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

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 201,251 200,969 201,156 201,417 201,681 201,612 201,748 201,971 202,195 202,875 203,049 203,324 203,608

Civilian labor force

 127,206 126,623 122,616 124,125 124,404 123,701 123,945 124,274 124,693 125,995 125,682 126,000 126,163

Participation rate

 63.2 63.0 61.0 61.6 61.7 61.4 61.4 61.5 61.7 62.1 61.9 62.0 62.0

Employed

 123,092 122,394 107,740 114,365 116,905 116,843 117,509 118,679 120,161 121,832 121,600 122,079 122,142

Employment-population ratio

 61.2 60.9 53.6 56.8 58.0 58.0 58.2 58.8 59.4 60.1 59.9 60.0 60.0

Unemployed

 4,114 4,229 14,875 9,760 7,499 6,858 6,436 5,595 4,531 4,163 4,082 3,921 4,021

Unemployment rate

 3.2 3.3 12.1 7.9 6.0 5.5 5.2 4.5 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2

Not in labor force

 74,045 74,347 78,541 77,292 77,277 77,911 77,803 77,697 77,503 76,880 77,367 77,324 77,445

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 66,143 65,826 64,205 64,766 64,824 64,336 64,589 64,921 64,952 65,805 65,556 65,653 65,945

Participation rate

 71.7 71.5 69.6 70.1 70.1 69.6 69.8 70.1 70.0 70.3 70.0 70.0 70.2

Employed

 64,192 63,783 57,398 60,094 61,010 60,881 61,254 62,041 62,793 63,755 63,531 63,701 63,994

Employment-population ratio

 69.6 69.3 62.2 65.1 66.0 65.8 66.2 67.0 67.7 68.1 67.8 67.9 68.1

Unemployed

 1,952 2,043 6,807 4,672 3,814 3,455 3,335 2,880 2,158 2,050 2,026 1,951 1,951

Unemployment rate

 3.0 3.1 10.6 7.2 5.9 5.4 5.2 4.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 56,405 56,120 54,292 54,916 54,902 54,695 54,689 54,730 55,081 55,301 55,276 55,505 55,325

Participation rate

 58.3 58.0 56.1 56.7 56.6 56.4 56.3 56.3 56.6 57.1 57.1 57.2 56.9

Employed

 54,776 54,439 47,357 50,539 51,843 51,898 52,047 52,465 53,142 53,628 53,694 54,022 53,724

Employment-population ratio

 56.6 56.3 48.9 52.1 53.4 53.5 53.6 53.9 54.6 55.4 55.4 55.7 55.3

Unemployed

 1,629 1,681 6,935 4,377 3,059 2,797 2,642 2,266 1,939 1,673 1,581 1,483 1,601

Unemployment rate

 2.9 3.0 12.8 8.0 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.1 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 4,657 4,677 4,118 4,443 4,679 4,670 4,666 4,623 4,660 4,889 4,850 4,842 4,893

Participation rate

 38.1 38.4 33.9 36.6 38.6 38.6 38.7 38.3 38.6 39.2 38.9 38.7 39.1

Employed

 4,124 4,172 2,986 3,732 4,052 4,064 4,208 4,173 4,226 4,449 4,375 4,355 4,424

Employment-population ratio

 33.7 34.2 24.6 30.7 33.4 33.6 34.9 34.6 35.0 35.7 35.1 34.8 35.4

Unemployed

 533 505 1,133 711 626 606 459 450 434 440 475 487 469

Unemployment rate

 11.4 10.8 27.5 16.0 13.4 13.0 9.8 9.7 9.3 9.0 9.8 10.1 9.6

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 33,184 33,211 33,295 33,386 33,485 33,511 33,573 33,646 33,724 34,004 34,081 34,171 34,270

Civilian labor force

 20,794 20,783 19,762 20,055 20,170 20,219 20,560 20,588 20,530 21,106 21,293 21,188 21,343

Participation rate

 62.7 62.6 59.4 60.1 60.2 60.3 61.2 61.2 60.9 62.1 62.5 62.0 62.3

Employed

 19,605 19,459 16,549 17,430 18,067 18,293 18,625 18,901 19,081 19,725 20,015 19,900 20,105

Employment-population ratio

 59.1 58.6 49.7 52.2 54.0 54.6 55.5 56.2 56.6 58.0 58.7 58.2 58.7

Unemployed

 1,189 1,323 3,213 2,625 2,103 1,927 1,935 1,687 1,449 1,381 1,278 1,287 1,238

Unemployment rate

 5.7 6.4 16.3 13.1 10.4 9.5 9.4 8.2 7.1 6.5 6.0 6.1 5.8

Not in labor force

 12,390 12,428 13,533 13,331 13,315 13,292 13,013 13,058 13,194 12,898 12,788 12,983 12,926

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 9,516 9,453 8,996 9,226 9,250 9,355 9,508 9,433 9,454 9,838 9,933 9,791 9,895

Participation rate

 68.2 67.6 64.1 65.5 65.5 66.1 67.0 66.3 66.3 68.1 68.6 67.4 67.9

Employed

 9,003 8,852 7,569 7,969 8,223 8,442 8,556 8,637 8,752 9,212 9,366 9,223 9,375

Employment-population ratio

 64.5 63.3 54.0 56.6 58.2 59.6 60.3 60.7 61.4 63.7 64.7 63.5 64.3

Unemployed

 513 601 1,427 1,258 1,027 913 952 796 702 625 567 568 521

Unemployment rate

 5.4 6.4 15.9 13.6 11.1 9.8 10.0 8.4 7.4 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.3

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,547 10,586 10,056 10,123 10,197 10,152 10,325 10,399 10,379 10,557 10,636 10,653 10,669

Participation rate

 62.9 63.0 59.7 59.9 60.2 59.8 60.7 61.0 60.8 61.8 62.1 62.1 62.0

Employed

 10,017 10,035 8,483 8,910 9,276 9,263 9,445 9,624 9,768 9,945 10,046 10,061 10,083

Employment-population ratio

 59.7 59.7 50.4 52.7 54.7 54.6 55.6 56.5 57.2 58.2 58.7 58.6 58.6

Unemployed

 530 551 1,573 1,213 921 889 879 774 611 611 590 592 586

Unemployment rate

 5.0 5.2 15.6 12.0 9.0 8.8 8.5 7.4 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 731 743 709 705 723 712 727 757 697 712 724 744 779

Participation rate

 29.8 30.5 29.3 29.2 30.1 29.7 30.5 31.7 29.2 28.8 29.2 29.9 31.2

Employed

 585 572 497 551 568 587 624 640 561 567 603 616 648

Employment-population ratio

 23.9 23.5 20.5 22.8 23.6 24.5 26.1 26.8 23.5 23.0 24.3 24.8 26.0

Unemployed

 146 171 213 154 155 125 104 116 136 145 121 127 131

Unemployment rate

 19.9 23.0 30.0 21.9 21.5 17.5 14.3 15.4 19.5 20.3 16.7 17.1 16.8

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 16,480 16,339 16,406 16,562 16,561 16,514 16,496 16,537 16,537 16,829 16,851 17,014 17,038

Civilian labor force

 10,617 10,458 10,031 10,482 10,351 10,369 10,413 10,625 10,770 10,736 10,886 11,055 11,006

Participation rate

 64.4 64.0 61.1 63.3 62.5 62.8 63.1 64.2 65.1 63.8 64.6 65.0 64.6

Employed

 10,329 10,120 8,589 9,386 9,651 9,756 9,823 10,136 10,348 10,403 10,578 10,767 10,713

Employment-population ratio

 62.7 61.9 52.4 56.7 58.3 59.1 59.5 61.3 62.6 61.8 62.8 63.3 62.9

Unemployed

 287 338 1,441 1,096 700 613 590 489 422 333 307 288 294

Unemployment rate

 2.7 3.2 14.4 10.5 6.8 5.9 5.7 4.6 3.9 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.7

Not in labor force

 5,863 5,881 6,375 6,079 6,210 6,145 6,083 5,912 5,767 6,094 5,965 5,958 6,031

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 43,900 43,819 44,053 44,300 44,558 44,586 44,787 45,005 45,231 45,814 46,040 46,287 46,543

Civilian labor force

 29,541 29,585 28,327 28,803 29,189 29,056 29,197 29,521 29,874 30,456 30,569 30,661 30,739

Participation rate

 67.3 67.5 64.3 65.0 65.5 65.2 65.2 65.6 66.0 66.5 66.4 66.2 66.0

Employed

 28,285 28,147 23,525 25,560 26,575 26,672 27,050 27,680 28,312 29,086 29,249 29,387 29,475

Employment-population ratio

 64.4 64.2 53.4 57.7 59.6 59.8 60.4 61.5 62.6 63.5 63.5 63.5 63.3

Unemployed

 1,256 1,438 4,801 3,243 2,614 2,384 2,147 1,841 1,562 1,370 1,320 1,275 1,265

Unemployment rate

 4.3 4.9 17.0 11.3 9.0 8.2 7.4 6.2 5.2 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1

Not in labor force

 14,359 14,234 15,726 15,497 15,369 15,530 15,590 15,484 15,357 15,358 15,471 15,626 15,803

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 15,933 15,948 15,473 15,734 16,003 15,852 16,021 16,268 16,314 16,635 16,697 16,546 16,635

Participation rate

 80.4 80.6 77.8 78.6 79.5 78.7 79.2 80.0 79.8 80.1 80.0 78.9 78.9

Employed

 15,411 15,341 13,175 14,157 14,659 14,671 14,961 15,344 15,580 15,977 16,088 15,933 15,991

Employment-population ratio

 77.7 77.6 66.2 70.8 72.8 72.8 73.9 75.4 76.2 77.0 77.1 76.0 75.8

Unemployed

 521 607 2,298 1,577 1,344 1,181 1,060 924 734 658 609 613 644

Unemployment rate

 3.3 3.8 14.9 10.0 8.4 7.5 6.6 5.7 4.5 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.9

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 12,258 12,300 11,622 11,789 11,823 11,833 11,920 11,966 12,185 12,421 12,435 12,700 12,692

Participation rate

 61.1 61.4 57.7 58.2 58.0 58.0 58.1 58.1 58.8 59.7 59.4 60.4 60.0

Employed

 11,727 11,676 9,527 10,387 10,780 10,866 11,018 11,233 11,541 11,846 11,896 12,231 12,224

Employment-population ratio

 58.5 58.3 47.3 51.2 52.9 53.2 53.7 54.5 55.7 56.9 56.8 58.1 57.8

Unemployed

 531 624 2,095 1,401 1,043 967 901 733 645 575 540 469 468

Unemployment rate

 4.3 5.1 18.0 11.9 8.8 8.2 7.6 6.1 5.3 4.6 4.3 3.7 3.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 1,351 1,337 1,232 1,280 1,363 1,371 1,256 1,287 1,374 1,400 1,437 1,416 1,413

Participation rate

 33.6 33.4 30.7 31.8 33.8 34.0 31.1 31.7 33.8 33.1 33.8 33.1 32.8

Employed

 1,147 1,130 824 1,015 1,136 1,136 1,071 1,104 1,192 1,262 1,265 1,223 1,260

Employment-population ratio

 28.6 28.3 20.6 25.2 28.1 28.2 26.5 27.2 29.3 29.8 29.7 28.6 29.3

Unemployed

 204 207 408 265 227 235 185 184 182 137 172 192 153

Unemployment rate

 15.1 15.5 33.1 20.7 16.7 17.2 14.7 14.3 13.3 9.8 11.9 13.6 10.8

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

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: January 06, 2023