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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		 2023 2024
Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 204,756 204,867 204,949 205,022 204,608 204,677 204,752 204,831 204,917 205,010 205,114 205,222 205,338

Civilian labor force

 127,755 127,612 127,773 127,226 126,962 127,040 127,596 127,708 127,384 127,552 127,887 127,939 128,168

Participation rate

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

Employed

 123,403 123,198 123,550 122,802 122,663 122,685 123,286 123,229 122,922 123,095 123,032 123,049 123,490

Employment-population ratio

 60.3 60.1 60.3 59.9 60.0 59.9 60.2 60.2 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.1

Unemployed

 4,352 4,414 4,223 4,424 4,299 4,356 4,310 4,479 4,462 4,457 4,854 4,890 4,677

Unemployment rate

 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.6

Not in labor force

 77,001 77,255 77,177 77,796 77,646 77,637 77,156 77,123 77,533 77,457 77,228 77,282 77,171

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 66,615 66,363 66,695 66,405 65,869 65,685 65,963 65,982 65,797 66,154 66,313 66,282 66,385

Participation rate

 70.3 70.0 70.3 70.0 69.8 69.6 69.8 69.8 69.6 70.0 70.1 70.0 70.1

Employed

 64,313 64,148 64,559 64,208 63,674 63,658 64,029 63,801 63,588 64,011 64,005 63,910 64,114

Employment-population ratio

 67.9 67.6 68.1 67.7 67.5 67.4 67.8 67.5 67.3 67.7 67.6 67.5 67.7

Unemployed

 2,302 2,215 2,136 2,197 2,195 2,027 1,933 2,181 2,208 2,143 2,308 2,372 2,271

Unemployment rate

 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.4

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 56,349 56,209 56,130 55,844 56,219 56,454 56,489 56,622 56,441 56,268 56,529 56,777 56,693

Participation rate

 57.8 57.6 57.5 57.2 57.6 57.9 57.9 58.0 57.8 57.6 57.8 58.0 57.9

Employed

 54,767 54,621 54,609 54,175 54,615 54,646 54,677 54,843 54,752 54,505 54,583 54,866 54,947

Employment-population ratio

 56.2 56.0 56.0 55.5 56.0 56.0 56.0 56.2 56.0 55.8 55.8 56.1 56.1

Unemployed

 1,583 1,588 1,521 1,669 1,604 1,808 1,811 1,779 1,689 1,763 1,946 1,911 1,747

Unemployment rate

 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 4,790 5,040 4,947 4,976 4,874 4,902 5,145 5,103 5,146 5,131 5,044 4,880 5,089

Participation rate

 38.2 40.2 39.5 39.7 38.4 38.6 40.5 40.2 40.5 40.4 39.7 38.4 40.0

Employed

 4,323 4,430 4,382 4,418 4,374 4,381 4,580 4,584 4,582 4,580 4,444 4,273 4,429

Employment-population ratio

 34.5 35.4 35.0 35.3 34.5 34.5 36.1 36.1 36.1 36.0 34.9 33.6 34.8

Unemployed

 467 611 565 558 500 520 565 519 564 551 600 607 660

Unemployment rate

 9.8 12.1 11.4 11.2 10.3 10.6 11.0 10.2 11.0 10.7 11.9 12.4 13.0


BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 34,751 34,788 34,821 34,853 34,813 34,849 34,883 34,918 34,949 34,982 35,017 35,053 35,092

Civilian labor force

 21,900 21,902 22,171 22,094 22,051 22,190 22,170 22,051 21,986 21,942 22,124 21,984 22,062

Participation rate

 63.0 63.0 63.7 63.4 63.3 63.7 63.6 63.2 62.9 62.7 63.2 62.7 62.9

Employed

 20,650 20,636 20,886 20,952 20,887 20,950 20,746 20,812 20,643 20,570 20,739 20,639 20,801

Employment-population ratio

 59.4 59.3 60.0 60.1 60.0 60.1 59.5 59.6 59.1 58.8 59.2 58.9 59.3

Unemployed

 1,251 1,266 1,285 1,143 1,164 1,240 1,424 1,239 1,343 1,372 1,385 1,344 1,262

Unemployment rate

 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.2 5.3 5.6 6.4 5.6 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.1 5.7

Not in labor force

 12,851 12,886 12,650 12,759 12,762 12,659 12,713 12,867 12,963 13,040 12,893 13,070 13,030

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,201 10,048 10,299 10,294 10,266 10,344 10,317 10,194 10,150 10,269 10,370 10,153 10,349

Participation rate

 68.8 67.7 69.3 69.2 69.4 69.8 69.6 68.7 68.3 69.1 69.7 68.2 69.4

Employed

 9,631 9,520 9,648 9,821 9,717 9,709 9,677 9,661 9,497 9,643 9,681 9,551 9,817

Employment-population ratio

 64.9 64.1 64.9 66.0 65.7 65.5 65.3 65.1 63.9 64.9 65.1 64.1 65.8

Unemployed

 570 528 651 473 548 636 640 533 654 626 689 602 532

Unemployment rate

 5.6 5.3 6.3 4.6 5.3 6.1 6.2 5.2 6.4 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.1

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,890 11,065 11,067 11,014 10,967 11,050 10,999 10,991 10,994 10,906 11,029 11,084 10,944

Participation rate

 62.7 63.6 63.6 63.2 62.9 63.4 63.0 62.9 62.9 62.3 63.0 63.2 62.4

Employed

 10,403 10,475 10,533 10,486 10,445 10,568 10,387 10,442 10,421 10,289 10,428 10,474 10,358

Employment-population ratio

 59.9 60.3 60.5 60.2 59.9 60.6 59.5 59.8 59.6 58.8 59.5 59.7 59.0

Unemployed

 487 590 534 528 521 482 612 548 572 617 601 610 585

Unemployment rate

 4.5 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.4 5.6 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 809 789 805 786 819 796 854 867 842 767 725 747 770

Participation rate

 31.7 30.9 31.5 30.7 31.6 30.7 32.8 33.2 32.2 29.3 27.6 28.4 29.3

Employed

 615 642 705 644 724 673 682 709 725 637 630 614 625

Employment-population ratio

 24.2 25.1 27.6 25.2 27.9 25.9 26.2 27.2 27.7 24.3 24.0 23.4 23.8

Unemployed

 193 147 100 142 95 122 171 158 117 130 95 133 145

Unemployment rate

 23.9 18.7 12.4 18.0 11.6 15.4 20.1 18.2 13.9 16.9 13.1 17.7 18.8


ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 17,633 17,593 17,769 17,896 17,930 17,784 17,781 17,816 17,993 18,052 17,971 17,973 17,902

Civilian labor force

 11,587 11,490 11,548 11,436 11,559 11,472 11,403 11,536 11,754 11,888 11,814 11,755 11,683

Participation rate

 65.7 65.3 65.0 63.9 64.5 64.5 64.1 64.7 65.3 65.9 65.7 65.4 65.3

Employed

 11,255 11,134 11,144 11,084 11,223 11,081 11,113 11,214 11,393 11,400 11,383 11,269 11,202

Employment-population ratio

 63.8 63.3 62.7 61.9 62.6 62.3 62.5 62.9 63.3 63.2 63.3 62.7 62.6

Unemployed

 332 356 404 353 336 390 290 322 361 488 431 486 481

Unemployment rate

 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.1 2.9 3.4 2.5 2.8 3.1 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.1

Not in labor force

 6,047 6,103 6,221 6,459 6,372 6,312 6,379 6,280 6,239 6,163 6,158 6,218 6,219


HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 47,774 47,877 47,974 48,068 48,364 48,467 48,565 48,667 48,764 48,864 48,966 49,071 49,180

Civilian labor force

 32,115 32,056 32,101 32,081 32,318 32,499 32,442 32,777 32,815 33,002 32,946 33,264 33,172

Participation rate

 67.2 67.0 66.9 66.7 66.8 67.1 66.8 67.3 67.3 67.5 67.3 67.8 67.4

Employed

 30,637 30,525 30,636 30,480 30,700 30,883 30,994 31,187 31,185 31,388 31,191 31,443 31,484

Employment-population ratio

 64.1 63.8 63.9 63.4 63.5 63.7 63.8 64.1 64.0 64.2 63.7 64.1 64.0

Unemployed

 1,478 1,531 1,465 1,602 1,618 1,616 1,448 1,589 1,630 1,614 1,755 1,822 1,687

Unemployment rate

 4.6 4.8 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.8 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.5 5.1

Not in labor force

 15,659 15,822 15,873 15,986 16,046 15,967 16,123 15,890 15,949 15,862 16,020 15,807 16,008

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 17,256 17,128 17,267 17,261 17,372 17,415 17,455 17,532 17,592 17,769 17,710 17,834 17,697

Participation rate

 79.5 78.7 79.2 79.1 79.5 79.5 79.5 79.7 79.8 80.5 80.0 80.4 79.6

Employed

 16,520 16,409 16,537 16,438 16,519 16,720 16,800 16,765 16,767 17,023 16,923 16,980 16,978

Employment-population ratio

 76.1 75.4 75.9 75.3 75.6 76.3 76.5 76.2 76.1 77.1 76.5 76.6 76.4

Unemployed

 736 719 729 824 852 695 654 766 826 746 786 854 720

Unemployment rate

 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.0 3.7 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.8 4.1

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 13,355 13,265 13,260 13,346 13,336 13,535 13,483 13,638 13,582 13,555 13,690 13,921 13,924

Participation rate

 61.7 61.1 61.0 61.3 60.7 61.5 61.1 61.7 61.3 61.1 61.6 62.5 62.3

Employed

 12,785 12,727 12,737 12,746 12,759 12,860 12,870 13,016 13,032 12,951 12,949 13,223 13,262

Employment-population ratio

 59.0 58.6 58.6 58.5 58.1 58.4 58.4 58.9 58.9 58.4 58.2 59.3 59.4

Unemployed

 570 537 523 601 577 675 612 623 550 604 741 698 663

Unemployment rate

 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.5 4.3 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.1 4.5 5.4 5.0 4.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 1,504 1,664 1,574 1,474 1,610 1,549 1,504 1,607 1,641 1,678 1,546 1,509 1,550

Participation rate

 34.1 37.6 35.5 33.2 35.5 34.0 33.0 35.1 35.8 36.5 33.6 32.7 33.6

Employed

 1,332 1,389 1,361 1,296 1,422 1,304 1,323 1,406 1,386 1,414 1,319 1,239 1,245

Employment-population ratio

 30.2 31.4 30.7 29.2 31.3 28.6 29.0 30.7 30.2 30.8 28.7 26.9 27.0

Unemployed

 172 275 213 177 188 246 181 200 254 264 227 269 305

Unemployment rate

 11.4 16.5 13.5 12.0 11.7 15.9 12.0 12.5 15.5 15.7 14.7 17.8 19.7


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: October 04, 2024