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Table 5. Employment status of the population by sex, marital status, and presence and age of own children under 18, 2021-2022 annual averages

Table 5. Employment status of the population by sex, marital status, and presence and age of own children under 18, 2021-2022 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic 2021 2022
Total Men Women Total Men Women

WITH OWN CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS

Civilian noninstitutional population

 62,258 27,990 34,269 63,029 28,424 34,605

Civilian labor force

 50,308 25,902 24,406 51,635 26,411 25,224

Participation rate

 80.8 92.5 71.2 81.9 92.9 72.9

Employed

 48,091 24,912 23,179 50,213 25,844 24,369

Full-time workers(1)

 42,253 23,802 18,451 44,327 24,712 19,615

Part-time workers(2)

 5,838 1,110 4,728 5,886 1,132 4,755

Employment-population ratio

 77.2 89.0 67.6 79.7 90.9 70.4

Unemployed

 2,217 989 1,228 1,422 568 854

Unemployment rate

 4.4 3.8 5.0 2.8 2.2 3.4

Total married, spouse present(3)

Civilian noninstitutional population

 47,140 23,645 23,495 48,079 24,151 23,928

Civilian labor force

 38,413 22,120 16,293 39,649 22,633 17,016

Participation rate

 81.5 93.5 69.3 82.5 93.7 71.1

Employed

 37,188 21,432 15,756 38,859 22,218 16,642

Full-time workers(1)

 33,073 20,561 12,512 34,739 21,364 13,374

Part-time workers(2)

 4,115 871 3,244 4,121 853 3,267

Employment-population ratio

 78.9 90.6 67.1 80.8 92.0 69.6

Unemployed

 1,225 688 537 790 415 374

Unemployment rate

 3.2 3.1 3.3 2.0 1.8 2.2

Other marital status(4)

Civilian noninstitutional population

 15,118 4,344 10,774 14,950 4,273 10,677

Civilian labor force

 11,895 3,782 8,113 11,986 3,778 8,208

Participation rate

 78.7 87.0 75.3 80.2 88.4 76.9

Employed

 10,903 3,480 7,423 11,353 3,626 7,728

Full-time workers(1)

 9,180 3,241 5,939 9,588 3,347 6,240

Part-time workers(2)

 1,723 240 1,484 1,766 278 1,487

Employment-population ratio

 72.1 80.1 68.9 75.9 84.9 72.4

Unemployed

 992 301 690 632 152 480

Unemployment rate

 8.3 8.0 8.5 5.3 4.0 5.8

WITH OWN CHILDREN 6 TO 17 YEARS, NONE YOUNGER

Civilian noninstitutional population

 35,127 15,644 19,483 35,857 16,129 19,728

Civilian labor force

 29,019 14,310 14,710 29,935 14,810 15,125

Participation rate

 82.6 91.5 75.5 83.5 91.8 76.7

Employed

 27,823 13,791 14,032 29,167 14,498 14,669

Full-time workers(1)

 24,588 13,199 11,390 25,910 13,855 12,055

Part-time workers(2)

 3,234 592 2,642 3,257 643 2,614

Employment-population ratio

 79.2 88.2 72.0 81.3 89.9 74.4

Unemployed

 1,197 519 678 768 312 456

Unemployment rate

 4.1 3.6 4.6 2.6 2.1 3.0

WITH OWN CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS

Civilian noninstitutional population

 27,131 12,345 14,786 27,172 12,295 14,877

Civilian labor force

 21,289 11,592 9,697 21,700 11,602 10,098

Participation rate

 78.5 93.9 65.6 79.9 94.4 67.9

Employed

 20,268 11,121 9,147 21,046 11,346 9,700

Full-time workers(1)

 17,665 10,603 7,061 18,416 10,857 7,560

Part-time workers(2)

 2,604 518 2,085 2,629 489 2,141

Employment-population ratio

 74.7 90.1 61.9 77.5 92.3 65.2

Unemployed

 1,020 471 550 654 256 398

Unemployment rate

 4.8 4.1 5.7 3.0 2.2 3.9

WITH NO OWN CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS

Civilian noninstitutional population

 199,187 98,498 100,689 200,945 100,194 100,751

Civilian labor force

 110,896 59,603 51,293 112,652 61,009 51,643

Participation rate

 55.7 60.5 50.9 56.1 60.9 51.3

Employed

 104,490 55,917 48,573 108,078 58,359 49,719

Full-time workers(1)

 84,907 47,709 37,197 87,918 49,764 38,154

Part-time workers(2)

 19,583 8,207 11,376 20,160 8,595 11,565

Employment-population ratio

 52.5 56.8 48.2 53.8 58.2 49.3

Unemployed

 6,406 3,686 2,720 4,574 2,650 1,923

Unemployment rate

 5.8 6.2 5.3 4.1 4.3 3.7

Footnotes
(1) Usually work 35 hours or more per week at all jobs.
(2) Usually work less than 35 hours per week at all jobs.
(3) Includes persons in both opposite-sex and same-sex marriages.
(4) Includes persons who are never married; widowed; divorced; separated; and married, spouse absent.

NOTE: Own children include biological, step-, and adopted children of the husband, wife, or person maintaining the family. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Estimates for 2020 introduced a change in the classification of marital status; estimates of married persons refer to those in opposite-sex and same-sex marriages. As a result, data by marital status are not strictly comparable with data prior to 2020.
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Last Modified Date: April 19, 2023