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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 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)
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

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

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

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

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

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

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
(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: May 02, 2025