A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	2023	2024
Employment status, sex, and age	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	267,991	267,540	267,711	267,884	268,066	268,248	268,438	268,644	268,856	269,080	269,289	269,463	269,638
Civilian labor force	167,439	167,339	167,475	167,922	167,988	167,799	168,005	168,315	168,496	168,703	168,428	168,304	168,547
Participation rate	62.5	62.5	62.6	62.7	62.7	62.6	62.6	62.7	62.7	62.7	62.5	62.5	62.5
Employed	161,124	161,190	161,013	161,425	161,495	161,164	161,155	161,219	161,425	161,802	161,456	161,183	161,661
Employment-population ratio	60.1	60.2	60.1	60.3	60.2	60.1	60.0	60.0	60.0	60.1	60.0	59.8	60.0
Unemployed	6,315	6,149	6,462	6,497	6,492	6,635	6,849	7,097	7,071	6,901	6,972	7,121	6,886
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	100,552	100,201	100,237	99,963	100,078	100,449	100,434	100,329	100,360	100,377	100,861	101,159	101,091
Persons who currently want a job	5,677	5,783	5,675	5,461	5,639	5,706	5,256	5,607	5,632	5,683	5,652	5,483	5,505

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	130,985	130,436	130,520	130,605	130,694	130,782	130,875	130,975	131,077	131,186	131,287	131,371	131,455
Civilian labor force	89,175	88,555	88,446	88,864	88,738	88,688	89,140	89,194	88,938	89,339	89,378	89,151	89,295
Participation rate	68.1	67.9	67.8	68.0	67.9	67.8	68.1	68.1	67.9	68.1	68.1	67.9	67.9
Employed	85,686	85,073	85,048	85,464	85,235	84,977	85,446	85,347	85,099	85,562	85,592	85,318	85,620
Employment-population ratio	65.4	65.2	65.2	65.4	65.2	65.0	65.3	65.2	64.9	65.2	65.2	64.9	65.1
Unemployed	3,489	3,482	3,398	3,400	3,503	3,711	3,694	3,846	3,839	3,777	3,785	3,833	3,675
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.2	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.1
Not in labor force	41,810	41,881	42,074	41,741	41,956	42,095	41,734	41,781	42,139	41,848	41,909	42,220	42,160

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	122,187	121,539	121,611	121,685	121,763	121,844	121,929	122,021	122,118	122,221	122,316	122,398	122,480
Civilian labor force	85,944	85,398	85,223	85,449	85,406	85,297	85,862	85,991	85,846	86,042	86,191	85,982	85,945
Participation rate	70.3	70.3	70.1	70.2	70.1	70.0	70.4	70.5	70.3	70.4	70.5	70.2	70.2
Employed	82,860	82,331	82,224	82,516	82,346	82,083	82,600	82,573	82,479	82,783	82,851	82,633	82,739
Employment-population ratio	67.8	67.7	67.6	67.8	67.6	67.4	67.7	67.7	67.5	67.7	67.7	67.5	67.6
Unemployed	3,084	3,067	2,999	2,933	3,060	3,214	3,261	3,418	3,367	3,258	3,339	3,348	3,206
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.7
Not in labor force	36,243	36,141	36,388	36,236	36,357	36,547	36,067	36,031	36,272	36,179	36,125	36,417	36,535

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	137,006	137,104	137,191	137,279	137,372	137,465	137,564	137,669	137,779	137,894	138,002	138,092	138,183
Civilian labor force	78,263	78,784	79,028	79,057	79,250	79,111	78,864	79,122	79,558	79,365	79,050	79,153	79,252
Participation rate	57.1	57.5	57.6	57.6	57.7	57.5	57.3	57.5	57.7	57.6	57.3	57.3	57.4
Employed	75,437	76,117	75,965	75,961	76,260	76,187	75,709	75,871	76,325	76,240	75,864	75,865	76,041
Employment-population ratio	55.1	55.5	55.4	55.3	55.5	55.4	55.0	55.1	55.4	55.3	55.0	54.9	55.0
Unemployed	2,826	2,667	3,063	3,096	2,989	2,924	3,155	3,250	3,232	3,125	3,187	3,288	3,211
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.1	3.9	4.0	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	58,742	58,320	58,163	58,222	58,122	58,354	58,699	58,547	58,221	58,529	58,952	58,939	58,931

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	128,513	128,503	128,581	128,659	128,742	128,830	128,922	129,021	129,125	129,236	129,340	129,428	129,518
Civilian labor force	75,110	75,554	75,826	75,769	75,967	75,814	75,616	75,954	76,368	76,110	75,916	75,920	75,994
Participation rate	58.4	58.8	59.0	58.9	59.0	58.8	58.7	58.9	59.1	58.9	58.7	58.7	58.7
Employed	72,637	73,149	73,171	73,048	73,316	73,219	72,828	73,076	73,555	73,397	73,152	72,988	73,135
Employment-population ratio	56.5	56.9	56.9	56.8	56.9	56.8	56.5	56.6	57.0	56.8	56.6	56.4	56.5
Unemployed	2,473	2,405	2,655	2,721	2,651	2,595	2,788	2,878	2,813	2,713	2,764	2,932	2,859
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.9	3.8
Not in labor force	53,403	52,949	52,755	52,890	52,774	53,016	53,306	53,067	52,757	53,126	53,423	53,509	53,524

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,291	17,498	17,519	17,540	17,561	17,574	17,588	17,602	17,612	17,623	17,633	17,636	17,640
Civilian labor force	6,384	6,388	6,426	6,704	6,614	6,688	6,527	6,371	6,281	6,552	6,321	6,403	6,607
Participation rate	36.9	36.5	36.7	38.2	37.7	38.1	37.1	36.2	35.7	37.2	35.8	36.3	37.5
Employed	5,626	5,710	5,618	5,861	5,833	5,861	5,727	5,570	5,390	5,621	5,453	5,562	5,786
Employment-population ratio	32.5	32.6	32.1	33.4	33.2	33.4	32.6	31.6	30.6	31.9	30.9	31.5	32.8
Unemployed	758	677	808	843	781	827	800	801	891	930	868	841	821
Unemployment rate	11.9	10.6	12.6	12.6	11.8	12.4	12.3	12.6	14.2	14.2	13.7	13.1	12.4
Not in labor force	10,907	11,111	11,093	10,836	10,947	10,887	11,061	11,232	11,331	11,072	11,312	11,233	11,033
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 10, 2025