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Category | Feb. 2023 |
Current 1-month change (Feb.23-Jan.23) |
Current 3-month change (Feb.23-Nov.22) |
Current 6-month change (Feb.23-Aug.22) |
Current 9-month change (Feb.23-May22) |
Current 12-month change (Feb.23-Feb.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 |
266,112 | 150 | - | - | 1,404 | - | - | 1,928 | - | - | 2,433 | - | - | 2,788 | - | - |
Civilian labor force |
166,251 | 419 | 615 | No | 1,724 | 807 | Yes | 1,537 | 930 | Yes | 1,973 | 932 | Yes | 2,389 | 914 | Yes |
Participation rate |
62.5 | 0.12 | 0.23 | No | 0.32 | 0.30 | Yes | 0.13 | 0.35 | No | 0.17 | 0.35 | No | 0.25 | 0.35 | No |
Employed |
160,315 | 177 | 621 | No | 1,788 | 833 | Yes | 1,621 | 954 | Yes | 2,016 | 956 | Yes | 2,725 | 942 | Yes |
Employment-population ratio |
60.2 | 0.03 | 0.23 | No | 0.36 | 0.31 | Yes | 0.17 | 0.36 | No | 0.21 | 0.36 | No | 0.40 | 0.36 | Yes |
Unemployed |
5,936 | 242 | 313 | No | -64 | 372 | No | -85 | 393 | No | -43 | 391 | No | -336 | 388 | No |
Unemployment rate |
3.6 | 0.14 | 0.19 | No | -0.08 | 0.22 | No | -0.08 | 0.24 | No | -0.07 | 0.24 | No | -0.26 | 0.23 | Yes |
Not in labor force |
99,861 | -269 | 615 | No | -320 | 807 | No | 392 | 930 | No | 461 | 932 | No | 398 | 914 | No |
Unemployment rates |
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Total, 16 years and over |
3.6 | 0.14 | 0.19 | No | -0.08 | 0.22 | No | -0.08 | 0.24 | No | -0.07 | 0.24 | No | -0.26 | 0.23 | Yes |
Adult men (20 years and over) |
3.3 | 0.04 | 0.25 | No | -0.06 | 0.30 | No | -0.19 | 0.32 | No | -0.08 | 0.31 | No | -0.24 | 0.31 | No |
Adult women (20 years and over) |
3.2 | 0.18 | 0.25 | No | -0.08 | 0.30 | No | -0.03 | 0.32 | No | -0.13 | 0.32 | No | -0.40 | 0.32 | Yes |
Teenagers (16 to 19 years) |
11.1 | 0.80 | 1.73 | No | -0.14 | 1.97 | No | 0.70 | 2.01 | No | 0.61 | 2.04 | No | 0.86 | 2.03 | No |
White |
3.2 | 0.07 | 0.20 | No | -0.08 | 0.23 | No | -0.02 | 0.25 | No | -0.05 | 0.25 | No | -0.14 | 0.24 | No |
Black or African American |
5.7 | 0.30 | 0.70 | No | -0.08 | 0.84 | No | -0.70 | 0.90 | No | -0.58 | 0.90 | No | -0.91 | 0.89 | Yes |
Asian |
3.4 | 0.61 | 0.69 | No | 0.75 | 0.82 | No | 0.65 | 0.88 | No | 0.99 | 0.84 | Yes | 0.39 | 0.87 | No |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
5.3 | 0.72 | 0.54 | Yes | 1.28 | 0.61 | Yes | 0.75 | 0.66 | Yes | 0.85 | 0.65 | Yes | 0.81 | 0.64 | Yes |
Total, 25 years and over |
2.9 | 0.14 | 0.17 | No | -0.03 | 0.21 | No | -0.06 | 0.22 | No | -0.04 | 0.22 | No | -0.31 | 0.22 | Yes |
Less than a high school diploma |
5.8 | 1.35 | 1.00 | Yes | 1.41 | 1.17 | Yes | -0.28 | 1.33 | No | 0.67 | 1.23 | No | 1.37 | 1.18 | Yes |
High school graduates, no college |
3.6 | -0.18 | 0.39 | No | -0.35 | 0.50 | No | -0.80 | 0.52 | Yes | -0.20 | 0.50 | No | -0.86 | 0.50 | Yes |
Some college or associate degree |
3.2 | 0.37 | 0.36 | Yes | 0.09 | 0.44 | No | 0.30 | 0.46 | No | -0.16 | 0.47 | No | -0.43 | 0.47 | No |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
2.0 | 0.02 | 0.22 | No | 0.03 | 0.27 | No | 0.17 | 0.27 | No | 0.07 | 0.27 | No | -0.13 | 0.28 | No |
Reason for unemployment |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
2,752 | 223 | 206 | Yes | -9 | 252 | No | 59 | 263 | No | 20 | 263 | No | -252 | 263 | No |
Job leavers |
891 | 7 | 122 | No | 62 | 144 | No | -6 | 151 | No | 125 | 145 | No | -73 | 154 | No |
Reentrants |
1,847 | 30 | 183 | No | 49 | 212 | No | 14 | 220 | No | -97 | 222 | No | -124 | 221 | No |
New entrants |
515 | -16 | 100 | No | -43 | 116 | No | 64 | 113 | No | -15 | 117 | No | 86 | 110 | No |
Duration of unemployment |
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Less than 5 weeks |
2,289 | 343 | 237 | Yes | 45 | 245 | No | 62 | 247 | No | 237 | 242 | No | 147 | 243 | No |
5 to 14 weeks |
1,845 | 60 | 191 | No | 151 | 212 | No | 48 | 216 | No | 74 | 216 | No | 42 | 214 | No |
15 to 26 weeks |
805 | -85 | 130 | No | -16 | 144 | No | -82 | 148 | No | 118 | 139 | No | 79 | 140 | No |
27 weeks and over |
1,057 | -54 | 131 | No | -158 | 165 | No | -108 | 170 | No | -292 | 176 | Yes | -634 | 186 | Yes |
Employed persons at work part time |
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Part time for economic reasons |
4,067 | 17 | 292 | No | 379 | 323 | Yes | -73 | 341 | No | -250 | 341 | No | -70 | 330 | No |
Slack work or business conditions |
2,840 | 155 | 252 | No | 294 | 273 | Yes | 73 | 285 | No | -160 | 287 | No | 114 | 275 | No |
Could only find part-time work |
859 | -140 | 142 | No | 33 | 150 | No | -112 | 159 | No | -125 | 160 | No | -202 | 161 | Yes |
Part time for noneconomic reasons |
21,856 | -227 | 528 | No | 630 | 647 | No | 771 | 686 | Yes | 1,034 | 674 | Yes | 1,150 | 647 | Yes |
Persons not in the labor force |
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Marginally attached to the labor force |
1,396 | 42 | 181 | No | -95 | 196 | No | -37 | 196 | No | -81 | 197 | No | -81 | 196 | No |
Discouraged workers |
363 | 21 | 94 | No | -43 | 102 | No | -4 | 100 | No | -55 | 103 | No | -29 | 101 | No |
Footnotes |
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- Standard errors cannot be calculated for population levels. |
Last Modified Date: March 10, 2023