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)
	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Total		Some college, no degree		Associate degree		Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026
	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2026
TOTAL
Civilian labor force	8,986	8,501	36,176	36,384	36,350	36,080	19,649	19,436	16,701	16,645	67,120	67,609
Participation rate	47.7	46.3	56.7	56.5	62.8	61.9	61.2	60.3	64.8	64.0	72.4	71.9
Employed	8,392	7,928	34,576	34,574	35,044	34,757	18,866	18,602	16,178	16,154	65,404	65,740
Employment-population ratio	44.5	43.2	54.2	53.7	60.5	59.7	58.7	57.7	62.8	62.1	70.5	69.9
Unemployed	594	573	1,600	1,811	1,306	1,323	783	833	523	490	1,716	1,869
Unemployment rate	6.6	6.7	4.4	5.0	3.6	3.7	4.0	4.3	3.1	2.9	2.6	2.8

Men
Civilian labor force	5,767	5,255	21,918	21,299	18,535	18,719	10,298	10,538	8,237	8,181	32,919	32,520
Participation rate	59.1	57.1	66.2	65.4	68.8	68.1	67.0	67.1	71.2	69.6	76.0	75.2
Employed	5,397	4,965	20,903	20,199	17,848	18,031	9,924	10,059	7,924	7,972	32,051	31,651
Employment-population ratio	55.3	53.9	63.1	62.0	66.3	65.6	64.6	64.0	68.5	67.8	74.0	73.2
Unemployed	370	290	1,015	1,099	688	688	374	478	314	210	868	870
Unemployment rate	6.4	5.5	4.6	5.2	3.7	3.7	3.6	4.5	3.8	2.6	2.6	2.7

Women
Civilian labor force	3,219	3,246	14,257	15,086	17,814	17,361	9,351	8,898	8,464	8,463	34,201	35,089
Participation rate	35.4	35.4	46.4	47.4	57.6	56.4	55.8	53.8	59.6	59.4	69.2	69.0
Employed	2,994	2,963	13,673	14,374	17,196	16,726	8,942	8,543	8,254	8,183	33,353	34,090
Employment-population ratio	32.9	32.4	44.5	45.1	55.6	54.3	53.4	51.7	58.1	57.5	67.5	67.1
Unemployed	225	283	585	712	619	635	409	355	210	280	848	999
Unemployment rate	7.0	8.7	4.1	4.7	3.5	3.7	4.4	4.0	2.5	3.3	2.5	2.8

White
Civilian labor force	7,101	6,368	27,427	26,695	27,556	26,457	14,653	13,945	12,902	12,512	50,126	49,166
Participation rate	49.8	48.6	56.1	55.6	61.2	60.4	59.2	58.5	63.6	62.6	71.2	70.0
Employed	6,654	5,984	26,398	25,577	26,699	25,625	14,113	13,423	12,586	12,201	48,958	48,030
Employment-population ratio	46.7	45.6	54.0	53.3	59.3	58.5	57.0	56.3	62.1	61.0	69.5	68.4
Unemployed	447	384	1,029	1,118	856	832	540	521	316	311	1,168	1,136
Unemployment rate	6.3	6.0	3.8	4.2	3.1	3.1	3.7	3.7	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.3

Black or African American
Civilian labor force	961	1,043	5,671	5,623	5,745	5,799	3,292	3,350	2,453	2,450	7,001	6,699
Participation rate	37.2	37.9	58.0	57.6	68.8	68.1	68.4	66.1	69.4	71.1	76.4	78.7
Employed	845	936	5,295	5,113	5,419	5,498	3,101	3,162	2,318	2,336	6,784	6,425
Employment-population ratio	32.7	34.0	54.2	52.4	64.9	64.6	64.4	62.4	65.6	67.8	74.0	75.5
Unemployed	116	107	376	511	327	302	191	188	135	114	218	274
Unemployment rate	12.1	10.2	6.6	9.1	5.7	5.2	5.8	5.6	5.5	4.7	3.1	4.1

Asian
Civilian labor force	492	550	1,465	1,584	1,505	1,461	791	801	714	661	8,074	8,995
Participation rate	45.9	46.9	55.6	57.2	69.3	63.2	72.6	61.0	66.1	66.0	75.4	75.6
Employed	492	534	1,418	1,561	1,458	1,393	777	745	681	648	7,798	8,696
Employment-population ratio	45.9	45.5	53.8	56.4	67.2	60.2	71.3	56.7	63.0	64.7	72.8	73.0
Unemployed	0	16	48	23	47	68	14	56	33	13	276	299
Unemployment rate	0.0	2.9	3.2	1.4	3.1	4.7	1.8	7.0	4.6	1.9	3.4	3.3

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Civilian labor force	5,382	5,043	9,223	9,546	6,296	6,585	3,486	3,679	2,810	2,906	7,894	8,613
Participation rate	59.1	56.8	69.9	70.4	73.6	72.6	72.2	72.2	75.4	73.0	79.5	82.4
Employed	5,069	4,740	8,803	9,072	6,076	6,321	3,357	3,513	2,719	2,808	7,646	8,310
Employment-population ratio	55.7	53.4	66.7	66.9	71.0	69.7	69.5	69.0	73.0	70.6	77.0	79.5
Unemployed	313	303	420	474	220	264	129	166	91	98	248	303
Unemployment rate	5.8	6.0	4.6	5.0	3.5	4.0	3.7	4.5	3.2	3.4	3.1	3.5
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: April 03, 2026