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	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026	Apr. 2025	Apr. 2026
Foreign born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	49,645	49,660	24,363	23,538	25,282	26,121
Civilian labor force	33,004	32,851	18,716	17,999	14,289	14,852
Participation rate	66.5	66.2	76.8	76.5	56.5	56.9
Employed	31,803	31,648	18,024	17,362	13,779	14,286
Employment-population ratio	64.1	63.7	74.0	73.8	54.5	54.7
Unemployed	1,201	1,203	692	637	509	566
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.8
Not in labor force	16,641	16,808	5,647	5,539	10,993	11,269

Native born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	223,552	225,295	108,898	109,132	114,655	116,163
Civilian labor force	137,646	136,697	71,735	70,713	65,911	65,984
Participation rate	61.6	60.7	65.9	64.8	57.5	56.8
Employed	132,266	131,132	68,664	67,619	63,601	63,513
Employment-population ratio	59.2	58.2	63.1	62.0	55.5	54.7
Unemployed	5,381	5,565	3,071	3,093	2,310	2,471
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.4	3.5	3.7
Not in labor force	85,906	88,598	37,162	38,419	48,743	50,179
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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