Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
Employment status, race, sex, and age	June 2016	May 2017	June 2017	June 2016	Feb. 2017	Mar. 2017	Apr. 2017	May 2017	June 2017
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	198,132	198,775	198,872	198,132	198,525	198,604	198,685	198,775	198,872
Civilian labor force	125,448	124,722	125,770	124,555	124,856	125,046	124,925	124,481	124,890
Participation rate	63.3	62.7	63.2	62.9	62.9	63.0	62.9	62.6	62.8
Employed	119,783	120,375	120,768	119,120	119,740	120,180	120,142	119,896	120,091
Employment-population ratio	60.5	60.6	60.7	60.1	60.3	60.5	60.5	60.3	60.4
Unemployed	5,665	4,346	5,002	5,434	5,116	4,866	4,783	4,585	4,799
Unemployment rate	4.5	3.5	4.0	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.8
Not in labor force	72,684	74,053	73,102	73,578	73,669	73,557	73,760	74,294	73,982
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	65,419	65,380	65,494	65,117	65,362	65,219	65,306	65,217	65,225
Participation rate	72.3	72.0	72.0	71.9	72.0	71.9	71.9	71.8	71.8
Employed	62,925	63,293	63,269	62,515	62,877	62,850	63,053	62,999	62,886
Employment-population ratio	69.5	69.7	69.6	69.1	69.3	69.2	69.4	69.3	69.2
Unemployed	2,494	2,087	2,225	2,603	2,485	2,369	2,253	2,218	2,339
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.2	3.4	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.6
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	54,622	54,933	54,775	54,871	54,988	55,153	54,983	54,785	55,015
Participation rate	57.3	57.5	57.3	57.6	57.6	57.8	57.6	57.3	57.5
Employed	52,353	53,169	52,765	52,686	52,949	53,211	53,049	52,927	53,100
Employment-population ratio	55.0	55.6	55.2	55.3	55.5	55.7	55.5	55.4	55.5
Unemployed	2,269	1,764	2,010	2,186	2,039	1,942	1,935	1,858	1,915
Unemployment rate	4.2	3.2	3.7	4.0	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.5
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	5,407	4,408	5,501	4,566	4,505	4,674	4,635	4,479	4,650
Participation rate	43.8	35.7	44.6	37.0	36.5	37.9	37.5	36.3	37.7
Employed	4,505	3,914	4,733	3,920	3,913	4,119	4,040	3,970	4,105
Employment-population ratio	36.5	31.7	38.4	31.8	31.7	33.4	32.7	32.2	33.3
Unemployed	902	495	768	646	592	555	595	508	545
Unemployment rate	16.7	11.2	14.0	14.2	13.1	11.9	12.8	11.4	11.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	31,866	32,193	32,226	31,866	32,095	32,128	32,161	32,193	32,226
Civilian labor force	19,707	20,082	20,132	19,551	19,998	20,002	20,110	20,075	20,002
Participation rate	61.8	62.4	62.5	61.4	62.3	62.3	62.5	62.4	62.1
Employed	17,974	18,593	18,686	17,879	18,378	18,409	18,514	18,560	18,576
Employment-population ratio	56.4	57.8	58.0	56.1	57.3	57.3	57.6	57.7	57.6
Unemployed	1,733	1,489	1,446	1,672	1,620	1,593	1,597	1,515	1,426
Unemployment rate	8.8	7.4	7.2	8.6	8.1	8.0	7.9	7.5	7.1
Not in labor force	12,159	12,111	12,094	12,315	12,097	12,126	12,051	12,118	12,224
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	9,089	9,103	9,179	8,996	9,081	9,132	9,169	9,063	9,084
Participation rate	68.5	67.8	68.2	67.8	67.8	68.1	68.3	67.5	67.5
Employed	8,370	8,511	8,628	8,262	8,369	8,384	8,496	8,475	8,510
Employment-population ratio	63.1	63.3	64.1	62.3	62.5	62.6	63.3	63.1	63.3
Unemployed	719	593	551	735	713	747	673	588	574
Unemployment rate	7.9	6.5	6.0	8.2	7.8	8.2	7.3	6.5	6.3
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	9,775	10,178	10,080	9,822	10,162	10,173	10,168	10,224	10,143
Participation rate	60.8	62.7	62.0	61.0	62.7	62.7	62.7	62.9	62.4
Employed	9,082	9,497	9,408	9,112	9,438	9,497	9,470	9,513	9,455
Employment-population ratio	56.4	58.5	57.9	56.6	58.3	58.6	58.4	58.6	58.1
Unemployed	693	681	672	710	724	676	698	712	689
Unemployment rate	7.1	6.7	6.7	7.2	7.1	6.6	6.9	7.0	6.8
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	843	801	873	732	754	697	773	787	774
Participation rate	33.6	31.9	34.8	29.2	30.0	27.7	30.8	31.3	30.8
Employed	522	586	650	505	571	528	547	572	611
Employment-population ratio	20.8	23.3	25.9	20.1	22.7	21.0	21.8	22.8	24.3
Unemployed	321	215	223	227	183	169	226	215	163
Unemployment rate	38.1	26.8	25.6	31.0	24.3	24.3	29.3	27.3	21.1

ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	15,032	15,433	15,367	15,032	15,228	15,285	15,389	15,433	15,367
Civilian labor force	9,584	9,818	9,848	9,523	9,709	9,635	9,761	9,826	9,792
Participation rate	63.8	63.6	64.1	63.4	63.8	63.0	63.4	63.7	63.7
Employed	9,226	9,479	9,472	9,192	9,377	9,318	9,446	9,471	9,443
Employment-population ratio	61.4	61.4	61.6	61.1	61.6	61.0	61.4	61.4	61.4
Unemployed	358	339	377	332	332	317	316	356	350
Unemployment rate	3.7	3.5	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.6	3.6
Not in labor force	5,448	5,615	5,519	5,509	5,519	5,650	5,628	5,607	5,575
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: July 07, 2017

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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

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