E-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
QUARTERLY AVERAGES
E-1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	2021				2022				2023				2024
Employment status, sex, and age	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	260,924	261,217	261,615	262,024	263,324	263,691	264,184	264,696	266,115	266,621	267,214	267,818	267,712
Civilian labor force	160,180	160,971	161,561	162,139	163,878	164,101	164,485	164,706	166,275	166,834	167,617	167,767	167,532
Participation rate	61.4	61.6	61.8	61.9	62.2	62.2	62.3	62.2	62.5	62.6	62.7	62.6	62.6
Employed	150,206	151,439	153,323	155,379	157,605	158,106	158,644	158,838	160,426	160,891	161,420	161,443	161,195
Employment-population ratio	57.6	58.0	58.6	59.3	59.9	60.0	60.1	60.0	60.3	60.3	60.4	60.3	60.2
Unemployed	9,974	9,533	8,239	6,761	6,273	5,995	5,841	5,868	5,849	5,943	6,197	6,324	6,337
Unemployment rate	6.2	5.9	5.1	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8
Not in labor force	100,744	100,246	100,054	99,885	99,446	99,590	99,699	99,990	99,840	99,787	99,598	100,051	100,180
Persons who currently want a job	6,955	6,526	6,010	5,822	5,651	5,714	5,730	5,461	5,130	5,380	5,347	5,463	5,636

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,227	126,373	126,572	126,776	128,296	128,476	128,722	128,977	130,073	130,321	130,609	130,902	130,520
Civilian labor force	84,822	85,414	85,847	85,968	87,171	87,266	87,426	87,838	88,500	88,719	89,066	89,258	88,570
Participation rate	67.2	67.6	67.8	67.8	67.9	67.9	67.9	68.1	68.0	68.1	68.2	68.2	67.9
Employed	79,478	80,181	81,300	82,385	83,834	84,034	84,251	84,713	85,312	85,474	85,555	85,700	85,172
Employment-population ratio	63.0	63.4	64.2	65.0	65.3	65.4	65.5	65.7	65.6	65.6	65.5	65.5	65.3
Unemployed	5,344	5,233	4,547	3,583	3,337	3,232	3,175	3,125	3,188	3,245	3,511	3,557	3,398
Unemployment rate	6.3	6.1	5.3	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.9	4.0	3.8
Not in labor force	41,406	40,959	40,726	40,809	41,125	41,211	41,296	41,139	41,574	41,601	41,543	41,644	41,950

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	117,905	118,062	118,264	118,464	119,669	119,837	120,058	120,295	121,348	121,566	121,833	122,109	121,612
Civilian labor force	81,864	82,414	82,852	82,971	84,040	84,136	84,295	84,646	85,250	85,550	85,948	85,983	85,314
Participation rate	69.4	69.8	70.1	70.0	70.2	70.2	70.2	70.4	70.3	70.4	70.5	70.4	70.2
Employed	76,983	77,525	78,662	79,722	81,041	81,251	81,468	81,890	82,436	82,650	82,850	82,856	82,342
Employment-population ratio	65.3	65.7	66.5	67.3	67.7	67.8	67.9	68.1	67.9	68.0	68.0	67.9	67.7
Unemployed	4,881	4,889	4,191	3,249	2,999	2,885	2,827	2,756	2,814	2,900	3,099	3,128	2,972
Unemployment rate	6.0	5.9	5.1	3.9	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.5
Not in labor force	36,041	35,648	35,411	35,493	35,629	35,700	35,763	35,649	36,098	36,016	35,884	36,126	36,298

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	134,697	134,844	135,043	135,248	135,028	135,215	135,462	135,719	136,042	136,300	136,605	136,917	137,191
Civilian labor force	75,359	75,557	75,715	76,172	76,707	76,835	77,060	76,868	77,775	78,114	78,551	78,509	78,962
Participation rate	55.9	56.0	56.1	56.3	56.8	56.8	56.9	56.6	57.2	57.3	57.5	57.3	57.6
Employed	70,728	71,257	72,023	72,994	73,771	74,072	74,394	74,125	75,113	75,416	75,864	75,742	76,023
Employment-population ratio	52.5	52.8	53.3	54.0	54.6	54.8	54.9	54.6	55.2	55.3	55.5	55.3	55.4
Unemployed	4,630	4,300	3,692	3,178	2,936	2,763	2,666	2,743	2,662	2,698	2,686	2,767	2,939
Unemployment rate	6.1	5.7	4.9	4.2	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.7
Not in labor force	59,338	59,287	59,328	59,076	58,321	58,380	58,402	58,851	58,267	58,186	58,055	58,407	58,229

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	126,549	126,708	126,908	127,110	126,631	126,807	127,034	127,277	127,614	127,846	128,132	128,428	128,581
Civilian labor force	72,384	72,561	72,741	73,208	73,635	73,718	73,885	73,710	74,633	74,971	75,378	75,311	75,719
Participation rate	57.2	57.3	57.3	57.6	58.1	58.1	58.2	57.9	58.5	58.6	58.8	58.6	58.9
Employed	68,119	68,573	69,345	70,355	71,014	71,275	71,561	71,284	72,267	72,576	73,021	72,901	73,129
Employment-population ratio	53.8	54.1	54.6	55.4	56.1	56.2	56.3	56.0	56.6	56.8	57.0	56.8	56.9
Unemployed	4,264	3,987	3,396	2,852	2,621	2,443	2,324	2,426	2,365	2,395	2,357	2,410	2,590
Unemployment rate	5.9	5.5	4.7	3.9	3.6	3.3	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.4
Not in labor force	54,165	54,147	54,167	53,902	52,996	53,089	53,149	53,568	52,982	52,875	52,754	53,118	52,862

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	16,470	16,447	16,443	16,450	17,024	17,047	17,091	17,123	17,153	17,209	17,249	17,281	17,519
Civilian labor force	5,932	5,997	5,968	5,960	6,203	6,246	6,305	6,350	6,393	6,313	6,290	6,473	6,499
Participation rate	36.0	36.5	36.3	36.2	36.4	36.6	36.9	37.1	37.3	36.7	36.5	37.5	37.1
Employed	5,103	5,340	5,316	5,301	5,550	5,580	5,616	5,664	5,722	5,664	5,549	5,686	5,724
Employment-population ratio	31.0	32.5	32.3	32.2	32.6	32.7	32.9	33.1	33.4	32.9	32.2	32.9	32.7
Unemployed	829	657	652	660	653	667	689	686	670	649	741	786	775
Unemployment rate	14.0	11.0	10.9	11.1	10.5	10.7	10.9	10.8	10.5	10.3	11.8	12.1	11.9
Not in labor force	10,538	10,450	10,476	10,489	10,821	10,801	10,786	10,773	10,760	10,896	10,959	10,808	11,020
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.
Note: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: April 05, 2024