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	2021					2022
Employment status, sex, and age	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	261,611	261,766	261,908	262,029	262,136	263,202	263,324	263,444	263,559	263,679	263,835	264,012	264,184
Civilian labor force	161,505	161,471	161,610	162,126	162,294	163,687	163,991	164,409	164,046	164,376	164,023	163,960	164,746
Participation rate	61.7	61.7	61.7	61.9	61.9	62.2	62.3	62.4	62.2	62.3	62.2	62.1	62.4
Employed	153,167	153,806	154,234	155,324	155,975	157,174	157,722	158,458	158,105	158,426	158,111	158,290	158,732
Employment-population ratio	58.5	58.8	58.9	59.3	59.5	59.7	59.9	60.1	60.0	60.1	59.9	60.0	60.1
Unemployed	8,339	7,666	7,375	6,802	6,319	6,513	6,270	5,952	5,941	5,950	5,912	5,670	6,014
Unemployment rate	5.2	4.7	4.6	4.2	3.9	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7
Not in labor force	100,106	100,294	100,298	99,902	99,842	99,516	99,333	99,035	99,513	99,302	99,812	100,051	99,438
Persons who currently want a job	5,701	5,918	5,935	5,819	5,713	5,704	5,355	5,737	5,859	5,681	5,656	5,910	5,549

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,570	126,648	126,719	126,779	126,832	128,236	128,296	128,355	128,411	128,470	128,547	128,636	128,722
Civilian labor force	85,656	85,801	85,735	86,017	85,857	87,074	87,567	87,660	87,377	87,366	87,213	86,936	87,335
Participation rate	67.7	67.7	67.7	67.8	67.7	67.9	68.3	68.3	68.0	68.0	67.8	67.6	67.8
Employed	81,102	81,533	81,835	82,432	82,508	83,518	84,247	84,465	84,089	84,218	84,061	83,891	84,045
Employment-population ratio	64.1	64.4	64.6	65.0	65.1	65.1	65.7	65.8	65.5	65.6	65.4	65.2	65.3
Unemployed	4,554	4,268	3,900	3,585	3,349	3,556	3,320	3,195	3,288	3,148	3,152	3,046	3,290
Unemployment rate	5.3	5.0	4.5	4.2	3.9	4.1	3.8	3.6	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.8
Not in labor force	40,914	40,846	40,983	40,762	40,975	41,162	40,729	40,695	41,034	41,104	41,334	41,700	41,387

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	118,261	118,337	118,406	118,466	118,520	119,612	119,669	119,726	119,780	119,831	119,899	119,977	120,058
Civilian labor force	82,672	82,851	82,703	83,007	82,902	83,967	84,446	84,426	84,295	84,249	84,040	83,857	84,158
Participation rate	69.9	70.0	69.8	70.1	69.9	70.2	70.6	70.5	70.4	70.3	70.1	69.9	70.1
Employed	78,480	78,952	79,164	79,736	79,892	80,767	81,473	81,554	81,334	81,422	81,242	81,164	81,225
Employment-population ratio	66.4	66.7	66.9	67.3	67.4	67.5	68.1	68.1	67.9	67.9	67.8	67.7	67.7
Unemployed	4,192	3,899	3,539	3,272	3,010	3,199	2,973	2,872	2,961	2,827	2,797	2,692	2,934
Unemployment rate	5.1	4.7	4.3	3.9	3.6	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.5
Not in labor force	35,590	35,486	35,703	35,459	35,618	35,645	35,224	35,300	35,486	35,582	35,859	36,120	35,900

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	135,041	135,118	135,189	135,250	135,304	134,966	135,028	135,089	135,148	135,209	135,287	135,376	135,462
Civilian labor force	75,849	75,670	75,874	76,109	76,437	76,612	76,425	76,749	76,670	77,010	76,809	77,024	77,410
Participation rate	56.2	56.0	56.1	56.3	56.5	56.8	56.6	56.8	56.7	57.0	56.8	56.9	57.1
Employed	72,065	72,273	72,399	72,892	73,467	73,656	73,475	73,992	74,017	74,208	74,050	74,399	74,687
Employment-population ratio	53.4	53.5	53.6	53.9	54.3	54.6	54.4	54.8	54.8	54.9	54.7	55.0	55.1
Unemployed	3,784	3,398	3,475	3,217	2,970	2,957	2,950	2,757	2,653	2,802	2,760	2,625	2,724
Unemployment rate	5.0	4.5	4.6	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.5
Not in labor force	59,191	59,448	59,315	59,141	58,867	58,354	58,604	58,340	58,479	58,199	58,478	58,351	58,052

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,906	126,982	127,051	127,112	127,167	126,570	126,631	126,691	126,749	126,802	126,872	126,951	127,034
Civilian labor force	72,862	72,644	72,929	73,134	73,455	73,494	73,446	73,695	73,514	73,911	73,741	73,988	74,140
Participation rate	57.4	57.2	57.4	57.5	57.8	58.1	58.0	58.2	58.0	58.3	58.1	58.3	58.4
Employed	69,390	69,555	69,790	70,257	70,795	70,857	70,775	71,244	71,170	71,432	71,311	71,710	71,729
Employment-population ratio	54.7	54.8	54.9	55.3	55.7	56.0	55.9	56.2	56.2	56.3	56.2	56.5	56.5
Unemployed	3,472	3,089	3,139	2,876	2,660	2,637	2,671	2,451	2,344	2,479	2,430	2,278	2,411
Unemployment rate	4.8	4.3	4.3	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.3
Not in labor force	54,044	54,337	54,122	53,978	53,712	53,076	53,185	52,996	53,234	52,891	53,131	52,963	52,895

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,443	16,447	16,451	16,450	16,449	17,020	17,024	17,027	17,030	17,046	17,064	17,084	17,091
Civilian labor force	5,971	5,976	5,978	5,985	5,936	6,226	6,100	6,288	6,237	6,216	6,242	6,116	6,447
Participation rate	36.3	36.3	36.3	36.4	36.1	36.6	35.8	36.9	36.6	36.5	36.6	35.8	37.7
Employed	5,297	5,298	5,281	5,331	5,287	5,550	5,474	5,660	5,601	5,571	5,558	5,415	5,778
Employment-population ratio	32.2	32.2	32.1	32.4	32.1	32.6	32.2	33.2	32.9	32.7	32.6	31.7	33.8
Unemployed	675	678	697	654	649	676	626	629	636	645	685	700	669
Unemployment rate	11.3	11.3	11.7	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.3	10.0	10.2	10.4	11.0	11.5	10.4
Not in labor force	10,472	10,471	10,473	10,465	10,512	10,795	10,924	10,739	10,793	10,830	10,822	10,968	10,644
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 02, 2022