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

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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)
	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026
	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2026
TOTAL
Civilian labor force	8,968	8,134	36,326	36,271	36,711	35,749	20,235	19,336	16,477	16,414	67,553	68,255
Participation rate	48.1	44.8	56.8	56.1	63.1	61.8	61.3	59.4	65.4	64.9	72.1	71.6
Employed	8,435	7,857	34,883	34,788	35,493	34,500	19,464	18,545	16,028	15,955	65,675	66,592
Employment-population ratio	45.2	43.3	54.6	53.8	61.0	59.6	59.0	56.9	63.7	63.0	70.1	69.9
Unemployed	533	277	1,443	1,484	1,219	1,249	771	791	448	459	1,878	1,664
Unemployment rate	5.9	3.4	4.0	4.1	3.3	3.5	3.8	4.1	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.4

Men
Civilian labor force	5,884	5,254	21,547	21,690	19,203	18,330	11,124	10,466	8,079	7,864	32,920	32,809
Participation rate	59.3	56.9	66.0	65.6	69.7	68.0	68.4	66.4	71.6	70.1	75.6	75.2
Employed	5,586	5,087	20,734	20,849	18,656	17,704	10,772	10,059	7,883	7,645	32,024	31,934
Employment-population ratio	56.3	55.1	63.5	63.1	67.7	65.6	66.3	63.8	69.8	68.2	73.5	73.2
Unemployed	298	167	813	841	547	626	352	407	195	219	895	874
Unemployment rate	5.1	3.2	3.8	3.9	2.8	3.4	3.2	3.9	2.4	2.8	2.7	2.7

Women
Civilian labor force	3,084	2,880	14,779	14,582	17,509	17,419	9,111	8,869	8,398	8,550	34,634	35,447
Participation rate	35.3	32.3	47.2	46.2	57.1	56.4	54.4	52.8	60.4	60.6	69.1	68.6
Employed	2,849	2,770	14,149	13,939	16,837	16,796	8,692	8,486	8,145	8,310	33,651	34,658
Employment-population ratio	32.6	31.1	45.2	44.1	55.0	54.3	51.9	50.5	58.6	58.9	67.1	67.1
Unemployed	235	110	630	643	672	623	419	383	253	240	983	789
Unemployment rate	7.6	3.8	4.3	4.4	3.8	3.6	4.6	4.3	3.0	2.8	2.8	2.2

White
Civilian labor force	6,926	5,988	27,376	26,548	27,830	26,281	15,123	13,865	12,707	12,415	50,347	49,277
Participation rate	50.1	47.1	56.0	55.0	61.5	60.2	59.9	57.4	63.5	63.6	70.6	69.5
Employed	6,578	5,810	26,491	25,672	27,048	25,588	14,626	13,443	12,422	12,146	49,189	48,145
Employment-population ratio	47.6	45.7	54.2	53.2	59.8	58.6	58.0	55.7	62.1	62.2	69.0	67.9
Unemployed	348	178	885	876	782	692	497	422	285	270	1,158	1,132
Unemployment rate	5.0	3.0	3.2	3.3	2.8	2.6	3.3	3.0	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3

Black or African American
Civilian labor force	1,199	917	5,757	5,820	5,795	5,473	3,415	3,241	2,379	2,232	6,863	7,013
Participation rate	42.9	36.4	57.8	58.7	68.0	67.2	65.2	65.2	72.4	70.2	78.0	76.9
Employed	1,065	854	5,350	5,377	5,470	5,111	3,218	3,015	2,252	2,095	6,530	6,787
Employment-population ratio	38.1	33.9	53.8	54.2	64.2	62.7	61.4	60.7	68.5	65.9	74.2	74.4
Unemployed	134	62	406	443	325	362	197	225	127	137	333	226
Unemployment rate	11.2	6.8	7.1	7.6	5.6	6.6	5.8	6.9	5.3	6.1	4.9	3.2

Asian
Civilian labor force	339	411	1,607	1,699	1,357	1,593	740	799	617	793	8,304	8,840
Participation rate	32.1	32.9	59.2	56.9	66.0	63.8	64.9	60.4	67.5	67.5	75.3	77.4
Employed	331	399	1,545	1,671	1,314	1,541	717	785	597	756	7,977	8,613
Employment-population ratio	31.4	32.0	56.9	55.9	64.0	61.7	62.9	59.4	65.4	64.3	72.3	75.5
Unemployed	7	12	62	28	42	51	23	14	20	37	326	227
Unemployment rate	2.1	2.8	3.9	1.6	3.1	3.2	3.1	1.7	3.2	4.7	3.9	2.6

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian labor force	5,300	4,877	9,114	9,583	6,731	6,761	3,963	3,833	2,768	2,928	8,061	8,873
Participation rate	58.2	55.5	68.0	70.3	75.0	74.5	74.2	72.5	76.2	77.2	81.5	81.8
Employed	5,004	4,732	8,809	9,232	6,446	6,503	3,769	3,640	2,677	2,862	7,783	8,675
Employment-population ratio	55.0	53.8	65.8	67.7	71.8	71.6	70.5	68.9	73.7	75.5	78.7	80.0
Unemployed	296	145	305	350	285	258	194	192	91	66	278	198
Unemployment rate	5.6	3.0	3.3	3.7	4.2	3.8	4.9	5.0	3.3	2.2	3.4	2.2
Footnotes (1) Includes people with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes people 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. People 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 02, 2026