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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4. 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		 2017 2018
July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 198,974 199,082 199,191 199,298 199,386 199,458 199,738 199,799 199,871 199,950 200,039 200,132 200,236

Civilian labor force

 124,887 125,030 125,397 124,757 125,110 125,200 125,334 125,930 125,714 125,731 125,688 125,784 125,720

Participation rate

 62.8 62.8 63.0 62.6 62.7 62.8 62.7 63.0 62.9 62.9 62.8 62.9 62.8

Employed

 120,285 120,242 120,754 120,400 120,514 120,551 120,886 121,274 121,236 121,233 121,303 121,347 121,506

Employment-population ratio

 60.5 60.4 60.6 60.4 60.4 60.4 60.5 60.7 60.7 60.6 60.6 60.6 60.7

Unemployed

 4,603 4,788 4,643 4,356 4,596 4,649 4,447 4,656 4,478 4,498 4,385 4,437 4,214

Unemployment rate

 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4

Not in labor force

 74,087 74,053 73,794 74,541 74,276 74,258 74,405 73,869 74,157 74,219 74,350 74,348 74,517

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 65,154 65,298 65,348 65,244 65,394 65,511 65,732 65,948 65,928 65,982 65,890 65,855 65,614

Participation rate

 71.6 71.7 71.8 71.6 71.7 71.8 71.9 72.1 72.1 72.1 72.0 71.9 71.6

Employed

 62,926 62,997 63,159 63,155 63,282 63,307 63,510 63,683 63,734 63,746 63,785 63,695 63,690

Employment-population ratio

 69.2 69.2 69.4 69.3 69.4 69.4 69.5 69.6 69.7 69.7 69.7 69.5 69.5

Unemployed

 2,228 2,301 2,189 2,090 2,112 2,204 2,222 2,265 2,194 2,235 2,106 2,159 1,924

Unemployment rate

 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.3 2.9

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 55,334 55,231 55,447 55,014 55,147 55,161 54,896 55,243 55,176 55,179 55,197 55,420 55,534

Participation rate

 57.8 57.7 57.9 57.4 57.5 57.5 57.2 57.5 57.4 57.4 57.4 57.6 57.7

Employed

 53,422 53,276 53,538 53,298 53,342 53,275 53,255 53,448 53,385 53,429 53,450 53,608 53,746

Employment-population ratio

 55.8 55.7 55.9 55.6 55.6 55.5 55.5 55.7 55.6 55.6 55.6 55.7 55.8

Unemployed

 1,912 1,955 1,909 1,715 1,805 1,886 1,641 1,795 1,791 1,750 1,747 1,812 1,787

Unemployment rate

 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 4,400 4,500 4,602 4,499 4,569 4,528 4,705 4,738 4,610 4,570 4,601 4,510 4,572

Participation rate

 35.7 36.5 37.3 36.5 37.0 36.7 38.1 38.4 37.4 37.1 37.3 36.6 37.2

Employed

 3,937 3,968 4,057 3,947 3,891 3,970 4,121 4,143 4,117 4,057 4,068 4,044 4,069

Employment-population ratio

 31.9 32.2 32.9 32.0 31.5 32.2 33.4 33.6 33.4 32.9 33.0 32.8 33.1

Unemployed

 463 532 545 552 678 559 584 595 492 512 533 466 502

Unemployment rate

 10.5 11.8 11.8 12.3 14.8 12.3 12.4 12.6 10.7 11.2 11.6 10.3 11.0


BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 32,260 32,296 32,333 32,370 32,404 32,436 32,575 32,607 32,638 32,672 32,704 32,737 32,771

Civilian labor force

 20,102 20,090 20,254 20,134 20,175 20,153 20,211 20,495 20,466 20,220 20,296 20,364 20,495

Participation rate

 62.3 62.2 62.6 62.2 62.3 62.1 62.0 62.9 62.7 61.9 62.1 62.2 62.5

Employed

 18,618 18,571 18,838 18,654 18,718 18,790 18,663 19,087 19,051 18,892 19,092 19,045 19,144

Employment-population ratio

 57.7 57.5 58.3 57.6 57.8 57.9 57.3 58.5 58.4 57.8 58.4 58.2 58.4

Unemployed

 1,484 1,519 1,416 1,479 1,457 1,362 1,548 1,408 1,415 1,328 1,204 1,319 1,351

Unemployment rate

 7.4 7.6 7.0 7.3 7.2 6.8 7.7 6.9 6.9 6.6 5.9 6.5 6.6

Not in labor force

 12,158 12,206 12,079 12,236 12,230 12,283 12,364 12,112 12,172 12,452 12,408 12,373 12,276

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 9,166 9,213 9,294 9,218 9,225 9,178 9,254 9,438 9,314 9,257 9,382 9,162 9,320

Participation rate

 68.0 68.3 68.8 68.2 68.1 67.7 67.9 69.2 68.2 67.7 68.5 66.8 67.9

Employed

 8,516 8,500 8,668 8,539 8,552 8,576 8,564 8,880 8,749 8,663 8,792 8,573 8,751

Employment-population ratio

 63.2 63.0 64.2 63.1 63.1 63.2 62.9 65.1 64.1 63.3 64.2 62.5 63.7

Unemployed

 650 713 626 679 673 601 690 558 564 594 590 589 569

Unemployment rate

 7.1 7.7 6.7 7.4 7.3 6.6 7.5 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.1

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,163 10,127 10,166 10,204 10,219 10,252 10,197 10,254 10,337 10,229 10,233 10,406 10,426

Participation rate

 62.4 62.1 62.3 62.5 62.5 62.6 62.0 62.3 62.7 62.0 62.0 63.0 63.0

Employed

 9,509 9,487 9,550 9,560 9,622 9,657 9,524 9,622 9,713 9,707 9,754 9,838 9,793

Employment-population ratio

 58.4 58.2 58.5 58.5 58.8 59.0 57.9 58.5 59.0 58.9 59.1 59.5 59.2

Unemployed

 654 639 616 644 597 595 673 632 624 522 479 568 633

Unemployment rate

 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.3 5.8 5.8 6.6 6.2 6.0 5.1 4.7 5.5 6.1

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 773 751 794 712 731 723 759 803 816 734 681 796 750

Participation rate

 30.8 29.9 31.6 28.4 29.1 28.8 30.3 32.0 32.6 29.3 27.3 31.9 30.0

Employed

 594 584 619 555 544 557 575 584 588 521 547 635 600

Employment-population ratio

 23.6 23.3 24.7 22.1 21.7 22.2 22.9 23.3 23.5 20.8 21.9 25.4 24.1

Unemployed

 179 167 174 157 187 166 185 219 227 213 135 162 149

Unemployment rate

 23.2 22.2 22.0 22.0 25.5 22.9 24.3 27.2 27.9 29.0 19.8 20.3 19.9


ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 15,290 15,341 15,483 15,466 15,370 15,610 15,731 15,792 15,983 15,933 15,874 15,934 15,922

Civilian labor force

 9,787 9,876 9,985 9,864 9,699 9,782 9,885 9,908 10,092 10,034 9,932 10,140 10,153

Participation rate

 64.0 64.4 64.5 63.8 63.1 62.7 62.8 62.7 63.1 63.0 62.6 63.6 63.8

Employed

 9,419 9,489 9,626 9,565 9,407 9,536 9,584 9,617 9,780 9,755 9,720 9,817 9,838

Employment-population ratio

 61.6 61.9 62.2 61.8 61.2 61.1 60.9 60.9 61.2 61.2 61.2 61.6 61.8

Unemployed

 368 388 359 299 292 246 300 291 313 280 212 322 314

Unemployment rate

 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.1 3.2 3.1

Not in labor force

 5,503 5,464 5,498 5,602 5,671 5,829 5,846 5,884 5,891 5,898 5,942 5,794 5,769


HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 41,404 41,492 41,579 41,665 41,751 41,831 42,249 42,335 42,419 42,507 42,592 42,679 42,767

Civilian labor force

 27,488 27,325 27,609 27,319 27,389 27,498 27,826 28,021 27,922 28,229 28,205 28,369 28,495

Participation rate

 66.4 65.9 66.4 65.6 65.6 65.7 65.9 66.2 65.8 66.4 66.2 66.5 66.6

Employed

 26,076 25,925 26,209 25,999 26,088 26,141 26,432 26,646 26,500 26,860 26,827 27,077 27,223

Employment-population ratio

 63.0 62.5 63.0 62.4 62.5 62.5 62.6 62.9 62.5 63.2 63.0 63.4 63.7

Unemployed

 1,412 1,400 1,400 1,321 1,301 1,356 1,393 1,375 1,421 1,368 1,378 1,292 1,273

Unemployment rate

 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.1 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.5

Not in labor force

 13,917 14,167 13,970 14,346 14,361 14,334 14,423 14,315 14,497 14,278 14,387 14,310 14,272

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 15,084 15,012 15,110 14,959 14,969 15,084 15,320 15,319 15,370 15,535 15,444 15,557 15,519

Participation rate

 80.9 80.4 80.7 79.7 79.6 80.1 80.4 80.2 80.3 81.0 80.3 80.8 80.4

Employed

 14,423 14,303 14,502 14,380 14,400 14,507 14,659 14,723 14,688 14,901 14,845 14,961 15,017

Employment-population ratio

 77.4 76.6 77.5 76.7 76.6 77.0 76.9 77.1 76.7 77.7 77.2 77.7 77.8

Unemployed

 662 709 608 579 569 577 661 595 682 635 599 596 502

Unemployment rate

 4.4 4.7 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 4.3 3.9 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.2

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 11,188 11,098 11,249 11,146 11,222 11,189 11,257 11,410 11,230 11,398 11,507 11,626 11,684

Participation rate

 59.1 58.5 59.2 58.5 58.8 58.5 58.4 59.1 58.0 58.8 59.2 59.7 59.8

Employed

 10,592 10,576 10,637 10,601 10,676 10,598 10,737 10,815 10,677 10,856 10,917 11,065 11,131

Employment-population ratio

 56.0 55.8 56.0 55.7 56.0 55.4 55.7 56.0 55.2 56.0 56.2 56.8 57.0

Unemployed

 595 522 612 546 546 591 520 595 553 541 590 561 553

Unemployment rate

 5.3 4.7 5.4 4.9 4.9 5.3 4.6 5.2 4.9 4.7 5.1 4.8 4.7

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 1,216 1,215 1,250 1,214 1,198 1,225 1,249 1,292 1,321 1,296 1,254 1,186 1,292

Participation rate

 31.6 31.5 32.4 31.4 30.9 31.6 32.0 33.0 33.7 33.0 31.9 30.2 32.8

Employed

 1,061 1,046 1,070 1,018 1,012 1,037 1,036 1,108 1,135 1,103 1,065 1,051 1,075

Employment-population ratio

 27.6 27.1 27.7 26.3 26.2 26.8 26.5 28.3 29.0 28.1 27.1 26.7 27.3

Unemployed

 155 169 180 196 185 188 213 184 186 192 189 135 218

Unemployment rate

 12.8 13.9 14.4 16.1 15.5 15.4 17.0 14.2 14.1 14.8 15.1 11.4 16.8


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: April 18, 2023