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

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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	2021									2022
Employment status, sex, and age	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	261,103	261,210	261,338	261,469	261,611	261,766	261,908	262,029	262,136	263,202	263,324	263,444	263,559
Civilian labor force	160,978	160,801	161,114	161,375	161,505	161,471	161,610	162,126	162,294	163,687	163,991	164,409	164,046
Participation rate	61.7	61.6	61.6	61.7	61.7	61.7	61.7	61.9	61.9	62.2	62.3	62.4	62.2
Employed	151,259	151,550	151,612	152,704	153,167	153,806	154,234	155,324	155,975	157,174	157,722	158,458	158,105
Employment-population ratio	57.9	58.0	58.0	58.4	58.5	58.8	58.9	59.3	59.5	59.7	59.9	60.1	60.0
Unemployed	9,719	9,251	9,502	8,671	8,339	7,666	7,375	6,802	6,319	6,513	6,270	5,952	5,941
Unemployment rate	6.0	5.8	5.9	5.4	5.2	4.7	4.6	4.2	3.9	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.6
Not in labor force	100,125	100,409	100,224	100,094	100,106	100,294	100,298	99,902	99,842	99,516	99,333	99,035	99,513
Persons who currently want a job	6,628	6,583	6,422	6,529	5,701	5,918	5,935	5,819	5,713	5,704	5,355	5,737	5,859

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,316	126,369	126,434	126,499	126,570	126,648	126,719	126,779	126,832	128,236	128,296	128,355	128,411
Civilian labor force	85,416	85,307	85,443	85,505	85,656	85,801	85,735	86,017	85,857	87,074	87,567	87,660	87,377
Participation rate	67.6	67.5	67.6	67.6	67.7	67.7	67.7	67.8	67.7	67.9	68.3	68.3	68.0
Employed	80,092	80,197	80,276	80,749	81,102	81,533	81,835	82,432	82,508	83,518	84,247	84,465	84,089
Employment-population ratio	63.4	63.5	63.5	63.8	64.1	64.4	64.6	65.0	65.1	65.1	65.7	65.8	65.5
Unemployed	5,324	5,110	5,167	4,757	4,554	4,268	3,900	3,585	3,349	3,556	3,320	3,195	3,288
Unemployment rate	6.2	6.0	6.0	5.6	5.3	5.0	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.8
Not in labor force	40,900	41,062	40,990	40,994	40,914	40,846	40,983	40,762	40,975	41,162	40,729	40,695	41,034

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	118,003	118,059	118,125	118,192	118,261	118,337	118,406	118,466	118,520	119,612	119,669	119,726	119,780
Civilian labor force	82,384	82,297	82,499	82,544	82,672	82,851	82,703	83,007	82,902	83,967	84,446	84,426	84,295
Participation rate	69.8	69.7	69.8	69.8	69.9	70.0	69.8	70.1	69.9	70.2	70.6	70.5	70.4
Employed	77,423	77,489	77,665	78,135	78,480	78,952	79,164	79,736	79,892	80,767	81,473	81,554	81,334
Employment-population ratio	65.6	65.6	65.7	66.1	66.4	66.7	66.9	67.3	67.4	67.5	68.1	68.1	67.9
Unemployed	4,961	4,808	4,834	4,410	4,192	3,899	3,539	3,272	3,010	3,199	2,973	2,872	2,961
Unemployment rate	6.0	5.8	5.9	5.3	5.1	4.7	4.3	3.9	3.6	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.5
Not in labor force	35,619	35,762	35,626	35,648	35,590	35,486	35,703	35,459	35,618	35,645	35,224	35,300	35,486

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	134,787	134,841	134,905	134,970	135,041	135,118	135,189	135,250	135,304	134,966	135,028	135,089	135,148
Civilian labor force	75,562	75,494	75,671	75,870	75,849	75,670	75,874	76,109	76,437	76,612	76,425	76,749	76,670
Participation rate	56.1	56.0	56.1	56.2	56.2	56.0	56.1	56.3	56.5	56.8	56.6	56.8	56.7
Employed	71,167	71,353	71,336	71,956	72,065	72,273	72,399	72,892	73,467	73,656	73,475	73,992	74,017
Employment-population ratio	52.8	52.9	52.9	53.3	53.4	53.5	53.6	53.9	54.3	54.6	54.4	54.8	54.8
Unemployed	4,395	4,141	4,335	3,914	3,784	3,398	3,475	3,217	2,970	2,957	2,950	2,757	2,653
Unemployment rate	5.8	5.5	5.7	5.2	5.0	4.5	4.6	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.5
Not in labor force	59,225	59,347	59,234	59,100	59,191	59,448	59,315	59,141	58,867	58,354	58,604	58,340	58,479

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,648	126,704	126,770	126,837	126,906	126,982	127,051	127,112	127,167	126,570	126,631	126,691	126,749
Civilian labor force	72,486	72,499	72,756	72,934	72,862	72,644	72,929	73,134	73,455	73,494	73,446	73,695	73,514
Participation rate	57.2	57.2	57.4	57.5	57.4	57.2	57.4	57.5	57.8	58.1	58.0	58.2	58.0
Employed	68,436	68,633	68,747	69,306	69,390	69,555	69,790	70,257	70,795	70,857	70,775	71,244	71,170
Employment-population ratio	54.0	54.2	54.2	54.6	54.7	54.8	54.9	55.3	55.7	56.0	55.9	56.2	56.2
Unemployed	4,050	3,866	4,008	3,628	3,472	3,089	3,139	2,876	2,660	2,637	2,671	2,451	2,344
Unemployment rate	5.6	5.3	5.5	5.0	4.8	4.3	4.3	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.2
Not in labor force	54,162	54,206	54,015	53,903	54,044	54,337	54,122	53,978	53,712	53,076	53,185	52,996	53,234

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,451	16,446	16,443	16,440	16,443	16,447	16,451	16,450	16,449	17,020	17,024	17,027	17,030
Civilian labor force	6,107	6,005	5,859	5,897	5,971	5,976	5,978	5,985	5,936	6,226	6,100	6,288	6,237
Participation rate	37.1	36.5	35.6	35.9	36.3	36.3	36.3	36.4	36.1	36.6	35.8	36.9	36.6
Employed	5,399	5,428	5,200	5,264	5,297	5,298	5,281	5,331	5,287	5,550	5,474	5,660	5,601
Employment-population ratio	32.8	33.0	31.6	32.0	32.2	32.2	32.1	32.4	32.1	32.6	32.2	33.2	32.9
Unemployed	708	578	660	633	675	678	697	654	649	676	626	629	636
Unemployment rate	11.6	9.6	11.3	10.7	11.3	11.3	11.7	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.3	10.0	10.2
Not in labor force	10,344	10,441	10,584	10,543	10,472	10,471	10,473	10,465	10,512	10,795	10,924	10,739	10,793
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: May 06, 2022