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	2021	2022
Employment status, sex, and age	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	262,136	263,202	263,324	263,444	263,559	263,679	263,835	264,012	264,184	264,356	264,535	264,708	264,844
Civilian labor force	162,410	163,633	163,862	164,301	163,950	164,278	164,002	163,990	164,714	164,619	164,646	164,527	164,966
Participation rate	62.0	62.2	62.2	62.4	62.2	62.3	62.2	62.1	62.3	62.3	62.2	62.2	62.3
Employed	156,081	157,122	157,590	158,328	157,982	158,299	158,057	158,272	158,694	158,850	158,593	158,527	159,244
Employment-population ratio	59.5	59.7	59.8	60.1	59.9	60.0	59.9	59.9	60.1	60.1	60.0	59.9	60.1
Unemployed	6,329	6,511	6,272	5,972	5,968	5,979	5,945	5,718	6,021	5,770	6,053	6,000	5,722
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.5
Not in labor force	99,726	99,570	99,463	99,144	99,609	99,400	99,833	100,021	99,469	99,736	99,890	100,181	99,878
Persons who currently want a job	5,747	5,718	5,392	5,752	5,854	5,678	5,653	5,887	5,534	5,813	5,681	5,528	5,176

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,832	128,236	128,296	128,355	128,411	128,470	128,547	128,636	128,722	128,807	128,897	128,983	129,050
Civilian labor force	85,934	86,997	87,389	87,495	87,281	87,288	87,199	86,984	87,366	87,659	87,772	87,793	87,864
Participation rate	67.8	67.8	68.1	68.2	68.0	67.9	67.8	67.6	67.9	68.1	68.1	68.1	68.1
Employed	82,580	83,451	84,071	84,294	83,989	84,124	84,026	83,912	84,081	84,532	84,559	84,557	84,880
Employment-population ratio	65.1	65.1	65.5	65.7	65.4	65.5	65.4	65.2	65.3	65.6	65.6	65.6	65.8
Unemployed	3,354	3,546	3,318	3,201	3,292	3,163	3,173	3,072	3,284	3,127	3,212	3,236	2,984
Unemployment rate	3.9	4.1	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.4
Not in labor force	40,898	41,239	40,907	40,860	41,130	41,182	41,348	41,652	41,356	41,148	41,126	41,189	41,186

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	118,520	119,612	119,669	119,726	119,780	119,831	119,899	119,977	120,058	120,140	120,225	120,301	120,360
Civilian labor force	82,968	83,885	84,264	84,266	84,200	84,165	84,029	83,905	84,192	84,602	84,606	84,525	84,694
Participation rate	70.0	70.1	70.4	70.4	70.3	70.2	70.1	69.9	70.1	70.4	70.4	70.3	70.4
Employed	79,958	80,695	81,293	81,389	81,236	81,331	81,210	81,185	81,263	81,816	81,776	81,698	82,033
Employment-population ratio	67.5	67.5	67.9	68.0	67.8	67.9	67.7	67.7	67.7	68.1	68.0	67.9	68.2
Unemployed	3,010	3,190	2,971	2,877	2,963	2,834	2,818	2,720	2,929	2,786	2,829	2,827	2,661
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.5	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1
Not in labor force	35,552	35,727	35,405	35,460	35,581	35,665	35,870	36,072	35,867	35,537	35,619	35,776	35,666

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	135,304	134,966	135,028	135,089	135,148	135,209	135,287	135,376	135,462	135,548	135,638	135,725	135,795
Civilian labor force	76,476	76,636	76,473	76,806	76,669	76,990	76,803	77,006	77,349	76,960	76,874	76,734	77,102
Participation rate	56.5	56.8	56.6	56.9	56.7	56.9	56.8	56.9	57.1	56.8	56.7	56.5	56.8
Employed	73,501	73,671	73,519	74,035	73,993	74,174	74,031	74,360	74,613	74,318	74,033	73,970	74,364
Employment-population ratio	54.3	54.6	54.4	54.8	54.7	54.9	54.7	54.9	55.1	54.8	54.6	54.5	54.8
Unemployed	2,975	2,965	2,954	2,771	2,676	2,816	2,772	2,646	2,736	2,642	2,841	2,764	2,738
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.6
Not in labor force	58,828	58,331	58,555	58,284	58,479	58,218	58,484	58,370	58,113	58,588	58,764	58,991	58,692

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	127,167	126,570	126,631	126,691	126,749	126,802	126,872	126,951	127,034	127,117	127,204	127,283	127,345
Civilian labor force	73,498	73,517	73,482	73,736	73,508	73,877	73,721	73,956	74,098	73,729	73,752	73,532	73,930
Participation rate	57.8	58.1	58.0	58.2	58.0	58.3	58.1	58.3	58.3	58.0	58.0	57.8	58.1
Employed	70,831	70,872	70,810	71,275	71,144	71,388	71,280	71,659	71,676	71,457	71,218	71,088	71,531
Employment-population ratio	55.7	56.0	55.9	56.3	56.1	56.3	56.2	56.4	56.4	56.2	56.0	55.9	56.2
Unemployed	2,667	2,645	2,672	2,462	2,365	2,489	2,441	2,297	2,422	2,272	2,534	2,444	2,398
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.3	3.2
Not in labor force	53,669	53,054	53,149	52,955	53,241	52,924	53,151	52,995	52,936	53,388	53,452	53,750	53,416

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,449	17,020	17,024	17,027	17,030	17,046	17,064	17,084	17,091	17,099	17,107	17,124	17,139
Civilian labor force	5,944	6,231	6,116	6,298	6,242	6,235	6,252	6,129	6,424	6,288	6,288	6,469	6,343
Participation rate	36.1	36.6	35.9	37.0	36.7	36.6	36.6	35.9	37.6	36.8	36.8	37.8	37.0
Employed	5,292	5,555	5,487	5,665	5,603	5,579	5,566	5,428	5,754	5,576	5,598	5,740	5,680
Employment-population ratio	32.2	32.6	32.2	33.3	32.9	32.7	32.6	31.8	33.7	32.6	32.7	33.5	33.1
Unemployed	652	676	628	634	640	656	686	701	670	712	690	729	662
Unemployment rate	11.0	10.9	10.3	10.1	10.2	10.5	11.0	11.4	10.4	11.3	11.0	11.3	10.4
Not in labor force	10,505	10,789	10,908	10,729	10,788	10,811	10,813	10,955	10,667	10,811	10,819	10,655	10,796
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: January 06, 2023