A-4. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted

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	2025												2026
	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	207,088	207,147	207,221	207,291	207,377	207,472	207,569	207,675	207,788	-	207,980	208,058	208,120
Civilian labor force	128,986	128,500	128,694	129,020	128,490	128,474	128,596	128,374	128,560	-	128,477	128,617	128,876
Participation rate	62.3	62.0	62.1	62.2	62.0	61.9	62.0	61.8	61.9	-	61.8	61.8	61.9
Employed	124,409	123,657	123,896	124,094	123,567	123,844	123,821	123,565	123,739	-	123,517	123,778	124,081
Employment-population ratio	60.1	59.7	59.8	59.9	59.6	59.7	59.7	59.5	59.6	-	59.4	59.5	59.6
Unemployed	4,577	4,843	4,798	4,926	4,923	4,630	4,775	4,808	4,821	-	4,960	4,838	4,795
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	-	3.9	3.8	3.7
Not in labor force	78,102	78,647	78,526	78,272	78,887	78,998	78,973	79,301	79,228	-	79,503	79,441	79,245
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	66,844	66,365	66,444	66,709	66,581	66,645	66,729	66,905	66,725	-	66,683	66,700	66,947
Participation rate	69.9	69.4	69.5	69.7	69.6	69.6	69.6	69.8	69.5	-	69.4	69.4	69.6
Employed	64,741	64,028	64,181	64,245	64,193	64,387	64,398	64,468	64,369	-	64,311	64,411	64,730
Employment-population ratio	67.7	67.0	67.1	67.1	67.1	67.2	67.2	67.2	67.1	-	67.0	67.0	67.3
Unemployed	2,102	2,337	2,263	2,465	2,388	2,259	2,331	2,438	2,356	-	2,371	2,289	2,216
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.5	-	3.6	3.4	3.3
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	57,017	57,028	57,150	57,270	56,905	56,993	57,002	56,725	57,003	-	56,993	57,008	57,165
Participation rate	57.8	57.8	57.9	58.0	57.6	57.6	57.6	57.3	57.5	-	57.5	57.4	57.6
Employed	55,157	55,085	55,265	55,393	55,034	55,230	55,243	54,920	55,082	-	55,051	55,178	55,196
Employment-population ratio	55.9	55.8	56.0	56.1	55.7	55.8	55.8	55.5	55.6	-	55.5	55.6	55.6
Unemployed	1,859	1,944	1,885	1,878	1,871	1,763	1,759	1,805	1,921	-	1,943	1,831	1,968
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.4	-	3.4	3.2	3.4
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	5,125	5,108	5,100	5,040	5,004	4,836	4,864	4,743	4,831	-	4,801	4,909	4,764
Participation rate	40.0	39.8	39.8	39.3	39.1	37.8	38.0	37.1	37.8	-	37.7	38.5	37.4
Employed	4,510	4,545	4,449	4,457	4,339	4,227	4,179	4,177	4,288	-	4,155	4,190	4,154
Employment-population ratio	35.2	35.4	34.7	34.8	33.9	33.0	32.7	32.7	33.6	-	32.6	32.9	32.6
Unemployed	615	563	651	584	664	609	685	565	543	-	646	719	610
Unemployment rate	12.0	11.0	12.8	11.6	13.3	12.6	14.1	11.9	11.2	-	13.5	14.6	12.8

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	35,621	35,653	35,687	35,719	35,751	35,784	35,818	35,854	35,892	-	35,961	35,995	36,028
Civilian labor force	22,236	22,330	22,205	22,198	22,184	22,181	22,095	22,445	22,598	-	22,948	22,728	22,667
Participation rate	62.4	62.6	62.2	62.1	62.1	62.0	61.7	62.6	63.0	-	63.8	63.1	62.9
Employed	20,858	20,982	20,824	20,779	20,833	20,653	20,495	20,749	20,892	-	21,065	21,024	21,040
Employment-population ratio	58.6	58.8	58.4	58.2	58.3	57.7	57.2	57.9	58.2	-	58.6	58.4	58.4
Unemployed	1,378	1,348	1,382	1,419	1,351	1,528	1,601	1,697	1,706	-	1,884	1,704	1,627
Unemployment rate	6.2	6.0	6.2	6.4	6.1	6.9	7.2	7.6	7.6	-	8.2	7.5	7.2
Not in labor force	13,384	13,323	13,481	13,521	13,567	13,604	13,723	13,409	13,294	-	13,013	13,267	13,361
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	10,443	10,354	10,513	10,505	10,410	10,473	10,353	10,644	10,594	-	10,776	10,669	10,552
Participation rate	69.0	68.3	69.3	69.2	68.5	68.8	68.0	69.8	69.4	-	70.4	69.6	68.8
Employed	9,731	9,777	9,871	9,912	9,865	9,751	9,630	9,893	9,889	-	9,969	9,938	9,782
Employment-population ratio	64.3	64.5	65.1	65.3	64.9	64.1	63.2	64.9	64.8	-	65.1	64.9	63.8
Unemployed	713	577	642	593	546	722	723	751	705	-	807	731	770
Unemployment rate	6.8	5.6	6.1	5.6	5.2	6.9	7.0	7.1	6.7	-	7.5	6.9	7.3
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	11,115	11,155	10,863	10,929	11,022	10,898	10,958	11,016	11,106	-	11,238	11,222	11,294
Participation rate	62.4	62.6	60.9	61.2	61.7	60.9	61.2	61.5	61.9	-	62.5	62.4	62.7
Employed	10,516	10,544	10,297	10,257	10,328	10,251	10,252	10,265	10,275	-	10,440	10,403	10,580
Employment-population ratio	59.1	59.2	57.7	57.5	57.8	57.3	57.3	57.3	57.3	-	58.1	57.8	58.7
Unemployed	599	611	566	671	694	647	706	750	831	-	798	820	714
Unemployment rate	5.4	5.5	5.2	6.1	6.3	5.9	6.4	6.8	7.5	-	7.1	7.3	6.3
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	678	821	829	765	752	809	784	786	898	-	934	837	821
Participation rate	25.4	30.7	31.0	28.5	28.0	30.2	29.2	29.3	33.5	-	34.8	31.2	30.6
Employed	612	661	656	610	641	650	613	590	728	-	656	684	678
Employment-population ratio	22.9	24.7	24.5	22.8	23.9	24.2	22.9	22.0	27.1	-	24.4	25.5	25.3
Unemployed	66	160	174	155	111	158	171	196	170	-	278	153	143
Unemployment rate	9.8	19.5	20.9	20.2	14.8	19.6	21.8	24.9	18.9	-	29.8	18.3	17.4

ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	19,111	19,097	19,241	19,272	19,291	19,294	19,313	19,408	19,519	-	19,836	19,788	19,659
Civilian labor force	12,357	12,514	12,651	12,711	12,709	12,637	12,537	12,624	12,751	-	13,083	13,036	12,986
Participation rate	64.7	65.5	65.8	66.0	65.9	65.5	64.9	65.0	65.3	-	66.0	65.9	66.1
Employed	11,903	12,114	12,210	12,323	12,246	12,186	12,043	12,172	12,197	-	12,617	12,565	12,450
Employment-population ratio	62.3	63.4	63.5	63.9	63.5	63.2	62.4	62.7	62.5	-	63.6	63.5	63.3
Unemployed	454	400	442	388	463	450	495	453	553	-	466	471	536
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.2	3.5	3.1	3.6	3.6	3.9	3.6	4.3	-	3.6	3.6	4.1
Not in labor force	6,754	6,583	6,590	6,561	6,582	6,658	6,776	6,783	6,769	-	6,753	6,752	6,673

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	50,869	50,977	51,083	51,191	51,297	51,406	51,514	51,629	51,746	-	51,971	52,080	52,188
Civilian labor force	33,985	34,086	34,326	34,417	34,419	34,330	34,504	34,594	34,839	-	35,025	35,014	35,149
Participation rate	66.8	66.9	67.2	67.2	67.1	66.8	67.0	67.0	67.3	-	67.4	67.2	67.4
Employed	32,351	32,299	32,573	32,635	32,649	32,687	32,769	32,777	32,928	-	33,262	33,286	33,486
Employment-population ratio	63.6	63.4	63.8	63.8	63.6	63.6	63.6	63.5	63.6	-	64.0	63.9	64.2
Unemployed	1,634	1,787	1,753	1,782	1,769	1,642	1,734	1,817	1,912	-	1,763	1,728	1,663
Unemployment rate	4.8	5.2	5.1	5.2	5.1	4.8	5.0	5.3	5.5	-	5.0	4.9	4.7
Not in labor force	16,884	16,892	16,757	16,774	16,878	17,076	17,011	17,034	16,907	-	16,946	17,066	17,039
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	18,227	18,137	18,282	18,392	18,421	18,448	18,447	18,521	18,586	-	18,700	18,744	18,739
Participation rate	79.1	78.5	79.0	79.3	79.2	79.2	79.0	79.1	79.2	-	79.3	79.3	79.1
Employed	17,486	17,298	17,455	17,483	17,600	17,678	17,658	17,639	17,731	-	17,856	17,935	18,041
Employment-population ratio	75.9	74.9	75.4	75.4	75.7	75.9	75.6	75.3	75.5	-	75.7	75.9	76.1
Unemployed	741	839	828	910	821	770	789	882	855	-	844	809	698
Unemployment rate	4.1	4.6	4.5	4.9	4.5	4.2	4.3	4.8	4.6	-	4.5	4.3	3.7
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	14,209	14,358	14,413	14,500	14,450	14,325	14,446	14,525	14,685	-	14,845	14,812	14,911
Participation rate	61.6	62.1	62.2	62.4	62.1	61.4	61.8	62.0	62.5	-	62.9	62.6	62.9
Employed	13,568	13,630	13,746	13,835	13,721	13,687	13,792	13,814	13,875	-	14,186	14,140	14,216
Employment-population ratio	58.8	59.0	59.3	59.6	59.0	58.7	59.0	58.9	59.1	-	60.1	59.8	60.0
Unemployed	641	728	667	665	730	638	654	711	810	-	659	672	695
Unemployment rate	4.5	5.1	4.6	4.6	5.1	4.5	4.5	4.9	5.5	-	4.4	4.5	4.7
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	1,549	1,591	1,631	1,524	1,548	1,557	1,610	1,549	1,569	-	1,480	1,458	1,499
Participation rate	32.6	33.4	34.2	32.0	32.4	32.6	33.7	32.4	32.8	-	30.9	30.5	31.3
Employed	1,298	1,371	1,373	1,318	1,329	1,322	1,319	1,324	1,322	-	1,220	1,210	1,230
Employment-population ratio	27.3	28.8	28.8	27.6	27.8	27.7	27.6	27.7	27.7	-	25.5	25.3	25.7
Unemployed	251	220	258	207	219	235	292	225	247	-	260	248	269
Unemployment rate	16.2	13.8	15.8	13.6	14.1	15.1	18.1	14.5	15.8	-	17.6	17.0	18.0

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. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Data for October 2025 were not collected due to the federal government shutdown.

Last Modified Date: February 11, 2026