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	2020							2021
Employment status, sex, and age	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	260,204	260,373	260,558	260,742	260,925	261,085	261,230	260,851	260,918	261,003	261,103	261,210	261,338
Civilian labor force	159,797	160,085	160,818	160,078	160,718	160,536	160,567	160,161	160,211	160,558	160,988	160,935	161,086
Participation rate	61.4	61.5	61.7	61.4	61.6	61.5	61.5	61.4	61.4	61.5	61.7	61.6	61.6
Employed	142,100	143,777	147,276	147,543	149,669	149,809	149,830	150,031	150,239	150,848	151,176	151,620	151,602
Employment-population ratio	54.6	55.2	56.5	56.6	57.4	57.4	57.4	57.5	57.6	57.8	57.9	58.0	58.0
Unemployed	17,697	16,308	13,542	12,535	11,049	10,728	10,736	10,130	9,972	9,710	9,812	9,316	9,484
Unemployment rate	11.1	10.2	8.4	7.8	6.9	6.7	6.7	6.3	6.2	6.0	6.1	5.8	5.9
Not in labor force	100,407	100,288	99,740	100,664	100,207	100,548	100,663	100,690	100,708	100,445	100,115	100,275	100,253
Persons who currently want a job	8,136	7,680	7,049	7,184	6,682	7,127	7,331	6,957	6,933	6,850	6,647	6,600	6,428

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	125,860	125,944	126,036	126,127	126,218	126,296	126,367	126,192	126,224	126,266	126,316	126,369	126,434
Civilian labor force	84,577	84,534	85,270	85,199	85,495	85,161	85,175	85,149	85,061	84,917	85,410	85,210	85,320
Participation rate	67.2	67.1	67.7	67.6	67.7	67.4	67.4	67.5	67.4	67.3	67.6	67.4	67.5
Employed	75,656	76,256	78,213	78,663	79,537	79,267	79,481	79,714	79,666	79,681	80,017	80,062	80,176
Employment-population ratio	60.1	60.5	62.1	62.4	63.0	62.8	62.9	63.2	63.1	63.1	63.3	63.4	63.4
Unemployed	8,921	8,278	7,057	6,537	5,958	5,894	5,694	5,434	5,395	5,236	5,394	5,148	5,144
Unemployment rate	10.5	9.8	8.3	7.7	7.0	6.9	6.7	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.0
Not in labor force	41,283	41,409	40,765	40,928	40,722	41,135	41,192	41,043	41,163	41,349	40,905	41,159	41,114

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	117,492	117,580	117,672	117,763	117,854	117,936	118,010	117,864	117,902	117,949	118,003	118,059	118,125
Civilian labor force	81,922	81,861	82,461	82,293	82,505	82,226	82,244	82,173	82,095	81,978	82,333	82,182	82,414
Participation rate	69.7	69.6	70.1	69.9	70.0	69.7	69.7	69.7	69.6	69.5	69.8	69.6	69.8
Employed	73,605	74,173	75,903	76,258	77,013	76,777	77,004	77,204	77,193	77,194	77,348	77,340	77,545
Employment-population ratio	62.6	63.1	64.5	64.8	65.3	65.1	65.3	65.5	65.5	65.4	65.5	65.5	65.6
Unemployed	8,317	7,688	6,558	6,036	5,492	5,449	5,240	4,969	4,902	4,784	4,985	4,842	4,869
Unemployment rate	10.2	9.4	8.0	7.3	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.0	6.0	5.8	6.1	5.9	5.9
Not in labor force	35,570	35,719	35,211	35,470	35,349	35,710	35,767	35,691	35,807	35,972	35,670	35,877	35,711

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	134,344	134,429	134,523	134,615	134,707	134,788	134,862	134,660	134,694	134,737	134,787	134,841	134,905
Civilian labor force	75,220	75,551	75,548	74,879	75,222	75,376	75,392	75,012	75,149	75,641	75,577	75,725	75,766
Participation rate	56.0	56.2	56.2	55.6	55.8	55.9	55.9	55.7	55.8	56.1	56.1	56.2	56.2
Employed	66,444	67,520	69,063	68,880	70,131	70,542	70,350	70,316	70,572	71,167	71,159	71,557	71,426
Employment-population ratio	49.5	50.2	51.3	51.2	52.1	52.3	52.2	52.2	52.4	52.8	52.8	53.1	52.9
Unemployed	8,776	8,030	6,485	5,998	5,091	4,834	5,042	4,696	4,577	4,474	4,418	4,168	4,340
Unemployment rate	11.7	10.6	8.6	8.0	6.8	6.4	6.7	6.3	6.1	5.9	5.8	5.5	5.7
Not in labor force	59,124	58,879	58,975	59,737	59,485	59,413	59,471	59,648	59,545	59,096	59,210	59,116	59,139

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,155	126,243	126,336	126,429	126,520	126,604	126,681	126,507	126,546	126,594	126,648	126,704	126,770
Civilian labor force	72,479	72,866	72,728	71,865	72,255	72,395	72,422	72,147	72,173	72,668	72,503	72,707	72,855
Participation rate	57.5	57.7	57.6	56.8	57.1	57.2	57.2	57.0	57.0	57.4	57.2	57.4	57.5
Employed	64,321	65,270	66,667	66,328	67,534	67,941	67,872	67,851	67,928	68,513	68,430	68,811	68,817
Employment-population ratio	51.0	51.7	52.8	52.5	53.4	53.7	53.6	53.6	53.7	54.1	54.0	54.3	54.3
Unemployed	8,158	7,596	6,061	5,537	4,721	4,453	4,551	4,296	4,245	4,155	4,073	3,895	4,038
Unemployment rate	11.3	10.4	8.3	7.7	6.5	6.2	6.3	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.5
Not in labor force	53,676	53,377	53,608	54,563	54,265	54,209	54,259	54,360	54,373	53,926	54,145	53,998	53,915

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,557	16,550	16,550	16,551	16,551	16,545	16,538	16,481	16,470	16,460	16,451	16,446	16,443
Civilian labor force	5,396	5,358	5,630	5,920	5,958	5,915	5,900	5,841	5,942	5,913	6,152	6,046	5,817
Participation rate	32.6	32.4	34.0	35.8	36.0	35.8	35.7	35.4	36.1	35.9	37.4	36.8	35.4
Employed	4,174	4,333	4,706	4,957	5,122	5,091	4,955	4,975	5,118	5,142	5,398	5,468	5,240
Employment-population ratio	25.2	26.2	28.4	29.9	30.9	30.8	30.0	30.2	31.1	31.2	32.8	33.2	31.9
Unemployed	1,222	1,024	924	963	836	825	946	865	825	771	754	578	577
Unemployment rate	22.6	19.1	16.4	16.3	14.0	13.9	16.0	14.8	13.9	13.0	12.3	9.6	9.9
Not in labor force	11,161	11,192	10,920	10,631	10,593	10,630	10,638	10,640	10,528	10,547	10,300	10,400	10,626
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: July 02, 2021