A-17. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
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A-17. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity [Numbers in thousands]
Sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	Less than a high school diploma		High school graduates, no college(1)		Some college or associate degree						Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022
	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021	Oct. 2022
TOTAL
Civilian labor force	8,921	9,016	35,575	35,243	35,710	36,169	20,644	20,343	15,067	15,826	61,068	63,458
Participation rate	45.9	46.0	55.5	56.2	63.4	63.3	61.5	61.5	66.1	65.9	72.0	72.9
Employed	8,365	8,534	33,774	33,915	34,236	35,132	19,736	19,735	14,501	15,397	59,654	62,292
Employment-population ratio	43.1	43.5	52.7	54.1	60.8	61.5	58.8	59.6	63.6	64.1	70.3	71.6
Unemployed	555	481	1,801	1,328	1,474	1,037	908	608	566	429	1,414	1,166
Unemployment rate	6.2	5.3	5.1	3.8	4.1	2.9	4.4	3.0	3.8	2.7	2.3	1.8

Men
Civilian labor force	5,734	5,935	21,327	21,024	18,040	18,239	10,842	10,574	7,198	7,665	30,142	31,772
Participation rate	57.8	58.9	65.3	65.3	69.9	69.2	68.5	67.3	72.3	72.0	75.9	77.1
Employed	5,414	5,641	20,390	20,321	17,343	17,779	10,417	10,317	6,926	7,461	29,440	31,203
Employment-population ratio	54.6	56.0	62.5	63.2	67.2	67.4	65.8	65.7	69.5	70.0	74.2	75.8
Unemployed	320	294	937	703	697	461	424	257	272	204	702	568
Unemployment rate	5.6	5.0	4.4	3.3	3.9	2.5	3.9	2.4	3.8	2.7	2.3	1.8

Women
Civilian labor force	3,186	3,081	14,248	14,220	17,670	17,929	9,802	9,769	7,868	8,161	30,926	31,686
Participation rate	33.5	32.3	45.3	46.6	57.8	58.3	55.3	56.2	61.3	61.0	68.6	69.1
Employed	2,951	2,893	13,384	13,594	16,893	17,353	9,318	9,418	7,575	7,935	30,214	31,088
Employment-population ratio	31.0	30.3	42.5	44.5	55.3	56.4	52.6	54.2	59.1	59.3	67.0	67.8
Unemployed	235	188	864	625	777	576	484	351	294	225	712	598
Unemployment rate	7.4	6.1	6.1	4.4	4.4	3.2	4.9	3.6	3.7	2.8	2.3	1.9

White
Civilian labor force	7,191	7,376	27,116	27,096	27,649	27,679	15,851	15,388	11,798	12,292	46,822	48,351
Participation rate	48.5	48.7	54.8	55.5	62.3	62.4	60.5	60.6	65.0	64.9	70.7	71.8
Employed	6,786	7,022	26,027	26,244	26,637	26,987	15,218	14,987	11,419	12,000	45,906	47,525
Employment-population ratio	45.8	46.4	52.6	53.7	60.1	60.9	58.0	59.0	62.9	63.3	69.4	70.6
Unemployed	405	354	1,089	852	1,012	693	633	400	379	292	916	826
Unemployment rate	5.6	4.8	4.0	3.1	3.7	2.5	4.0	2.6	3.2	2.4	2.0	1.7

Black or African American
Civilian labor force	873	956	5,639	5,468	5,326	5,504	3,232	3,265	2,094	2,239	6,041	6,549
Participation rate	32.5	35.4	57.2	58.5	67.6	66.7	64.9	63.7	72.3	71.6	77.1	78.2
Employed	759	870	5,074	5,106	4,975	5,236	3,023	3,101	1,952	2,135	5,834	6,379
Employment-population ratio	28.3	32.2	51.5	54.7	63.2	63.4	60.7	60.5	67.4	68.2	74.4	76.2
Unemployed	114	86	565	363	351	268	209	164	142	104	207	170
Unemployment rate	13.0	9.0	10.0	6.6	6.6	4.9	6.5	5.0	6.8	4.6	3.4	2.6

Asian
Civilian labor force	393	369	1,516	1,403	1,313	1,348	749	728	564	620	6,568	7,003
Participation rate	38.8	36.3	56.5	57.9	67.5	61.8	69.6	62.5	64.9	61.1	75.7	75.6
Employed	382	359	1,433	1,373	1,264	1,311	718	703	546	608	6,360	6,854
Employment-population ratio	37.7	35.3	53.4	56.7	65.0	60.1	66.7	60.3	62.9	59.9	73.3	74.0
Unemployed	11	11	83	31	49	37	31	26	18	12	208	149
Unemployment rate	2.7	2.8	5.5	2.2	3.7	2.8	4.2	3.5	3.2	1.9	3.2	2.1

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian labor force	5,314	5,472	7,898	8,305	5,668	5,830	3,550	3,459	2,118	2,371	5,907	6,171
Participation rate	57.1	58.1	67.5	68.1	73.0	74.1	73.3	71.4	72.5	78.4	78.8	79.8
Employed	5,054	5,214	7,504	8,029	5,406	5,657	3,372	3,361	2,034	2,296	5,698	6,038
Employment-population ratio	54.4	55.3	64.2	65.9	69.6	71.9	69.6	69.4	69.7	75.9	76.0	78.1
Unemployed	260	258	395	276	262	173	179	98	84	75	209	133
Unemployment rate	4.9	4.7	5.0	3.3	4.6	3.0	5.0	2.8	3.9	3.2	3.5	2.2
Footnotes (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes persons with bachelor`s, master`s, professional, and doctoral degrees.
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: November 04, 2022