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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Educational attainment 2010 2011 2012 2013
4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Less than a high school diploma

Civilian labor force

 11,717 11,508 11,478 11,715 11,686 11,475 11,380 11,299 11,145 11,222 11,100 10,901 10,789

Participation rate

 46.3 45.8 45.2 46.8 46.9 46.1 45.0 45.6 45.3 46.2 44.6 45.1 44.2

Employed

 9,940 9,886 9,810 10,038 10,129 9,991 9,934 9,947 9,821 9,938 9,872 9,717 9,667

Employment-population ratio

 39.3 39.3 38.7 40.1 40.6 40.2 39.3 40.2 39.9 40.9 39.7 40.2 39.6

Unemployed

 1,777 1,622 1,668 1,677 1,557 1,484 1,446 1,353 1,323 1,284 1,228 1,183 1,122

Unemployment rate

 15.2 14.1 14.5 14.3 13.3 12.9 12.7 12.0 11.9 11.4 11.1 10.9 10.4

High school graduates, no college(1)

Civilian labor force

 37,863 37,549 37,513 37,227 37,077 36,813 36,896 36,700 36,666 36,312 36,316 36,639 36,149

Participation rate

 60.9 60.4 60.3 60.3 60.1 59.4 59.6 59.5 59.4 58.5 59.0 59.0 58.2

Employed

 34,109 33,957 33,828 33,768 33,740 33,776 33,861 33,554 33,673 33,454 33,604 33,879 33,540

Employment-population ratio

 54.9 54.7 54.4 54.7 54.7 54.5 54.7 54.4 54.6 53.9 54.6 54.5 54.0

Unemployed

 3,754 3,593 3,685 3,459 3,337 3,037 3,035 3,146 2,993 2,858 2,711 2,760 2,610

Unemployment rate

 9.9 9.6 9.8 9.3 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.6 8.2 7.9 7.5 7.5 7.2

Some college or associate degree

Civilian labor force

 37,029 36,728 36,772 36,878 36,938 37,376 37,305 37,350 37,400 37,332 37,349 37,330 37,155

Participation rate

 70.1 69.7 69.8 69.0 68.9 69.4 69.0 68.3 68.6 68.3 68.3 67.1 67.3

Employed

 33,957 33,845 33,875 33,802 34,060 34,626 34,500 34,808 34,880 34,841 34,968 35,059 34,824

Employment-population ratio

 64.3 64.3 64.3 63.3 63.6 64.3 63.8 63.6 64.0 63.8 63.9 63.0 63.1

Unemployed

 3,072 2,883 2,897 3,076 2,878 2,751 2,805 2,543 2,520 2,490 2,381 2,271 2,331

Unemployment rate

 8.3 7.8 7.9 8.3 7.8 7.4 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.3

Bachelor's degree and higher(2)

Civilian labor force

 46,318 46,503 46,860 46,892 47,158 47,788 48,016 48,294 48,834 49,185 49,417 49,141 49,673

Participation rate

 76.6 76.6 77.0 76.3 76.0 76.0 76.3 75.9 75.6 75.6 75.6 75.4 75.2

Employed

 44,095 44,489 44,773 44,911 45,141 45,772 46,103 46,336 46,959 47,314 47,517 47,354 47,949

Employment-population ratio

 73.0 73.3 73.5 73.0 72.8 72.8 73.3 72.8 72.7 72.7 72.7 72.6 72.6

Unemployed

 2,223 2,014 2,088 1,982 2,016 2,016 1,913 1,957 1,876 1,870 1,899 1,787 1,724

Unemployment rate

 4.8 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.5

Footnotes
 (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
(2) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.

NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: April 18, 2023