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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race,
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
sex, and age
2020 2021 2022 2023
2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

201,156 201,417 201,681 201,612 201,748 201,971 202,195 202,875 203,049 203,324 203,608 204,122 204,346

Civilian labor force

122,616 124,125 124,404 123,701 123,945 124,274 124,693 125,995 125,682 126,000 126,163 126,796 127,251

Participation rate

61.0 61.6 61.7 61.4 61.4 61.5 61.7 62.1 61.9 62.0 62.0 62.1 62.3

Employed

107,740 114,365 116,905 116,843 117,509 118,679 120,161 121,832 121,600 122,079 122,142 122,782 123,242

Employment-population ratio

53.6 56.8 58.0 58.0 58.2 58.8 59.4 60.1 59.9 60.0 60.0 60.2 60.3

Unemployed

14,875 9,760 7,499 6,858 6,436 5,595 4,531 4,163 4,082 3,921 4,021 4,014 4,010

Unemployment rate

12.1 7.9 6.0 5.5 5.2 4.5 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2

Not in labor force

78,541 77,292 77,277 77,911 77,803 77,697 77,503 76,880 77,367 77,324 77,445 77,326 77,095

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

64,205 64,766 64,824 64,336 64,589 64,921 64,952 65,805 65,556 65,653 65,945 66,168 66,425

Participation rate

69.6 70.1 70.1 69.6 69.8 70.1 70.0 70.3 70.0 70.0 70.2 70.0 70.2

Employed

57,398 60,094 61,010 60,881 61,254 62,041 62,793 63,755 63,531 63,701 63,994 64,207 64,417

Employment-population ratio

62.2 65.1 66.0 65.8 66.2 67.0 67.7 68.1 67.8 67.9 68.1 68.0 68.1

Unemployed

6,807 4,672 3,814 3,455 3,335 2,880 2,158 2,050 2,026 1,951 1,951 1,961 2,008

Unemployment rate

10.6 7.2 5.9 5.4 5.2 4.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

54,292 54,916 54,902 54,695 54,689 54,730 55,081 55,301 55,276 55,505 55,325 55,676 55,942

Participation rate

56.1 56.7 56.6 56.4 56.3 56.3 56.6 57.1 57.1 57.2 56.9 57.3 57.5

Employed

47,357 50,539 51,843 51,898 52,047 52,465 53,142 53,628 53,694 54,022 53,724 54,077 54,388

Employment-population ratio

48.9 52.1 53.4 53.5 53.6 53.9 54.6 55.4 55.4 55.7 55.3 55.7 55.9

Unemployed

6,935 4,377 3,059 2,797 2,642 2,266 1,939 1,673 1,581 1,483 1,601 1,599 1,554

Unemployment rate

12.8 8.0 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.1 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.8

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

4,118 4,443 4,679 4,670 4,666 4,623 4,660 4,889 4,850 4,842 4,893 4,952 4,884

Participation rate

33.9 36.6 38.6 38.6 38.7 38.3 38.6 39.2 38.9 38.7 39.1 39.7 39.0

Employed

2,986 3,732 4,052 4,064 4,208 4,173 4,226 4,449 4,375 4,355 4,424 4,498 4,437

Employment-population ratio

24.6 30.7 33.4 33.6 34.9 34.6 35.0 35.7 35.1 34.8 35.4 36.0 35.5

Unemployed

1,133 711 626 606 459 450 434 440 475 487 469 455 447

Unemployment rate

27.5 16.0 13.4 13.0 9.8 9.7 9.3 9.0 9.8 10.1 9.6 9.2 9.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

33,295 33,386 33,485 33,511 33,573 33,646 33,724 34,004 34,081 34,171 34,270 34,519 34,613

Civilian labor force

19,762 20,055 20,170 20,219 20,560 20,588 20,530 21,106 21,293 21,188 21,343 21,914 21,786

Participation rate

59.4 60.1 60.2 60.3 61.2 61.2 60.9 62.1 62.5 62.0 62.3 63.5 62.9

Employed

16,549 17,430 18,067 18,293 18,625 18,901 19,081 19,725 20,015 19,900 20,105 20,742 20,603

Employment-population ratio

49.7 52.2 54.0 54.6 55.5 56.2 56.6 58.0 58.7 58.2 58.7 60.1 59.5

Unemployed

3,213 2,625 2,103 1,927 1,935 1,687 1,449 1,381 1,278 1,287 1,238 1,172 1,184

Unemployment rate

16.3 13.1 10.4 9.5 9.4 8.2 7.1 6.5 6.0 6.1 5.8 5.3 5.4

Not in labor force

13,533 13,331 13,315 13,292 13,013 13,058 13,194 12,898 12,788 12,983 12,926 12,605 12,827

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

8,996 9,226 9,250 9,355 9,508 9,433 9,454 9,838 9,933 9,791 9,895 10,244 10,047

Participation rate

64.1 65.5 65.5 66.1 67.0 66.3 66.3 68.1 68.6 67.4 67.9 69.5 68.0

Employed

7,569 7,969 8,223 8,442 8,556 8,637 8,752 9,212 9,366 9,223 9,375 9,713 9,513

Employment-population ratio

54.0 56.6 58.2 59.6 60.3 60.7 61.4 63.7 64.7 63.5 64.3 65.9 64.4

Unemployed

1,427 1,258 1,027 913 952 796 702 625 567 568 521 531 534

Unemployment rate

15.9 13.6 11.1 9.8 10.0 8.4 7.4 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.3

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

10,056 10,123 10,197 10,152 10,325 10,399 10,379 10,557 10,636 10,653 10,669 10,889 10,997

Participation rate

59.7 59.9 60.2 59.8 60.7 61.0 60.8 61.8 62.1 62.1 62.0 63.1 63.5

Employed

8,483 8,910 9,276 9,263 9,445 9,624 9,768 9,945 10,046 10,061 10,083 10,380 10,447

Employment-population ratio

50.4 52.7 54.7 54.6 55.6 56.5 57.2 58.2 58.7 58.6 58.6 60.1 60.4

Unemployed

1,573 1,213 921 889 879 774 611 611 590 592 586 509 549

Unemployment rate

15.6 12.0 9.0 8.8 8.5 7.4 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.5 4.7 5.0

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

709 705 723 712 727 757 697 712 724 744 779 781 742

Participation rate

29.3 29.2 30.1 29.7 30.5 31.7 29.2 28.8 29.2 29.9 31.2 31.0 29.3

Employed

497 551 568 587 624 640 561 567 603 616 648 648 643

Employment-population ratio

20.5 22.8 23.6 24.5 26.1 26.8 23.5 23.0 24.3 24.8 26.0 25.8 25.4

Unemployed

213 154 155 125 104 116 136 145 121 127 131 132 100

Unemployment rate

30.0 21.9 21.5 17.5 14.3 15.4 19.5 20.3 16.7 17.1 16.8 16.9 13.4

ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

16,406 16,562 16,561 16,514 16,496 16,537 16,537 16,829 16,851 17,014 17,038 17,510 17,520

Civilian labor force

10,031 10,482 10,351 10,369 10,413 10,625 10,770 10,736 10,886 11,055 11,006 11,326 11,413

Participation rate

61.1 63.3 62.5 62.8 63.1 64.2 65.1 63.8 64.6 65.0 64.6 64.7 65.1

Employed

8,589 9,386 9,651 9,756 9,823 10,136 10,348 10,403 10,578 10,767 10,713 10,985 11,073

Employment-population ratio

52.4 56.7 58.3 59.1 59.5 61.3 62.6 61.8 62.8 63.3 62.9 62.7 63.2

Unemployed

1,441 1,096 700 613 590 489 422 333 307 288 294 341 340

Unemployment rate

14.4 10.5 6.8 5.9 5.7 4.6 3.9 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.7 3.0 3.0

Not in labor force

6,375 6,079 6,210 6,145 6,083 5,912 5,767 6,094 5,965 5,958 6,031 6,184 6,107

HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

44,053 44,300 44,558 44,586 44,787 45,005 45,231 45,814 46,040 46,287 46,543 47,103 47,380

Civilian labor force

28,327 28,803 29,189 29,056 29,197 29,521 29,874 30,456 30,569 30,661 30,739 31,372 31,741

Participation rate

64.3 65.0 65.5 65.2 65.2 65.6 66.0 66.5 66.4 66.2 66.0 66.6 67.0

Employed

23,525 25,560 26,575 26,672 27,050 27,680 28,312 29,086 29,249 29,387 29,475 29,866 30,387

Employment-population ratio

53.4 57.7 59.6 59.8 60.4 61.5 62.6 63.5 63.5 63.5 63.3 63.4 64.1

Unemployed

4,801 3,243 2,614 2,384 2,147 1,841 1,562 1,370 1,320 1,275 1,265 1,506 1,353

Unemployment rate

17.0 11.3 9.0 8.2 7.4 6.2 5.2 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.8 4.3

Not in labor force

15,726 15,497 15,369 15,530 15,590 15,484 15,357 15,358 15,471 15,626 15,803 15,731 15,640

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

15,473 15,734 16,003 15,852 16,021 16,268 16,314 16,635 16,697 16,546 16,635 16,882 17,101

Participation rate

77.8 78.6 79.5 78.7 79.2 80.0 79.8 80.1 80.0 78.9 78.9 78.8 79.4

Employed

13,175 14,157 14,659 14,671 14,961 15,344 15,580 15,977 16,088 15,933 15,991 16,134 16,423

Employment-population ratio

66.2 70.8 72.8 72.8 73.9 75.4 76.2 77.0 77.1 76.0 75.8 75.4 76.3

Unemployed

2,298 1,577 1,344 1,181 1,060 924 734 658 609 613 644 748 678

Unemployment rate

14.9 10.0 8.4 7.5 6.6 5.7 4.5 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.0

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

11,622 11,789 11,823 11,833 11,920 11,966 12,185 12,421 12,435 12,700 12,692 13,060 13,147

Participation rate

57.7 58.2 58.0 58.0 58.1 58.1 58.8 59.7 59.4 60.4 60.0 61.2 61.2

Employed

9,527 10,387 10,780 10,866 11,018 11,233 11,541 11,846 11,896 12,231 12,224 12,463 12,638

Employment-population ratio

47.3 51.2 52.9 53.2 53.7 54.5 55.7 56.9 56.8 58.1 57.8 58.4 58.9

Unemployed

2,095 1,401 1,043 967 901 733 645 575 540 469 468 597 509

Unemployment rate

18.0 11.9 8.8 8.2 7.6 6.1 5.3 4.6 4.3 3.7 3.7 4.6 3.9

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

1,232 1,280 1,363 1,371 1,256 1,287 1,374 1,400 1,437 1,416 1,413 1,430 1,492

Participation rate

30.7 31.8 33.8 34.0 31.1 31.7 33.8 33.1 33.8 33.1 32.8 32.9 34.1

Employed

824 1,015 1,136 1,136 1,071 1,104 1,192 1,262 1,265 1,223 1,260 1,269 1,326

Employment-population ratio

20.6 25.2 28.1 28.2 26.5 27.2 29.3 29.8 29.7 28.6 29.3 29.2 30.3

Unemployed

408 265 227 235 185 184 182 137 172 192 153 161 166

Unemployment rate

33.1 20.7 16.7 17.2 14.7 14.3 13.3 9.8 11.9 13.6 10.8 11.3 11.1

Footnotes
(1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. 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.

 

Last Modified Date: August 29, 2024