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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 May
2024		 Current 1-month change
(May24-Apr.24)		 Current 3-month change
(May24-Feb.24)		 Current 6-month change
(May24-Nov.23)		 Current 9-month change
(May24-Aug.23)		 Current 12-month change
(May24-May23)
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

 268,248 182 - - 537 - - 426 - - 1,035 - - 1,630 - -

Civilian labor force

 167,732 -250 612 No 306 803 No -395 927 No -108 929 No 909 911 No

Participation rate

 62.5 -0.14 0.23 No -0.01 0.30 No -0.25 0.35 No -0.28 0.35 No -0.04 0.34 No

Employed

 161,083 -408 620 No 115 829 No -783 951 No -417 955 No 376 940 No

Employment-population ratio

 60.1 -0.19 0.23 No -0.08 0.31 No -0.39 0.35 Yes -0.39 0.36 Yes -0.23 0.35 No

Unemployed

 6,649 157 331 No 191 389 No 387 408 No 309 407 No 532 395 Yes

Unemployment rate

 4.0 0.10 0.20 No 0.11 0.23 No 0.24 0.25 No 0.19 0.24 No 0.30 0.24 Yes

Not in labor force

 100,516 433 612 No 231 803 No 821 927 No 1,142 929 Yes 721 911 No

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 4.0 0.10 0.20 No 0.11 0.23 No 0.24 0.25 No 0.19 0.24 No 0.30 0.24 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.8 0.22 0.26 No 0.28 0.31 No 0.13 0.34 No 0.14 0.33 No 0.34 0.32 Yes

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.4 -0.08 0.27 No -0.09 0.31 No 0.29 0.32 No 0.22 0.32 No 0.07 0.31 No

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 12.3 0.59 1.77 No -0.27 2.05 No 0.84 2.07 No 0.01 2.12 No 1.93 2.04 No

White

 3.5 -0.01 0.21 No 0.07 0.24 No 0.20 0.26 No 0.07 0.26 No 0.22 0.25 No

Black or African American

 6.1 0.49 0.72 No 0.52 0.85 No 0.31 0.91 No 0.81 0.88 No 0.42 0.89 No

Asian

 3.1 0.28 0.64 No -0.33 0.80 No -0.43 0.86 No -0.08 0.82 No 0.09 0.80 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.0 0.12 0.51 No 0.00 0.60 No 0.40 0.62 No 0.10 0.62 No 0.91 0.59 Yes

Total, 25 years and over

 3.2 -0.02 0.18 No -0.04 0.22 No 0.07 0.23 No 0.14 0.23 No 0.09 0.22 No

Less than a high school diploma

 5.9 -0.12 1.07 No -0.28 1.25 No -0.46 1.29 No 0.45 1.25 No 0.16 1.25 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.3 0.27 0.42 No 0.09 0.51 No 0.19 0.54 No 0.41 0.52 No 0.36 0.52 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.1 -0.27 0.37 No -0.08 0.44 No 0.26 0.45 No 0.02 0.45 No -0.11 0.45 No

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.1 -0.06 0.22 No -0.14 0.27 No 0.00 0.28 No -0.13 0.28 No 0.06 0.27 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,220 -21 227 No 4 272 No 162 282 No 274 278 No 221 273 No

Job leavers

 717 -68 111 No 6 131 No -104 140 No -87 138 No -47 137 No

Reentrants

 2,046 117 189 No 100 220 No 275 223 Yes 115 226 No 195 222 No

New entrants

 630 56 106 No 19 125 No 48 126 No 38 126 No 103 122 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,309 47 244 No -17 247 No 240 242 No 85 247 No 229 241 No

5 to 14 weeks

 1,918 -69 197 No -15 221 No -142 226 No 5 222 No 55 217 No

15 to 26 weeks

 955 86 134 No -19 156 No 24 156 No -15 157 No 44 154 No

27 weeks and over

 1,350 100 143 No 147 174 No 130 183 No 24 185 No 218 176 Yes

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,419 -50 303 No 43 341 No 425 343 Yes 198 344 No 682 327 Yes

Slack work or business conditions

 3,086 28 264 No 223 284 No 296 290 Yes 265 287 No 498 277 Yes

Could only find part-time work

 1,042 -92 152 No -62 169 No 108 164 No 25 168 No 195 158 Yes

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,662 409 530 No 353 657 No 783 695 Yes 632 685 No 831 656 Yes

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,525 -40 191 No -33 201 No -58 205 No 6 202 No 13 200 No

Discouraged workers

 462 100 101 No 37 109 No 37 110 No 78 107 No 37 109 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.

 

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