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	2019	2020				2021				2022
Employment status, sex, and age	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