Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
             Educational attainment                                                                                                      
                                                   Oct.     Sept.      Oct.      Oct.      June      July      Aug.     Sept.      Oct.  
                                                   2008     2009       2009      2008      2009      2009      2009     2009       2009  
                                                                                                                                         
         Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   12,137    12,262    11,849    12,390    12,363    12,461    12,360    12,303    12,182 
      Participation rate.......................     47.4      47.1      46.0      48.3      46.3      48.5      47.5      47.3      47.3 
    Employed...................................   11,007    10,580    10,194    11,106    10,447    10,537    10,432    10,462    10,289 
      Employment-population ratio..............     42.9      40.6      39.6      43.3      39.2      41.0      40.1      40.2      40.0 
    Unemployed.................................    1,130     1,682     1,655     1,284     1,916     1,925     1,928     1,841     1,893 
      Unemployment rate........................      9.3      13.7      14.0      10.4      15.5      15.4      15.6      15.0      15.5 
                                                                                                                                         
      High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                              
  Civilian labor force.........................   38,571    37,957    37,729    38,428    38,694    38,362    38,184    38,098    37,898 
      Participation rate.......................     62.8      61.9      61.5      62.6      63.2      62.5      62.0      62.1      61.8 
    Employed...................................   36,314    34,147    33,884    35,939    34,898    34,760    34,469    33,994    33,659 
      Employment-population ratio..............     59.1      55.7      55.3      58.5      57.0      56.7      56.0      55.4      54.9 
    Unemployed.................................    2,257     3,810     3,846     2,489     3,796     3,602     3,715     4,105     4,239 
      Unemployment rate........................      5.9      10.0      10.2       6.5       9.8       9.4       9.7      10.8      11.2 
                                                                                                                                         
        Some college or associate degree                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   37,065    36,693    37,047    36,820    36,646    36,564    36,601    36,665    36,890 
      Participation rate.......................     72.0      70.6      71.1      71.5      71.0      70.6      71.2      70.6      70.8 
    Employed...................................   35,208    33,704    33,909    34,867    33,713    33,679    33,608    33,539    33,588 
      Employment-population ratio..............     68.4      64.9      65.1      67.7      65.3      65.1      65.4      64.5      64.5 
    Unemployed.................................    1,857     2,989     3,138     1,954     2,933     2,885     2,993     3,126     3,303 
      Unemployment rate........................      5.0       8.1       8.5       5.3       8.0       7.9       8.2       8.5       9.0 
                                                                                                                                         
        Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   45,639    45,958    46,550    45,454    45,527    45,691    45,840    45,928    46,302 
      Participation rate.......................     78.0      77.4      77.8      77.7      77.7      76.8      77.0      77.4      77.4 
    Employed...................................   44,257    43,676    44,431    44,044    43,368    43,546    43,686    43,696    44,110 
      Employment-population ratio..............     75.6      73.6      74.3      75.3      74.1      73.2      73.4      73.6      73.7 
    Unemployed.................................    1,382     2,283     2,120     1,410     2,158     2,145     2,154     2,231     2,192 
      Unemployment rate........................      3.0       5.0       4.6       3.1       4.7       4.7       4.7       4.9       4.7 

    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.



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