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	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026	July 2025	July 2026
Foreign born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	48,510	48,109	23,595	22,776	24,915	25,333
Civilian labor force	32,066	31,516	18,294	17,332	13,772	14,184
Participation rate	66.1	65.5	77.5	76.1	55.3	56.0
Employed	30,764	30,486	17,597	16,845	13,167	13,641
Employment-population ratio	63.4	63.4	74.6	74.0	52.8	53.8
Unemployed	1,302	1,030	698	487	604	543
Unemployment rate	4.1	3.3	3.8	2.8	4.4	3.8
Not in labor force	16,444	16,593	5,300	5,444	11,143	11,149

Native born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	225,276	227,173	109,952	110,040	115,324	117,133
Civilian labor force	139,580	138,719	73,040	72,348	66,540	66,371
Participation rate	62.0	61.1	66.4	65.7	57.7	56.7
Employed	133,035	132,315	69,720	69,053	63,315	63,262
Employment-population ratio	59.1	58.2	63.4	62.8	54.9	54.0
Unemployed	6,545	6,404	3,320	3,295	3,225	3,109
Unemployment rate	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.8	4.7
Not in labor force	85,696	88,455	36,912	37,692	48,784	50,762
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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