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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 Dec.
2024		 Current 1-month change
(Dec.24-Nov.24)		 Current 3-month change
(Dec.24-Sept.24)		 Current 6-month change
(Dec.24-June24)		 Current 9-month change
(Dec.24-Mar.24)		 Current 12-month change
(Dec.24-Dec.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

 269,638 175 - - 558 - - 1,200 - - 1,754 - - 1,647 - -

Civilian labor force

 168,547 243 619 No -156 811 No 542 934 No 625 936 No 1,108 920 Yes

Participation rate

 62.5 0.05 0.23 No -0.19 0.30 No -0.08 0.35 No -0.18 0.35 No 0.03 0.34 No

Employed

 161,661 478 627 No -141 838 No 506 959 No 236 963 No 537 949 No

Employment-population ratio

 60.0 0.14 0.23 No -0.18 0.31 No -0.08 0.36 No -0.30 0.36 No -0.17 0.35 No

Unemployed

 6,886 -235 344 No -15 402 No 37 423 No 389 416 No 571 405 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.1 -0.15 0.20 No -0.01 0.24 No 0.01 0.25 No 0.22 0.25 No 0.31 0.24 Yes

Not in labor force

 101,091 -68 619 No 714 811 No 657 934 No 1,128 936 Yes 539 920 No

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.1 -0.15 0.20 No -0.01 0.24 No 0.01 0.25 No 0.22 0.25 No 0.31 0.24 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.7 -0.16 0.27 No -0.06 0.32 No -0.07 0.34 No 0.30 0.32 No 0.14 0.32 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.8 -0.10 0.28 No 0.20 0.32 No 0.08 0.34 No 0.17 0.34 No 0.47 0.32 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 12.4 -0.72 1.83 No -1.78 2.09 No 0.16 2.09 No -0.15 2.08 No 0.54 2.08 No

White

 3.6 -0.19 0.21 No -0.04 0.25 No 0.11 0.26 No 0.21 0.26 No 0.12 0.26 No

Black or African American

 6.1 -0.30 0.75 No 0.33 0.87 No -0.24 0.94 No -0.36 0.94 No 0.86 0.88 No

Asian

 3.5 -0.22 0.72 No -0.57 0.88 No -0.56 0.92 No 0.94 0.82 Yes 0.39 0.84 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.1 -0.15 0.53 No 0.03 0.61 No 0.19 0.64 No 0.63 0.62 Yes 0.13 0.63 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.4 -0.13 0.19 No 0.12 0.22 No 0.04 0.24 No 0.30 0.23 Yes 0.22 0.23 No

Less than a high school diploma

 5.6 -0.37 1.06 No -1.15 1.28 No -0.35 1.30 No 0.67 1.25 No -0.45 1.25 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.3 -0.27 0.44 No 0.31 0.51 No 0.11 0.53 No 0.21 0.53 No 0.14 0.53 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.5 -0.13 0.39 No 0.08 0.46 No 0.06 0.49 No 0.09 0.48 No 0.38 0.46 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.4 -0.01 0.23 No 0.13 0.28 No 0.08 0.30 No 0.30 0.29 Yes 0.30 0.28 Yes

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,251 -143 232 No 18 275 No 64 287 No 198 283 No 178 278 No

Job leavers

 947 93 123 No 128 147 No 193 148 Yes 124 150 No 118 151 No

Reentrants

 2,031 -151 196 No -20 224 No -72 234 No 93 227 No 261 221 Yes

New entrants

 655 -35 113 No -1 130 No -46 134 No -19 133 No 31 129 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,156 -52 240 No 17 240 No 26 241 No -50 243 No -48 242 No

5 to 14 weeks

 1,997 -66 202 No 10 226 No -111 231 No 20 228 No 203 220 No

15 to 26 weeks

 1,207 -29 156 No 74 173 No 141 173 No 227 169 Yes 135 171 No

27 weeks and over

 1,551 -103 160 No -63 195 No 18 201 No 297 190 Yes 278 189 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,358 -111 305 No -266 348 No 133 349 No 53 347 No 138 339 No

Slack work or business conditions

 2,867 -258 263 No -161 286 No 25 288 No -98 287 No -82 283 No

Could only find part-time work

 1,195 111 157 No -65 182 No 41 180 No 175 175 Yes 218 171 Yes

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,514 134 533 No -39 663 No 191 702 No -358 695 No 44 664 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,562 -10 194 No -48 206 No 51 205 No -28 207 No -2 205 No

Discouraged workers

 480 79 106 No 32 112 No 111 108 Yes 139 106 Yes 140 106 Yes

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: January 10, 2025