Table 6. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 16 years and over by census region and division, 2024-2025 annual averages

Table 6. Employment status of the foreign-born and native-born populations 16 years and over by census region and division, 2024-2025 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Census region and division	2024							2025
	Civilian non institut- ional pop ulation	Civilian labor force						Civilian non institut- ional pop ulation	Civilian labor force
		Total	Partic- ipation rate	Employed		Unemployed			Total	Partic- ipation rate	Employed		Unemployed
		Total	Partic- ipation rate	Number	Percent of population	Number	Unem- ployment rate		Total	Partic- ipation rate	Number	Percent of population	Number	Unem- ployment rate
FOREIGN BORN
Northeast	9,967	6,634	66.6	6,346	63.7	288	4.3	10,147	6,737	66.4	6,441	63.5	297	4.4
New England	2,181	1,524	69.9	1,459	66.9	65	4.3	2,151	1,491	69.3	1,418	65.9	73	4.9
Middle Atlantic	7,786	5,110	65.6	4,887	62.8	223	4.4	7,996	5,246	65.6	5,023	62.8	223	4.3
South	17,847	12,117	67.9	11,679	65.4	438	3.6	17,989	12,115	67.3	11,672	64.9	444	3.7
South Atlantic	10,391	6,999	67.4	6,785	65.3	214	3.1	10,594	7,092	66.9	6,844	64.6	248	3.5
East South Central	985	682	69.2	650	65.9	32	4.7	1,025	725	70.7	699	68.2	26	3.6
West South Central	6,472	4,437	68.6	4,245	65.6	192	4.3	6,371	4,298	67.5	4,129	64.8	170	3.9
Midwest	5,459	3,789	69.4	3,592	65.8	197	5.2	5,717	3,885	67.9	3,694	64.6	190	4.9
East North Central	3,971	2,679	67.5	2,527	63.6	152	5.7	4,229	2,784	65.8	2,654	62.8	130	4.7
West North Central	1,489	1,110	74.5	1,065	71.5	45	4.0	1,488	1,101	73.9	1,041	69.9	60	5.5
West	15,223	9,722	63.9	9,291	61.0	431	4.4	15,441	9,950	64.4	9,515	61.6	435	4.4
Mountain	3,015	2,012	66.7	1,926	63.9	85	4.2	3,178	2,164	68.1	2,079	65.4	85	3.9
Pacific	12,208	7,711	63.2	7,365	60.3	346	4.5	12,263	7,786	63.5	7,436	60.6	350	4.5

NATIVE BORN
Northeast	36,430	22,553	61.9	21,683	59.5	869	3.9	37,153	22,936	61.7	21,940	59.1	996	4.3
New England	10,374	6,669	64.3	6,435	62.0	234	3.5	10,619	6,800	64.0	6,522	61.4	279	4.1
Middle Atlantic	26,056	15,883	61.0	15,248	58.5	635	4.0	26,533	16,135	60.8	15,418	58.1	717	4.4
South	86,063	51,582	59.9	49,691	57.7	1,891	3.7	88,036	52,530	59.7	50,425	57.3	2,105	4.0
South Atlantic	44,903	26,607	59.3	25,673	57.2	933	3.5	45,902	26,852	58.5	25,775	56.2	1,077	4.0
East South Central	14,673	8,425	57.4	8,126	55.4	299	3.5	14,832	8,590	57.9	8,279	55.8	311	3.6
West South Central	26,488	16,550	62.5	15,892	60.0	659	4.0	27,302	17,088	62.6	16,372	60.0	716	4.2
Midwest	49,484	31,652	64.0	30,429	61.5	1,223	3.9	50,003	31,948	63.9	30,621	61.2	1,327	4.2
East North Central	33,796	21,333	63.1	20,438	60.5	895	4.2	34,080	21,367	62.7	20,424	59.9	943	4.4
West North Central	15,688	10,319	65.8	9,990	63.7	329	3.2	15,923	10,581	66.4	10,197	64.0	383	3.6
West	48,097	30,057	62.5	28,634	59.5	1,423	4.7	49,167	30,707	62.5	29,185	59.4	1,522	5.0
Mountain	17,637	11,208	63.5	10,767	61.0	441	3.9	17,945	11,326	63.1	10,859	60.5	467	4.1
Pacific	30,460	18,849	61.9	17,867	58.7	982	5.2	31,222	19,381	62.1	18,326	58.7	1,055	5.4
NOTE: The states (plus the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont); Middle Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania); South Atlantic (Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia); East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee); West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas); East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin); West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota); Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming); Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington). Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Annual estimates for 2025 are 11-month averages that exclude October. (Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.) As a result, 2025 annual estimates are not strictly comparable with annual averages for other years.

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