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 2017	Apr. 2018	May 2018	May 2017	Jan. 2018	Feb. 2018	Mar. 2018	Apr. 2018	May 2018
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	198,775	199,950	200,039	198,775	199,738	199,799	199,871	199,950	200,039
Civilian labor force	124,722	125,488	125,848	124,529	125,334	125,930	125,714	125,731	125,688
Participation rate	62.7	62.8	62.9	62.6	62.7	63.0	62.9	62.9	62.8
Employed	120,375	121,358	121,788	119,895	120,886	121,274	121,236	121,233	121,303
Employment-population ratio	60.6	60.7	60.9	60.3	60.5	60.7	60.7	60.6	60.6
Unemployed	4,346	4,130	4,060	4,634	4,447	4,656	4,478	4,498	4,385
Unemployment rate	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5
Not in labor force	74,053	74,462	74,191	74,246	74,405	73,869	74,157	74,219	74,350
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	65,380	65,988	66,049	65,216	65,732	65,948	65,928	65,982	65,890
Participation rate	72.0	72.1	72.1	71.8	71.9	72.1	72.1	72.1	72.0
Employed	63,293	63,848	64,113	62,983	63,510	63,683	63,734	63,746	63,785
Employment-population ratio	69.7	69.8	70.0	69.3	69.5	69.6	69.7	69.7	69.7
Unemployed	2,087	2,140	1,936	2,233	2,222	2,265	2,194	2,235	2,106
Unemployment rate	3.2	3.2	2.9	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.2
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	54,933	55,210	55,277	54,834	54,896	55,243	55,176	55,179	55,197
Participation rate	57.5	57.4	57.5	57.4	57.2	57.5	57.4	57.4	57.4
Employed	53,169	53,641	53,681	52,930	53,255	53,448	53,385	53,429	53,450
Employment-population ratio	55.6	55.8	55.8	55.4	55.5	55.7	55.6	55.6	55.6
Unemployed	1,764	1,568	1,595	1,904	1,641	1,795	1,791	1,750	1,747
Unemployment rate	3.2	2.8	2.9	3.5	3.0	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	4,408	4,290	4,522	4,478	4,705	4,738	4,610	4,570	4,601
Participation rate	35.7	34.8	36.7	36.3	38.1	38.4	37.4	37.1	37.3
Employed	3,914	3,868	3,994	3,981	4,121	4,143	4,117	4,057	4,068
Employment-population ratio	31.7	31.4	32.4	32.3	33.4	33.6	33.4	32.9	33.0
Unemployed	495	421	528	497	584	595	492	512	533
Unemployment rate	11.2	9.8	11.7	11.1	12.4	12.6	10.7	11.2	11.6

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	32,193	32,672	32,704	32,193	32,575	32,607	32,638	32,672	32,704
Civilian labor force	20,082	20,172	20,292	20,088	20,211	20,495	20,466	20,220	20,296
Participation rate	62.4	61.7	62.0	62.4	62.0	62.9	62.7	61.9	62.1
Employed	18,593	18,953	19,145	18,560	18,663	19,087	19,051	18,892	19,092
Employment-population ratio	57.8	58.0	58.5	57.7	57.3	58.5	58.4	57.8	58.4
Unemployed	1,489	1,219	1,147	1,528	1,548	1,408	1,415	1,328	1,204
Unemployment rate	7.4	6.0	5.7	7.6	7.7	6.9	6.9	6.6	5.9
Not in labor force	12,111	12,500	12,412	12,105	12,364	12,112	12,172	12,452	12,408
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	9,103	9,248	9,407	9,093	9,254	9,438	9,314	9,257	9,382
Participation rate	67.8	67.6	68.7	67.7	67.9	69.2	68.2	67.7	68.5
Employed	8,511	8,681	8,840	8,477	8,564	8,880	8,749	8,663	8,792
Employment-population ratio	63.3	63.5	64.6	63.1	62.9	65.1	64.1	63.3	64.2
Unemployed	593	567	567	616	690	558	564	594	590
Unemployment rate	6.5	6.1	6.0	6.8	7.5	5.9	6.1	6.4	6.3
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	10,178	10,239	10,207	10,207	10,197	10,254	10,337	10,229	10,233
Participation rate	62.7	62.1	61.8	62.8	62.0	62.3	62.7	62.0	62.0
Employed	9,497	9,764	9,757	9,504	9,524	9,622	9,713	9,707	9,754
Employment-population ratio	58.5	59.2	59.1	58.5	57.9	58.5	59.0	58.9	59.1
Unemployed	681	475	450	703	673	632	624	522	479
Unemployment rate	6.7	4.6	4.4	6.9	6.6	6.2	6.0	5.1	4.7
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	801	685	678	788	759	803	816	734	681
Participation rate	31.9	27.4	27.1	31.4	30.3	32.0	32.6	29.3	27.3
Employed	586	508	548	579	575	584	588	521	547
Employment-population ratio	23.3	20.3	21.9	23.1	22.9	23.3	23.5	20.8	21.9
Unemployed	215	177	130	209	185	219	227	213	135
Unemployment rate	26.8	25.8	19.2	26.5	24.3	27.2	27.9	29.0	19.8

ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	15,433	15,933	15,874	15,433	15,731	15,792	15,983	15,933	15,874
Civilian labor force	9,818	10,034	9,932	9,817	9,885	9,908	10,092	10,034	9,932
Participation rate	63.6	63.0	62.6	63.6	62.8	62.7	63.1	63.0	62.6
Employed	9,479	9,765	9,732	9,466	9,584	9,617	9,780	9,755	9,720
Employment-population ratio	61.4	61.3	61.3	61.3	60.9	60.9	61.2	61.2	61.2
Unemployed	339	269	201	351	300	291	313	280	212
Unemployment rate	3.5	2.7	2.0	3.6	3.0	2.9	3.1	2.8	2.1
Not in labor force	5,615	5,898	5,941	5,616	5,846	5,884	5,891	5,898	5,942
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 01, 2018

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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

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