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

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	2022				2023				2024				2025
Employment status, sex, and age	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	263,324	263,691	264,184	264,696	266,115	266,621	267,214	267,818	267,712	268,251	268,860	269,463	272,851
Civilian labor force	163,915	164,100	164,427	164,708	166,324	166,849	167,543	167,756	167,579	167,930	168,505	168,426	170,565
Participation rate	62.2	62.2	62.2	62.2	62.5	62.6	62.7	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.7	62.5	62.5
Employed	157,640	158,121	158,601	158,817	160,475	160,916	161,367	161,407	161,209	161,271	161,482	161,433	163,570
Employment-population ratio	59.9	60.0	60.0	60.0	60.3	60.4	60.4	60.3	60.2	60.1	60.1	59.9	59.9
Unemployed	6,276	5,979	5,826	5,891	5,849	5,933	6,176	6,350	6,369	6,659	7,023	6,993	6,995
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	99,408	99,591	99,756	99,988	99,791	99,772	99,671	100,062	100,133	100,320	100,355	101,037	102,287
Persons who currently want a job	5,654	5,724	5,716	5,461	5,134	5,392	5,332	5,464	5,640	5,534	5,641	5,547	5,762

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	128,296	128,476	128,722	128,977	130,073	130,321	130,609	130,902	130,520	130,784	131,079	131,371	133,092
Civilian labor force	87,239	87,268	87,382	87,789	88,583	88,739	89,009	89,191	88,622	88,855	89,157	89,275	90,208
Participation rate	68.0	67.9	67.9	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.1	67.9	67.9	68.0	68.0	67.8
Employed	83,893	84,054	84,218	84,650	85,389	85,506	85,515	85,617	85,195	85,219	85,336	85,510	86,467
Employment-population ratio	65.4	65.4	65.4	65.6	65.6	65.6	65.5	65.4	65.3	65.2	65.1	65.1	65.0
Unemployed	3,345	3,215	3,164	3,140	3,194	3,233	3,494	3,574	3,427	3,636	3,820	3,764	3,740
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.9	4.0	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	41,057	41,208	41,340	41,187	41,491	41,581	41,600	41,711	41,899	41,928	41,923	42,097	42,884

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	119,669	119,837	120,058	120,295	121,348	121,566	121,833	122,109	121,612	121,845	122,120	122,398	123,998
Civilian labor force	84,102	84,154	84,251	84,589	85,325	85,587	85,891	85,905	85,357	85,522	85,960	86,039	86,849
Participation rate	70.3	70.2	70.2	70.3	70.3	70.4	70.5	70.4	70.2	70.2	70.4	70.3	70.0
Employed	81,094	81,286	81,434	81,818	82,505	82,699	82,808	82,762	82,357	82,343	82,612	82,741	83,559
Employment-population ratio	67.8	67.8	67.8	68.0	68.0	68.0	68.0	67.8	67.7	67.6	67.6	67.6	67.4
Unemployed	3,008	2,867	2,817	2,771	2,820	2,888	3,082	3,143	3,000	3,178	3,348	3,298	3,290
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.8
Not in labor force	35,567	35,683	35,807	35,706	36,023	35,979	35,942	36,204	36,255	36,324	36,160	36,359	37,149

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	135,028	135,215	135,462	135,719	136,042	136,300	136,605	136,917	137,191	137,467	137,781	138,092	139,760
Civilian labor force	76,677	76,832	77,045	76,918	77,741	78,110	78,534	78,565	78,957	79,075	79,348	79,152	80,357
Participation rate	56.8	56.8	56.9	56.7	57.1	57.3	57.5	57.4	57.6	57.5	57.6	57.3	57.5
Employed	73,746	74,068	74,383	74,167	75,086	75,410	75,851	75,790	76,015	76,052	76,146	75,923	77,103
Employment-population ratio	54.6	54.8	54.9	54.6	55.2	55.3	55.5	55.4	55.4	55.3	55.3	55.0	55.2
Unemployed	2,930	2,764	2,663	2,751	2,655	2,699	2,683	2,776	2,942	3,023	3,202	3,228	3,254
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.8	4.0	4.1	4.0
Not in labor force	58,351	58,383	58,417	58,801	58,300	58,190	58,071	58,351	58,235	58,392	58,433	58,941	59,403

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,631	126,807	127,034	127,277	127,614	127,846	128,132	128,428	128,581	128,831	129,127	129,429	130,993
Civilian labor force	73,611	73,721	73,865	73,753	74,606	74,973	75,354	75,360	75,716	75,799	76,144	75,943	77,105
Participation rate	58.1	58.1	58.1	57.9	58.5	58.6	58.8	58.7	58.9	58.8	59.0	58.7	58.9
Employed	70,994	71,278	71,542	71,320	72,245	72,579	73,000	72,942	73,123	73,121	73,343	73,092	74,248
Employment-population ratio	56.1	56.2	56.3	56.0	56.6	56.8	57.0	56.8	56.9	56.8	56.8	56.5	56.7
Unemployed	2,617	2,442	2,322	2,433	2,360	2,394	2,355	2,419	2,594	2,678	2,801	2,852	2,857
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.7
Not in labor force	53,020	53,087	53,170	53,524	53,009	52,873	52,778	53,068	52,865	53,032	52,983	53,485	53,888

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,024	17,047	17,091	17,123	17,153	17,209	17,249	17,281	17,519	17,574	17,613	17,636	17,860
Civilian labor force	6,203	6,226	6,312	6,365	6,394	6,289	6,298	6,491	6,506	6,610	6,401	6,444	6,611
Participation rate	36.4	36.5	36.9	37.2	37.3	36.5	36.5	37.6	37.1	37.6	36.3	36.5	37.0
Employed	5,551	5,557	5,624	5,678	5,725	5,638	5,559	5,703	5,730	5,807	5,527	5,600	5,763
Employment-population ratio	32.6	32.6	32.9	33.2	33.4	32.8	32.2	33.0	32.7	33.0	31.4	31.8	32.3
Unemployed	651	669	687	687	669	651	739	788	776	803	874	843	847
Unemployment rate	10.5	10.7	10.9	10.8	10.5	10.3	11.7	12.1	11.9	12.1	13.7	13.1	12.8
Not in labor force	10,821	10,821	10,780	10,758	10,759	10,920	10,951	10,790	11,013	10,965	11,212	11,193	11,250
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 04, 2025