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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.
2024		 Current 1-month change
(Aug.24-July24)		 Current 3-month change
(Aug.24-May24)		 Current 6-month change
(Aug.24-Feb.24)		 Current 9-month change
(Aug.24-Nov.23)		 Current 12-month change
(Aug.24-Aug.23)
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

 268,856 212 - - 608 - - 1,145 - - 1,034 - - 1,643 - -

Civilian labor force

 168,549 120 611 No 817 801 Yes 1,123 924 Yes 422 928 No 709 909 No

Participation rate

 62.7 0.00 0.23 No 0.16 0.30 No 0.15 0.34 No -0.08 0.35 No -0.12 0.34 No

Employed

 161,434 168 619 No 351 828 No 466 948 No -432 953 No -66 938 No

Employment-population ratio

 60.0 0.02 0.23 No -0.01 0.31 No -0.08 0.35 No -0.39 0.36 Yes -0.39 0.35 Yes

Unemployed

 7,115 -48 344 No 466 398 Yes 657 417 Yes 853 412 Yes 775 405 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.2 -0.03 0.20 No 0.26 0.23 Yes 0.36 0.25 Yes 0.50 0.24 Yes 0.44 0.24 Yes

Not in labor force

 100,306 91 611 No -210 801 No 21 924 No 611 928 No 932 909 Yes

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.2 -0.03 0.20 No 0.26 0.23 Yes 0.36 0.25 Yes 0.50 0.24 Yes 0.44 0.24 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 4.0 -0.08 0.27 No 0.16 0.32 No 0.44 0.33 Yes 0.29 0.33 No 0.30 0.33 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.7 -0.11 0.27 No 0.28 0.31 No 0.19 0.33 No 0.58 0.32 Yes 0.51 0.32 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 14.1 1.73 1.91 No 1.87 2.12 No 1.61 2.23 No 2.72 2.18 Yes 1.89 2.21 No

White

 3.8 0.03 0.21 No 0.32 0.24 Yes 0.39 0.26 Yes 0.52 0.26 Yes 0.39 0.25 Yes

Black or African American

 6.1 -0.14 0.73 No 0.01 0.85 No 0.53 0.88 No 0.32 0.88 No 0.81 0.85 No

Asian

 4.1 0.49 0.74 No 1.07 0.85 Yes 0.73 0.92 No 0.64 0.91 No 0.99 0.88 Yes

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.5 0.15 0.53 No 0.51 0.61 No 0.50 0.64 No 0.91 0.63 Yes 0.61 0.62 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.4 -0.10 0.19 No 0.25 0.22 Yes 0.21 0.23 No 0.31 0.23 Yes 0.38 0.22 Yes

Less than a high school diploma

 7.1 0.36 1.12 No 1.18 1.30 No 0.91 1.36 No 0.72 1.33 No 1.63 1.28 Yes

High school graduates, no college

 4.0 -0.62 0.43 Yes -0.26 0.51 No -0.16 0.53 No -0.06 0.54 No 0.16 0.51 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.4 -0.09 0.38 No 0.38 0.45 No 0.30 0.47 No 0.63 0.45 Yes 0.39 0.46 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.5 0.16 0.23 No 0.40 0.28 Yes 0.26 0.30 No 0.40 0.29 Yes 0.27 0.29 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,328 -162 233 No 108 274 No 112 287 No 270 282 No 382 274 Yes

Job leavers

 845 -10 118 No 128 136 No 134 140 No 24 145 No 41 144 No

Reentrants

 2,132 -28 196 No 86 225 No 186 230 No 361 223 Yes 201 226 No

New entrants

 718 68 113 No 88 130 No 107 131 No 136 130 Yes 126 130 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,468 117 250 No 159 250 No 142 253 No 399 246 Yes 244 248 No

5 to 14 weeks

 2,019 -122 203 No 101 223 No 86 224 No -41 229 No 106 221 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,167 80 149 No 212 163 Yes 193 166 Yes 236 164 Yes 197 164 Yes

27 weeks and over

 1,533 -2 155 No 183 184 No 330 188 Yes 313 187 Yes 207 188 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,830 264 311 No 411 349 Yes 454 357 Yes 836 347 Yes 609 344 Yes

Slack work or business conditions

 3,303 318 266 Yes 217 294 No 440 296 Yes 513 291 Yes 482 287 Yes

Could only find part-time work

 1,144 -51 157 No 102 170 No 40 174 No 210 168 Yes 127 169 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,561 525 527 No -101 657 No 252 695 No 682 682 Yes 531 655 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,401 -170 187 No -124 196 No -157 199 No -182 199 No -118 196 No

Discouraged workers

 367 -38 98 No -95 105 No -58 104 No -58 103 No -17 100 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 06, 2024