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	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	259,638	259,845	260,020	260,181	259,502	259,628	259,758	259,896	260,047	260,204	260,373	260,558	260,742
Civilian labor force	164,051	164,401	164,347	164,556	164,606	164,546	162,913	156,481	158,227	159,932	159,870	160,838	160,143
Participation rate	63.2	63.3	63.2	63.2	63.4	63.4	62.7	60.2	60.8	61.5	61.4	61.7	61.4
Employed	158,298	158,544	158,536	158,803	158,714	158,759	155,772	133,403	137,242	142,182	143,532	147,288	147,563
Employment-population ratio	61.0	61.0	61.0	61.0	61.2	61.1	60.0	51.3	52.8	54.6	55.1	56.5	56.6
Unemployed	5,753	5,857	5,811	5,753	5,892	5,787	7,140	23,078	20,985	17,750	16,338	13,550	12,580
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.5	4.4	14.7	13.3	11.1	10.2	8.4	7.9
Not in labor force	95,587	95,444	95,673	95,625	94,896	95,082	96,845	103,415	101,820	100,273	100,503	99,720	100,599
Persons who currently want a job	4,861	4,756	4,832	4,832	4,904	4,962	5,509	9,916	8,962	8,195	7,732	6,985	7,227

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,583	125,687	125,773	125,852	125,513	125,575	125,639	125,707	125,782	125,860	125,944	126,036	126,127
Civilian labor force	86,855	86,901	87,104	87,049	87,088	87,008	86,123	83,139	83,900	84,596	84,533	85,315	85,237
Participation rate	69.2	69.1	69.3	69.2	69.4	69.3	68.5	66.1	66.7	67.2	67.1	67.7	67.6
Employed	83,747	83,776	84,018	84,034	83,940	83,871	82,357	71,916	73,702	75,629	76,212	78,255	78,674
Employment-population ratio	66.7	66.7	66.8	66.8	66.9	66.8	65.6	57.2	58.6	60.1	60.5	62.1	62.4
Unemployed	3,109	3,126	3,086	3,015	3,147	3,137	3,765	11,223	10,199	8,967	8,321	7,061	6,563
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	4.4	13.5	12.2	10.6	9.8	8.3	7.7
Not in labor force	38,728	38,786	38,669	38,803	38,426	38,568	39,516	42,569	41,881	41,264	41,411	40,720	40,890

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	117,140	117,242	117,331	117,413	117,110	117,181	117,254	117,330	117,410	117,492	117,580	117,672	117,763
Civilian labor force	83,841	83,911	84,057	84,008	84,087	84,001	83,176	80,461	81,057	81,995	81,904	82,512	82,296
Participation rate	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.5	71.8	71.7	70.9	68.6	69.0	69.8	69.7	70.1	69.9
Employed	81,146	81,196	81,377	81,390	81,345	81,202	79,832	69,977	71,672	73,641	74,184	75,945	76,231
Employment-population ratio	69.3	69.3	69.4	69.3	69.5	69.3	68.1	59.6	61.0	62.7	63.1	64.5	64.7
Unemployed	2,695	2,715	2,679	2,618	2,743	2,799	3,344	10,483	9,385	8,354	7,720	6,567	6,065
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.3	4.0	13.0	11.6	10.2	9.4	8.0	7.4
Not in labor force	33,300	33,330	33,274	33,405	33,023	33,180	34,078	36,870	36,352	35,497	35,676	35,160	35,467

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	134,054	134,158	134,247	134,329	133,988	134,053	134,119	134,189	134,265	134,344	134,429	134,523	134,615
Civilian labor force	77,195	77,500	77,243	77,507	77,518	77,538	76,790	73,343	74,327	75,336	75,337	75,523	74,906
Participation rate	57.6	57.8	57.5	57.7	57.9	57.8	57.3	54.7	55.4	56.1	56.0	56.1	55.6
Employed	74,551	74,769	74,518	74,769	74,774	74,888	73,415	61,487	63,540	66,552	67,320	69,033	68,890
Employment-population ratio	55.6	55.7	55.5	55.7	55.8	55.9	54.7	45.8	47.3	49.5	50.1	51.3	51.2
Unemployed	2,644	2,731	2,725	2,738	2,744	2,651	3,375	11,855	10,787	8,783	8,017	6,489	6,016
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	4.4	16.2	14.5	11.7	10.6	8.6	8.0
Not in labor force	56,859	56,658	57,004	56,822	56,470	56,514	57,329	60,847	59,938	59,009	59,092	59,000	59,709

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,806	125,907	125,998	126,082	125,770	125,841	125,915	125,991	126,072	126,155	126,243	126,336	126,429
Civilian labor force	74,313	74,542	74,291	74,584	74,512	74,501	73,840	70,913	71,558	72,580	72,720	72,715	71,850
Participation rate	59.1	59.2	59.0	59.2	59.2	59.2	58.6	56.3	56.8	57.5	57.6	57.6	56.8
Employed	71,990	72,130	71,881	72,200	72,097	72,179	70,886	59,947	61,638	64,426	65,113	66,637	66,289
Employment-population ratio	57.2	57.3	57.0	57.3	57.3	57.4	56.3	47.6	48.9	51.1	51.6	52.7	52.4
Unemployed	2,323	2,411	2,411	2,383	2,415	2,323	2,954	10,966	9,920	8,154	7,607	6,078	5,561
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	4.0	15.5	13.9	11.2	10.5	8.4	7.7
Not in labor force	51,493	51,365	51,706	51,498	51,258	51,340	52,075	55,079	54,514	53,575	53,523	53,622	54,578

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,691	16,696	16,692	16,686	16,622	16,606	16,590	16,574	16,566	16,557	16,550	16,550	16,551
Civilian labor force	5,897	5,948	5,999	5,964	6,007	6,043	5,897	5,108	5,612	5,356	5,245	5,611	5,997
Participation rate	35.3	35.6	35.9	35.7	36.1	36.4	35.5	30.8	33.9	32.3	31.7	33.9	36.2
Employed	5,162	5,218	5,278	5,213	5,273	5,378	5,054	3,479	3,932	4,114	4,235	4,706	5,043
Employment-population ratio	30.9	31.3	31.6	31.2	31.7	32.4	30.5	21.0	23.7	24.8	25.6	28.4	30.5
Unemployed	735	730	721	752	734	665	843	1,628	1,681	1,242	1,011	905	954
Unemployment rate	12.5	12.3	12.0	12.6	12.2	11.0	14.3	31.9	29.9	23.2	19.3	16.1	15.9
Not in labor force	10,794	10,748	10,693	10,722	10,614	10,562	10,693	11,467	10,953	11,201	11,304	10,939	10,554
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: October 05, 2020