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Labor force participation rate down, employment–population ratio little changed in September

October 07, 2020

The labor force participation rate decreased by 0.3 percentage point to 61.4 percent in September 2020. This was 2.0 percentage points lower than in February and up from a low of 60.2 percent in April.

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Civilian labor force participation rate, seasonally adjusted
Month	Total	Men, 20 years and older	Women, 20 years and older	16 to 19 years old	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino
Sep 2010	64.6%	74.1%	60.3%	34.1%	65.0%	61.8%	64.2%	67.6%
Oct 2010	64.4	73.6	60.1	35.1	64.8	62.0	65.2	66.8
Nov 2010	64.6	73.7	60.4	34.7	64.8	62.5	64.6	67.1
Dec 2010	64.3	73.6	60.1	34.3	64.7	62.1	64.4	67.0
Jan 2011	64.2	73.4	60.0	34.6	64.6	61.6	64.9	67.1
Feb 2011	64.1	73.5	59.9	33.8	64.5	61.4	64.8	66.0
Mar 2011	64.2	73.4	60.0	34.2	64.6	61.3	65.3	66.4
Apr 2011	64.2	73.5	60.0	33.9	64.7	61.4	64.2	66.4
May 2011	64.1	73.5	59.8	33.3	64.6	61.0	65.1	66.0
Jun 2011	64.0	73.4	59.6	33.8	64.5	61.1	64.4	66.2
Jul 2011	64.0	73.3	59.7	33.5	64.5	60.7	64.3	66.1
Aug 2011	64.1	73.4	59.7	34.8	64.5	61.6	63.8	66.7
Sep 2011	64.2	73.4	59.9	34.6	64.5	62.2	64.3	66.7
Oct 2011	64.1	73.3	59.7	34.5	64.5	61.5	64.9	67.0
Nov 2011	64.1	73.4	59.6	34.6	64.4	61.4	64.3	66.6
Dec 2011	64.0	73.4	59.5	34.3	64.3	61.9	64.6	66.8
Jan 2012	63.7	73.3	59.3	33.6	64.2	61.1	64.2	66.3
Feb 2012	63.8	73.2	59.5	33.8	64.2	61.6	62.9	66.8
Mar 2012	63.8	73.2	59.4	34.0	64.1	61.8	63.3	66.3
Apr 2012	63.7	73.0	59.3	34.1	64.0	61.3	62.5	66.4
May 2012	63.7	73.1	59.4	34.2	64.1	61.3	63.5	67.0
Jun 2012	63.8	73.1	59.4	34.6	64.1	62.1	64.1	66.9
Jul 2012	63.7	73.0	59.2	35.0	63.9	61.6	64.5	66.5
Aug 2012	63.5	72.8	59.2	34.3	63.8	61.3	63.6	66.1
Sep 2012	63.6	73.0	59.3	34.2	64.0	61.2	64.0	66.3
Oct 2012	63.8	73.1	59.3	34.6	64.0	62.2	63.6	66.3
Nov 2012	63.6	72.9	59.2	34.7	63.8	61.3	64.8	65.7
Dec 2012	63.7	73.0	59.3	34.2	63.9	61.3	65.7	65.8
Jan 2013	63.7	73.1	59.0	35.1	63.9	61.8	64.9	66.2
Feb 2013	63.4	72.8	58.9	34.6	63.6	61.7	64.8	66.3
Mar 2013	63.3	72.6	58.8	33.9	63.5	61.2	64.2	65.4
Apr 2013	63.4	72.7	58.9	34.2	63.7	61.5	64.0	65.7
May 2013	63.4	72.7	58.9	34.8	63.7	61.7	63.7	66.5
Jun 2013	63.4	72.6	59.0	34.6	63.7	61.6	65.3	66.3
Jul 2013	63.3	72.5	58.8	34.9	63.6	61.2	64.4	66.7
Aug 2013	63.3	72.4	58.9	34.4	63.5	60.7	64.7	66.3
Sep 2013	63.2	72.4	58.8	34.8	63.4	61.2	65.3	65.8
Oct 2013	62.8	71.9	58.4	34.1	63.0	60.6	64.2	65.7
Nov 2013	63.0	72.2	58.4	34.2	63.3	60.4	64.7	66.0
Dec 2013	62.9	72.0	58.6	33.7	63.2	60.3	64.6	65.5
Jan 2014	62.9	72.0	58.6	33.1	63.2	60.6	63.9	65.9
Feb 2014	62.9	71.9	58.8	32.5	63.2	60.9	63.9	66.0
Mar 2014	63.1	72.1	58.8	33.9	63.3	61.3	64.3	66.1
Apr 2014	62.8	71.8	58.5	33.3	63.0	61.0	63.6	65.6
May 2014	62.9	71.9	58.6	33.7	63.1	60.8	63.8	65.8
Jun 2014	62.8	72.0	58.4	33.7	63.1	61.1	62.9	66.3
Jul 2014	62.9	72.0	58.4	34.3	63.0	61.7	62.8	66.0
Aug 2014	62.9	72.1	58.4	33.8	63.1	61.0	63.7	66.1
Sep 2014	62.8	72.0	58.3	34.1	63.0	61.6	63.4	66.1
Oct 2014	62.9	71.7	58.5	35.6	63.0	61.3	63.9	66.5
Nov 2014	62.9	71.8	58.5	35.0	63.1	61.3	63.2	66.4
Dec 2014	62.8	71.9	58.2	34.6	62.9	61.4	63.4	66.1
Jan 2015	62.9	71.9	58.4	34.8	63.1	60.9	62.6	66.6
Feb 2015	62.7	71.8	58.1	34.4	62.9	61.0	63.1	66.1
Mar 2015	62.6	71.8	58.0	34.7	62.8	61.1	62.4	66.2
Apr 2015	62.8	71.9	58.2	34.6	62.8	62.2	63.3	66.4
May 2015	62.9	72.0	58.4	35.1	63.0	62.1	63.8	66.3
Jun 2015	62.7	71.7	58.2	34.0	62.8	61.8	62.8	66.2
Jul 2015	62.6	71.7	58.1	33.7	62.7	61.5	62.6	66.0
Aug 2015	62.6	71.6	58.2	33.9	62.7	61.7	62.4	65.7
Sep 2015	62.4	71.4	57.9	33.8	62.5	61.4	62.1	65.3
Oct 2015	62.5	71.4	58.1	33.9	62.6	61.5	61.8	65.6
Nov 2015	62.5	71.3	58.3	33.8	62.7	61.6	63.2	65.5
Dec 2015	62.7	71.6	58.3	35.3	62.8	61.7	63.3	65.5
Jan 2016	62.7	71.5	58.3	35.0	62.9	61.4	62.3	65.8
Feb 2016	62.8	71.8	58.3	35.2	63.0	61.5	63.2	66.1
Mar 2016	62.9	71.9	58.5	34.9	63.1	61.5	63.3	66.2
Apr 2016	62.8	71.8	58.3	35.3	63.0	61.1	63.8	65.7
May 2016	62.7	71.6	58.2	35.3	62.9	61.0	63.3	65.5
Jun 2016	62.7	71.9	58.1	34.3	62.9	61.4	63.3	65.8
Jul 2016	62.7	71.8	58.1	35.2	62.9	61.3	63.5	65.8
Aug 2016	62.9	71.8	58.2	36.1	62.9	62.0	63.2	66.2
Sep 2016	62.9	71.8	58.3	35.9	62.9	62.0	63.5	66.1
Oct 2016	62.8	71.7	58.3	35.3	62.8	61.8	63.7	65.7
Nov 2016	62.7	71.5	58.2	35.3	62.7	62.0	62.9	65.6
Dec 2016	62.7	71.6	58.2	34.9	62.7	61.9	62.9	65.7
Jan 2017	62.8	71.7	58.3	35.3	62.8	62.1	63.7	66.0
Feb 2017	62.8	71.6	58.5	35.0	62.8	62.2	63.8	66.5
Mar 2017	62.9	71.6	58.6	35.5	62.9	62.2	63.0	66.6
Apr 2017	63.0	71.6	58.6	35.9	62.9	62.5	63.5	66.2
May 2017	62.8	71.5	58.5	35.2	62.7	62.4	63.8	66.1
Jun 2017	62.8	71.6	58.4	35.7	62.8	62.0	63.6	66.0
Jul 2017	62.8	71.5	58.6	34.8	62.8	62.3	64.0	66.4
Aug 2017	62.9	71.7	58.5	35.4	62.9	62.2	64.3	65.9
Sep 2017	63.1	71.9	58.6	36.1	63.0	62.6	64.4	66.4
Oct 2017	62.7	71.6	58.3	34.7	62.6	62.2	63.7	65.5
Nov 2017	62.7	71.5	58.3	34.8	62.7	62.4	63.0	65.6
Dec 2017	62.7	71.6	58.2	34.4	62.7	62.1	62.8	65.6
Jan 2018	62.7	71.7	58.1	35.5	62.7	61.9	62.9	65.9
Feb 2018	63.0	71.9	58.3	36.0	63.0	62.8	62.8	66.3
Mar 2018	62.9	71.8	58.3	35.2	62.8	62.8	63.1	65.9
Apr 2018	62.9	71.8	58.3	35.0	62.9	61.9	63.2	66.5
May 2018	62.9	71.8	58.3	35.0	62.9	62.1	62.7	66.3
Jun 2018	63.0	71.6	58.7	35.1	62.9	62.4	63.6	66.5
Jul 2018	62.9	71.4	58.7	35.1	62.8	62.6	63.8	66.7
Aug 2018	62.7	71.4	58.5	33.4	62.6	62.2	63.7	65.9
Sep 2018	62.8	71.4	58.4	34.9	62.6	62.4	64.3	66.0
Oct 2018	62.9	71.5	58.6	35.5	62.8	62.6	64.0	66.1
Nov 2018	62.9	71.4	58.6	35.2	62.9	62.2	64.1	66.7
Dec 2018	63.0	71.5	58.8	35.5	63.0	62.0	63.7	66.9
Jan 2019	63.2	71.8	58.9	35.4	63.0	62.7	64.3	67.3
Feb 2019	63.1	71.7	58.8	34.7	63.0	62.5	64.6	66.7
Mar 2019	63.0	71.7	58.7	35.1	63.0	62.1	64.0	66.9
Apr 2019	62.8	71.5	58.6	34.1	62.8	62.5	62.6	66.0
May 2019	62.9	71.6	58.6	34.6	62.8	62.4	63.1	66.2
Jun 2019	63.0	71.5	58.7	35.4	62.9	61.9	63.6	66.4
Jul 2019	63.0	71.6	58.6	36.1	62.9	62.7	63.7	66.4
Aug 2019	63.2	71.6	59.0	35.5	63.1	62.3	64.1	66.7
Sep 2019	63.2	71.6	59.1	35.3	63.2	62.5	64.2	67.0
Oct 2019	63.3	71.6	59.2	35.6	63.2	62.5	65.3	67.3
Nov 2019	63.2	71.6	59.0	35.9	63.2	62.3	64.7	67.4
Dec 2019	63.2	71.5	59.2	35.7	63.2	63.1	63.6	67.1
Jan 2020	63.4	71.8	59.2	36.1	63.4	62.6	63.9	67.8
Feb 2020	63.4	71.7	59.2	36.4	63.3	63.1	64.4	68.1
Mar 2020	62.7	70.9	58.6	35.5	62.7	62.0	63.8	67.1
Apr 2020	60.2	68.6	56.3	30.8	60.3	58.6	60.7	63.3
May 2020	60.8	69.0	56.8	33.9	61.0	59.6	60.8	64.1
Jun 2020	61.5	69.8	57.5	32.3	61.6	60.0	61.4	65.5
Jul 2020	61.4	69.7	57.6	31.7	61.4	60.2	63.4	64.6
Aug 2020	61.7	70.1	57.6	33.9	61.8	60.4	63.8	65.3
Sep 2020	61.4	69.9	56.8	36.2	61.6	59.7	63.0	64.9

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The employment–population ratio, at 56.6 percent, changed little in September but was 4.5 percentage points lower than in February. The September ratio was up from a low of 51.3 percent in April.

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Employment-population ratio, seasonally adjusted
Month	Total	Men, 20 years and over	Women, 20 years and over	16 to 19 years old	White	Black or African American	Asian	Hispanic or Latino
Sep 2010	58.5%	67.0%	55.4%	25.3%	59.5%	51.9%	59.9%	59.3%
Oct 2010	58.3	66.8	55.3	25.5	59.2	52.3	60.5	58.6
Nov 2010	58.2	66.4	55.3	26.1	59.0	52.4	59.8	58.4
Dec 2010	58.3	66.7	55.3	25.6	59.2	52.4	59.7	58.3
Jan 2011	58.3	66.7	55.3	25.7	59.4	51.9	60.5	58.9
Feb 2011	58.4	66.9	55.1	25.7	59.3	51.9	60.4	58.3
Mar 2011	58.4	66.9	55.3	25.9	59.5	51.6	60.5	58.7
Apr 2011	58.4	66.9	55.2	25.5	59.5	51.3	60.0	58.6
May 2011	58.3	67.0	55.0	25.4	59.5	51.1	60.3	58.3
Jun 2011	58.2	66.8	54.9	25.5	59.3	51.2	60.2	58.6
Jul 2011	58.2	66.8	55.0	25.2	59.3	51.0	59.5	58.7
Aug 2011	58.3	67.0	55.0	26.1	59.4	51.5	59.2	59.2
Sep 2011	58.4	67.0	55.0	26.1	59.4	52.3	59.2	59.2
Oct 2011	58.4	67.0	55.1	26.1	59.3	52.5	60.1	59.4
Nov 2011	58.6	67.4	55.0	26.3	59.5	51.8	60.1	59.1
Dec 2011	58.6	67.5	54.9	26.3	59.5	52.3	60.2	59.4
Jan 2012	58.4	67.6	54.8	25.6	59.4	52.8	59.9	59.2
Feb 2012	58.5	67.6	54.9	25.8	59.5	53.0	59.0	59.5
Mar 2012	58.5	67.5	55.0	25.6	59.4	53.2	59.2	59.3
Apr 2012	58.4	67.4	54.9	25.6	59.3	53.2	59.1	59.6
May 2012	58.5	67.5	55.0	25.8	59.4	53.0	60.0	59.7
Jun 2012	58.6	67.4	55.0	26.6	59.4	53.1	60.3	59.6
Jul 2012	58.5	67.4	54.8	26.7	59.2	52.8	60.7	59.7
Aug 2012	58.4	67.3	54.9	26.0	59.2	52.9	59.9	59.4
Sep 2012	58.7	67.6	55.1	26.1	59.5	52.9	60.9	59.8
Oct 2012	58.8	67.8	55.1	26.3	59.6	53.4	60.4	59.7
Nov 2012	58.7	67.7	55.0	26.4	59.5	53.2	60.7	59.2
Dec 2012	58.7	67.7	54.9	25.9	59.5	52.7	61.3	59.5
Jan 2013	58.6	67.6	54.7	26.8	59.4	53.3	60.8	59.8
Feb 2013	58.6	67.7	54.8	25.8	59.3	53.2	60.9	59.8
Mar 2013	58.5	67.6	54.7	25.8	59.3	53.3	61.0	59.3
Apr 2013	58.6	67.5	55.0	25.8	59.4	53.3	60.6	59.8
May 2013	58.6	67.5	55.0	26.3	59.4	53.5	60.8	60.5
Jun 2013	58.6	67.5	55.0	26.6	59.4	52.9	62.2	60.3
Jul 2013	58.7	67.5	55.1	26.8	59.5	53.5	61.0	60.4
Aug 2013	58.7	67.2	55.3	26.7	59.4	53.0	61.4	60.2
Sep 2013	58.7	67.3	55.1	27.4	59.4	53.3	61.8	60.0
Oct 2013	58.3	66.9	54.7	26.6	59.1	52.8	60.8	59.7
Nov 2013	58.6	67.4	54.8	27.1	59.4	53.0	61.3	60.2
Dec 2013	58.7	67.5	55.0	26.8	59.5	53.1	61.8	60.0
Jan 2014	58.8	67.5	55.2	26.4	59.6	53.3	60.9	60.4
Feb 2014	58.7	67.4	55.4	25.6	59.6	53.7	60.2	60.6
Mar 2014	58.9	67.8	55.2	26.9	59.6	53.9	60.7	60.9
Apr 2014	58.9	67.6	55.2	26.8	59.7	53.9	59.8	60.8
May 2014	58.9	67.6	55.2	27.2	59.7	53.9	60.1	60.7
Jun 2014	59.0	67.9	55.3	26.8	59.7	54.4	59.9	61.2
Jul 2014	59.0	67.9	55.2	27.3	59.7	54.5	60.2	60.9
Aug 2014	59.0	68.0	55.1	27.2	59.8	54.1	60.9	61.2
Sep 2014	59.1	68.1	55.1	27.3	59.8	54.8	60.6	61.6
Oct 2014	59.3	68.1	55.3	29.0	60.0	54.8	60.6	62.0
Nov 2014	59.2	67.8	55.4	29.0	59.9	54.7	60.2	62.0
Dec 2014	59.3	68.1	55.3	28.7	59.9	54.9	60.6	61.9
Jan 2015	59.3	68.1	55.4	28.3	60.1	54.6	60.1	62.1
Feb 2015	59.2	68.1	55.3	28.6	59.9	54.8	60.6	61.7
Mar 2015	59.2	68.1	55.2	28.6	59.8	55.0	60.4	61.7
Apr 2015	59.3	68.2	55.3	28.7	59.8	56.2	60.5	61.8
May 2015	59.4	68.3	55.4	28.8	60.0	55.8	61.1	61.8
Jun 2015	59.4	68.2	55.5	27.9	59.9	55.9	60.3	61.7
Jul 2015	59.3	68.3	55.3	28.2	59.9	55.9	60.2	61.4
Aug 2015	59.4	68.2	55.5	28.1	59.9	55.9	60.3	61.3
Sep 2015	59.2	68.1	55.2	28.2	59.8	55.7	59.9	61.3
Oct 2015	59.3	68.1	55.4	28.5	59.9	55.9	59.6	61.5
Nov 2015	59.4	67.9	55.6	28.6	59.9	55.8	60.7	61.3
Dec 2015	59.6	68.2	55.7	29.6	60.0	56.4	60.7	61.4
Jan 2016	59.7	68.4	55.7	29.5	60.2	56.1	60.0	62.0
Feb 2016	59.7	68.5	55.7	29.9	60.3	56.2	60.8	62.5
Mar 2016	59.8	68.6	55.8	29.3	60.4	56.0	60.8	62.6
Apr 2016	59.7	68.5	55.6	29.6	60.3	55.7	61.3	61.7
May 2016	59.7	68.4	55.7	29.6	60.2	56.0	60.6	61.8
Jun 2016	59.7	68.6	55.6	28.8	60.2	56.0	61.0	61.9
Jul 2016	59.7	68.5	55.7	29.7	60.2	56.1	61.1	62.2
Aug 2016	59.8	68.5	55.7	30.3	60.2	57.0	60.6	62.5
Sep 2016	59.8	68.5	55.7	30.1	60.2	56.7	61.1	61.9
Oct 2016	59.7	68.4	55.7	29.7	60.1	56.6	61.5	61.9
Nov 2016	59.7	68.4	55.7	30.0	60.1	57.0	60.9	61.8
Dec 2016	59.8	68.4	55.7	29.8	60.0	57.1	61.2	61.9
Jan 2017	59.9	68.6	55.8	30.2	60.1	57.5	61.4	62.2
Feb 2017	59.9	68.6	56.0	30.0	60.2	57.3	61.6	62.8
Mar 2017	60.1	68.6	56.3	30.7	60.5	57.3	60.9	63.3
Apr 2017	60.2	68.8	56.2	30.6	60.5	57.6	61.5	62.8
May 2017	60.1	68.7	56.1	30.2	60.4	57.6	61.4	62.7
Jun 2017	60.1	68.7	56.1	30.9	60.4	57.6	61.3	62.8
Jul 2017	60.1	68.7	56.3	30.2	60.5	57.7	61.6	63.0
Aug 2017	60.1	68.7	56.2	30.5	60.5	57.5	61.8	62.5
Sep 2017	60.4	69.1	56.3	31.4	60.6	58.1	62.1	63.0
Oct 2017	60.1	68.9	56.1	29.8	60.4	57.6	61.8	62.3
Nov 2017	60.1	68.8	56.2	29.2	60.4	57.7	61.1	62.4
Dec 2017	60.1	68.9	56.0	29.7	60.4	58.0	61.3	62.4
Jan 2018	60.2	68.9	56.0	30.6	60.5	57.3	61.0	62.6
Feb 2018	60.4	69.2	56.1	31.0	60.6	58.6	61.0	63.1
Mar 2018	60.4	69.1	56.2	30.5	60.6	58.5	61.2	62.6
Apr 2018	60.4	69.1	56.2	30.5	60.7	57.9	61.4	63.3
May 2018	60.5	69.2	56.4	30.5	60.7	58.4	61.3	63.1
Jun 2018	60.5	69.0	56.5	30.7	60.7	58.3	61.5	63.5
Jul 2018	60.5	69.0	56.6	30.5	60.7	58.4	61.8	63.7
Aug 2018	60.3	68.9	56.5	29.2	60.5	58.2	61.8	62.8
Sep 2018	60.4	68.9	56.5	30.5	60.6	58.6	62.0	63.0
Oct 2018	60.5	69.0	56.6	31.2	60.7	58.6	62.0	63.2
Nov 2018	60.5	69.1	56.6	30.8	60.8	58.4	62.4	63.7
Dec 2018	60.6	69.0	56.7	31.1	60.9	57.9	61.7	64.0
Jan 2019	60.7	69.1	56.8	30.8	60.8	58.4	62.3	64.0
Feb 2019	60.7	69.2	56.9	30.1	60.9	58.2	62.6	63.8
Mar 2019	60.6	69.1	56.7	30.6	60.9	58.0	62.1	63.8
Apr 2019	60.6	69.1	56.8	29.7	60.8	58.4	61.2	63.2
May 2019	60.6	69.2	56.6	30.2	60.8	58.5	61.5	63.4
Jun 2019	60.7	69.1	56.7	30.9	60.9	58.2	62.2	63.6
Jul 2019	60.7	69.2	56.6	31.5	60.8	59.0	62.0	63.4
Aug 2019	60.9	69.2	57.0	31.1	61.0	58.9	62.2	63.9
Sep 2019	61.0	69.3	57.2	30.9	61.2	59.0	62.6	64.4
Oct 2019	61.0	69.3	57.3	31.3	61.2	59.0	63.5	64.5
Nov 2019	61.0	69.4	57.0	31.6	61.2	58.8	63.0	64.6
Dec 2019	61.0	69.3	57.3	31.2	61.2	59.3	62.0	64.3
Jan 2020	61.2	69.5	57.3	31.7	61.4	58.9	61.9	64.9
Feb 2020	61.1	69.3	57.4	32.4	61.3	59.4	62.8	65.1
Mar 2020	60.0	68.1	56.3	30.5	60.2	57.8	61.1	63.0
Apr 2020	51.3	59.6	47.6	21.0	51.8	48.8	51.9	51.3
May 2020	52.8	61.0	48.9	23.7	53.4	49.6	51.7	52.8
Jun 2020	54.6	62.7	51.1	24.8	55.4	50.8	52.9	56.0
Jul 2020	55.1	63.1	51.6	25.6	55.7	51.5	55.8	56.3
Aug 2020	56.5	64.5	52.7	28.4	57.3	52.5	57.0	58.4
Sep 2020	56.6	64.7	52.4	30.5	57.3	52.5	57.4	58.2

These data are from the Current Population Survey and are seasonally adjusted. For more information, see “The Employment Situation — September 2020.” More charts featuring Current Population Survey data are presented in charts related to the latest "The Employment Situation" news release. People whose ethnicity is Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Labor force participation rate down, employment–population ratio little changed in September at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/labor-force-participation-rate-down-employment-population-ratio-little-changed-in-september.htm (visited October 13, 2024).

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