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	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	266,801	267,002	267,213	267,428	267,642	267,822	267,991	267,540	267,711	267,884	268,066	268,248	268,438
Civilian labor force	167,000	167,113	167,840	167,897	167,723	168,127	167,451	167,276	167,426	167,895	167,982	167,732	168,009
Participation rate	62.6	62.6	62.8	62.8	62.7	62.8	62.5	62.5	62.5	62.7	62.7	62.5	62.6
Employed	161,004	161,209	161,500	161,550	161,280	161,866	161,183	161,152	160,968	161,466	161,491	161,083	161,199
Employment-population ratio	60.3	60.4	60.4	60.4	60.3	60.4	60.1	60.2	60.1	60.3	60.2	60.1	60.1
Unemployed	5,997	5,904	6,340	6,347	6,443	6,262	6,268	6,124	6,458	6,429	6,492	6,649	6,811
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1
Not in labor force	99,801	99,889	99,374	99,531	99,919	99,695	100,540	100,265	100,285	99,989	100,083	100,516	100,429
Persons who currently want a job	5,383	5,244	5,374	5,424	5,376	5,343	5,671	5,793	5,672	5,443	5,637	5,717	5,234

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	130,408	130,507	130,608	130,713	130,816	130,903	130,985	130,436	130,520	130,605	130,694	130,782	130,875
Civilian labor force	88,848	88,749	89,114	89,335	88,968	89,555	89,250	88,507	88,391	88,812	88,708	88,619	89,171
Participation rate	68.1	68.0	68.2	68.3	68.0	68.4	68.1	67.9	67.7	68.0	67.9	67.8	68.1
Employed	85,518	85,483	85,527	85,657	85,327	85,981	85,794	85,034	84,993	85,490	85,208	84,882	85,514
Employment-population ratio	65.6	65.5	65.5	65.5	65.2	65.7	65.5	65.2	65.1	65.5	65.2	64.9	65.3
Unemployed	3,330	3,266	3,587	3,678	3,641	3,574	3,456	3,473	3,398	3,323	3,500	3,737	3,657
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.9	4.2	4.1
Not in labor force	41,560	41,758	41,494	41,378	41,848	41,348	41,735	41,929	42,129	41,793	41,986	42,163	41,704

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	121,646	121,735	121,832	121,931	122,029	122,111	122,187	121,539	121,611	121,685	121,763	121,844	121,929
Civilian labor force	85,776	85,770	85,951	86,124	85,687	86,256	86,007	85,364	85,180	85,398	85,382	85,229	85,846
Participation rate	70.5	70.5	70.5	70.6	70.2	70.6	70.4	70.2	70.0	70.2	70.1	69.9	70.4
Employed	82,836	82,896	82,800	82,853	82,526	83,084	82,958	82,304	82,178	82,543	82,318	81,986	82,618
Employment-population ratio	68.1	68.1	68.0	68.0	67.6	68.0	67.9	67.7	67.6	67.8	67.6	67.3	67.8
Unemployed	2,941	2,874	3,151	3,271	3,161	3,172	3,050	3,060	3,002	2,855	3,064	3,243	3,227
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.6	3.8	3.8
Not in labor force	35,869	35,965	35,881	35,807	36,343	35,854	36,180	36,175	36,431	36,287	36,381	36,615	36,083

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	136,393	136,496	136,605	136,715	136,826	136,919	137,006	137,104	137,191	137,279	137,372	137,465	137,564
Civilian labor force	78,152	78,364	78,726	78,562	78,755	78,572	78,201	78,768	79,035	79,083	79,274	79,113	78,838
Participation rate	57.3	57.4	57.6	57.5	57.6	57.4	57.1	57.5	57.6	57.6	57.7	57.6	57.3
Employed	75,486	75,727	75,973	75,893	75,953	75,885	75,389	76,118	75,975	75,976	76,283	76,201	75,684
Employment-population ratio	55.3	55.5	55.6	55.5	55.5	55.4	55.0	55.5	55.4	55.3	55.5	55.4	55.0
Unemployed	2,667	2,638	2,752	2,669	2,801	2,688	2,811	2,650	3,060	3,106	2,991	2,912	3,154
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	4.0
Not in labor force	58,241	58,132	57,879	58,153	58,071	58,346	58,805	58,336	58,156	58,197	58,098	58,353	58,725

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	127,932	128,028	128,132	128,237	128,342	128,430	128,513	128,503	128,581	128,659	128,742	128,830	128,922
Civilian labor force	74,963	75,167	75,514	75,453	75,487	75,399	75,047	75,529	75,835	75,792	75,989	75,812	75,587
Participation rate	58.6	58.7	58.9	58.8	58.8	58.7	58.4	58.8	59.0	58.9	59.0	58.8	58.6
Employed	72,605	72,837	73,107	73,119	73,066	73,049	72,587	73,144	73,182	73,061	73,334	73,226	72,798
Employment-population ratio	56.8	56.9	57.1	57.0	56.9	56.9	56.5	56.9	56.9	56.8	57.0	56.8	56.5
Unemployed	2,358	2,330	2,407	2,333	2,421	2,350	2,460	2,385	2,653	2,731	2,655	2,586	2,788
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7
Not in labor force	52,969	52,861	52,618	52,784	52,856	53,031	53,466	52,974	52,746	52,867	52,753	53,018	53,335

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,223	17,239	17,249	17,260	17,270	17,281	17,291	17,498	17,519	17,540	17,561	17,574	17,588
Civilian labor force	6,261	6,176	6,374	6,321	6,549	6,472	6,396	6,383	6,411	6,704	6,611	6,692	6,577
Participation rate	36.4	35.8	37.0	36.6	37.9	37.5	37.0	36.5	36.6	38.2	37.6	38.1	37.4
Employed	5,563	5,476	5,593	5,578	5,688	5,733	5,638	5,704	5,608	5,862	5,839	5,871	5,782
Employment-population ratio	32.3	31.8	32.4	32.3	32.9	33.2	32.6	32.6	32.0	33.4	33.2	33.4	32.9
Unemployed	698	699	781	743	861	739	758	679	803	842	772	821	795
Unemployment rate	11.2	11.3	12.3	11.8	13.1	11.4	11.9	10.6	12.5	12.6	11.7	12.3	12.1
Not in labor force	10,962	11,063	10,875	10,939	10,721	10,809	10,895	11,115	11,108	10,835	10,950	10,882	11,011
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: July 05, 2024