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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-6. Employed and unemployed full- and part-time workers by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Full- and part-time status,
sex, and age		 2019 2020
Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

EMPLOYED

Full-time workers

 130,877 131,123 131,518 131,561 131,755 131,099 131,109 129,298 114,322 116,523 118,941 119,532 122,369

Men, 16 years and over

 73,892 73,972 74,139 74,124 74,190 73,860 73,761 72,517 64,673 65,901 66,897 67,606 69,114

Men, 20 years and over

 73,019 73,055 73,259 73,171 73,138 72,910 72,806 71,580 63,889 65,051 66,305 66,907 68,310

Women, 16 years and over

 56,870 57,183 57,360 57,469 57,657 57,314 57,351 56,737 49,604 50,558 52,054 52,014 53,151

Women, 20 years and over

 56,269 56,576 56,720 56,823 56,993 56,617 56,692 56,197 49,127 50,048 51,557 51,565 52,733

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,588 1,493 1,540 1,567 1,625 1,572 1,611 1,521 1,307 1,423 1,080 1,061 1,326

Part-time workers

 26,988 27,079 26,992 26,958 26,992 27,529 27,726 26,553 19,106 20,741 23,179 23,982 24,973

Men, 16 years and over

 9,715 9,735 9,671 9,859 9,846 10,061 10,051 9,875 7,207 7,814 8,747 8,652 9,130

Men, 20 years and over

 8,009 8,051 7,931 8,193 8,219 8,429 8,391 8,258 6,075 6,637 7,332 7,290 7,610

Women, 16 years and over

 17,297 17,320 17,376 17,115 17,133 17,476 17,605 16,687 11,871 12,917 14,465 15,365 15,843

Women, 20 years and over

 15,324 15,379 15,386 15,089 15,214 15,437 15,554 14,716 10,822 11,530 12,814 13,543 13,893

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 3,655 3,648 3,675 3,675 3,558 3,664 3,781 3,580 2,209 2,573 3,034 3,149 3,470


UNEMPLOYED

Looking for full-time work

 4,732 4,669 4,789 4,754 4,664 4,744 4,710 5,477 16,885 15,897 13,755 12,920 11,082

Men, 16 years and over

 2,670 2,612 2,647 2,659 2,589 2,661 2,711 3,085 9,083 8,376 7,398 6,988 6,204

Men, 20 years and over

 2,473 2,412 2,436 2,461 2,390 2,437 2,489 2,874 8,753 7,999 7,118 6,759 5,912

Women, 16 years and over

 2,083 2,064 2,130 2,082 2,077 2,074 1,988 2,383 7,808 7,521 6,293 5,873 4,891

Women, 20 years and over

 1,960 1,917 1,998 1,936 1,903 1,895 1,829 2,239 7,584 7,290 6,114 5,744 4,702

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 299 340 355 358 371 413 392 365 548 608 523 418 468

Looking for part-time work

 1,243 1,087 1,054 1,065 1,087 1,171 1,065 1,712 6,194 5,090 4,007 3,447 2,459

Men, 16 years and over

 536 492 481 419 440 490 435 700 2,141 1,826 1,544 1,316 863

Men, 20 years and over

 308 280 284 219 236 316 302 502 1,732 1,391 1,241 961 646

Women, 16 years and over

 697 616 600 644 657 665 644 980 4,049 3,255 2,451 2,128 1,585

Women, 20 years and over

 486 412 395 473 477 517 480 727 3,385 2,629 2,026 1,860 1,372

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 449 395 375 374 374 338 283 484 1,076 1,070 741 626 441


UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Full-time workers

 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 4.1 12.9 12.0 10.4 9.8 8.3

Men, 16 years and over

 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 4.1 12.3 11.3 10.0 9.4 8.2

Men, 20 years and over

 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.9 12.1 11.0 9.7 9.2 8.0

Women, 16 years and over

 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 4.0 13.6 12.9 10.8 10.1 8.4

Women, 20 years and over

 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.8 13.4 12.7 10.6 10.0 8.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 15.8 18.5 18.7 18.6 18.6 20.8 19.6 19.3 29.6 29.9 32.6 28.3 26.1

Part-time workers

 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.1 3.7 6.1 24.5 19.7 14.7 12.6 9.0

Men, 16 years and over

 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.6 4.2 6.6 22.9 18.9 15.0 13.2 8.6

Men, 20 years and over

 3.7 3.4 3.5 2.6 2.8 3.6 3.5 5.7 22.2 17.3 14.5 11.6 7.8

Women, 16 years and over

 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.5 5.5 25.4 20.1 14.5 12.2 9.1

Women, 20 years and over

 3.1 2.6 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 4.7 23.8 18.6 13.7 12.1 9.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 10.9 9.8 9.3 9.2 9.5 8.4 7.0 11.9 32.7 29.4 19.6 16.6 11.3

NOTE: Full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week; part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. Detail for the data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: September 04, 2020