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		 2017 2018
Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

TOTAL

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 255,357 255,562 255,766 255,949 256,109 256,780 256,934 257,097 257,272 257,454 257,642 257,843 258,066

Civilian labor force

 160,598 161,082 160,371 160,533 160,597 161,115 161,921 161,763 161,527 161,539 162,140 162,245 161,776

Participation rate

 62.9 63.0 62.7 62.7 62.7 62.7 63.0 62.9 62.8 62.7 62.9 62.9 62.7

Employed

 153,471 154,324 153,846 153,917 154,021 154,430 155,215 155,178 155,181 155,474 155,576 155,965 155,542

Employment-population ratio

 60.1 60.4 60.2 60.1 60.1 60.1 60.4 60.4 60.3 60.4 60.4 60.5 60.3

Unemployed

 7,127 6,759 6,524 6,616 6,576 6,684 6,706 6,585 6,346 6,065 6,564 6,280 6,234

Unemployment rate

 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9

Not in labor force

 94,759 94,480 95,395 95,416 95,512 95,665 95,012 95,335 95,745 95,915 95,502 95,598 96,290

Persons who currently want a job

 5,809 5,626 5,232 5,265 5,308 5,171 5,131 5,096 5,115 5,183 5,258 5,163 5,389


Men, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 123,413 123,516 123,617 123,707 123,786 124,173 124,250 124,331 124,418 124,509 124,604 124,704 124,816

Civilian labor force

 85,177 85,519 85,247 85,221 85,354 85,931 86,267 86,169 86,152 86,157 86,056 85,950 85,854

Participation rate

 69.0 69.2 69.0 68.9 69.0 69.2 69.4 69.3 69.2 69.2 69.1 68.9 68.8

Employed

 81,342 81,902 81,667 81,666 81,821 82,274 82,685 82,630 82,611 82,784 82,522 82,684 82,545

Employment-population ratio

 65.9 66.3 66.1 66.0 66.1 66.3 66.5 66.5 66.4 66.5 66.2 66.3 66.1

Unemployed

 3,836 3,617 3,580 3,555 3,533 3,658 3,582 3,539 3,541 3,373 3,534 3,266 3,309

Unemployment rate

 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.9

Not in labor force

 38,236 37,996 38,370 38,486 38,432 38,242 37,983 38,162 38,266 38,352 38,548 38,754 38,962


Men, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 114,918 115,020 115,120 115,212 115,292 115,669 115,748 115,832 115,921 116,017 116,115 116,220 116,328

Civilian labor force

 82,297 82,561 82,366 82,375 82,548 82,928 83,309 83,200 83,199 83,234 83,115 83,058 83,030

Participation rate

 71.6 71.8 71.5 71.5 71.6 71.7 72.0 71.8 71.8 71.7 71.6 71.5 71.4

Employed

 78,887 79,393 79,248 79,324 79,431 79,705 80,213 80,113 80,111 80,329 80,013 80,240 80,134

Employment-population ratio

 68.6 69.0 68.8 68.9 68.9 68.9 69.3 69.2 69.1 69.2 68.9 69.0 68.9

Unemployed

 3,410 3,168 3,118 3,050 3,117 3,223 3,096 3,087 3,088 2,905 3,102 2,818 2,895

Unemployment rate

 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.5

Not in labor force

 32,621 32,459 32,755 32,837 32,745 32,741 32,440 32,632 32,723 32,783 33,001 33,162 33,298


Women, 16 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 131,943 132,047 132,149 132,242 132,323 132,607 132,684 132,766 132,853 132,944 133,038 133,139 133,250

Civilian labor force

 75,420 75,563 75,124 75,312 75,243 75,183 75,654 75,594 75,375 75,382 76,084 76,295 75,922

Participation rate

 57.2 57.2 56.8 57.0 56.9 56.7 57.0 56.9 56.7 56.7 57.2 57.3 57.0

Employed

 72,129 72,422 72,179 72,251 72,200 72,157 72,530 72,548 72,569 72,690 73,054 73,281 72,997

Employment-population ratio

 54.7 54.8 54.6 54.6 54.6 54.4 54.7 54.6 54.6 54.7 54.9 55.0 54.8

Unemployed

 3,291 3,142 2,945 3,061 3,043 3,027 3,124 3,046 2,805 2,692 3,030 3,013 2,925

Unemployment rate

 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.7 3.6 4.0 3.9 3.9

Not in labor force

 56,523 56,484 57,026 56,930 57,080 57,423 57,030 57,172 57,479 57,562 56,954 56,844 57,328


Women, 20 years and over

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 123,679 123,781 123,882 123,975 124,057 124,328 124,407 124,491 124,579 124,674 124,771 124,875 124,983

Civilian labor force

 72,406 72,497 72,187 72,302 72,293 72,210 72,565 72,610 72,498 72,493 73,139 73,285 73,154

Participation rate

 58.5 58.6 58.3 58.3 58.3 58.1 58.3 58.3 58.2 58.1 58.6 58.7 58.5

Employed

 69,502 69,692 69,576 69,665 69,614 69,583 69,828 69,916 69,992 70,077 70,419 70,598 70,529

Employment-population ratio

 56.2 56.3 56.2 56.2 56.1 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.2 56.2 56.4 56.5 56.4

Unemployed

 2,903 2,804 2,611 2,637 2,679 2,627 2,737 2,695 2,506 2,415 2,720 2,687 2,625

Unemployment rate

 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.7 3.6

Not in labor force

 51,273 51,284 51,696 51,673 51,764 52,118 51,842 51,880 52,081 52,181 51,633 51,590 51,829


Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 16,759 16,761 16,763 16,762 16,760 16,783 16,778 16,774 16,771 16,763 16,755 16,748 16,755

Civilian labor force

 5,895 6,024 5,818 5,857 5,757 5,977 6,048 5,952 5,831 5,812 5,886 5,902 5,592

Participation rate

 35.2 35.9 34.7 34.9 34.4 35.6 36.0 35.5 34.8 34.7 35.1 35.2 33.4

Employed

 5,082 5,238 5,022 4,928 4,977 5,143 5,174 5,149 5,078 5,068 5,144 5,127 4,879

Employment-population ratio

 30.3 31.3 30.0 29.4 29.7 30.6 30.8 30.7 30.3 30.2 30.7 30.6 29.1

Unemployed

 813 786 796 929 780 834 874 803 752 745 743 775 714

Unemployment rate

 13.8 13.0 13.7 15.9 13.6 13.9 14.4 13.5 12.9 12.8 12.6 13.1 12.8

Not in labor force

 10,864 10,737 10,945 10,906 11,003 10,806 10,731 10,822 10,941 10,951 10,869 10,846 11,163

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 07, 2018