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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Statistical summary table. Changes in selected labor force indicators with a statistical significance test at a 90% confidence level
 [Numbers in thousands]
Category Aug.
2023		 Current 1-month change
(Aug.23-July23)		 Current 3-month change
(Aug.23-May23)		 Current 6-month change
(Aug.23-Feb.23)		 Current 9-month change
(Aug.23-Nov.22)		 Current 12-month change
(Aug.23-Aug.22)
Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 267,213 211 - - 595 - - 1,101 - - 2,505 - - 3,029 - -

Civilian labor force

 167,839 736 604 Yes 1,021 792 Yes 1,588 914 Yes 3,312 915 Yes 3,125 897 Yes

Participation rate

 62.8 0.23 0.23 Yes 0.24 0.30 No 0.34 0.34 Yes 0.66 0.34 Yes 0.46 0.34 Yes

Employed

 161,484 222 610 No 763 818 No 1,169 938 Yes 2,957 939 Yes 2,790 924 Yes

Employment-population ratio

 60.4 0.04 0.23 No 0.15 0.31 No 0.19 0.35 No 0.55 0.35 Yes 0.36 0.35 Yes

Unemployed

 6,355 514 315 Yes 258 374 No 419 392 Yes 355 391 No 334 383 No

Unemployment rate

 3.8 0.29 0.19 Yes 0.13 0.22 No 0.22 0.23 No 0.14 0.23 No 0.13 0.23 No

Not in labor force

 99,374 -525 604 No -426 792 No -487 914 No -807 915 No -95 897 No

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.8 0.29 0.19 Yes 0.13 0.22 No 0.22 0.23 No 0.14 0.23 No 0.13 0.23 No

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.7 0.39 0.25 Yes 0.21 0.30 No 0.38 0.32 Yes 0.33 0.31 Yes 0.20 0.31 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.2 0.11 0.25 No -0.11 0.30 No -0.04 0.31 No -0.12 0.31 No -0.07 0.30 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 12.2 0.93 1.77 No 1.96 1.94 Yes 1.10 2.03 No 0.96 2.03 No 1.81 1.99 No

White

 3.4 0.35 0.19 Yes 0.17 0.23 No 0.27 0.24 Yes 0.19 0.24 No 0.25 0.24 Yes

Black or African American

 5.3 -0.48 0.69 No -0.35 0.81 No -0.37 0.86 No -0.45 0.85 No -1.08 0.86 Yes

Asian

 3.1 0.78 0.62 Yes 0.15 0.78 No -0.31 0.86 No 0.45 0.80 No 0.34 0.79 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.9 0.45 0.51 No 0.82 0.58 Yes -0.39 0.65 No 0.89 0.60 Yes 0.36 0.61 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.0 0.21 0.17 Yes -0.02 0.21 No 0.08 0.22 No 0.05 0.22 No 0.02 0.22 No

Less than a high school diploma

 5.4 0.14 1.00 No -0.31 1.20 No -0.48 1.25 No 0.93 1.19 No -0.76 1.26 No

High school graduates, no college

 3.8 0.46 0.39 Yes -0.08 0.49 No 0.28 0.50 No -0.07 0.52 No -0.52 0.51 Yes

Some college or associate degree

 3.0 -0.10 0.35 No -0.17 0.43 No -0.21 0.45 No -0.13 0.45 No 0.09 0.44 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.2 0.20 0.22 No 0.13 0.27 No 0.16 0.28 No 0.19 0.28 No 0.33 0.27 Yes

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,914 294 207 Yes -46 256 No 162 264 No 153 262 No 221 255 No

Job leavers

 801 -51 115 No 36 135 No -90 144 No -28 141 No -96 144 No

Reentrants

 1,930 77 182 No 109 211 No 83 219 No 132 215 No 97 215 No

New entrants

 597 94 100 No 89 116 No 82 119 No 39 121 No 146 114 Yes

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,221 217 232 No 138 235 No -68 242 No -23 241 No -6 238 No

5 to 14 weeks

 1,877 179 186 No 12 215 No 32 215 No 183 211 No 80 211 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,002 5 138 No 144 151 No 197 151 Yes 181 150 Yes 115 152 No

27 weeks and over

 1,296 132 137 No 108 169 No 239 173 Yes 81 176 No 131 172 No

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,221 221 288 No 482 321 Yes 154 337 No 533 325 Yes 81 327 No

Slack work or business conditions

 2,799 82 247 No 217 268 No -41 281 No 253 269 No 32 270 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,021 7 146 No 197 155 Yes 162 158 Yes 195 157 Yes 50 160 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 21,975 4 518 No 111 641 No 119 680 No 749 664 Yes 890 637 Yes

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,505 107 183 No -3 196 No 109 195 No 14 197 No 72 195 No

Discouraged workers

 386 51 94 No -36 103 No 23 100 No -20 102 No 19 99 No

Footnotes
(1) Needed value represents the minimum change needed to be statistically significant at a 90% confidence level. Effective with the release of January 2023 data, these values are based on standard error models that are updated monthly.

- Standard errors cannot be calculated for population levels.

NOTE: Data are seasonally adjusted except for civilian noninstitutional population. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 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. The over-the-month changes for January in this table include the effects of population control updates. Differences published in this table may not match differences published elsewhere due to rounding.

 

Last Modified Date: September 01, 2023