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	2022					2023
Employment status, sex, and age	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	264,184	264,356	264,535	264,708	264,844	265,962	266,112	266,272	266,443	266,618	266,801	267,002	267,213
Civilian labor force	164,714	164,619	164,646	164,527	164,966	165,832	166,251	166,731	166,688	166,818	166,951	167,103	167,839
Participation rate	62.3	62.3	62.2	62.2	62.3	62.4	62.5	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.6	62.8
Employed	158,694	158,850	158,593	158,527	159,244	160,138	160,315	160,892	161,031	160,721	160,994	161,262	161,484
Employment-population ratio	60.1	60.1	60.0	59.9	60.1	60.2	60.2	60.4	60.4	60.3	60.3	60.4	60.4
Unemployed	6,021	5,770	6,053	6,000	5,722	5,694	5,936	5,839	5,657	6,097	5,957	5,841	6,355
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.8
Not in labor force	99,469	99,736	99,890	100,181	99,878	100,130	99,861	99,541	99,755	99,800	99,850	99,899	99,374
Persons who currently want a job	5,534	5,813	5,681	5,528	5,176	5,314	5,103	4,925	5,271	5,477	5,389	5,247	5,370

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	128,722	128,807	128,897	128,983	129,050	129,998	130,072	130,150	130,234	130,319	130,408	130,507	130,608
Civilian labor force	87,366	87,659	87,772	87,793	87,864	88,334	88,474	88,999	88,686	88,704	88,836	88,695	89,082
Participation rate	67.9	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.1	67.9	68.0	68.4	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.0	68.2
Employed	84,081	84,532	84,559	84,557	84,880	85,186	85,266	85,776	85,611	85,410	85,547	85,492	85,493
Employment-population ratio	65.3	65.6	65.6	65.6	65.8	65.5	65.6	65.9	65.7	65.5	65.6	65.5	65.5
Unemployed	3,284	3,127	3,212	3,236	2,984	3,147	3,208	3,223	3,075	3,294	3,289	3,203	3,589
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.6	4.0
Not in labor force	41,356	41,148	41,126	41,189	41,186	41,665	41,597	41,151	41,548	41,616	41,572	41,811	41,527

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	120,058	120,140	120,225	120,301	120,360	121,283	121,346	121,415	121,488	121,565	121,646	121,735	121,832
Civilian labor force	84,192	84,602	84,606	84,525	84,694	85,084	85,210	85,696	85,439	85,487	85,774	85,739	85,934
Participation rate	70.1	70.4	70.4	70.3	70.4	70.2	70.2	70.6	70.3	70.3	70.5	70.4	70.5
Employed	81,263	81,816	81,776	81,698	82,033	82,324	82,407	82,816	82,661	82,526	82,868	82,922	82,777
Employment-population ratio	67.7	68.1	68.0	67.9	68.2	67.9	67.9	68.2	68.0	67.9	68.1	68.1	67.9
Unemployed	2,929	2,786	2,829	2,827	2,661	2,760	2,803	2,880	2,778	2,961	2,906	2,817	3,157
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.7
Not in labor force	35,867	35,537	35,619	35,776	35,666	36,199	36,136	35,718	36,049	36,078	35,871	35,997	35,898

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	135,462	135,548	135,638	135,725	135,795	135,963	136,040	136,122	136,209	136,299	136,393	136,496	136,605
Civilian labor force	77,349	76,960	76,874	76,734	77,102	77,498	77,777	77,732	78,002	78,114	78,115	78,408	78,757
Participation rate	57.1	56.8	56.7	56.5	56.8	57.0	57.2	57.1	57.3	57.3	57.3	57.4	57.7
Employed	74,613	74,318	74,033	73,970	74,364	74,952	75,049	75,115	75,420	75,311	75,448	75,769	75,991
Employment-population ratio	55.1	54.8	54.6	54.5	54.8	55.1	55.2	55.2	55.4	55.3	55.3	55.5	55.6
Unemployed	2,736	2,642	2,841	2,764	2,738	2,546	2,728	2,617	2,582	2,803	2,668	2,638	2,766
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.5
Not in labor force	58,113	58,588	58,764	58,991	58,692	58,465	58,264	58,390	58,207	58,185	58,277	58,088	57,847

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	127,034	127,117	127,204	127,283	127,345	127,546	127,613	127,684	127,761	127,845	127,932	128,028	128,132
Civilian labor force	74,098	73,729	73,752	73,532	73,930	74,379	74,606	74,612	74,868	75,005	74,927	75,205	75,541
Participation rate	58.3	58.0	58.0	57.8	58.1	58.3	58.5	58.4	58.6	58.7	58.6	58.7	59.0
Employed	71,676	71,457	71,218	71,088	71,531	72,104	72,189	72,284	72,575	72,518	72,567	72,877	73,121
Employment-population ratio	56.4	56.2	56.0	55.9	56.2	56.5	56.6	56.6	56.8	56.7	56.7	56.9	57.1
Unemployed	2,422	2,272	2,534	2,444	2,398	2,275	2,417	2,328	2,293	2,486	2,360	2,328	2,419
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.2
Not in labor force	52,936	53,388	53,452	53,750	53,416	53,167	53,007	53,072	52,893	52,840	53,005	52,822	52,591

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,091	17,099	17,107	17,124	17,139	17,133	17,153	17,173	17,194	17,208	17,223	17,239	17,249
Civilian labor force	6,424	6,288	6,288	6,469	6,343	6,368	6,435	6,423	6,382	6,326	6,250	6,159	6,365
Participation rate	37.6	36.8	36.8	37.8	37.0	37.2	37.5	37.4	37.1	36.8	36.3	35.7	36.9
Employed	5,754	5,576	5,598	5,740	5,680	5,710	5,719	5,792	5,796	5,676	5,559	5,462	5,586
Employment-population ratio	33.7	32.6	32.7	33.5	33.1	33.3	33.3	33.7	33.7	33.0	32.3	31.7	32.4
Unemployed	670	712	690	729	662	658	716	631	586	650	691	696	779
Unemployment rate	10.4	11.3	11.0	11.3	10.4	10.3	11.1	9.8	9.2	10.3	11.0	11.3	12.2
Not in labor force	10,667	10,811	10,819	10,655	10,796	10,765	10,718	10,750	10,813	10,882	10,973	11,080	10,885
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: September 01, 2023