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	2020										2021
Employment status, sex, and age	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	259,758	259,896	260,047	260,204	260,373	260,558	260,742	260,925	261,085	261,230	260,851	260,918	261,003
Civilian labor force	162,721	156,478	158,200	159,797	160,085	160,818	160,078	160,718	160,536	160,567	160,161	160,211	160,558
Participation rate	62.6	60.2	60.8	61.4	61.5	61.7	61.4	61.6	61.5	61.5	61.4	61.4	61.5
Employed	155,536	133,370	137,224	142,100	143,777	147,276	147,543	149,669	149,809	149,830	150,031	150,239	150,848
Employment-population ratio	59.9	51.3	52.8	54.6	55.2	56.5	56.6	57.4	57.4	57.4	57.5	57.6	57.8
Unemployed	7,185	23,109	20,975	17,697	16,308	13,542	12,535	11,049	10,728	10,736	10,130	9,972	9,710
Unemployment rate	4.4	14.8	13.3	11.1	10.2	8.4	7.8	6.9	6.7	6.7	6.3	6.2	6.0
Not in labor force	97,037	103,418	101,847	100,407	100,288	99,740	100,664	100,207	100,548	100,663	100,690	100,708	100,445
Persons who currently want a job	5,490	9,917	8,917	8,136	7,680	7,049	7,184	6,682	7,127	7,331	6,957	6,933	6,850

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,639	125,707	125,782	125,860	125,944	126,036	126,127	126,218	126,296	126,367	126,192	126,224	126,266
Civilian labor force	86,113	83,166	83,895	84,577	84,534	85,270	85,199	85,495	85,161	85,175	85,149	85,061	84,917
Participation rate	68.5	66.2	66.7	67.2	67.1	67.7	67.6	67.7	67.4	67.4	67.5	67.4	67.3
Employed	82,302	71,892	73,694	75,656	76,256	78,213	78,663	79,537	79,267	79,481	79,714	79,666	79,681
Employment-population ratio	65.5	57.2	58.6	60.1	60.5	62.1	62.4	63.0	62.8	62.9	63.2	63.1	63.1
Unemployed	3,811	11,274	10,200	8,921	8,278	7,057	6,537	5,958	5,894	5,694	5,434	5,395	5,236
Unemployment rate	4.4	13.6	12.2	10.5	9.8	8.3	7.7	7.0	6.9	6.7	6.4	6.3	6.2
Not in labor force	39,526	42,541	41,887	41,283	41,409	40,765	40,928	40,722	41,135	41,192	41,043	41,163	41,349

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	117,254	117,330	117,410	117,492	117,580	117,672	117,763	117,854	117,936	118,010	117,864	117,902	117,949
Civilian labor force	83,171	80,490	81,073	81,922	81,861	82,461	82,293	82,505	82,226	82,244	82,173	82,095	81,978
Participation rate	70.9	68.6	69.1	69.7	69.6	70.1	69.9	70.0	69.7	69.7	69.7	69.6	69.5
Employed	79,785	69,975	71,668	73,605	74,173	75,903	76,258	77,013	76,777	77,004	77,204	77,193	77,194
Employment-population ratio	68.0	59.6	61.0	62.6	63.1	64.5	64.8	65.3	65.1	65.3	65.5	65.5	65.4
Unemployed	3,385	10,515	9,405	8,317	7,688	6,558	6,036	5,492	5,449	5,240	4,969	4,902	4,784
Unemployment rate	4.1	13.1	11.6	10.2	9.4	8.0	7.3	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.0	6.0	5.8
Not in labor force	34,083	36,841	36,337	35,570	35,719	35,211	35,470	35,349	35,710	35,767	35,691	35,807	35,972

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	134,119	134,189	134,265	134,344	134,429	134,523	134,615	134,707	134,788	134,862	134,660	134,694	134,737
Civilian labor force	76,608	73,312	74,305	75,220	75,551	75,548	74,879	75,222	75,376	75,392	75,012	75,149	75,641
Participation rate	57.1	54.6	55.3	56.0	56.2	56.2	55.6	55.8	55.9	55.9	55.7	55.8	56.1
Employed	73,234	61,478	63,530	66,444	67,520	69,063	68,880	70,131	70,542	70,350	70,316	70,572	71,167
Employment-population ratio	54.6	45.8	47.3	49.5	50.2	51.3	51.2	52.1	52.3	52.2	52.2	52.4	52.8
Unemployed	3,374	11,834	10,775	8,776	8,030	6,485	5,998	5,091	4,834	5,042	4,696	4,577	4,474
Unemployment rate	4.4	16.1	14.5	11.7	10.6	8.6	8.0	6.8	6.4	6.7	6.3	6.1	5.9
Not in labor force	57,511	60,877	59,960	59,124	58,879	58,975	59,737	59,485	59,413	59,471	59,648	59,545	59,096

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,915	125,991	126,072	126,155	126,243	126,336	126,429	126,520	126,604	126,681	126,507	126,546	126,594
Civilian labor force	73,657	70,896	71,548	72,479	72,866	72,728	71,865	72,255	72,395	72,422	72,147	72,173	72,668
Participation rate	58.5	56.3	56.8	57.5	57.7	57.6	56.8	57.1	57.2	57.2	57.0	57.0	57.4
Employed	70,691	59,938	61,630	64,321	65,270	66,667	66,328	67,534	67,941	67,872	67,851	67,928	68,513
Employment-population ratio	56.1	47.6	48.9	51.0	51.7	52.8	52.5	53.4	53.7	53.6	53.6	53.7	54.1
Unemployed	2,966	10,958	9,918	8,158	7,596	6,061	5,537	4,721	4,453	4,551	4,296	4,245	4,155
Unemployment rate	4.0	15.5	13.9	11.3	10.4	8.3	7.7	6.5	6.2	6.3	6.0	5.9	5.7
Not in labor force	52,258	55,096	54,524	53,676	53,377	53,608	54,563	54,265	54,209	54,259	54,360	54,373	53,926

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,590	16,574	16,566	16,557	16,550	16,550	16,551	16,551	16,545	16,538	16,481	16,470	16,460
Civilian labor force	5,894	5,093	5,579	5,396	5,358	5,630	5,920	5,958	5,915	5,900	5,841	5,942	5,913
Participation rate	35.5	30.7	33.7	32.6	32.4	34.0	35.8	36.0	35.8	35.7	35.4	36.1	35.9
Employed	5,060	3,457	3,926	4,174	4,333	4,706	4,957	5,122	5,091	4,955	4,975	5,118	5,142
Employment-population ratio	30.5	20.9	23.7	25.2	26.2	28.4	29.9	30.9	30.8	30.0	30.2	31.1	31.2
Unemployed	834	1,636	1,653	1,222	1,024	924	963	836	825	946	865	825	771
Unemployment rate	14.1	32.1	29.6	22.6	19.1	16.4	16.3	14.0	13.9	16.0	14.8	13.9	13.0
Not in labor force	10,696	11,481	10,987	11,161	11,192	10,920	10,631	10,593	10,630	10,638	10,640	10,528	10,547
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: April 02, 2021