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Category | Apr. 2025 |
Current 1-month change (Apr.25-Mar.25) |
Current 3-month change (Apr.25-Jan.25) |
Current 6-month change (Apr.25-Oct.24) |
Current 9-month change (Apr.25-July24) |
Current 12-month change (Apr.25-Apr.24) |
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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 |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
273,197 | 174 | - | - | 512 | - | - | 3,908 | - | - | 4,553 | - | - | 5,131 | - | - |
Civilian labor force |
171,109 | 518 | 636 | No | 365 | 834 | No | 2,681 | 952 | Yes | 2,794 | 954 | Yes | 3,121 | 934 | Yes |
Participation rate |
62.6 | 0.15 | 0.23 | No | 0.02 | 0.31 | No | 0.09 | 0.35 | No | -0.02 | 0.35 | No | -0.03 | 0.35 | No |
Employed |
163,944 | 436 | 645 | No | 49 | 862 | No | 2,488 | 977 | Yes | 2,725 | 982 | Yes | 2,449 | 965 | Yes |
Employment-population ratio |
60.0 | 0.12 | 0.24 | No | -0.09 | 0.32 | No | 0.05 | 0.36 | No | 0.00 | 0.36 | No | -0.24 | 0.36 | No |
Unemployed |
7,165 | 82 | 355 | No | 316 | 415 | No | 193 | 436 | No | 68 | 436 | No | 673 | 418 | Yes |
Unemployment rate |
4.2 | 0.04 | 0.21 | No | 0.18 | 0.25 | No | 0.05 | 0.26 | No | -0.03 | 0.26 | No | 0.32 | 0.25 | Yes |
Not in labor force |
102,088 | -343 | 636 | No | 147 | 834 | No | 1,227 | 952 | Yes | 1,759 | 954 | Yes | 2,010 | 934 | Yes |
Unemployment rates |
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Total, 16 years and over |
4.2 | 0.04 | 0.21 | No | 0.18 | 0.25 | No | 0.05 | 0.26 | No | -0.03 | 0.26 | No | 0.32 | 0.25 | Yes |
Adult men (20 years and over) |
4.0 | 0.13 | 0.27 | No | 0.20 | 0.32 | No | 0.08 | 0.34 | No | -0.02 | 0.34 | No | 0.37 | 0.33 | Yes |
Adult women (20 years and over) |
3.7 | 0.02 | 0.28 | No | 0.05 | 0.33 | No | 0.06 | 0.34 | No | -0.08 | 0.34 | No | 0.22 | 0.33 | No |
Teenagers (16 to 19 years) |
12.9 | -0.78 | 1.91 | No | 1.17 | 2.12 | No | -0.79 | 2.28 | No | 0.38 | 2.23 | No | 1.13 | 2.16 | No |
White |
3.8 | 0.12 | 0.22 | No | 0.30 | 0.26 | Yes | 0.04 | 0.27 | No | 0.04 | 0.27 | No | 0.32 | 0.26 | Yes |
Black or African American |
6.3 | 0.13 | 0.77 | No | 0.08 | 0.91 | No | 0.57 | 0.94 | No | 0.04 | 0.95 | No | 0.66 | 0.92 | No |
Asian |
3.0 | -0.45 | 0.69 | No | -0.64 | 0.84 | No | -0.90 | 0.90 | Yes | -0.63 | 0.87 | No | 0.18 | 0.81 | No |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
5.2 | 0.10 | 0.55 | No | 0.43 | 0.63 | No | 0.09 | 0.67 | No | -0.11 | 0.67 | No | 0.36 | 0.65 | No |
Total, 25 years and over |
3.4 | 0.04 | 0.19 | No | 0.09 | 0.23 | No | 0.01 | 0.24 | No | -0.11 | 0.24 | No | 0.20 | 0.23 | No |
Less than a high school diploma |
6.2 | 0.38 | 1.12 | No | 0.94 | 1.27 | No | -0.41 | 1.41 | No | -0.54 | 1.40 | No | 0.11 | 1.35 | No |
High school graduates, no college |
4.0 | -0.13 | 0.44 | No | -0.46 | 0.53 | No | -0.02 | 0.55 | No | -0.65 | 0.55 | Yes | -0.01 | 0.53 | No |
Some college or associate degree |
3.7 | 0.16 | 0.40 | No | 0.12 | 0.48 | No | 0.26 | 0.50 | No | 0.12 | 0.50 | No | 0.32 | 0.49 | No |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
2.5 | -0.12 | 0.24 | No | 0.22 | 0.29 | No | -0.02 | 0.31 | No | 0.14 | 0.30 | No | 0.30 | 0.29 | Yes |
Reason for unemployment |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
3,453 | 140 | 240 | No | 218 | 286 | No | 90 | 300 | No | -92 | 302 | No | 228 | 289 | No |
Job leavers |
855 | -15 | 123 | No | -57 | 150 | No | 53 | 148 | No | 0 | 150 | No | 70 | 147 | No |
Reentrants |
2,236 | 60 | 205 | No | 112 | 237 | No | 85 | 245 | No | 75 | 242 | No | 287 | 235 | Yes |
New entrants |
701 | -38 | 120 | No | 42 | 135 | No | 93 | 134 | No | 53 | 136 | No | 120 | 131 | No |
Duration of unemployment |
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Less than 5 weeks |
2,185 | -177 | 251 | No | -105 | 250 | No | 76 | 245 | No | -163 | 252 | No | -88 | 248 | No |
5 to 14 weeks |
2,269 | 123 | 216 | No | 334 | 238 | Yes | 187 | 241 | No | 107 | 244 | No | 279 | 236 | Yes |
15 to 26 weeks |
988 | -18 | 144 | No | -173 | 170 | Yes | -243 | 173 | Yes | -90 | 166 | No | 109 | 157 | No |
27 weeks and over |
1,674 | 179 | 163 | Yes | 231 | 198 | Yes | 66 | 211 | No | 131 | 207 | No | 421 | 195 | Yes |
Employed persons at work part time |
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Part time for economic reasons |
4,690 | -90 | 322 | No | 213 | 359 | No | 125 | 368 | No | 126 | 364 | No | 227 | 354 | No |
Slack work or business conditions |
3,150 | -6 | 275 | No | 257 | 296 | No | 118 | 304 | No | 149 | 299 | No | 96 | 295 | No |
Could only find part-time work |
1,260 | 5 | 169 | No | 65 | 187 | No | 81 | 186 | No | 65 | 187 | No | 115 | 182 | No |
Part time for noneconomic reasons |
22,723 | 98 | 548 | No | 424 | 677 | No | 372 | 714 | No | 675 | 701 | No | 485 | 673 | No |
Persons not in the labor force |
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Marginally attached to the labor force |
1,616 | -71 | 204 | No | 26 | 212 | No | 41 | 212 | No | 45 | 211 | No | 56 | 210 | No |
Discouraged workers |
414 | -95 | 111 | No | -178 | 120 | Yes | 29 | 107 | No | 6 | 108 | No | 50 | 104 | No |
Footnotes |
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- Standard errors cannot be calculated for population levels. |
Last Modified Date: May 02, 2025