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	May 2016	Apr. 2017	May 2017	May 2016	Jan. 2017	Feb. 2017	Mar. 2017	Apr. 2017	May 2017
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	198,013	198,685	198,775	198,013	198,453	198,525	198,604	198,685	198,775
Civilian labor force	124,590	124,676	124,722	124,271	124,675	124,856	125,046	124,925	124,481
Participation rate	62.9	62.8	62.7	62.8	62.8	62.9	63.0	62.9	62.6
Employed	119,686	120,214	120,375	119,198	119,311	119,740	120,180	120,142	119,896
Employment-population ratio	60.4	60.5	60.6	60.2	60.1	60.3	60.5	60.5	60.3
Unemployed	4,904	4,462	4,346	5,074	5,364	5,116	4,866	4,783	4,585
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.6	3.5	4.1	4.3	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.7
Not in labor force	73,423	74,009	74,053	73,742	73,778	73,669	73,557	73,760	74,294
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	65,104	65,263	65,380	64,935	65,345	65,362	65,219	65,306	65,217
Participation rate	72.0	71.9	72.0	71.8	72.1	72.0	71.9	71.9	71.8
Employed	62,777	63,103	63,293	62,498	62,730	62,877	62,850	63,053	62,999
Employment-population ratio	69.4	69.5	69.7	69.1	69.2	69.3	69.2	69.4	69.3
Unemployed	2,327	2,160	2,087	2,437	2,615	2,485	2,369	2,253	2,218
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.3	3.2	3.8	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.4	3.4
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	54,925	55,066	54,933	54,727	54,798	54,988	55,153	54,983	54,785
Participation rate	57.7	57.6	57.5	57.5	57.4	57.6	57.8	57.6	57.3
Employed	53,017	53,269	53,169	52,749	52,646	52,949	53,211	53,049	52,927
Employment-population ratio	55.7	55.8	55.6	55.4	55.2	55.5	55.7	55.5	55.4
Unemployed	1,908	1,798	1,764	1,977	2,152	2,039	1,942	1,935	1,858
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.6	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.4
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	4,560	4,346	4,408	4,610	4,531	4,505	4,674	4,635	4,479
Participation rate	36.9	35.2	35.7	37.3	36.7	36.5	37.9	37.5	36.3
Employed	3,892	3,842	3,914	3,951	3,934	3,913	4,119	4,040	3,970
Employment-population ratio	31.5	31.1	31.7	32.0	31.9	31.7	33.4	32.7	32.2
Unemployed	668	504	495	659	597	592	555	595	508
Unemployment rate	14.7	11.6	11.2	14.3	13.2	13.1	11.9	12.8	11.4

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	31,828	32,161	32,193	31,828	32,063	32,095	32,128	32,161	32,193
Civilian labor force	19,424	20,046	20,082	19,433	19,993	19,998	20,002	20,110	20,075
Participation rate	61.0	62.3	62.4	61.1	62.4	62.3	62.3	62.5	62.4
Employed	17,865	18,577	18,593	17,844	18,445	18,378	18,409	18,514	18,560
Employment-population ratio	56.1	57.8	57.8	56.1	57.5	57.3	57.3	57.6	57.7
Unemployed	1,559	1,469	1,489	1,589	1,548	1,620	1,593	1,597	1,515
Unemployment rate	8.0	7.3	7.4	8.2	7.7	8.1	8.0	7.9	7.5
Not in labor force	12,403	12,116	12,111	12,394	12,070	12,097	12,126	12,051	12,118
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	8,926	9,135	9,103	8,893	9,106	9,081	9,132	9,169	9,063
Participation rate	67.4	68.1	67.8	67.1	68.1	67.8	68.1	68.3	67.5
Employed	8,248	8,505	8,511	8,224	8,437	8,369	8,384	8,496	8,475
Employment-population ratio	62.3	63.4	63.3	62.1	63.1	62.5	62.6	63.3	63.1
Unemployed	677	630	593	669	669	713	747	673	588
Unemployment rate	7.6	6.9	6.5	7.5	7.3	7.8	8.2	7.3	6.5
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	9,773	10,185	10,178	9,821	10,124	10,162	10,173	10,168	10,224
Participation rate	60.8	62.8	62.7	61.1	62.6	62.7	62.7	62.7	62.9
Employed	9,089	9,530	9,497	9,099	9,450	9,438	9,497	9,470	9,513
Employment-population ratio	56.6	58.7	58.5	56.6	58.4	58.3	58.6	58.4	58.6
Unemployed	684	655	681	721	673	724	676	698	712
Unemployment rate	7.0	6.4	6.7	7.3	6.7	7.1	6.6	6.9	7.0
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	726	726	801	720	764	754	697	773	787
Participation rate	28.9	28.9	31.9	28.7	30.4	30.0	27.7	30.8	31.3
Employed	528	542	586	521	558	571	528	547	572
Employment-population ratio	21.0	21.6	23.3	20.8	22.2	22.7	21.0	21.8	22.8
Unemployed	198	184	215	199	205	183	169	226	215
Unemployment rate	27.3	25.3	26.8	27.6	26.9	24.3	24.3	29.3	27.3

ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	14,938	15,389	15,433	14,938	15,157	15,228	15,285	15,389	15,433
Civilian labor force	9,422	9,749	9,818	9,432	9,641	9,709	9,635	9,761	9,826
Participation rate	63.1	63.4	63.6	63.1	63.6	63.8	63.0	63.4	63.7
Employed	9,055	9,448	9,479	9,047	9,281	9,377	9,318	9,446	9,471
Employment-population ratio	60.6	61.4	61.4	60.6	61.2	61.6	61.0	61.4	61.4
Unemployed	367	301	339	385	360	332	317	316	356
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.1	3.5	4.1	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.6
Not in labor force	5,516	5,640	5,615	5,506	5,517	5,519	5,650	5,628	5,607
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: June 02, 2017

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

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