Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
Employment status, sex, and age	Oct. 2022	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2023	Oct. 2022	June 2023	July 2023	Aug. 2023	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2023
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	264,535	267,428	267,642	264,535	266,801	267,002	267,213	267,428	267,642
Civilian labor force	164,753	167,718	167,774	164,646	166,951	167,103	167,839	167,929	167,728
Participation rate	62.3	62.7	62.7	62.2	62.6	62.6	62.8	62.8	62.7
Employed	159,144	161,669	161,676	158,593	160,994	161,262	161,484	161,570	161,222
Employment-population ratio	60.2	60.5	60.4	60.0	60.3	60.4	60.4	60.4	60.2
Unemployed	5,609	6,049	6,098	6,053	5,957	5,841	6,355	6,360	6,506
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.9
Not in labor force	99,782	99,710	99,868	99,890	99,850	99,899	99,374	99,498	99,914
Persons who currently want a job	5,341	5,299	5,037	5,681	5,389	5,247	5,370	5,450	5,373

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	128,897	130,713	130,816	128,897	130,408	130,507	130,608	130,713	130,816
Civilian labor force	87,685	89,159	88,730	87,772	88,836	88,695	89,082	89,331	88,871
Participation rate	68.0	68.2	67.8	68.1	68.1	68.0	68.2	68.3	67.9
Employed	84,799	85,745	85,384	84,559	85,547	85,492	85,493	85,633	85,217
Employment-population ratio	65.8	65.6	65.3	65.6	65.6	65.5	65.5	65.5	65.1
Unemployed	2,886	3,414	3,345	3,212	3,289	3,203	3,589	3,697	3,654
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	4.0	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	41,212	41,553	42,087	41,126	41,572	41,811	41,527	41,382	41,945

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	120,225	121,931	122,029	120,225	121,646	121,735	121,832	121,931	122,029
Civilian labor force	84,623	86,086	85,542	84,606	85,774	85,739	85,934	86,130	85,597
Participation rate	70.4	70.6	70.1	70.4	70.5	70.4	70.5	70.6	70.1
Employed	82,093	83,057	82,663	81,776	82,868	82,922	82,777	82,837	82,423
Employment-population ratio	68.3	68.1	67.7	68.0	68.1	68.1	67.9	67.9	67.5
Unemployed	2,530	3,029	2,879	2,829	2,906	2,817	3,157	3,293	3,174
Unemployment rate	3.0	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.7	3.8	3.7
Not in labor force	35,601	35,845	36,487	35,619	35,871	35,997	35,898	35,801	36,432

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	135,638	136,715	136,826	135,638	136,393	136,496	136,605	136,715	136,826
Civilian labor force	77,068	78,559	79,045	76,874	78,115	78,408	78,757	78,599	78,857
Participation rate	56.8	57.5	57.8	56.7	57.3	57.4	57.7	57.5	57.6
Employed	74,345	75,924	76,292	74,033	75,448	75,769	75,991	75,936	76,005
Employment-population ratio	54.8	55.5	55.8	54.6	55.3	55.5	55.6	55.5	55.5
Unemployed	2,723	2,634	2,753	2,841	2,668	2,638	2,766	2,662	2,852
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.6
Not in labor force	58,570	58,156	57,781	58,764	58,277	58,088	57,847	58,116	57,969

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	127,204	128,237	128,342	127,204	127,932	128,028	128,132	128,237	128,342
Civilian labor force	74,069	75,602	75,888	73,752	74,927	75,205	75,541	75,497	75,584
Participation rate	58.2	59.0	59.1	58.0	58.6	58.7	59.0	58.9	58.9
Employed	71,628	73,292	73,499	71,218	72,567	72,877	73,121	73,163	73,115
Employment-population ratio	56.3	57.2	57.3	56.0	56.7	56.9	57.1	57.1	57.0
Unemployed	2,441	2,310	2,390	2,534	2,360	2,328	2,419	2,334	2,469
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.3
Not in labor force	53,135	52,635	52,454	53,452	53,005	52,822	52,591	52,740	52,759

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	17,107	17,260	17,270	17,107	17,223	17,239	17,249	17,260	17,270
Civilian labor force	6,061	6,030	6,344	6,288	6,250	6,159	6,365	6,303	6,547
Participation rate	35.4	34.9	36.7	36.8	36.3	35.7	36.9	36.5	37.9
Employed	5,422	5,321	5,514	5,598	5,559	5,462	5,586	5,570	5,685
Employment-population ratio	31.7	30.8	31.9	32.7	32.3	31.7	32.4	32.3	32.9
Unemployed	638	710	830	690	691	696	779	733	863
Unemployment rate	10.5	11.8	13.1	11.0	11.0	11.3	12.2	11.6	13.2
Not in labor force	11,046	11,230	10,927	10,819	10,973	11,080	10,885	10,957	10,723
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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Last Modified Date: November 03, 2023