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	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	259,225	259,432	259,638	259,845	260,020	260,181	259,502	259,628	259,758	259,896	260,047	260,204	260,373
Civilian labor force	163,373	163,894	164,051	164,401	164,347	164,556	164,606	164,546	162,913	156,481	158,227	159,932	159,870
Participation rate	63.0	63.2	63.2	63.3	63.2	63.2	63.4	63.4	62.7	60.2	60.8	61.5	61.4
Employed	157,346	157,895	158,298	158,544	158,536	158,803	158,714	158,759	155,772	133,403	137,242	142,182	143,532
Employment-population ratio	60.7	60.9	61.0	61.0	61.0	61.0	61.2	61.1	60.0	51.3	52.8	54.6	55.1
Unemployed	6,027	5,999	5,753	5,857	5,811	5,753	5,892	5,787	7,140	23,078	20,985	17,750	16,338
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.5	4.4	14.7	13.3	11.1	10.2
Not in labor force	95,852	95,538	95,587	95,444	95,673	95,625	94,896	95,082	96,845	103,415	101,820	100,273	100,503
Persons who currently want a job	5,016	5,117	4,861	4,756	4,832	4,832	4,904	4,962	5,509	9,916	8,962	8,195	7,732

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,378	125,481	125,583	125,687	125,773	125,852	125,513	125,575	125,639	125,707	125,782	125,860	125,944
Civilian labor force	86,793	86,824	86,855	86,901	87,104	87,049	87,088	87,008	86,123	83,139	83,900	84,596	84,533
Participation rate	69.2	69.2	69.2	69.1	69.3	69.2	69.4	69.3	68.5	66.1	66.7	67.2	67.1
Employed	83,589	83,613	83,747	83,776	84,018	84,034	83,940	83,871	82,357	71,916	73,702	75,629	76,212
Employment-population ratio	66.7	66.6	66.7	66.7	66.8	66.8	66.9	66.8	65.6	57.2	58.6	60.1	60.5
Unemployed	3,204	3,210	3,109	3,126	3,086	3,015	3,147	3,137	3,765	11,223	10,199	8,967	8,321
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	4.4	13.5	12.2	10.6	9.8
Not in labor force	38,585	38,657	38,728	38,786	38,669	38,803	38,426	38,568	39,516	42,569	41,881	41,264	41,411

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	116,939	117,040	117,140	117,242	117,331	117,413	117,110	117,181	117,254	117,330	117,410	117,492	117,580
Civilian labor force	83,771	83,852	83,841	83,911	84,057	84,008	84,087	84,001	83,176	80,461	81,057	81,995	81,904
Participation rate	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.6	71.5	71.8	71.7	70.9	68.6	69.0	69.8	69.7
Employed	80,975	81,046	81,146	81,196	81,377	81,390	81,345	81,202	79,832	69,977	71,672	73,641	74,184
Employment-population ratio	69.2	69.2	69.3	69.3	69.4	69.3	69.5	69.3	68.1	59.6	61.0	62.7	63.1
Unemployed	2,796	2,806	2,695	2,715	2,679	2,618	2,743	2,799	3,344	10,483	9,385	8,354	7,720
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.3	4.0	13.0	11.6	10.2	9.4
Not in labor force	33,168	33,187	33,300	33,330	33,274	33,405	33,023	33,180	34,078	36,870	36,352	35,497	35,676

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	133,847	133,951	134,054	134,158	134,247	134,329	133,988	134,053	134,119	134,189	134,265	134,344	134,429
Civilian labor force	76,580	77,070	77,195	77,500	77,243	77,507	77,518	77,538	76,790	73,343	74,327	75,336	75,337
Participation rate	57.2	57.5	57.6	57.8	57.5	57.7	57.9	57.8	57.3	54.7	55.4	56.1	56.0
Employed	73,757	74,282	74,551	74,769	74,518	74,769	74,774	74,888	73,415	61,487	63,540	66,552	67,320
Employment-population ratio	55.1	55.5	55.6	55.7	55.5	55.7	55.8	55.9	54.7	45.8	47.3	49.5	50.1
Unemployed	2,823	2,788	2,644	2,731	2,725	2,738	2,744	2,651	3,375	11,855	10,787	8,783	8,017
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.4	4.4	16.2	14.5	11.7	10.6
Not in labor force	57,267	56,881	56,859	56,658	57,004	56,822	56,470	56,514	57,329	60,847	59,938	59,009	59,092

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,604	125,705	125,806	125,907	125,998	126,082	125,770	125,841	125,915	125,991	126,072	126,155	126,243
Civilian labor force	73,585	74,116	74,313	74,542	74,291	74,584	74,512	74,501	73,840	70,913	71,558	72,580	72,720
Participation rate	58.6	59.0	59.1	59.2	59.0	59.2	59.2	59.2	58.6	56.3	56.8	57.5	57.6
Employed	71,120	71,665	71,990	72,130	71,881	72,200	72,097	72,179	70,886	59,947	61,638	64,426	65,113
Employment-population ratio	56.6	57.0	57.2	57.3	57.0	57.3	57.3	57.4	56.3	47.6	48.9	51.1	51.6
Unemployed	2,465	2,451	2,323	2,411	2,411	2,383	2,415	2,323	2,954	10,966	9,920	8,154	7,607
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	4.0	15.5	13.9	11.2	10.5
Not in labor force	52,019	51,590	51,493	51,365	51,706	51,498	51,258	51,340	52,075	55,079	54,514	53,575	53,523

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,682	16,687	16,691	16,696	16,692	16,686	16,622	16,606	16,590	16,574	16,566	16,557	16,550
Civilian labor force	6,017	5,926	5,897	5,948	5,999	5,964	6,007	6,043	5,897	5,108	5,612	5,356	5,245
Participation rate	36.1	35.5	35.3	35.6	35.9	35.7	36.1	36.4	35.5	30.8	33.9	32.3	31.7
Employed	5,250	5,184	5,162	5,218	5,278	5,213	5,273	5,378	5,054	3,479	3,932	4,114	4,235
Employment-population ratio	31.5	31.1	30.9	31.3	31.6	31.2	31.7	32.4	30.5	21.0	23.7	24.8	25.6
Unemployed	767	742	735	730	721	752	734	665	843	1,628	1,681	1,242	1,011
Unemployment rate	12.7	12.5	12.5	12.3	12.0	12.6	12.2	11.0	14.3	31.9	29.9	23.2	19.3
Not in labor force	10,665	10,761	10,794	10,748	10,693	10,722	10,614	10,562	10,693	11,467	10,953	11,201	11,304
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: August 07, 2020