Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status and nativity	Total		Men		Women
Employment status and nativity	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026	May 2025	May 2026
Foreign born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	49,593	49,061	24,122	23,004	25,472	26,057
Civilian labor force	32,706	32,612	18,377	17,672	14,329	14,940
Participation rate	65.9	66.5	76.2	76.8	56.3	57.3
Employed	31,579	31,472	17,833	17,130	13,746	14,341
Employment-population ratio	63.7	64.1	73.9	74.5	54.0	55.0
Unemployed	1,127	1,140	544	542	583	598
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.5	3.0	3.1	4.1	4.0
Not in labor force	16,887	16,449	5,745	5,332	11,142	11,118

Native born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	223,791	225,993	109,230	109,710	114,562	116,283
Civilian labor force	137,510	137,189	71,872	71,346	65,637	65,843
Participation rate	61.4	60.7	65.8	65.0	57.3	56.6
Employed	131,822	131,426	68,732	68,115	63,090	63,311
Employment-population ratio	58.9	58.2	62.9	62.1	55.1	54.4
Unemployed	5,688	5,763	3,140	3,231	2,548	2,532
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.2	4.4	4.5	3.9	3.8
Not in labor force	86,282	88,804	37,357	38,364	48,924	50,440
NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are people who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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