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

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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	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Feb. 2026
Foreign born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	50,057	49,316	24,631	23,384	25,426	25,932
Civilian labor force	33,241	32,711	18,936	18,032	14,305	14,679
Participation rate	66.4	66.3	76.9	77.1	56.3	56.6
Employed	31,687	31,168	18,073	17,221	13,614	13,947
Employment-population ratio	63.3	63.2	73.4	73.6	53.5	53.8
Unemployed	1,555	1,542	863	810	691	732
Unemployment rate	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.8	5.0
Not in labor force	16,816	16,605	5,696	5,353	11,120	11,253

Native born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	222,790	225,450	108,458	109,201	114,332	116,248
Civilian labor force	136,874	137,495	70,857	70,804	66,018	66,691
Participation rate	61.4	61.0	65.3	64.8	57.7	57.4
Employed	130,857	130,985	67,446	67,239	63,411	63,746
Employment-population ratio	58.7	58.1	62.2	61.6	55.5	54.8
Unemployed	6,017	6,510	3,410	3,565	2,607	2,945
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.7	4.8	5.0	3.9	4.4
Not in labor force	85,915	87,955	37,601	38,398	48,314	49,557
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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