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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race,
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
sex, and age		 2024 2025
Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 204,752 204,831 204,917 205,010 205,114 205,222 205,338 205,444 205,521 205,598 207,088 207,147 207,221

Civilian labor force

 127,590 127,708 127,423 127,551 127,863 127,924 128,126 127,746 127,710 127,827 128,988 128,548 128,769

Participation rate

 62.3 62.3 62.2 62.2 62.3 62.3 62.4 62.2 62.1 62.2 62.3 62.1 62.1

Employed

 123,249 123,221 122,956 123,080 123,012 123,045 123,445 122,901 122,856 123,213 124,431 123,726 123,993

Employment-population ratio

 60.2 60.2 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.1 59.8 59.8 59.9 60.1 59.7 59.8

Unemployed

 4,341 4,487 4,467 4,470 4,852 4,878 4,681 4,845 4,854 4,614 4,557 4,822 4,776

Unemployment rate

 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.8 3.7

Not in labor force

 77,161 77,123 77,494 77,459 77,251 77,298 77,212 77,699 77,811 77,770 78,100 78,599 78,452

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 65,967 66,005 65,849 66,156 66,311 66,292 66,375 66,431 66,289 66,244 66,794 66,365 66,454

Participation rate

 69.8 69.9 69.7 70.0 70.1 70.0 70.1 70.1 69.9 69.8 69.9 69.4 69.5

Employed

 64,001 63,818 63,641 64,005 64,003 63,925 64,101 64,078 63,965 64,087 64,721 64,049 64,217

Employment-population ratio

 67.8 67.5 67.3 67.7 67.6 67.5 67.7 67.6 67.5 67.6 67.7 67.0 67.1

Unemployed

 1,967 2,187 2,208 2,151 2,309 2,367 2,274 2,353 2,324 2,156 2,073 2,316 2,237

Unemployment rate

 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.4

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 56,481 56,608 56,440 56,280 56,525 56,753 56,670 56,425 56,462 56,502 57,063 57,060 57,193

Participation rate

 57.9 58.0 57.8 57.6 57.8 58.0 57.9 57.6 57.6 57.6 57.8 57.8 57.9

Employed

 54,675 54,831 54,747 54,515 54,585 54,850 54,921 54,578 54,545 54,607 55,195 55,117 55,307

Employment-population ratio

 56.0 56.2 56.0 55.8 55.8 56.1 56.1 55.7 55.7 55.7 55.9 55.8 56.0

Unemployed

 1,806 1,776 1,693 1,765 1,940 1,903 1,749 1,847 1,916 1,895 1,868 1,943 1,887

Unemployment rate

 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 5,142 5,095 5,134 5,115 5,027 4,879 5,082 4,890 4,959 5,082 5,131 5,123 5,122

Participation rate

 40.5 40.1 40.4 40.2 39.5 38.4 39.9 38.4 39.0 40.0 40.0 39.9 40.0

Employed

 4,574 4,572 4,569 4,561 4,424 4,270 4,423 4,245 4,346 4,519 4,516 4,560 4,470

Employment-population ratio

 36.0 36.0 36.0 35.9 34.8 33.6 34.8 33.4 34.2 35.5 35.2 35.6 34.9

Unemployed

 569 523 565 554 603 608 658 645 613 563 616 562 653

Unemployment rate

 11.1 10.3 11.0 10.8 12.0 12.5 13.0 13.2 12.4 11.1 12.0 11.0 12.7


BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 34,883 34,918 34,949 34,982 35,017 35,053 35,092 35,128 35,161 35,194 35,621 35,653 35,687

Civilian labor force

 22,160 22,047 21,989 21,947 22,109 21,974 22,052 22,086 21,952 21,971 22,260 22,340 22,196

Participation rate

 63.5 63.1 62.9 62.7 63.1 62.7 62.8 62.9 62.4 62.4 62.5 62.7 62.2

Employed

 20,737 20,804 20,641 20,565 20,724 20,630 20,790 20,821 20,556 20,640 20,874 21,002 20,826

Employment-population ratio

 59.4 59.6 59.1 58.8 59.2 58.9 59.2 59.3 58.5 58.6 58.6 58.9 58.4

Unemployed

 1,423 1,244 1,348 1,381 1,385 1,344 1,262 1,266 1,396 1,331 1,386 1,339 1,370

Unemployment rate

 6.4 5.6 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.1 5.7 5.7 6.4 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.2

Not in labor force

 12,723 12,870 12,960 13,035 12,908 13,079 13,040 13,042 13,208 13,223 13,361 13,313 13,491

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,308 10,192 10,155 10,271 10,367 10,156 10,342 10,330 10,267 10,207 10,451 10,347 10,511

Participation rate

 69.5 68.7 68.4 69.1 69.7 68.2 69.3 69.2 68.7 68.2 69.0 68.3 69.3

Employed

 9,670 9,657 9,501 9,645 9,681 9,556 9,809 9,745 9,655 9,631 9,728 9,773 9,870

Employment-population ratio

 65.2 65.1 64.0 64.9 65.1 64.2 65.8 65.3 64.6 64.4 64.2 64.5 65.1

Unemployed

 638 535 654 626 686 599 533 585 612 576 723 574 641

Unemployment rate

 6.2 5.2 6.4 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.2 5.7 6.0 5.6 6.9 5.5 6.1

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 11,002 10,993 10,997 10,902 11,021 11,073 10,941 10,993 10,953 10,986 11,133 11,174 10,857

Participation rate

 63.0 62.9 62.9 62.3 62.9 63.2 62.3 62.6 62.3 62.4 62.5 62.7 60.9

Employed

 10,386 10,441 10,420 10,282 10,418 10,462 10,356 10,444 10,301 10,388 10,534 10,566 10,300

Employment-population ratio

 59.5 59.8 59.6 58.8 59.5 59.7 59.0 59.5 58.6 59.0 59.2 59.3 57.8

Unemployed

 615 553 577 620 603 611 585 549 651 598 598 607 557

Unemployment rate

 5.6 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.0 5.9 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 851 862 837 774 722 745 769 764 733 778 677 820 828

Participation rate

 32.7 33.1 32.0 29.6 27.5 28.4 29.3 29.0 27.8 29.5 25.3 30.6 30.9

Employed

 681 706 720 638 625 612 625 632 600 621 612 662 655

Employment-population ratio

 26.2 27.1 27.5 24.4 23.8 23.3 23.7 24.0 22.8 23.5 22.9 24.8 24.5

Unemployed

 170 156 117 135 97 133 145 132 133 157 64 157 172

Unemployment rate

 20.0 18.1 14.0 17.5 13.4 17.9 18.8 17.3 18.1 20.2 9.5 19.2 20.8


ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 17,781 17,816 17,993 18,052 17,971 17,973 17,902 18,107 18,213 18,174 19,111 19,097 19,241

Civilian labor force

 11,420 11,551 11,760 11,878 11,804 11,740 11,664 11,835 11,759 11,680 12,359 12,512 12,653

Participation rate

 64.2 64.8 65.4 65.8 65.7 65.3 65.2 65.4 64.6 64.3 64.7 65.5 65.8

Employed

 11,123 11,221 11,393 11,392 11,371 11,257 11,185 11,370 11,318 11,267 11,906 12,113 12,213

Employment-population ratio

 62.6 63.0 63.3 63.1 63.3 62.6 62.5 62.8 62.1 62.0 62.3 63.4 63.5

Unemployed

 296 329 367 486 432 483 478 466 441 413 453 399 441

Unemployment rate

 2.6 2.9 3.1 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.2 3.5

Not in labor force

 6,362 6,265 6,233 6,174 6,167 6,233 6,238 6,272 6,454 6,494 6,752 6,585 6,588


HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 48,565 48,667 48,764 48,864 48,966 49,071 49,180 49,286 49,385 49,483 50,869 50,977 51,083

Civilian labor force

 32,467 32,767 32,806 32,988 32,951 33,252 33,129 33,003 33,039 33,415 33,997 34,083 34,330

Participation rate

 66.9 67.3 67.3 67.5 67.3 67.8 67.4 67.0 66.9 67.5 66.8 66.9 67.2

Employed

 31,006 31,179 31,176 31,360 31,200 31,448 31,441 31,315 31,297 31,702 32,373 32,301 32,578

Employment-population ratio

 63.8 64.1 63.9 64.2 63.7 64.1 63.9 63.5 63.4 64.1 63.6 63.4 63.8

Unemployed

 1,461 1,588 1,631 1,628 1,751 1,803 1,688 1,688 1,743 1,713 1,623 1,782 1,752

Unemployment rate

 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.2 5.1

Not in labor force

 16,098 15,900 15,958 15,876 16,015 15,819 16,051 16,283 16,345 16,068 16,873 16,895 16,753

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 17,464 17,531 17,596 17,769 17,702 17,813 17,698 17,756 17,716 17,885 18,249 18,150 18,301

Participation rate

 79.6 79.7 79.8 80.5 80.0 80.3 79.6 79.7 79.4 79.9 79.2 78.6 79.1

Employed

 16,801 16,768 16,774 17,020 16,921 16,977 16,979 17,049 16,941 17,162 17,518 17,314 17,476

Employment-population ratio

 76.5 76.2 76.1 77.1 76.5 76.5 76.4 76.5 75.9 76.7 76.0 75.0 75.5

Unemployed

 663 763 822 749 781 836 719 706 775 723 731 836 825

Unemployment rate

 3.8 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.6 4.5

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 13,497 13,632 13,573 13,545 13,709 13,938 13,888 13,759 13,879 13,985 14,204 14,347 14,398

Participation rate

 61.2 61.7 61.3 61.1 61.7 62.6 62.2 61.5 61.9 62.2 61.6 62.1 62.1

Employed

 12,883 13,010 13,020 12,932 12,967 13,240 13,224 13,046 13,154 13,241 13,564 13,621 13,732

Employment-population ratio

 58.4 58.9 58.8 58.3 58.3 59.4 59.2 58.3 58.6 58.9 58.8 58.9 59.3

Unemployed

 614 621 554 614 742 699 665 713 724 744 640 726 666

Unemployment rate

 4.5 4.6 4.1 4.5 5.4 5.0 4.8 5.2 5.2 5.3 4.5 5.1 4.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 1,505 1,604 1,638 1,674 1,540 1,501 1,543 1,487 1,445 1,545 1,544 1,586 1,631

Participation rate

 33.0 35.1 35.7 36.4 33.5 32.6 33.4 32.2 31.2 33.3 32.5 33.3 34.2

Employed

 1,321 1,401 1,382 1,409 1,312 1,232 1,238 1,220 1,201 1,298 1,291 1,366 1,370

Employment-population ratio

 29.0 30.6 30.2 30.7 28.5 26.7 26.8 26.4 26.0 28.0 27.2 28.7 28.8

Unemployed

 184 204 255 265 228 269 304 268 244 247 252 220 261

Unemployment rate

 12.2 12.7 15.6 15.8 14.8 17.9 19.7 18.0 16.9 16.0 16.3 13.8 16.0


Footnotes
(1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: April 04, 2025