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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Statistical summary table. Changes in selected labor force indicators with a statistical significance test at a 90% confidence level
 [Numbers in thousands]
Category Apr.
2024		 Current 1-month change
(Apr.24-Mar.24)		 Current 3-month change
(Apr.24-Jan.24)		 Current 6-month change
(Apr.24-Oct.23)		 Current 9-month change
(Apr.24-July23)		 Current 12-month change
(Apr.24-Apr.23)
Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant Actual Needed(1) Statistically significant

Employment status

Civilian noninstitutional population

 268,066 182 - - 526 - - 424 - - 1,064 - - 1,623 - -

Civilian labor force

 167,982 87 613 No 706 804 No 259 929 No 869 931 No 1,304 913 Yes

Participation rate

 62.7 -0.01 0.23 No 0.14 0.30 No 0.00 0.35 No 0.08 0.35 No 0.11 0.34 No

Employed

 161,491 25 621 No 339 830 No 211 953 No 282 956 No 529 941 No

Employment-population ratio

 60.2 -0.03 0.23 No 0.01 0.31 No -0.02 0.36 No -0.13 0.36 No -0.17 0.35 No

Unemployed

 6,492 63 329 No 368 382 No 49 409 No 588 399 Yes 777 388 Yes

Unemployment rate

 3.9 0.04 0.20 No 0.20 0.23 No 0.02 0.25 No 0.33 0.24 Yes 0.44 0.23 Yes

Not in labor force

 100,083 94 613 No -182 804 No 164 929 No 194 931 No 317 913 No

Unemployment rates

Total, 16 years and over

 3.9 0.04 0.20 No 0.20 0.23 No 0.02 0.25 No 0.33 0.24 Yes 0.44 0.23 Yes

Adult men (20 years and over)

 3.6 0.25 0.25 Yes 0.00 0.31 No -0.10 0.33 No 0.24 0.32 No 0.31 0.31 Yes

Adult women (20 years and over)

 3.5 -0.11 0.27 No 0.34 0.30 Yes 0.29 0.32 No 0.39 0.32 Yes 0.39 0.31 Yes

Teenagers (16 to 19 years)

 11.7 -0.89 1.79 No 1.04 1.98 No -1.47 2.13 No 0.35 2.10 No 2.33 1.99 Yes

White

 3.5 0.13 0.21 No 0.12 0.24 No 0.05 0.26 No 0.38 0.25 Yes 0.38 0.25 Yes

Black or African American

 5.6 -0.80 0.74 Yes 0.34 0.83 No -0.16 0.89 No -0.11 0.88 No 0.79 0.84 No

Asian

 2.8 0.25 0.62 No -0.12 0.77 No -0.31 0.82 No 0.46 0.76 No -0.03 0.78 No

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

 4.8 0.39 0.51 No -0.16 0.61 No 0.07 0.63 No 0.45 0.62 No 0.41 0.61 No

Total, 25 years and over

 3.2 0.09 0.18 No 0.01 0.22 No 0.08 0.23 No 0.35 0.22 Yes 0.27 0.22 Yes

Less than a high school diploma

 6.0 1.13 1.03 Yes 0.00 1.25 No 0.18 1.29 No 0.70 1.28 No 0.57 1.25 No

High school graduates, no college

 4.0 -0.11 0.42 No -0.29 0.52 No -0.04 0.54 No 0.67 0.51 Yes 0.06 0.52 No

Some college or associate degree

 3.3 -0.07 0.37 No 0.06 0.45 No 0.20 0.47 No 0.19 0.46 No 0.47 0.45 Yes

Bachelor's degree and higher

 2.2 0.03 0.22 No 0.06 0.27 No 0.05 0.28 No 0.18 0.28 No 0.23 0.27 No

Reason for unemployment

Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs

 3,241 199 224 No 213 269 No 121 284 No 538 273 Yes 565 267 Yes

Job leavers

 785 -38 115 No -9 138 No -16 142 No -69 144 No -1 141 No

Reentrants

 1,929 9 187 No 95 215 No 60 223 No 61 221 No 151 217 No

New entrants

 574 -104 109 No 24 119 No -29 124 No 40 120 No 55 119 No

Duration of unemployment

Less than 5 weeks

 2,262 73 242 No 122 241 No -7 247 No 255 240 Yes 395 234 Yes

5 to 14 weeks

 1,987 8 199 No 139 221 No 151 222 No 246 220 Yes 67 222 No

15 to 26 weeks

 869 -113 135 No 2 148 No -210 159 Yes -87 153 No 121 143 No

27 weeks and over

 1,250 4 140 No -27 173 No -41 182 No 45 177 No 161 171 No

Employed persons at work part time

Part time for economic reasons

 4,469 161 302 No 47 343 No 185 350 No 461 342 Yes 573 332 Yes

Slack work or business conditions

 3,058 86 262 No 64 288 No 73 295 No 324 285 Yes 294 281 Yes

Could only find part-time work

 1,134 135 151 No 108 170 No 134 171 No 118 172 No 298 162 Yes

Part time for noneconomic reasons

 22,253 -649 532 Yes 97 655 No 677 691 No 221 684 No 500 654 No

Persons not in the labor force

Marginally attached to the labor force

 1,565 -30 193 No -89 206 No 149 201 No 148 200 No 62 202 No

Discouraged workers

 362 25 94 No -90 105 No -57 103 No 24 98 No -4 99 No

Footnotes
(1) Needed value represents the minimum change needed to be statistically significant at a 90% confidence level. Effective with the release of January 2023 data, these values are based on standard error models that are updated monthly.

- Standard errors cannot be calculated for population levels.

NOTE: Data are seasonally adjusted except for civilian noninstitutional population. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 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. The over-the-month changes for January in this table include the effects of population control updates. Differences published in this table may not match differences published elsewhere due to rounding.

 

Last Modified Date: May 3, 2024