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	2019				2020				2021				2022
Employment status, sex, and age	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	258,389	258,864	259,431	260,015	259,629	260,049	260,558	261,080	260,924	261,217	261,615	262,024	263,324
Civilian labor force	163,073	162,825	163,753	164,468	163,942	158,105	160,292	160,681	160,391	160,964	161,451	162,010	164,029
Participation rate	63.1	62.9	63.1	63.3	63.1	60.8	61.5	61.5	61.5	61.6	61.7	61.8	62.3
Employed	156,825	156,912	157,839	158,544	157,706	137,574	146,157	149,788	150,437	151,474	153,226	155,178	157,784
Employment-population ratio	60.7	60.6	60.8	61.0	60.7	52.9	56.1	57.4	57.7	58.0	58.6	59.2	59.9
Unemployed	6,249	5,913	5,914	5,924	6,236	20,531	14,135	10,894	9,954	9,491	8,225	6,832	6,245
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.8	13.0	8.8	6.8	6.2	5.9	5.1	4.2	3.8
Not in labor force	95,316	96,039	95,678	95,548	95,687	101,944	100,266	100,399	100,533	100,253	100,165	100,014	99,295
Persons who currently want a job	5,205	5,125	5,021	4,822	5,132	9,006	7,326	7,027	6,900	6,545	6,049	5,822	5,599

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	124,964	125,199	125,481	125,771	125,576	125,783	126,035	126,294	126,227	126,373	126,572	126,776	128,296
Civilian labor force	86,476	86,457	86,792	87,002	86,714	83,884	84,970	85,285	85,108	85,389	85,654	85,870	87,434
Participation rate	69.2	69.1	69.2	69.2	69.1	66.7	67.4	67.5	67.4	67.6	67.7	67.7	68.2
Employed	83,114	83,260	83,601	83,848	83,398	73,795	77,701	79,391	79,738	80,188	81,128	82,258	84,077
Employment-population ratio	66.5	66.5	66.6	66.7	66.4	58.7	61.7	62.9	63.2	63.5	64.1	64.9	65.5
Unemployed	3,362	3,197	3,191	3,154	3,316	10,089	7,270	5,894	5,370	5,200	4,526	3,611	3,357
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.8	12.0	8.6	6.9	6.3	6.1	5.3	4.2	3.8
Not in labor force	38,488	38,742	38,689	38,768	38,862	41,899	41,065	41,009	41,119	40,984	40,918	40,907	40,862

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	116,512	116,753	117,040	117,328	117,182	117,411	117,672	117,933	117,905	118,062	118,264	118,464	119,669
Civilian labor force	83,576	83,576	83,801	83,988	83,714	81,180	82,157	82,320	82,118	82,393	82,689	82,871	84,279
Participation rate	71.7	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.4	69.1	69.8	69.8	69.6	69.8	69.9	70.0	70.4
Employed	80,629	80,783	81,014	81,239	80,788	71,811	75,418	76,883	77,217	77,526	78,522	79,597	81,265
Employment-population ratio	69.2	69.2	69.2	69.2	68.9	61.2	64.1	65.2	65.5	65.7	66.4	67.2	67.9
Unemployed	2,947	2,793	2,787	2,749	2,926	9,369	6,739	5,437	4,901	4,868	4,167	3,274	3,015
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.5	11.5	8.2	6.6	6.0	5.9	5.0	4.0	3.6
Not in labor force	32,935	33,178	33,239	33,341	33,468	36,231	35,515	35,613	35,787	35,669	35,575	35,593	35,390

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	133,426	133,665	133,951	134,245	134,053	134,266	134,522	134,786	134,697	134,844	135,043	135,248	135,028
Civilian labor force	76,597	76,368	76,961	77,465	77,228	74,221	75,321	75,396	75,283	75,575	75,796	76,140	76,595
Participation rate	57.4	57.1	57.5	57.7	57.6	55.3	56.0	55.9	55.9	56.0	56.1	56.3	56.7
Employed	73,711	73,652	74,238	74,696	74,307	63,779	68,456	70,397	70,698	71,285	72,098	72,919	73,708
Employment-population ratio	55.2	55.1	55.4	55.6	55.4	47.5	50.9	52.2	52.5	52.9	53.4	53.9	54.6
Unemployed	2,886	2,716	2,723	2,770	2,921	10,442	6,865	4,999	4,585	4,290	3,699	3,221	2,888
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.8	14.1	9.1	6.6	6.1	5.7	4.9	4.2	3.8
Not in labor force	56,828	57,298	56,989	56,780	56,826	60,045	59,201	59,390	59,414	59,269	59,247	59,107	58,433

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,176	125,420	125,705	125,995	125,842	126,073	126,336	126,602	126,549	126,708	126,908	127,110	126,631
Civilian labor force	73,611	73,472	74,023	74,509	74,206	71,600	72,467	72,419	72,326	72,580	72,813	73,173	73,545
Participation rate	58.8	58.6	58.9	59.1	59.0	56.8	57.4	57.2	57.2	57.3	57.4	57.6	58.1
Employed	71,076	71,089	71,639	72,067	71,648	61,949	66,052	67,825	68,089	68,606	69,417	70,281	70,959
Employment-population ratio	56.8	56.7	57.0	57.2	56.9	49.1	52.3	53.6	53.8	54.1	54.7	55.3	56.0
Unemployed	2,535	2,383	2,383	2,441	2,558	9,651	6,416	4,594	4,237	3,975	3,396	2,892	2,586
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.4	13.5	8.9	6.3	5.9	5.5	4.7	4.0	3.5
Not in labor force	51,565	51,948	51,682	51,487	51,636	54,473	53,868	54,183	54,223	54,127	54,095	53,937	53,086

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,701	16,691	16,687	16,691	16,606	16,566	16,550	16,545	16,470	16,447	16,443	16,450	17,024
Civilian labor force	5,886	5,777	5,929	5,971	6,022	5,325	5,667	5,942	5,948	5,991	5,948	5,966	6,205
Participation rate	35.2	34.6	35.5	35.8	36.3	32.1	34.2	35.9	36.1	36.4	36.2	36.3	36.4
Employed	5,120	5,040	5,186	5,238	5,270	3,814	4,688	5,080	5,131	5,342	5,286	5,300	5,561
Employment-population ratio	30.7	30.2	31.1	31.4	31.7	23.0	28.3	30.7	31.2	32.5	32.1	32.2	32.7
Unemployed	767	737	744	733	752	1,512	979	862	817	649	662	667	644
Unemployment rate	13.0	12.8	12.5	12.3	12.5	28.4	17.3	14.5	13.7	10.8	11.1	11.2	10.4
Not in labor force	10,815	10,914	10,757	10,720	10,584	11,241	10,883	10,602	10,523	10,456	10,495	10,484	10,819
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 01, 2022