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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 Feb.
2023		 Current 1-month change
(Feb.23-Jan.23)		 Current 3-month change
(Feb.23-Nov.22)		 Current 6-month change
(Feb.23-Aug.22)		 Current 9-month change
(Feb.23-May22)		 Current 12-month change
(Feb.23-Feb.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

 266,112 150 - - 1,404 - - 1,928 - - 2,433 - - 2,788 - -

Civilian labor force

 166,251 419 615 No 1,724 807 Yes 1,537 930 Yes 1,973 932 Yes 2,389 914 Yes

Participation rate

 62.5 0.12 0.23 No 0.32 0.30 Yes 0.13 0.35 No 0.17 0.35 No 0.25 0.35 No

Employed

 160,315 177 621 No 1,788 833 Yes 1,621 954 Yes 2,016 956 Yes 2,725 942 Yes

Employment-population ratio

 60.2 0.03 0.23 No 0.36 0.31 Yes 0.17 0.36 No 0.21 0.36 No 0.40 0.36 Yes

Unemployed

 5,936 242 313 No -64 372 No -85 393 No -43 391 No -336 388 No

Unemployment rate

 3.6 0.14 0.19 No -0.08 0.22 No -0.08 0.24 No -0.07 0.24 No -0.26 0.23 Yes

Not in labor force

 99,861 -269 615 No -320 807 No 392 930 No 461 932 No 398 914 No

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.6 0.14 0.19 No -0.08 0.22 No -0.08 0.24 No -0.07 0.24 No -0.26 0.23 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.3 0.04 0.25 No -0.06 0.30 No -0.19 0.32 No -0.08 0.31 No -0.24 0.31 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.2 0.18 0.25 No -0.08 0.30 No -0.03 0.32 No -0.13 0.32 No -0.40 0.32 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 11.1 0.80 1.73 No -0.14 1.97 No 0.70 2.01 No 0.61 2.04 No 0.86 2.03 No

White

 3.2 0.07 0.20 No -0.08 0.23 No -0.02 0.25 No -0.05 0.25 No -0.14 0.24 No

Black or African American

 5.7 0.30 0.70 No -0.08 0.84 No -0.70 0.90 No -0.58 0.90 No -0.91 0.89 Yes

Asian

 3.4 0.61 0.69 No 0.75 0.82 No 0.65 0.88 No 0.99 0.84 Yes 0.39 0.87 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.3 0.72 0.54 Yes 1.28 0.61 Yes 0.75 0.66 Yes 0.85 0.65 Yes 0.81 0.64 Yes

Total, 25 years and over

 2.9 0.14 0.17 No -0.03 0.21 No -0.06 0.22 No -0.04 0.22 No -0.31 0.22 Yes

Less than a high school diploma

 5.8 1.35 1.00 Yes 1.41 1.17 Yes -0.28 1.33 No 0.67 1.23 No 1.37 1.18 Yes

High school graduates, no college

 3.6 -0.18 0.39 No -0.35 0.50 No -0.80 0.52 Yes -0.20 0.50 No -0.86 0.50 Yes

Some college or associate degree

 3.2 0.37 0.36 Yes 0.09 0.44 No 0.30 0.46 No -0.16 0.47 No -0.43 0.47 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.0 0.02 0.22 No 0.03 0.27 No 0.17 0.27 No 0.07 0.27 No -0.13 0.28 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 2,752 223 206 Yes -9 252 No 59 263 No 20 263 No -252 263 No

Job leavers

 891 7 122 No 62 144 No -6 151 No 125 145 No -73 154 No

Reentrants

 1,847 30 183 No 49 212 No 14 220 No -97 222 No -124 221 No

New entrants

 515 -16 100 No -43 116 No 64 113 No -15 117 No 86 110 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,289 343 237 Yes 45 245 No 62 247 No 237 242 No 147 243 No

5 to 14 weeks

 1,845 60 191 No 151 212 No 48 216 No 74 216 No 42 214 No

15 to 26 weeks

 805 -85 130 No -16 144 No -82 148 No 118 139 No 79 140 No

27 weeks and over

 1,057 -54 131 No -158 165 No -108 170 No -292 176 Yes -634 186 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,067 17 292 No 379 323 Yes -73 341 No -250 341 No -70 330 No

Slack work or business conditions

 2,840 155 252 No 294 273 Yes 73 285 No -160 287 No 114 275 No

Could only find part-time work

 859 -140 142 No 33 150 No -112 159 No -125 160 No -202 161 Yes

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 21,856 -227 528 No 630 647 No 771 686 Yes 1,034 674 Yes 1,150 647 Yes

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,396 42 181 No -95 196 No -37 196 No -81 197 No -81 196 No

Discouraged workers

 363 21 94 No -43 102 No -4 100 No -55 103 No -29 101 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: March 10, 2023