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	2018	2019
Employment status, sex, and age	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	258,888	258,239	258,392	258,537	258,693	258,861	259,037	259,225	259,432	259,638	259,845	260,020	260,181
Civilian labor force	163,111	163,142	163,047	162,935	162,546	162,782	163,133	163,373	163,894	164,051	164,401	164,347	164,556
Participation rate	63.0	63.2	63.1	63.0	62.8	62.9	63.0	63.0	63.2	63.2	63.3	63.2	63.2
Employed	156,825	156,627	156,866	156,741	156,696	156,844	157,148	157,346	157,895	158,298	158,544	158,536	158,803
Employment-population ratio	60.6	60.7	60.7	60.6	60.6	60.6	60.7	60.7	60.9	61.0	61.0	61.0	61.0
Unemployed	6,286	6,516	6,181	6,194	5,850	5,938	5,985	6,027	5,999	5,753	5,857	5,811	5,753
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5
Not in labor force	95,777	95,097	95,345	95,602	96,147	96,079	95,905	95,852	95,538	95,587	95,444	95,673	95,625
Persons who currently want a job	5,312	5,239	5,206	5,196	5,105	5,037	5,312	5,016	5,117	4,861	4,756	4,832	4,832

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,227	124,890	124,965	125,037	125,114	125,197	125,285	125,378	125,481	125,583	125,687	125,773	125,852
Civilian labor force	86,406	86,543	86,399	86,441	86,233	86,412	86,549	86,793	86,824	86,855	86,901	87,104	87,049
Participation rate	69.0	69.3	69.1	69.1	68.9	69.0	69.1	69.2	69.2	69.2	69.1	69.3	69.2
Employed	83,016	83,012	83,066	83,047	82,999	83,213	83,358	83,589	83,613	83,747	83,776	84,018	84,034
Employment-population ratio	66.3	66.5	66.5	66.4	66.3	66.5	66.5	66.7	66.6	66.7	66.7	66.8	66.8
Unemployed	3,390	3,530	3,333	3,394	3,234	3,199	3,191	3,204	3,210	3,109	3,126	3,086	3,015
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5
Not in labor force	38,820	38,347	38,566	38,595	38,881	38,785	38,736	38,585	38,657	38,728	38,786	38,669	38,803

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	116,739	116,436	116,513	116,586	116,665	116,752	116,843	116,939	117,040	117,140	117,242	117,331	117,413
Civilian labor force	83,483	83,586	83,588	83,566	83,421	83,569	83,568	83,771	83,852	83,841	83,911	84,057	84,008
Participation rate	71.5	71.8	71.7	71.7	71.5	71.6	71.5	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.5
Employed	80,496	80,474	80,677	80,570	80,609	80,761	80,780	80,975	81,046	81,146	81,196	81,377	81,390
Employment-population ratio	69.0	69.1	69.2	69.1	69.1	69.2	69.1	69.2	69.2	69.3	69.3	69.4	69.3
Unemployed	2,987	3,112	2,911	2,995	2,812	2,808	2,788	2,796	2,806	2,695	2,715	2,679	2,618
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1
Not in labor force	33,256	32,850	32,925	33,021	33,244	33,184	33,275	33,168	33,187	33,300	33,330	33,274	33,405

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	133,662	133,350	133,427	133,500	133,579	133,664	133,753	133,847	133,951	134,054	134,158	134,247	134,329
Civilian labor force	76,705	76,600	76,648	76,494	76,313	76,370	76,584	76,580	77,070	77,195	77,500	77,243	77,507
Participation rate	57.4	57.4	57.4	57.3	57.1	57.1	57.3	57.2	57.5	57.6	57.8	57.5	57.7
Employed	73,808	73,614	73,800	73,694	73,697	73,631	73,790	73,757	74,282	74,551	74,769	74,518	74,769
Employment-population ratio	55.2	55.2	55.3	55.2	55.2	55.1	55.2	55.1	55.5	55.6	55.7	55.5	55.7
Unemployed	2,896	2,985	2,848	2,799	2,616	2,739	2,793	2,823	2,788	2,644	2,731	2,725	2,738
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5
Not in labor force	56,957	56,750	56,779	57,007	57,266	57,294	57,169	57,267	56,881	56,859	56,658	57,004	56,822

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,393	125,099	125,177	125,252	125,332	125,419	125,509	125,604	125,705	125,806	125,907	125,998	126,082
Civilian labor force	73,673	73,643	73,667	73,508	73,440	73,439	73,655	73,585	74,116	74,313	74,542	74,291	74,584
Participation rate	58.8	58.9	58.8	58.7	58.6	58.6	58.7	58.6	59.0	59.1	59.2	59.0	59.2
Employed	71,123	71,004	71,169	71,056	71,136	71,038	71,209	71,120	71,665	71,990	72,130	71,881	72,200
Employment-population ratio	56.7	56.8	56.9	56.7	56.8	56.6	56.7	56.6	57.0	57.2	57.3	57.0	57.3
Unemployed	2,550	2,639	2,497	2,451	2,304	2,401	2,447	2,465	2,451	2,323	2,411	2,411	2,383
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2
Not in labor force	51,720	51,456	51,511	51,744	51,892	51,980	51,853	52,019	51,590	51,493	51,365	51,706	51,498

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,756	16,704	16,702	16,698	16,696	16,690	16,686	16,682	16,687	16,691	16,696	16,692	16,686
Civilian labor force	5,955	5,913	5,792	5,862	5,685	5,774	5,910	6,017	5,926	5,897	5,948	5,999	5,964
Participation rate	35.5	35.4	34.7	35.1	34.1	34.6	35.4	36.1	35.5	35.3	35.6	35.9	35.7
Employed	5,205	5,149	5,019	5,115	4,951	5,044	5,159	5,250	5,184	5,162	5,218	5,278	5,213
Employment-population ratio	31.1	30.8	30.1	30.6	29.7	30.2	30.9	31.5	31.1	30.9	31.3	31.6	31.2
Unemployed	750	765	773	747	734	730	751	767	742	735	730	721	752
Unemployment rate	12.6	12.9	13.3	12.7	12.9	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.5	12.5	12.3	12.0	12.6
Not in labor force	10,801	10,791	10,909	10,837	11,010	10,916	10,776	10,665	10,761	10,794	10,748	10,693	10,722
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, 2020

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics