A-3. 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
A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	2017						2018
Employment status, sex, and age	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	255,151	255,357	255,562	255,766	255,949	256,109	256,780	256,934	257,097	257,272	257,454	257,642	257,843
Civilian labor force	160,467	160,598	161,082	160,371	160,533	160,597	161,115	161,921	161,763	161,527	161,539	162,140	162,245
Participation rate	62.9	62.9	63.0	62.7	62.7	62.7	62.7	63.0	62.9	62.8	62.7	62.9	62.9
Employed	153,511	153,471	154,324	153,846	153,917	154,021	154,430	155,215	155,178	155,181	155,474	155,576	155,965
Employment-population ratio	60.2	60.1	60.4	60.2	60.1	60.1	60.1	60.4	60.4	60.3	60.4	60.4	60.5
Unemployed	6,956	7,127	6,759	6,524	6,616	6,576	6,684	6,706	6,585	6,346	6,065	6,564	6,280
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.9
Not in labor force	94,684	94,759	94,480	95,395	95,416	95,512	95,665	95,012	95,335	95,745	95,915	95,502	95,598
Persons who currently want a job	5,384	5,809	5,626	5,232	5,265	5,308	5,171	5,131	5,096	5,115	5,183	5,258	5,163

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	123,311	123,413	123,516	123,617	123,707	123,786	124,173	124,250	124,331	124,418	124,509	124,604	124,704
Civilian labor force	84,994	85,177	85,519	85,247	85,221	85,354	85,931	86,267	86,169	86,152	86,157	86,056	85,950
Participation rate	68.9	69.0	69.2	69.0	68.9	69.0	69.2	69.4	69.3	69.2	69.2	69.1	68.9
Employed	81,288	81,342	81,902	81,667	81,666	81,821	82,274	82,685	82,630	82,611	82,784	82,522	82,684
Employment-population ratio	65.9	65.9	66.3	66.1	66.0	66.1	66.3	66.5	66.5	66.4	66.5	66.2	66.3
Unemployed	3,706	3,836	3,617	3,580	3,555	3,533	3,658	3,582	3,539	3,541	3,373	3,534	3,266
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.5	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	3.9	4.1	3.8
Not in labor force	38,318	38,236	37,996	38,370	38,486	38,432	38,242	37,983	38,162	38,266	38,352	38,548	38,754

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	114,817	114,918	115,020	115,120	115,212	115,292	115,669	115,748	115,832	115,921	116,017	116,115	116,220
Civilian labor force	82,128	82,297	82,561	82,366	82,375	82,548	82,928	83,309	83,200	83,199	83,234	83,115	83,058
Participation rate	71.5	71.6	71.8	71.5	71.5	71.6	71.7	72.0	71.8	71.8	71.7	71.6	71.5
Employed	78,863	78,887	79,393	79,248	79,324	79,431	79,705	80,213	80,113	80,111	80,329	80,013	80,240
Employment-population ratio	68.7	68.6	69.0	68.8	68.9	68.9	68.9	69.3	69.2	69.1	69.2	68.9	69.0
Unemployed	3,266	3,410	3,168	3,118	3,050	3,117	3,223	3,096	3,087	3,088	2,905	3,102	2,818
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.1	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.4
Not in labor force	32,689	32,621	32,459	32,755	32,837	32,745	32,741	32,440	32,632	32,723	32,783	33,001	33,162

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	131,840	131,943	132,047	132,149	132,242	132,323	132,607	132,684	132,766	132,853	132,944	133,038	133,139
Civilian labor force	75,473	75,420	75,563	75,124	75,312	75,243	75,183	75,654	75,594	75,375	75,382	76,084	76,295
Participation rate	57.2	57.2	57.2	56.8	57.0	56.9	56.7	57.0	56.9	56.7	56.7	57.2	57.3
Employed	72,223	72,129	72,422	72,179	72,251	72,200	72,157	72,530	72,548	72,569	72,690	73,054	73,281
Employment-population ratio	54.8	54.7	54.8	54.6	54.6	54.6	54.4	54.7	54.6	54.6	54.7	54.9	55.0
Unemployed	3,250	3,291	3,142	2,945	3,061	3,043	3,027	3,124	3,046	2,805	2,692	3,030	3,013
Unemployment rate	4.3	4.4	4.2	3.9	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.0	3.7	3.6	4.0	3.9
Not in labor force	56,366	56,523	56,484	57,026	56,930	57,080	57,423	57,030	57,172	57,479	57,562	56,954	56,844

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	123,577	123,679	123,781	123,882	123,975	124,057	124,328	124,407	124,491	124,579	124,674	124,771	124,875
Civilian labor force	72,499	72,406	72,497	72,187	72,302	72,293	72,210	72,565	72,610	72,498	72,493	73,139	73,285
Participation rate	58.7	58.5	58.6	58.3	58.3	58.3	58.1	58.3	58.3	58.2	58.1	58.6	58.7
Employed	69,586	69,502	69,692	69,576	69,665	69,614	69,583	69,828	69,916	69,992	70,077	70,419	70,598
Employment-population ratio	56.3	56.2	56.3	56.2	56.2	56.1	56.0	56.1	56.2	56.2	56.2	56.4	56.5
Unemployed	2,912	2,903	2,804	2,611	2,637	2,679	2,627	2,737	2,695	2,506	2,415	2,720	2,687
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.3	3.7	3.7
Not in labor force	51,078	51,273	51,284	51,696	51,673	51,764	52,118	51,842	51,880	52,081	52,181	51,633	51,590

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,757	16,759	16,761	16,763	16,762	16,760	16,783	16,778	16,774	16,771	16,763	16,755	16,748
Civilian labor force	5,840	5,895	6,024	5,818	5,857	5,757	5,977	6,048	5,952	5,831	5,812	5,886	5,902
Participation rate	34.9	35.2	35.9	34.7	34.9	34.4	35.6	36.0	35.5	34.8	34.7	35.1	35.2
Employed	5,062	5,082	5,238	5,022	4,928	4,977	5,143	5,174	5,149	5,078	5,068	5,144	5,127
Employment-population ratio	30.2	30.3	31.3	30.0	29.4	29.7	30.6	30.8	30.7	30.3	30.2	30.7	30.6
Unemployed	778	813	786	796	929	780	834	874	803	752	745	743	775
Unemployment rate	13.3	13.8	13.0	13.7	15.9	13.6	13.9	14.4	13.5	12.9	12.8	12.6	13.1
Not in labor force	10,917	10,864	10,737	10,945	10,906	11,003	10,806	10,731	10,822	10,941	10,951	10,869	10,846
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: April 18, 2023