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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 Mar.
2024		 Current 1-month change
(Mar.24-Feb.24)		 Current 3-month change
(Mar.24-Dec.23)		 Current 6-month change
(Mar.24-Sept.23)		 Current 9-month change
(Mar.24-June23)		 Current 12-month change
(Mar.24-Mar.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

 267,884 173 - - -107 - - 456 - - 1,083 - - 1,612 - -

Civilian labor force

 167,895 469 625 No 444 821 No -2 946 No 895 949 No 1,205 930 Yes

Participation rate

 62.7 0.13 0.23 No 0.19 0.31 No -0.11 0.35 No 0.08 0.35 No 0.07 0.35 No

Employed

 161,466 498 633 No 283 848 No -84 971 No 462 974 No 642 959 No

Employment-population ratio

 60.3 0.15 0.24 No 0.13 0.32 No -0.13 0.36 No -0.07 0.36 No -0.12 0.36 No

Unemployed

 6,429 -29 335 No 161 391 No 82 415 No 432 407 Yes 563 397 Yes

Unemployment rate

 3.8 -0.03 0.20 No 0.09 0.23 No 0.05 0.25 No 0.24 0.24 Yes 0.31 0.24 Yes

Not in labor force

 99,989 -296 625 No -551 821 No 458 946 No 188 949 No 407 930 No

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.8 -0.03 0.20 No 0.09 0.23 No 0.05 0.25 No 0.24 0.24 Yes 0.31 0.24 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.3 -0.18 0.25 No -0.20 0.31 No -0.45 0.33 Yes -0.08 0.32 No -0.02 0.31 No

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.6 0.11 0.27 No 0.33 0.31 Yes 0.51 0.33 Yes 0.46 0.32 Yes 0.45 0.32 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 12.6 0.03 1.88 No 0.71 2.10 No 0.81 2.17 No 1.41 2.16 No 2.65 2.08 Yes

White

 3.4 -0.05 0.21 No -0.10 0.24 No -0.03 0.26 No 0.29 0.25 Yes 0.14 0.25 No

Black or African American

 6.4 0.83 0.75 Yes 1.25 0.87 Yes 0.71 0.94 No 0.46 0.94 No 1.28 0.90 Yes

Asian

 2.5 -0.86 0.67 Yes -0.54 0.78 No -0.32 0.80 No -0.60 0.81 No -0.26 0.78 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.5 -0.51 0.52 No -0.53 0.61 No -0.14 0.63 No 0.22 0.62 No -0.17 0.62 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.1 -0.11 0.18 No -0.07 0.22 No 0.04 0.23 No 0.10 0.23 No 0.20 0.22 No

Less than a high school diploma

 4.9 -1.29 1.03 Yes -1.15 1.19 No -0.63 1.23 No -1.19 1.25 No 0.05 1.15 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.1 -0.07 0.43 No -0.08 0.54 No 0.00 0.55 No 0.23 0.54 No 0.09 0.54 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.4 0.25 0.38 No 0.28 0.46 No 0.40 0.47 No 0.36 0.47 No 0.42 0.46 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.1 -0.10 0.23 No 0.02 0.27 No -0.01 0.29 No 0.18 0.28 No 0.13 0.27 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,042 -174 228 No -16 271 No 173 279 No 252 276 No 158 272 No

Job leavers

 823 112 115 No -10 144 No 26 146 No 27 146 No -18 148 No

Reentrants

 1,920 -26 191 No 179 216 No -104 232 No 144 223 No 237 218 Yes

New entrants

 678 67 112 No 69 130 No 92 131 No 119 130 No 172 126 Yes

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,189 -137 248 No -2 245 No 136 244 No 124 244 No -90 248 No

5 to 14 weeks

 1,979 46 201 No 188 223 No -64 232 No 129 227 No 214 221 No

15 to 26 weeks

 982 8 142 No -122 166 No -3 163 No 77 159 No 185 153 Yes

27 weeks and over

 1,246 43 142 No 1 176 No -57 186 No 129 177 No 196 173 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,308 -68 306 No 97 343 No 239 350 No 110 349 No 217 339 No

Slack work or business conditions

 2,972 109 263 No 12 291 No 173 294 No 42 293 No 119 286 No

Could only find part-time work

 999 -105 153 No 35 165 No 59 166 No 36 167 No 107 162 No

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,902 593 543 Yes 444 674 No 725 713 Yes 1,590 696 Yes 1,486 669 Yes

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,595 37 197 No 33 208 No 153 207 No 163 205 No 269 201 Yes

Discouraged workers

 337 -88 100 No -9 98 No -35 100 No 26 96 No -10 98 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: April 05, 2024