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	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	258,693	258,861	259,037	259,225	259,432	259,638	259,845	260,020	260,181	259,502	259,628	259,758	259,896
Civilian labor force	162,546	162,782	163,133	163,373	163,894	164,051	164,401	164,347	164,556	164,606	164,546	162,913	156,481
Participation rate	62.8	62.9	63.0	63.0	63.2	63.2	63.3	63.2	63.2	63.4	63.4	62.7	60.2
Employed	156,696	156,844	157,148	157,346	157,895	158,298	158,544	158,536	158,803	158,714	158,759	155,772	133,403
Employment-population ratio	60.6	60.6	60.7	60.7	60.9	61.0	61.0	61.0	61.0	61.2	61.1	60.0	51.3
Unemployed	5,850	5,938	5,985	6,027	5,999	5,753	5,857	5,811	5,753	5,892	5,787	7,140	23,078
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.5	4.4	14.7
Not in labor force	96,147	96,079	95,905	95,852	95,538	95,587	95,444	95,673	95,625	94,896	95,082	96,845	103,415
Persons who currently want a job	5,105	5,037	5,312	5,016	5,117	4,861	4,756	4,832	4,832	4,904	4,962	5,509	9,916

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,114	125,197	125,285	125,378	125,481	125,583	125,687	125,773	125,852	125,513	125,575	125,639	125,707
Civilian labor force	86,233	86,412	86,549	86,793	86,824	86,855	86,901	87,104	87,049	87,088	87,008	86,123	83,139
Participation rate	68.9	69.0	69.1	69.2	69.2	69.2	69.1	69.3	69.2	69.4	69.3	68.5	66.1
Employed	82,999	83,213	83,358	83,589	83,613	83,747	83,776	84,018	84,034	83,940	83,871	82,357	71,916
Employment-population ratio	66.3	66.5	66.5	66.7	66.6	66.7	66.7	66.8	66.8	66.9	66.8	65.6	57.2
Unemployed	3,234	3,199	3,191	3,204	3,210	3,109	3,126	3,086	3,015	3,147	3,137	3,765	11,223
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	4.4	13.5
Not in labor force	38,881	38,785	38,736	38,585	38,657	38,728	38,786	38,669	38,803	38,426	38,568	39,516	42,569

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	116,665	116,752	116,843	116,939	117,040	117,140	117,242	117,331	117,413	117,110	117,181	117,254	117,330
Civilian labor force	83,421	83,569	83,568	83,771	83,852	83,841	83,911	84,057	84,008	84,087	84,001	83,176	80,461
Participation rate	71.5	71.6	71.5	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.5	71.8	71.7	70.9	68.6
Employed	80,609	80,761	80,780	80,975	81,046	81,146	81,196	81,377	81,390	81,345	81,202	79,832	69,977
Employment-population ratio	69.1	69.2	69.1	69.2	69.2	69.3	69.3	69.4	69.3	69.5	69.3	68.1	59.6
Unemployed	2,812	2,808	2,788	2,796	2,806	2,695	2,715	2,679	2,618	2,743	2,799	3,344	10,483
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.3	4.0	13.0
Not in labor force	33,244	33,184	33,275	33,168	33,187	33,300	33,330	33,274	33,405	33,023	33,180	34,078	36,870

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	133,579	133,664	133,753	133,847	133,951	134,054	134,158	134,247	134,329	133,988	134,053	134,119	134,189
Civilian labor force	76,313	76,370	76,584	76,580	77,070	77,195	77,500	77,243	77,507	77,518	77,538	76,790	73,343
Participation rate	57.1	57.1	57.3	57.2	57.5	57.6	57.8	57.5	57.7	57.9	57.8	57.3	54.7
Employed	73,697	73,631	73,790	73,757	74,282	74,551	74,769	74,518	74,769	74,774	74,888	73,415	61,487
Employment-population ratio	55.2	55.1	55.2	55.1	55.5	55.6	55.7	55.5	55.7	55.8	55.9	54.7	45.8
Unemployed	2,616	2,739	2,793	2,823	2,788	2,644	2,731	2,725	2,738	2,744	2,651	3,375	11,855
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	4.4	16.2
Not in labor force	57,266	57,294	57,169	57,267	56,881	56,859	56,658	57,004	56,822	56,470	56,514	57,329	60,847

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,332	125,419	125,509	125,604	125,705	125,806	125,907	125,998	126,082	125,770	125,841	125,915	125,991
Civilian labor force	73,440	73,439	73,655	73,585	74,116	74,313	74,542	74,291	74,584	74,512	74,501	73,840	70,913
Participation rate	58.6	58.6	58.7	58.6	59.0	59.1	59.2	59.0	59.2	59.2	59.2	58.6	56.3
Employed	71,136	71,038	71,209	71,120	71,665	71,990	72,130	71,881	72,200	72,097	72,179	70,886	59,947
Employment-population ratio	56.8	56.6	56.7	56.6	57.0	57.2	57.3	57.0	57.3	57.3	57.4	56.3	47.6
Unemployed	2,304	2,401	2,447	2,465	2,451	2,323	2,411	2,411	2,383	2,415	2,323	2,954	10,966
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	4.0	15.5
Not in labor force	51,892	51,980	51,853	52,019	51,590	51,493	51,365	51,706	51,498	51,258	51,340	52,075	55,079

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,696	16,690	16,686	16,682	16,687	16,691	16,696	16,692	16,686	16,622	16,606	16,590	16,574
Civilian labor force	5,685	5,774	5,910	6,017	5,926	5,897	5,948	5,999	5,964	6,007	6,043	5,897	5,108
Participation rate	34.1	34.6	35.4	36.1	35.5	35.3	35.6	35.9	35.7	36.1	36.4	35.5	30.8
Employed	4,951	5,044	5,159	5,250	5,184	5,162	5,218	5,278	5,213	5,273	5,378	5,054	3,479
Employment-population ratio	29.7	30.2	30.9	31.5	31.1	30.9	31.3	31.6	31.2	31.7	32.4	30.5	21.0
Unemployed	734	730	751	767	742	735	730	721	752	734	665	843	1,628
Unemployment rate	12.9	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.5	12.5	12.3	12.0	12.6	12.2	11.0	14.3	31.9
Not in labor force	11,010	10,916	10,776	10,665	10,761	10,794	10,748	10,693	10,722	10,614	10,562	10,693	11,467
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: May 11, 2020