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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
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)
Jan.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Jan.
2025
Total Some college,
no degree
Associate
degree
Jan.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Jan.
2025
Jan.
2024
Jan.
2025

TOTAL

Civilian labor force

9,281 9,350 35,853 36,526 36,167 36,123 19,454 19,676 16,714 16,447 64,039 66,215

Participation rate

47.1 47.4 56.9 57.0 62.6 62.9 59.4 60.8 66.7 65.5 72.6 72.3

Employed

8,562 8,706 34,116 34,687 34,922 34,777 18,730 18,840 16,191 15,938 62,621 64,673

Employment-population ratio

43.5 44.1 54.2 54.1 60.4 60.5 57.2 58.2 64.6 63.5 71.0 70.6

Unemployed

719 644 1,736 1,839 1,245 1,345 723 836 522 509 1,418 1,543

Unemployment rate

7.7 6.9 4.8 5.0 3.4 3.7 3.7 4.2 3.1 3.1 2.2 2.3

Men

Civilian labor force

5,968 6,009 21,394 21,802 18,757 18,614 10,549 10,569 8,208 8,046 31,308 32,386

Participation rate

58.6 58.7 66.0 66.0 68.9 68.8 65.7 66.8 73.4 71.5 76.3 76.0

Employed

5,506 5,582 20,252 20,615 18,058 17,943 10,114 10,156 7,943 7,786 30,576 31,653

Employment-population ratio

54.1 54.5 62.5 62.4 66.3 66.3 63.0 64.2 71.0 69.2 74.5 74.3

Unemployed

462 427 1,143 1,186 699 672 435 412 265 259 732 733

Unemployment rate

7.7 7.1 5.3 5.4 3.7 3.6 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.3

Women

Civilian labor force

3,313 3,341 14,458 14,725 17,410 17,508 8,905 9,107 8,506 8,401 32,732 33,830

Participation rate

34.9 35.2 47.3 47.4 56.9 57.6 53.3 55.1 61.3 60.7 69.3 69.0

Employed

3,055 3,125 13,864 14,072 16,864 16,835 8,616 8,683 8,248 8,151 32,045 33,020

Employment-population ratio

32.1 32.9 45.3 45.3 55.2 55.4 51.6 52.5 59.4 58.9 67.9 67.3

Unemployed

257 216 594 653 546 674 289 424 257 250 686 810

Unemployment rate

7.8 6.5 4.1 4.4 3.1 3.8 3.2 4.7 3.0 3.0 2.1 2.4

White

Civilian labor force

7,395 7,485 27,266 27,545 27,572 27,348 14,479 14,509 13,093 12,840 48,277 49,489

Participation rate

49.1 49.7 56.1 55.9 61.3 61.4 57.6 58.7 65.8 64.8 71.3 71.1

Employed

6,838 6,984 26,083 26,342 26,715 26,423 13,983 13,919 12,733 12,504 47,250 48,467

Employment-population ratio

45.4 46.4 53.7 53.5 59.3 59.3 55.7 56.3 64.0 63.1 69.7 69.7

Unemployed

557 501 1,183 1,203 857 926 497 590 360 336 1,027 1,022

Unemployment rate

7.5 6.7 4.3 4.4 3.1 3.4 3.4 4.1 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.1

Black or African American

Civilian labor force

954 1,051 5,476 5,835 5,562 5,700 3,256 3,449 2,306 2,250 7,039 6,825

Participation rate

37.2 38.8 58.4 59.8 67.4 69.0 64.4 68.6 72.1 69.5 78.7 75.3

Employed

825 976 5,079 5,409 5,305 5,361 3,094 3,242 2,211 2,119 6,877 6,632

Employment-population ratio

32.2 36.1 54.2 55.4 64.3 64.9 61.2 64.5 69.1 65.4 76.9 73.1

Unemployed

128 75 396 426 257 339 162 207 95 131 162 193

Unemployment rate

13.5 7.1 7.2 7.3 4.6 5.9 5.0 6.0 4.1 5.8 2.3 2.8

Asian

Civilian labor force

472 405 1,596 1,466 1,506 1,471 789 751 717 720 6,992 7,896

Participation rate

38.8 36.3 58.5 56.2 68.0 65.7 67.9 66.9 68.2 64.5 74.6 75.2

Employed

464 391 1,554 1,411 1,454 1,443 769 738 685 705 6,817 7,628

Employment-population ratio

38.2 35.0 56.9 54.1 65.7 64.5 66.2 65.7 65.1 63.2 72.7 72.7

Unemployed

8 14 42 55 52 28 20 13 32 15 175 269

Unemployment rate

1.7 3.5 2.6 3.7 3.5 1.9 2.5 1.7 4.5 2.1 2.5 3.4

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Civilian labor force

5,496 5,678 8,818 9,081 6,167 6,180 3,453 3,575 2,714 2,605 6,458 7,466

Participation rate

58.2 59.5 69.7 69.0 74.7 73.6 71.9 72.3 78.7 75.4 77.7 78.6

Employed

5,051 5,305 8,274 8,584 5,943 5,958 3,322 3,433 2,622 2,526 6,271 7,240

Employment-population ratio

53.5 55.6 65.4 65.2 72.0 70.9 69.1 69.4 76.0 73.1 75.4 76.2

Unemployed

445 373 544 497 224 222 132 143 93 79 187 226

Unemployment rate

8.1 6.6 6.2 5.5 3.6 3.6 3.8 4.0 3.4 3.0 2.9 3.0

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: February 07, 2025