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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		 2018 2019
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

EMPLOYED

Full-time workers

 129,825 129,775 130,115 129,955 129,816 129,830 130,254 130,494 130,877 131,123 131,518 131,561 131,755

Men, 16 years and over

 73,368 73,507 73,779 73,600 73,356 73,582 73,729 74,003 73,892 73,972 74,139 74,124 74,190

Men, 20 years and over

 72,484 72,594 72,941 72,784 72,577 72,794 72,836 73,049 73,019 73,055 73,259 73,171 73,138

Women, 16 years and over

 56,520 56,352 56,315 56,357 56,414 56,255 56,502 56,487 56,870 57,183 57,360 57,469 57,657

Women, 20 years and over

 55,838 55,658 55,709 55,717 55,802 55,630 55,851 55,816 56,269 56,576 56,720 56,823 56,993

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 1,503 1,523 1,465 1,455 1,437 1,407 1,567 1,630 1,588 1,493 1,540 1,567 1,625

Part-time workers

 26,982 26,770 26,917 26,935 26,943 26,974 26,834 26,884 26,988 27,079 26,992 26,958 26,992

Men, 16 years and over

 9,666 9,488 9,298 9,496 9,627 9,642 9,621 9,620 9,715 9,735 9,671 9,859 9,846

Men, 20 years and over

 7,995 7,870 7,790 7,810 8,029 7,976 7,942 7,934 8,009 8,051 7,931 8,193 8,219

Women, 16 years and over

 17,304 17,257 17,533 17,471 17,290 17,325 17,246 17,294 17,297 17,320 17,376 17,115 17,133

Women, 20 years and over

 15,299 15,309 15,531 15,473 15,357 15,354 15,308 15,300 15,324 15,379 15,386 15,089 15,214

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 3,688 3,591 3,597 3,651 3,557 3,644 3,583 3,650 3,655 3,648 3,675 3,675 3,558


UNEMPLOYED

Looking for full-time work

 4,945 5,333 5,020 4,998 4,687 4,780 4,755 4,855 4,732 4,669 4,789 4,754 4,664

Men, 16 years and over

 2,864 3,020 2,843 2,843 2,715 2,709 2,677 2,699 2,670 2,612 2,647 2,659 2,589

Men, 20 years and over

 2,659 2,792 2,615 2,615 2,506 2,504 2,472 2,501 2,473 2,412 2,436 2,461 2,390

Women, 16 years and over

 2,094 2,323 2,165 2,141 1,968 2,068 2,083 2,149 2,083 2,064 2,130 2,082 2,077

Women, 20 years and over

 1,976 2,154 2,009 1,989 1,842 1,913 1,931 2,002 1,960 1,917 1,998 1,936 1,903

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 310 387 396 393 339 363 352 352 299 340 355 358 371

Looking for part-time work

 1,331 1,190 1,147 1,227 1,171 1,173 1,222 1,203 1,243 1,087 1,054 1,065 1,087

Men, 16 years and over

 549 509 489 556 523 490 509 512 536 492 481 419 440

Men, 20 years and over

 334 322 292 394 320 307 316 294 308 280 284 219 236

Women, 16 years and over

 791 656 661 662 659 681 701 685 697 616 600 644 657

Women, 20 years and over

 569 486 476 476 461 499 498 488 486 412 395 473 477

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 428 381 379 357 390 368 407 421 449 395 375 374 374


UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Full-time workers

 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4

Men, 16 years and over

 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4

Men, 20 years and over

 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2

Women, 16 years and over

 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5

Women, 20 years and over

 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 17.1 20.3 21.3 21.3 19.1 20.5 18.3 17.8 15.8 18.5 18.7 18.6 18.6

Part-time workers

 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.9

Men, 16 years and over

 5.4 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.1 4.3

Men, 20 years and over

 4.0 3.9 3.6 4.8 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.5 2.6 2.8

Women, 16 years and over

 4.4 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.7

Women, 20 years and over

 3.6 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.5 3.0 3.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

 10.4 9.6 9.5 8.9 9.9 9.2 10.2 10.3 10.9 9.8 9.3 9.2 9.5

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: January 10, 2020