.8 72.5 66.6 67.7 67.3 68.9 68.9

Unemployed

 1,157 3,444 2,818 1,193 4,450 4,247 4,137 3,276 2,857

Unemployment rate

 2.0 5.6 4.7 2.0 7.4 6.9 6.7 5.3 4.8

Footnotes
(1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(2) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals for those 25 years and over because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: October 05, 2020