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	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2025
Foreign born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	48,800	48,409	24,105	23,525	24,695	24,884
Civilian labor force	32,781	32,073	18,766	18,134	14,015	13,939
Participation rate	67.2	66.3	77.9	77.1	56.8	56.0
Employed	31,414	30,744	18,142	17,556	13,272	13,188
Employment-population ratio	64.4	63.5	75.3	74.6	53.7	53.0
Unemployed	1,368	1,329	624	578	744	751
Unemployment rate	4.2	4.1	3.3	3.2	5.3	5.4
Not in labor force	16,018	16,336	5,339	5,390	10,680	10,945

Native born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	220,280	225,817	107,081	110,235	113,199	115,582
Civilian labor force	135,788	139,144	70,442	72,481	65,346	66,663
Participation rate	61.6	61.6	65.8	65.8	57.7	57.7
Employed	130,632	133,150	67,612	69,293	63,020	63,856
Employment-population ratio	59.3	59.0	63.1	62.9	55.7	55.2
Unemployed	5,156	5,995	2,831	3,188	2,325	2,806
Unemployment rate	3.8	4.3	4.0	4.4	3.6	4.2
Not in labor force	84,492	86,673	36,639	37,754	47,853	48,919
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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