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Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Category Jan.
2024		 Nov.
2024		 Dec.
2024		 Jan.
2025		 Change from:
Dec.
2024-
Jan.
2025

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 267,540 269,463 269,638 272,685 -

Civilian labor force

 167,339 168,304 168,547 170,744 -

Participation rate

 62.5 62.5 62.5 62.6 -

Employed

 161,190 161,183 161,661 163,895 -

Employment-population ratio

 60.2 59.8 60.0 60.1 -

Unemployed

 6,149 7,121 6,886 6,849 -

Unemployment rate

 3.7 4.2 4.1 4.0 -

Not in labor force

 100,201 101,159 101,091 101,941 -

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.7 4.2 4.1 4.0 -

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.7 -

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.2 3.9 3.8 3.7 -

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 10.6 13.1 12.4 11.8 -

White

 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.5 -

Black or African American

 5.3 6.4 6.1 6.2 -

Asian

 2.9 3.8 3.5 3.7 -

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.8 -

Total, 25 years and over

 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.3 -

Less than a high school diploma

 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.2 -

High school graduates, no college

 4.3 4.6 4.3 4.5 -

Some college or associate degree

 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.5 -

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.3 -

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and people who completed temporary jobs

 3,030 3,394 3,251 3,235 -

Job leavers

 793 854 947 912 -

Reentrants

 1,857 2,182 2,031 2,124 -

New entrants

 558 690 655 659 -

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,143 2,208 2,156 2,290 -

5 to 14 weeks

 1,852 2,063 1,997 1,935 -

15 to 26 weeks

 877 1,236 1,207 1,161 -

27 weeks and over

 1,272 1,654 1,551 1,443 -

Employed people at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,418 4,469 4,358 4,477 -

Slack work or business conditions

 2,980 3,125 2,867 2,893 -

Could only find part-time work

 1,040 1,084 1,195 1,195 -

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,176 22,380 22,514 22,299 -

People not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,647 1,572 1,562 1,590 -

Discouraged workers

 446 401 480 592 -

- December - January changes in household data are not shown due to the introduction of updated population controls.
NOTE: People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Last Modified Date: April 24, 2025