E-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	2010	2011				2012				2013
Employment status, sex, and age	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	238,712	238,852	239,316	239,871	240,431	242,436	242,968	243,564	244,169	244,828	245,363	245,961	246,564
Civilian labor force	153,799	153,294	153,490	153,697	153,980	154,655	154,882	154,885	155,424	155,437	155,597	155,534	154,949
Participation rate	64.4	64.2	64.1	64.1	64.0	63.8	63.7	63.6	63.7	63.5	63.4	63.2	62.8
Employed	139,136	139,455	139,561	139,861	140,639	141,900	142,217	142,475	143,271	143,414	143,890	144,245	144,171
Employment-population ratio	58.3	58.4	58.3	58.3	58.5	58.5	58.5	58.5	58.7	58.6	58.6	58.6	58.5
Unemployed	14,663	13,839	13,929	13,837	13,340	12,755	12,665	12,411	12,152	12,023	11,707	11,289	10,777
Unemployment rate	9.5	9.0	9.1	9.0	8.7	8.2	8.2	8.0	7.8	7.7	7.5	7.3	7.0
Not in labor force	84,913	85,558	85,826	86,174	86,452	87,782	88,086	88,678	88,745	89,392	89,766	90,427	91,616
Persons who currently want a job	6,311	6,462	6,436	6,410	6,437	6,330	6,404	6,775	6,741	6,700	6,516	6,307	5,997

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	115,638	115,908	116,158	116,453	116,750	116,897	117,178	117,491	117,808	118,118	118,393	118,700	119,010
Civilian labor force	81,852	81,708	81,909	81,999	82,261	82,102	82,307	82,288	82,565	82,767	82,805	82,704	82,354
Participation rate	70.8	70.5	70.5	70.4	70.5	70.2	70.2	70.0	70.1	70.1	69.9	69.7	69.2
Employed	73,495	73,904	74,073	74,309	74,897	75,227	75,415	75,545	76,031	76,280	76,341	76,364	76,433
Employment-population ratio	63.6	63.8	63.8	63.8	64.2	64.4	64.4	64.3	64.5	64.6	64.5	64.3	64.2
Unemployed	8,356	7,804	7,836	7,690	7,364	6,875	6,893	6,743	6,534	6,487	6,464	6,340	5,921
Unemployment rate	10.2	9.6	9.6	9.4	9.0	8.4	8.4	8.2	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.2
Not in labor force	33,786	34,200	34,248	34,454	34,489	34,795	34,871	35,203	35,243	35,351	35,588	35,996	36,656

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	107,112	107,292	107,568	107,884	108,199	108,188	108,504	108,850	109,203	109,541	109,839	110,172	110,514
Civilian labor force	78,874	78,745	79,081	79,113	79,348	79,237	79,319	79,330	79,634	79,871	79,863	79,746	79,477
Participation rate	73.6	73.4	73.5	73.3	73.3	73.2	73.1	72.9	72.9	72.9	72.7	72.4	71.9
Employed	71,347	71,732	72,022	72,211	72,772	73,123	73,223	73,391	73,885	74,152	74,188	74,156	74,216
Employment-population ratio	66.6	66.9	67.0	66.9	67.3	67.6	67.5	67.4	67.7	67.7	67.5	67.3	67.2
Unemployed	7,527	7,012	7,059	6,901	6,576	6,114	6,095	5,938	5,750	5,719	5,675	5,590	5,261
Unemployment rate	9.5	8.9	8.9	8.7	8.3	7.7	7.7	7.5	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.0	6.6
Not in labor force	28,238	28,547	28,487	28,771	28,852	28,951	29,185	29,520	29,569	29,671	29,976	30,427	31,037

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	123,074	122,944	123,158	123,418	123,681	125,540	125,790	126,073	126,361	126,711	126,970	127,261	127,554
Civilian labor force	71,947	71,586	71,581	71,698	71,718	72,553	72,574	72,597	72,859	72,669	72,792	72,830	72,595
Participation rate	58.5	58.2	58.1	58.1	58.0	57.8	57.7	57.6	57.7	57.4	57.3	57.2	56.9
Employed	65,640	65,551	65,488	65,552	65,742	66,672	66,803	66,929	67,241	67,133	67,549	67,880	67,738
Employment-population ratio	53.3	53.3	53.2	53.1	53.2	53.1	53.1	53.1	53.2	53.0	53.2	53.3	53.1
Unemployed	6,307	6,035	6,093	6,146	5,976	5,881	5,772	5,668	5,618	5,536	5,243	4,950	4,856
Unemployment rate	8.8	8.4	8.5	8.6	8.3	8.1	8.0	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.2	6.8	6.7
Not in labor force	51,126	51,358	51,577	51,720	51,963	52,987	53,215	53,475	53,503	54,041	54,178	54,431	54,960

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	114,800	114,714	114,956	115,238	115,522	117,171	117,449	117,759	118,076	118,434	118,708	119,019	119,340
Civilian labor force	69,088	68,793	68,749	68,849	68,867	69,646	69,719	69,729	69,956	69,739	69,912	70,000	69,785
Participation rate	60.2	60.0	59.8	59.7	59.6	59.4	59.4	59.2	59.2	58.9	58.9	58.8	58.5
Employed	63,456	63,385	63,258	63,335	63,479	64,392	64,562	64,652	64,948	64,847	65,270	65,599	65,464
Employment-population ratio	55.3	55.3	55.0	55.0	54.9	55.0	55.0	54.9	55.0	54.8	55.0	55.1	54.9
Unemployed	5,632	5,407	5,491	5,514	5,388	5,254	5,157	5,077	5,008	4,892	4,641	4,402	4,320
Unemployment rate	8.2	7.9	8.0	8.0	7.8	7.5	7.4	7.3	7.2	7.0	6.6	6.3	6.2
Not in labor force	45,711	45,922	46,207	46,389	46,655	47,525	47,730	48,030	48,120	48,695	48,796	49,019	49,555

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,800	16,845	16,793	16,749	16,711	17,078	17,015	16,955	16,889	16,854	16,816	16,770	16,710
Civilian labor force	5,837	5,756	5,660	5,736	5,765	5,772	5,844	5,827	5,834	5,827	5,822	5,788	5,687
Participation rate	34.7	34.2	33.7	34.2	34.5	33.8	34.3	34.4	34.5	34.6	34.6	34.5	34.0
Employed	4,332	4,337	4,281	4,314	4,389	4,385	4,432	4,431	4,439	4,415	4,432	4,490	4,491
Employment-population ratio	25.8	25.7	25.5	25.8	26.3	25.7	26.0	26.1	26.3	26.2	26.4	26.8	26.9
Unemployed	1,505	1,419	1,379	1,421	1,376	1,387	1,412	1,396	1,394	1,412	1,390	1,298	1,196
Unemployment rate	25.8	24.6	24.4	24.8	23.9	24.0	24.2	24.0	23.9	24.2	23.9	22.4	21.0
Not in labor force	10,963	11,089	11,132	11,013	10,946	11,306	11,171	11,128	11,056	11,026	10,994	10,982	11,023
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
Note: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: August 03, 2021