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	Mar. 2017	Feb. 2018	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2017	Nov. 2017	Dec. 2017	Jan. 2018	Feb. 2018	Mar. 2018
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	198,604	199,799	199,871	198,604	199,386	199,458	199,738	199,799	199,871
Civilian labor force	124,804	125,658	125,508	125,050	125,110	125,200	125,334	125,930	125,714
Participation rate	62.8	62.9	62.8	63.0	62.7	62.8	62.7	63.0	62.9
Employed	119,831	120,646	120,946	120,187	120,514	120,551	120,886	121,274	121,236
Employment-population ratio	60.3	60.4	60.5	60.5	60.4	60.4	60.5	60.7	60.7
Unemployed	4,974	5,012	4,562	4,863	4,596	4,649	4,447	4,656	4,478
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.0	3.6	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6
Not in labor force	73,799	74,141	74,363	73,553	74,276	74,258	74,405	73,869	74,157
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	65,125	65,802	65,889	65,203	65,394	65,511	65,732	65,948	65,928
Participation rate	71.7	72.0	72.0	71.8	71.7	71.8	71.9	72.1	72.1
Employed	62,548	63,185	63,507	62,838	63,282	63,307	63,510	63,683	63,734
Employment-population ratio	68.9	69.1	69.4	69.2	69.4	69.4	69.5	69.6	69.7
Unemployed	2,576	2,617	2,382	2,365	2,112	2,204	2,222	2,265	2,194
Unemployment rate	4.0	4.0	3.6	3.6	3.2	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	55,297	55,465	55,271	55,178	55,147	55,161	54,896	55,243	55,176
Participation rate	57.9	57.8	57.5	57.8	57.5	57.5	57.2	57.5	57.4
Employed	53,413	53,640	53,543	53,233	53,342	53,275	53,255	53,448	53,385
Employment-population ratio	55.9	55.9	55.7	55.7	55.6	55.5	55.5	55.7	55.6
Unemployed	1,883	1,825	1,727	1,945	1,805	1,886	1,641	1,795	1,791
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.5	3.3	3.4	3.0	3.3	3.2
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	4,383	4,392	4,348	4,669	4,569	4,528	4,705	4,738	4,610
Participation rate	35.5	35.6	35.3	37.8	37.0	36.7	38.1	38.4	37.4
Employed	3,869	3,822	3,895	4,116	3,891	3,970	4,121	4,143	4,117
Employment-population ratio	31.3	31.0	31.6	33.3	31.5	32.2	33.4	33.6	33.4
Unemployed	514	570	453	553	678	559	584	595	492
Unemployment rate	11.7	13.0	10.4	11.8	14.8	12.3	12.4	12.6	10.7

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	32,128	32,607	32,638	32,128	32,404	32,436	32,575	32,607	32,638
Civilian labor force	19,898	20,360	20,347	19,997	20,175	20,153	20,211	20,495	20,466
Participation rate	61.9	62.4	62.3	62.2	62.3	62.1	62.0	62.9	62.7
Employed	18,296	18,928	18,955	18,405	18,718	18,790	18,663	19,087	19,051
Employment-population ratio	56.9	58.1	58.1	57.3	57.8	57.9	57.3	58.5	58.4
Unemployed	1,602	1,432	1,392	1,592	1,457	1,362	1,548	1,408	1,415
Unemployment rate	8.1	7.0	6.8	8.0	7.2	6.8	7.7	6.9	6.9
Not in labor force	12,229	12,246	12,291	12,131	12,230	12,283	12,364	12,112	12,172
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	9,116	9,339	9,258	9,147	9,225	9,178	9,254	9,438	9,314
Participation rate	68.0	68.5	67.8	68.2	68.1	67.7	67.9	69.2	68.2
Employed	8,313	8,744	8,670	8,391	8,552	8,576	8,564	8,880	8,749
Employment-population ratio	62.0	64.1	63.5	62.6	63.1	63.2	62.9	65.1	64.1
Unemployed	803	595	588	756	673	601	690	558	564
Unemployment rate	8.8	6.4	6.4	8.3	7.3	6.6	7.5	5.9	6.1
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	10,143	10,261	10,335	10,150	10,219	10,252	10,197	10,254	10,337
Participation rate	62.6	62.4	62.7	62.6	62.5	62.6	62.0	62.3	62.7
Employed	9,483	9,615	9,720	9,486	9,622	9,657	9,524	9,622	9,713
Employment-population ratio	58.5	58.4	59.0	58.5	58.8	59.0	57.9	58.5	59.0
Unemployed	661	646	616	664	597	595	673	632	624
Unemployment rate	6.5	6.3	6.0	6.5	5.8	5.8	6.6	6.2	6.0
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	639	760	754	700	731	723	759	803	816
Participation rate	25.4	30.3	30.1	27.9	29.1	28.8	30.3	32.0	32.6
Employed	500	569	566	528	544	557	575	584	588
Employment-population ratio	19.9	22.7	22.6	21.0	21.7	22.2	22.9	23.3	23.5
Unemployed	139	191	189	172	187	166	185	219	227
Unemployment rate	21.7	25.2	25.0	24.6	25.5	22.9	24.3	27.2	27.9

ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	15,285	15,792	15,983	15,285	15,370	15,610	15,731	15,792	15,983
Civilian labor force	9,668	9,934	10,138	9,640	9,699	9,782	9,885	9,908	10,092
Participation rate	63.3	62.9	63.4	63.1	63.1	62.7	62.8	62.7	63.1
Employed	9,358	9,635	9,833	9,320	9,407	9,536	9,584	9,617	9,780
Employment-population ratio	61.2	61.0	61.5	61.0	61.2	61.1	60.9	60.9	61.2
Unemployed	310	299	305	320	292	246	300	291	313
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.0	3.0	3.3	3.0	2.5	3.0	2.9	3.1
Not in labor force	5,616	5,858	5,845	5,645	5,671	5,829	5,846	5,884	5,891
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: April 06, 2018

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

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