E-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

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	2018				2019				2020				2021
Employment status, sex, and age	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	256,937	257,456	258,066	258,703	258,389	258,864	259,431	260,015	259,629	260,049	260,558	261,080	260,924
Civilian labor force	161,507	162,004	162,012	162,769	163,036	162,877	163,802	164,435	163,875	158,158	160,327	160,607	160,310
Participation rate	62.9	62.9	62.8	62.9	63.1	62.9	63.1	63.2	63.1	60.8	61.5	61.5	61.4
Employed	154,979	155,606	155,901	156,550	156,780	156,919	157,903	158,544	157,642	137,565	146,199	149,769	150,372
Employment-population ratio	60.3	60.4	60.4	60.5	60.7	60.6	60.9	61.0	60.7	52.9	56.1	57.4	57.6
Unemployed	6,528	6,398	6,111	6,220	6,257	5,958	5,899	5,891	6,232	20,594	14,128	10,838	9,938
Unemployment rate	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.8	13.0	8.8	6.7	6.2
Not in labor force	95,430	95,452	96,054	95,934	95,353	95,987	95,630	95,581	95,755	101,891	100,231	100,473	100,614
Persons who currently want a job	5,144	5,175	5,291	5,383	5,218	5,113	5,005	4,834	5,149	8,990	7,304	7,047	6,913

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	124,252	124,511	124,816	125,135	124,964	125,199	125,481	125,771	125,576	125,783	126,035	126,294	126,227
Civilian labor force	86,023	86,217	85,913	86,239	86,447	86,462	86,846	86,996	86,660	83,879	85,001	85,277	85,043
Participation rate	69.2	69.2	68.8	68.9	69.2	69.1	69.2	69.2	69.0	66.7	67.4	67.5	67.4
Employed	82,542	82,697	82,630	82,932	83,088	83,234	83,649	83,873	83,355	73,748	77,711	79,428	79,687
Employment-population ratio	66.4	66.4	66.2	66.3	66.5	66.5	66.7	66.7	66.4	58.6	61.7	62.9	63.1
Unemployed	3,481	3,520	3,283	3,307	3,359	3,228	3,197	3,123	3,305	10,132	7,291	5,849	5,355
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.1	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.8	12.1	8.6	6.9	6.3
Not in labor force	38,228	38,293	38,903	38,896	38,517	38,737	38,634	38,775	38,915	41,904	41,034	41,017	41,185

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	115,750	116,018	116,328	116,644	116,512	116,753	117,040	117,328	117,182	117,411	117,672	117,933	117,905
Civilian labor force	83,066	83,267	83,075	83,350	83,564	83,564	83,836	83,985	83,690	81,162	82,205	82,325	82,082
Participation rate	71.8	71.8	71.4	71.5	71.7	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.4	69.1	69.9	69.8	69.6
Employed	80,044	80,184	80,189	80,437	80,628	80,732	81,034	81,278	80,783	71,749	75,445	76,931	77,197
Employment-population ratio	69.2	69.1	68.9	69.0	69.2	69.1	69.2	69.3	68.9	61.1	64.1	65.2	65.5
Unemployed	3,022	3,084	2,887	2,913	2,936	2,832	2,802	2,707	2,907	9,412	6,760	5,394	4,885
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.5	11.6	8.2	6.6	6.0
Not in labor force	32,684	32,750	33,253	33,294	32,947	33,189	33,204	33,343	33,491	36,249	35,467	35,608	35,823

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	132,685	132,945	133,250	133,569	133,426	133,665	133,951	134,245	134,053	134,266	134,522	134,786	134,697
Civilian labor force	75,483	75,787	76,099	76,530	76,589	76,415	76,955	77,439	77,214	74,279	75,326	75,330	75,267
Participation rate	56.9	57.0	57.1	57.3	57.4	57.2	57.5	57.7	57.6	55.3	56.0	55.9	55.9
Employed	72,436	72,909	73,271	73,617	73,691	73,685	74,254	74,670	74,287	63,817	68,488	70,341	70,685
Employment-population ratio	54.6	54.8	55.0	55.1	55.2	55.1	55.4	55.6	55.4	47.5	50.9	52.2	52.5
Unemployed	3,047	2,878	2,828	2,913	2,898	2,730	2,702	2,768	2,927	10,462	6,838	4,989	4,582
Unemployment rate	4.0	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.8	14.1	9.1	6.6	6.1
Not in labor force	57,202	57,159	57,151	57,039	56,836	57,250	56,995	56,806	56,839	59,987	59,197	59,456	59,429

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	124,408	124,675	124,983	125,297	125,176	125,420	125,705	125,995	125,842	126,073	126,336	126,602	126,549
Civilian labor force	72,477	72,864	73,163	73,488	73,620	73,515	73,997	74,481	74,220	71,641	72,486	72,357	72,329
Participation rate	58.3	58.4	58.5	58.7	58.8	58.6	58.9	59.1	59.0	56.8	57.4	57.2	57.2
Employed	69,804	70,275	70,657	70,942	71,076	71,107	71,633	72,056	71,653	61,963	66,089	67,782	68,097
Employment-population ratio	56.1	56.4	56.5	56.6	56.8	56.7	57.0	57.2	56.9	49.1	52.3	53.5	53.8
Unemployed	2,673	2,590	2,506	2,546	2,544	2,409	2,364	2,426	2,566	9,678	6,398	4,575	4,232
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.5	13.5	8.8	6.3	5.9
Not in labor force	51,932	51,811	51,820	51,810	51,557	51,904	51,708	51,514	51,622	54,432	53,850	54,244	54,219

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,778	16,763	16,755	16,762	16,701	16,691	16,687	16,691	16,606	16,566	16,550	16,545	16,470
Civilian labor force	5,964	5,872	5,774	5,931	5,853	5,797	5,968	5,968	5,964	5,356	5,636	5,925	5,899
Participation rate	35.5	35.0	34.5	35.4	35.0	34.7	35.8	35.8	35.9	32.3	34.1	35.8	35.8
Employed	5,131	5,148	5,055	5,171	5,076	5,079	5,235	5,210	5,206	3,853	4,665	5,056	5,078
Employment-population ratio	30.6	30.7	30.2	30.8	30.4	30.4	31.4	31.2	31.3	23.3	28.2	30.6	30.8
Unemployed	834	725	718	761	777	718	733	758	759	1,504	970	869	820
Unemployment rate	14.0	12.3	12.4	12.8	13.3	12.4	12.3	12.7	12.7	28.1	17.2	14.7	13.9
Not in labor force	10,814	10,891	10,981	10,831	10,849	10,894	10,718	10,723	10,641	11,210	10,914	10,620	10,572
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: April 02, 2021