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Category | Aug. 2023 |
Current 1-month change (Aug.23-July23) |
Current 3-month change (Aug.23-May23) |
Current 6-month change (Aug.23-Feb.23) |
Current 9-month change (Aug.23-Nov.22) |
Current 12-month change (Aug.23-Aug.22) |
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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 |
267,213 | 211 | - | - | 595 | - | - | 1,101 | - | - | 2,505 | - | - | 3,029 | - | - |
Civilian labor force |
167,839 | 736 | 604 | Yes | 1,021 | 792 | Yes | 1,588 | 914 | Yes | 3,312 | 915 | Yes | 3,125 | 897 | Yes |
Participation rate |
62.8 | 0.23 | 0.23 | Yes | 0.24 | 0.30 | No | 0.34 | 0.34 | Yes | 0.66 | 0.34 | Yes | 0.46 | 0.34 | Yes |
Employed |
161,484 | 222 | 610 | No | 763 | 818 | No | 1,169 | 938 | Yes | 2,957 | 939 | Yes | 2,790 | 924 | Yes |
Employment-population ratio |
60.4 | 0.04 | 0.23 | No | 0.15 | 0.31 | No | 0.19 | 0.35 | No | 0.55 | 0.35 | Yes | 0.36 | 0.35 | Yes |
Unemployed |
6,355 | 514 | 315 | Yes | 258 | 374 | No | 419 | 392 | Yes | 355 | 391 | No | 334 | 383 | No |
Unemployment rate |
3.8 | 0.29 | 0.19 | Yes | 0.13 | 0.22 | No | 0.22 | 0.23 | No | 0.14 | 0.23 | No | 0.13 | 0.23 | No |
Not in labor force |
99,374 | -525 | 604 | No | -426 | 792 | No | -487 | 914 | No | -807 | 915 | No | -95 | 897 | No |
Unemployment rates |
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Total, 16 years and over |
3.8 | 0.29 | 0.19 | Yes | 0.13 | 0.22 | No | 0.22 | 0.23 | No | 0.14 | 0.23 | No | 0.13 | 0.23 | No |
Adult men (20 years and over) |
3.7 | 0.39 | 0.25 | Yes | 0.21 | 0.30 | No | 0.38 | 0.32 | Yes | 0.33 | 0.31 | Yes | 0.20 | 0.31 | No |
Adult women (20 years and over) |
3.2 | 0.11 | 0.25 | No | -0.11 | 0.30 | No | -0.04 | 0.31 | No | -0.12 | 0.31 | No | -0.07 | 0.30 | No |
Teenagers (16 to 19 years) |
12.2 | 0.93 | 1.77 | No | 1.96 | 1.94 | Yes | 1.10 | 2.03 | No | 0.96 | 2.03 | No | 1.81 | 1.99 | No |
White |
3.4 | 0.35 | 0.19 | Yes | 0.17 | 0.23 | No | 0.27 | 0.24 | Yes | 0.19 | 0.24 | No | 0.25 | 0.24 | Yes |
Black or African American |
5.3 | -0.48 | 0.69 | No | -0.35 | 0.81 | No | -0.37 | 0.86 | No | -0.45 | 0.85 | No | -1.08 | 0.86 | Yes |
Asian |
3.1 | 0.78 | 0.62 | Yes | 0.15 | 0.78 | No | -0.31 | 0.86 | No | 0.45 | 0.80 | No | 0.34 | 0.79 | No |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
4.9 | 0.45 | 0.51 | No | 0.82 | 0.58 | Yes | -0.39 | 0.65 | No | 0.89 | 0.60 | Yes | 0.36 | 0.61 | No |
Total, 25 years and over |
3.0 | 0.21 | 0.17 | Yes | -0.02 | 0.21 | No | 0.08 | 0.22 | No | 0.05 | 0.22 | No | 0.02 | 0.22 | No |
Less than a high school diploma |
5.4 | 0.14 | 1.00 | No | -0.31 | 1.20 | No | -0.48 | 1.25 | No | 0.93 | 1.19 | No | -0.76 | 1.26 | No |
High school graduates, no college |
3.8 | 0.46 | 0.39 | Yes | -0.08 | 0.49 | No | 0.28 | 0.50 | No | -0.07 | 0.52 | No | -0.52 | 0.51 | Yes |
Some college or associate degree |
3.0 | -0.10 | 0.35 | No | -0.17 | 0.43 | No | -0.21 | 0.45 | No | -0.13 | 0.45 | No | 0.09 | 0.44 | No |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
2.2 | 0.20 | 0.22 | No | 0.13 | 0.27 | No | 0.16 | 0.28 | No | 0.19 | 0.28 | No | 0.33 | 0.27 | Yes |
Reason for unemployment |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
2,914 | 294 | 207 | Yes | -46 | 256 | No | 162 | 264 | No | 153 | 262 | No | 221 | 255 | No |
Job leavers |
801 | -51 | 115 | No | 36 | 135 | No | -90 | 144 | No | -28 | 141 | No | -96 | 144 | No |
Reentrants |
1,930 | 77 | 182 | No | 109 | 211 | No | 83 | 219 | No | 132 | 215 | No | 97 | 215 | No |
New entrants |
597 | 94 | 100 | No | 89 | 116 | No | 82 | 119 | No | 39 | 121 | No | 146 | 114 | Yes |
Duration of unemployment |
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Less than 5 weeks |
2,221 | 217 | 232 | No | 138 | 235 | No | -68 | 242 | No | -23 | 241 | No | -6 | 238 | No |
5 to 14 weeks |
1,877 | 179 | 186 | No | 12 | 215 | No | 32 | 215 | No | 183 | 211 | No | 80 | 211 | No |
15 to 26 weeks |
1,002 | 5 | 138 | No | 144 | 151 | No | 197 | 151 | Yes | 181 | 150 | Yes | 115 | 152 | No |
27 weeks and over |
1,296 | 132 | 137 | No | 108 | 169 | No | 239 | 173 | Yes | 81 | 176 | No | 131 | 172 | No |
Employed persons at work part time |
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Part time for economic reasons |
4,221 | 221 | 288 | No | 482 | 321 | Yes | 154 | 337 | No | 533 | 325 | Yes | 81 | 327 | No |
Slack work or business conditions |
2,799 | 82 | 247 | No | 217 | 268 | No | -41 | 281 | No | 253 | 269 | No | 32 | 270 | No |
Could only find part-time work |
1,021 | 7 | 146 | No | 197 | 155 | Yes | 162 | 158 | Yes | 195 | 157 | Yes | 50 | 160 | No |
Part time for noneconomic reasons |
21,975 | 4 | 518 | No | 111 | 641 | No | 119 | 680 | No | 749 | 664 | Yes | 890 | 637 | Yes |
Persons not in the labor force |
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Marginally attached to the labor force |
1,505 | 107 | 183 | No | -3 | 196 | No | 109 | 195 | No | 14 | 197 | No | 72 | 195 | No |
Discouraged workers |
386 | 51 | 94 | No | -36 | 103 | No | 23 | 100 | No | -20 | 102 | No | 19 | 99 | No |
Footnotes |
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- Standard errors cannot be calculated for population levels. |
Last Modified Date: September 01, 2023