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	2019	2020
Employment status, sex, and age	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	260,181	259,502	259,628	259,758	259,896	260,047	260,204	260,373	260,558	260,742	260,925	261,085	261,230
Civilian labor force	164,579	164,455	164,448	162,721	156,478	158,200	159,797	160,085	160,818	160,078	160,718	160,536	160,567
Participation rate	63.3	63.4	63.3	62.6	60.2	60.8	61.4	61.5	61.7	61.4	61.6	61.5	61.5
Employed	158,735	158,659	158,732	155,536	133,370	137,224	142,100	143,777	147,276	147,543	149,669	149,809	149,830
Employment-population ratio	61.0	61.1	61.1	59.9	51.3	52.8	54.6	55.2	56.5	56.6	57.4	57.4	57.4
Unemployed	5,844	5,796	5,717	7,185	23,109	20,975	17,697	16,308	13,542	12,535	11,049	10,728	10,736
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.5	3.5	4.4	14.8	13.3	11.1	10.2	8.4	7.8	6.9	6.7	6.7
Not in labor force	95,602	95,047	95,180	97,037	103,418	101,847	100,407	100,288	99,740	100,664	100,207	100,548	100,663
Persons who currently want a job	4,888	4,948	5,010	5,490	9,917	8,917	8,136	7,680	7,049	7,184	6,682	7,127	7,331

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,852	125,513	125,575	125,639	125,707	125,782	125,860	125,944	126,036	126,127	126,218	126,296	126,367
Civilian labor force	87,034	86,954	86,914	86,113	83,166	83,895	84,577	84,534	85,270	85,199	85,495	85,161	85,175
Participation rate	69.2	69.3	69.2	68.5	66.2	66.7	67.2	67.1	67.7	67.6	67.7	67.4	67.4
Employed	83,995	83,897	83,867	82,302	71,892	73,694	75,656	76,256	78,213	78,663	79,537	79,267	79,481
Employment-population ratio	66.7	66.8	66.8	65.5	57.2	58.6	60.1	60.5	62.1	62.4	63.0	62.8	62.9
Unemployed	3,039	3,057	3,048	3,811	11,274	10,200	8,921	8,278	7,057	6,537	5,958	5,894	5,694
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.5	3.5	4.4	13.6	12.2	10.5	9.8	8.3	7.7	7.0	6.9	6.7
Not in labor force	38,818	38,559	38,661	39,526	42,541	41,887	41,283	41,409	40,765	40,928	40,722	41,135	41,192

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	117,413	117,110	117,181	117,254	117,330	117,410	117,492	117,580	117,672	117,763	117,854	117,936	118,010
Civilian labor force	83,996	83,970	83,930	83,171	80,490	81,073	81,922	81,861	82,461	82,293	82,505	82,226	82,244
Participation rate	71.5	71.7	71.6	70.9	68.6	69.1	69.7	69.6	70.1	69.9	70.0	69.7	69.7
Employed	81,373	81,329	81,235	79,785	69,975	71,668	73,605	74,173	75,903	76,258	77,013	76,777	77,004
Employment-population ratio	69.3	69.4	69.3	68.0	59.6	61.0	62.6	63.1	64.5	64.8	65.3	65.1	65.3
Unemployed	2,623	2,641	2,695	3,385	10,515	9,405	8,317	7,688	6,558	6,036	5,492	5,449	5,240
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.1	3.2	4.1	13.1	11.6	10.2	9.4	8.0	7.3	6.7	6.6	6.4
Not in labor force	33,417	33,140	33,251	34,083	36,841	36,337	35,570	35,719	35,211	35,470	35,349	35,710	35,767

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	134,329	133,988	134,053	134,119	134,189	134,265	134,344	134,429	134,523	134,615	134,707	134,788	134,862
Civilian labor force	77,545	77,500	77,534	76,608	73,312	74,305	75,220	75,551	75,548	74,879	75,222	75,376	75,392
Participation rate	57.7	57.8	57.8	57.1	54.6	55.3	56.0	56.2	56.2	55.6	55.8	55.9	55.9
Employed	74,740	74,762	74,865	73,234	61,478	63,530	66,444	67,520	69,063	68,880	70,131	70,542	70,350
Employment-population ratio	55.6	55.8	55.8	54.6	45.8	47.3	49.5	50.2	51.3	51.2	52.1	52.3	52.2
Unemployed	2,805	2,738	2,669	3,374	11,834	10,775	8,776	8,030	6,485	5,998	5,091	4,834	5,042
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.5	3.4	4.4	16.1	14.5	11.7	10.6	8.6	8.0	6.8	6.4	6.7
Not in labor force	56,784	56,488	56,519	57,511	60,877	59,960	59,124	58,879	58,975	59,737	59,485	59,413	59,471

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,082	125,770	125,841	125,915	125,991	126,072	126,155	126,243	126,336	126,429	126,520	126,604	126,681
Civilian labor force	74,616	74,502	74,501	73,657	70,896	71,548	72,479	72,866	72,728	71,865	72,255	72,395	72,422
Participation rate	59.2	59.2	59.2	58.5	56.3	56.8	57.5	57.7	57.6	56.8	57.1	57.2	57.2
Employed	72,172	72,099	72,171	70,691	59,938	61,630	64,321	65,270	66,667	66,328	67,534	67,941	67,872
Employment-population ratio	57.2	57.3	57.4	56.1	47.6	48.9	51.0	51.7	52.8	52.5	53.4	53.7	53.6
Unemployed	2,443	2,404	2,330	2,966	10,958	9,918	8,158	7,596	6,061	5,537	4,721	4,453	4,551
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.2	3.1	4.0	15.5	13.9	11.3	10.4	8.3	7.7	6.5	6.2	6.3
Not in labor force	51,466	51,267	51,341	52,258	55,096	54,524	53,676	53,377	53,608	54,563	54,265	54,209	54,259

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,686	16,622	16,606	16,590	16,574	16,566	16,557	16,550	16,550	16,551	16,551	16,545	16,538
Civilian labor force	5,967	5,982	6,017	5,894	5,093	5,579	5,396	5,358	5,630	5,920	5,958	5,915	5,900
Participation rate	35.8	36.0	36.2	35.5	30.7	33.7	32.6	32.4	34.0	35.8	36.0	35.8	35.7
Employed	5,190	5,231	5,326	5,060	3,457	3,926	4,174	4,333	4,706	4,957	5,122	5,091	4,955
Employment-population ratio	31.1	31.5	32.1	30.5	20.9	23.7	25.2	26.2	28.4	29.9	30.9	30.8	30.0
Unemployed	778	751	691	834	1,636	1,653	1,222	1,024	924	963	836	825	946
Unemployment rate	13.0	12.6	11.5	14.1	32.1	29.6	22.6	19.1	16.4	16.3	14.0	13.9	16.0
Not in labor force	10,719	10,640	10,588	10,696	11,481	10,987	11,161	11,192	10,920	10,631	10,593	10,630	10,638
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 08, 2021