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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status,
sex, and age
2019 2020 2021 2022
4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

260,015 259,629 260,049 260,558 261,080 260,924 261,217 261,615 262,024 263,324 263,691 264,184 264,696

Civilian labor force

164,563 163,813 158,092 160,349 160,796 160,225 160,947 161,521 162,155 163,932 164,077 164,441 164,713

Participation rate

63.3 63.1 60.8 61.5 61.6 61.4 61.6 61.7 61.9 62.3 62.2 62.2 62.2

Employed

158,650 157,581 137,554 146,202 149,915 150,275 151,446 153,287 155,337 157,680 158,113 158,605 158,788

Employment-population ratio

61.0 60.7 52.9 56.1 57.4 57.6 58.0 58.6 59.3 59.9 60.0 60.0 60.0

Unemployed

5,913 6,232 20,538 14,148 10,882 9,950 9,501 8,235 6,818 6,252 5,964 5,836 5,925

Unemployment rate

3.6 3.8 13.0 8.8 6.8 6.2 5.9 5.1 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.6

Not in labor force

95,452 95,816 101,957 100,208 100,284 100,699 100,270 100,094 99,869 99,392 99,614 99,742 99,983

Persons who currently want a job

4,823 5,156 9,001 7,305 7,028 6,928 6,538 6,025 5,823 5,621 5,728 5,745 5,462

Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

125,771 125,576 125,783 126,035 126,294 126,227 126,373 126,572 126,776 128,296 128,476 128,722 128,977

Civilian labor force

87,048 86,579 83,895 85,053 85,345 84,936 85,405 85,761 85,949 87,294 87,256 87,336 87,810

Participation rate

69.2 68.9 66.7 67.5 67.6 67.3 67.6 67.8 67.8 68.0 67.9 67.8 68.1

Employed

83,901 83,270 73,799 77,777 79,458 79,574 80,194 81,228 82,347 83,938 84,047 84,175 84,665

Employment-population ratio

66.7 66.3 58.7 61.7 62.9 63.0 63.5 64.2 65.0 65.4 65.4 65.4 65.6

Unemployed

3,147 3,309 10,096 7,277 5,887 5,362 5,211 4,533 3,602 3,355 3,209 3,161 3,144

Unemployment rate

3.6 3.8 12.0 8.6 6.9 6.3 6.1 5.3 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6

Not in labor force

38,723 38,997 41,888 40,982 40,948 41,291 40,968 40,812 40,827 41,002 41,220 41,385 41,167

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

117,328 117,182 117,411 117,672 117,933 117,905 118,062 118,264 118,464 119,669 119,837 120,058 120,295

Civilian labor force

84,030 83,589 81,192 82,233 82,376 81,958 82,409 82,788 82,945 84,138 84,131 84,233 84,608

Participation rate

71.6 71.3 69.2 69.9 69.8 69.5 69.8 70.0 70.0 70.3 70.2 70.2 70.3

Employed

81,287 80,670 71,817 75,486 76,945 77,065 77,533 78,613 79,679 81,126 81,259 81,421 81,836

Employment-population ratio

69.3 68.8 61.2 64.1 65.2 65.4 65.7 66.5 67.3 67.8 67.8 67.8 68.0

Unemployed

2,743 2,919 9,376 6,747 5,431 4,893 4,876 4,175 3,266 3,013 2,872 2,811 2,772

Unemployment rate

3.3 3.5 11.5 8.2 6.6 6.0 5.9 5.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3

Not in labor force

33,299 33,593 36,218 35,439 35,558 35,947 35,653 35,476 35,519 35,531 35,705 35,825 35,687

Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

134,245 134,053 134,266 134,522 134,786 134,697 134,844 135,043 135,248 135,028 135,215 135,462 135,719

Civilian labor force

77,515 77,234 74,197 75,296 75,451 75,289 75,542 75,761 76,206 76,638 76,821 77,105 76,903

Participation rate

57.7 57.6 55.3 56.0 56.0 55.9 56.0 56.1 56.3 56.8 56.8 56.9 56.7

Employed

74,750 74,311 63,755 68,425 70,457 70,702 71,252 72,059 72,990 73,742 74,066 74,430 74,122

Employment-population ratio

55.7 55.4 47.5 50.9 52.3 52.5 52.8 53.4 54.0 54.6 54.8 54.9 54.6

Unemployed

2,766 2,923 10,442 6,871 4,994 4,587 4,290 3,702 3,216 2,896 2,755 2,675 2,781

Unemployment rate

3.6 3.8 14.1 9.1 6.6 6.1 5.7 4.9 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.6

Not in labor force

56,730 56,819 60,069 59,226 59,335 59,408 59,303 59,282 59,042 58,390 58,394 58,357 58,816

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

125,995 125,842 126,073 126,336 126,602 126,549 126,708 126,908 127,110 126,631 126,807 127,034 127,277

Civilian labor force

74,556 74,210 71,572 72,446 72,471 72,329 72,544 72,785 73,236 73,578 73,702 73,928 73,738

Participation rate

59.2 59.0 56.8 57.3 57.2 57.2 57.3 57.4 57.6 58.1 58.1 58.2 57.9

Employed

72,119 71,652 61,922 66,024 67,882 68,093 68,570 69,381 70,350 70,985 71,271 71,598 71,279

Employment-population ratio

57.2 56.9 49.1 52.3 53.6 53.8 54.1 54.7 55.3 56.1 56.2 56.4 56.0

Unemployed

2,437 2,558 9,651 6,422 4,589 4,236 3,974 3,403 2,886 2,593 2,432 2,330 2,459

Unemployment rate

3.3 3.4 13.5 8.9 6.3 5.9 5.5 4.7 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3

Not in labor force

51,440 51,632 54,500 53,890 54,131 54,220 54,163 54,124 53,874 53,053 53,105 53,106 53,539

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

16,691 16,606 16,566 16,550 16,545 16,470 16,447 16,443 16,450 17,024 17,047 17,091 17,123

Civilian labor force

5,977 6,015 5,327 5,670 5,950 5,938 5,993 5,949 5,974 6,215 6,243 6,280 6,367

Participation rate

35.8 36.2 32.2 34.3 36.0 36.1 36.4 36.2 36.3 36.5 36.6 36.7 37.2

Employed

5,245 5,259 3,816 4,691 5,087 5,117 5,343 5,292 5,308 5,569 5,583 5,586 5,673

Employment-population ratio

31.4 31.7 23.0 28.3 30.7 31.1 32.5 32.2 32.3 32.7 32.7 32.7 33.1

Unemployed

733 756 1,512 979 862 821 651 657 667 646 660 694 694

Unemployment rate

12.3 12.6 28.4 17.3 14.5 13.8 10.9 11.0 11.2 10.4 10.6 11.1 10.9

Not in labor force

10,714 10,591 11,239 10,880 10,595 10,532 10,454 10,494 10,475 10,809 10,804 10,811 10,757

Footnotes
(1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

Note: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: January 06, 2023