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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-4. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Full- and part-time status,
sex, and age		 2018 2019 2020 2021
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st

EMPLOYED

Full-time workers

 127,307 128,546 129,019 129,418 129,774 130,113 131,030 131,462 130,160 116,711 121,664 124,209 125,221

Men, 16 years and over

 72,446 73,015 73,191 73,094 73,504 73,717 74,099 73,978 73,162 65,962 68,795 69,927 70,303

Men, 20 years and over

 71,594 72,097 72,286 72,276 72,689 72,849 73,138 73,070 72,273 65,188 67,979 69,013 69,404

Women, 16 years and over

 54,869 55,570 55,823 56,283 56,291 56,422 56,914 57,461 57,029 50,756 52,838 54,281 54,985

Women, 20 years and over

 54,249 54,935 55,262 55,685 55,649 55,740 56,279 56,871 56,399 50,204 52,352 53,718 54,280

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,465 1,514 1,472 1,457 1,436 1,523 1,613 1,520 1,488 1,319 1,333 1,478 1,537

Part-time workers

 27,564 27,139 26,961 27,090 26,856 26,923 26,966 27,019 27,299 21,020 24,634 25,476 24,938

Men, 16 years and over

 9,956 9,780 9,539 9,784 9,420 9,637 9,666 9,825 10,010 7,928 9,040 9,418 9,184

Men, 20 years and over

 8,336 8,179 7,990 8,099 7,804 7,994 7,997 8,133 8,358 6,689 7,576 7,833 7,637

Women, 16 years and over

 17,599 17,353 17,438 17,303 17,430 17,281 17,317 17,186 17,287 13,088 15,611 16,044 15,726

Women, 20 years and over

 15,561 15,312 15,383 15,300 15,429 15,332 15,331 15,243 15,257 11,726 13,699 14,137 13,833

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 3,667 3,648 3,588 3,691 3,623 3,597 3,638 3,643 3,684 2,605 3,360 3,506 3,467

UNEMPLOYED

Looking for full-time work

 5,224 5,139 4,900 4,950 5,100 4,697 4,747 4,835 4,956 15,423 11,420 9,094 8,367

Men, 16 years and over

 2,936 2,995 2,760 2,816 2,864 2,711 2,663 2,682 2,790 8,285 6,279 5,178 4,779

Men, 20 years and over

 2,694 2,743 2,578 2,619 2,615 2,480 2,503 2,490 2,543 7,915 6,033 4,948 4,479

Women, 16 years and over

 2,312 2,185 2,092 2,114 2,262 2,035 2,029 2,127 2,194 7,195 5,081 3,888 3,605

Women, 20 years and over

 2,153 2,059 1,991 1,954 2,084 1,896 1,921 1,961 2,009 6,979 4,921 3,677 3,430

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 377 337 331 377 401 321 322 385 404 530 466 470 458

Looking for part-time work

 1,320 1,195 1,224 1,307 1,177 1,185 1,167 1,100 1,299 5,083 2,728 1,790 1,609

Men, 16 years and over

 564 516 500 503 517 506 510 453 539 1,833 989 682 590

Men, 20 years and over

 335 313 301 323 331 316 293 250 376 1,455 725 481 415

Women, 16 years and over

 756 677 722 808 659 679 655 650 760 3,249 1,738 1,110 1,020

Women, 20 years and over

 528 507 527 597 468 489 453 470 565 2,677 1,486 903 819

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 457 376 396 387 378 381 421 380 358 951 517 406 375

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Full-time workers

 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 11.7 8.6 6.8 6.3

Men, 16 years and over

 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 11.2 8.4 6.9 6.4

Men, 20 years and over

 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 10.8 8.2 6.7 6.1

Women, 16 years and over

 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.7 12.4 8.8 6.7 6.2

Women, 20 years and over

 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 12.2 8.6 6.4 5.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 20.5 18.2 18.4 20.6 21.8 17.4 16.6 20.2 21.3 28.7 25.9 24.1 23.0

Part-time workers

 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.5 19.5 10.0 6.6 6.1

Men, 16 years and over

 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.4 5.1 18.8 9.9 6.7 6.0

Men, 20 years and over

 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.0 4.3 17.9 8.7 5.8 5.2

Women, 16 years and over

 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.5 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.6 4.2 19.9 10.0 6.5 6.1

Women, 20 years and over

 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.8 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.6 18.6 9.8 6.0 5.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 11.1 9.3 9.9 9.5 9.4 9.6 10.4 9.4 8.8 26.7 13.3 10.4 9.8

NOTE: Full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week; part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. Detail for the data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: April 02, 2021