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Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-9. Selected employment indicators [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Aug.
2019		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020		 Aug.
2019		 Apr.
2020		 May
2020		 June
2020		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over

 157,816 144,492 147,224 157,895 133,403 137,242 142,182 143,532 147,288

16 to 19 years

 5,560 5,353 5,049 5,184 3,479 3,932 4,114 4,235 4,706

16 to 17 years

 2,050 2,124 2,042 1,839 1,302 1,420 1,501 1,727 1,845

18 to 19 years

 3,510 3,229 3,007 3,347 2,154 2,495 2,649 2,581 2,838

20 years and over

 152,256 139,139 142,175 152,711 129,924 133,310 138,068 139,297 142,582

20 to 24 years

 14,337 12,154 12,528 14,047 10,023 10,608 11,249 11,593 12,253

25 years and over

 137,918 126,985 129,647 138,542 119,906 122,691 126,771 127,741 130,231

25 to 54 years

 100,626 92,504 94,500 101,074 87,769 89,943 92,702 93,068 94,928

25 to 34 years

 35,806 31,962 32,765 35,945 30,453 31,299 32,028 32,105 32,889

35 to 44 years

 33,062 31,215 31,873 33,165 29,607 30,088 30,991 31,398 31,972

45 to 54 years

 31,759 29,327 29,863 31,964 27,709 28,555 29,683 29,565 30,067

55 years and over

 37,292 34,481 35,147 37,468 32,137 32,748 34,069 34,673 35,304

Men, 16 years and over

 84,077 77,375 78,711 83,613 71,916 73,702 75,629 76,212 78,255

16 to 19 years

 2,804 2,619 2,533 2,567 1,939 2,030 1,988 2,028 2,310

16 to 17 years

 1,029 985 982 894 632 659 714 753 860

18 to 19 years

 1,775 1,634 1,552 1,663 1,277 1,355 1,302 1,297 1,435

20 years and over

 81,272 74,756 76,178 81,046 69,977 71,672 73,641 74,184 75,945

20 to 24 years

 7,332 6,347 6,563 7,096 5,222 5,445 5,726 5,949 6,345

25 years and over

 73,941 68,409 69,615 73,835 64,758 66,271 67,865 68,243 69,503

25 to 54 years

 53,774 49,744 50,761 53,773 47,236 48,488 49,471 49,683 50,763

25 to 34 years

 19,213 17,062 17,572 19,208 16,396 16,822 16,987 17,019 17,566

35 to 44 years

 17,805 16,911 17,240 17,773 16,049 16,335 16,582 16,867 17,210

45 to 54 years

 16,756 15,771 15,949 16,793 14,792 15,330 15,903 15,796 15,987

55 years and over

 20,167 18,665 18,855 20,061 17,522 17,783 18,394 18,560 18,740

Women, 16 years and over

 73,740 67,117 68,513 74,282 61,487 63,540 66,552 67,320 69,033

16 to 19 years

 2,756 2,734 2,516 2,617 1,541 1,902 2,126 2,207 2,396

16 to 17 years

 1,021 1,139 1,060 946 670 761 788 974 984

18 to 19 years

 1,735 1,595 1,456 1,684 877 1,140 1,347 1,284 1,402

20 years and over

 70,983 64,384 65,997 71,665 59,947 61,638 64,426 65,113 66,637

20 to 24 years

 7,006 5,807 5,965 6,950 4,801 5,163 5,523 5,644 5,908

25 years and over

 63,978 58,577 60,032 64,708 55,147 56,420 58,906 59,498 60,728

25 to 54 years

 46,852 42,761 43,739 47,301 40,533 41,455 43,231 43,385 44,164

25 to 34 years

 16,593 14,900 15,193 16,738 14,058 14,478 15,041 15,086 15,323

35 to 44 years

 15,257 14,304 14,633 15,392 13,558 13,753 14,409 14,531 14,762

45 to 54 years

 15,003 13,557 13,914 15,171 12,917 13,225 13,781 13,769 14,079

55 years and over

 17,125 15,816 16,292 17,406 14,615 14,964 15,675 16,113 16,564

MARITAL STATUS

Married men, spouse present(1)

 46,259 43,615 44,420 46,221 41,683 42,822 43,702 43,768 44,391

Married women, spouse present(1)

 35,829 33,934 34,703 36,389 31,860 32,978 34,440 34,794 35,275

Women who maintain families(2)

 9,822 8,602 8,689 - - - - - -

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS

Full-time workers(3)

 132,156 121,198 123,619 130,877 114,322 116,523 118,941 119,532 122,369

Part-time workers(4)

 25,660 23,294 23,605 26,988 19,106 20,741 23,179 23,982 24,973

MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS

Total multiple jobholders

 8,038 6,569 6,541 8,335 5,451 5,598 6,279 6,602 6,784

Percent of total employed

 5.1 4.5 4.4 5.3 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.6

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Self-employed workers, incorporated

 6,149 6,279 6,327 - - - - - -

Self-employed workers, unincorporated

 9,681 9,278 9,603 9,679 8,247 8,681 9,092 9,236 9,544

Footnotes
(1) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex married couples. Prior to January 2020, referred to persons in opposite-sex married couples only.
(2) Beginning with data for January 2020, refers to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not a spouse of either sex. Prior to January 2020, referred to female householders residing with one or more family members, but not an opposite-sex spouse.
(3) Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
(4) Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.

- Data not available.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: September 23, 2020