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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-4. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race,
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
sex, and age		 2023 2024
Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.

WHITE

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 204,186 204,261 204,345 204,433 204,536 204,645 204,756 204,867 204,949 205,022 204,608 204,677 204,752

Civilian labor force

 126,956 127,241 127,282 127,358 127,351 127,931 127,755 127,612 127,773 127,226 126,962 127,040 127,596

Participation rate

 62.2 62.3 62.3 62.3 62.3 62.5 62.4 62.3 62.3 62.1 62.1 62.1 62.3

Employed

 122,846 123,263 123,103 123,422 123,366 123,543 123,403 123,198 123,550 122,802 122,663 122,685 123,286

Employment-population ratio

 60.2 60.3 60.2 60.4 60.3 60.4 60.3 60.1 60.3 59.9 60.0 59.9 60.2

Unemployed

 4,110 3,978 4,179 3,936 3,986 4,387 4,352 4,414 4,223 4,424 4,299 4,356 4,310

Unemployment rate

 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4

Not in labor force

 77,230 77,021 77,062 77,075 77,185 76,714 77,001 77,255 77,177 77,796 77,646 77,637 77,156

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 66,309 66,361 66,430 66,507 66,428 66,535 66,615 66,363 66,695 66,405 65,869 65,685 65,963

Participation rate

 70.2 70.2 70.2 70.3 70.2 70.2 70.3 70.0 70.3 70.0 69.8 69.6 69.8

Employed

 64,287 64,399 64,330 64,498 64,394 64,307 64,313 64,148 64,559 64,208 63,674 63,658 64,029

Employment-population ratio

 68.0 68.1 68.0 68.2 68.0 67.9 67.9 67.6 68.1 67.7 67.5 67.4 67.8

Unemployed

 2,022 1,962 2,100 2,008 2,033 2,228 2,302 2,215 2,136 2,197 2,195 2,027 1,933

Unemployment rate

 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.9

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 55,706 55,904 55,979 56,068 56,173 56,422 56,349 56,209 56,130 55,844 56,219 56,454 56,489

Participation rate

 57.3 57.5 57.6 57.6 57.7 57.9 57.8 57.6 57.5 57.2 57.6 57.9 57.9

Employed

 54,046 54,331 54,349 54,606 54,670 54,803 54,767 54,621 54,609 54,175 54,615 54,646 54,677

Employment-population ratio

 55.6 55.9 55.9 56.1 56.2 56.3 56.2 56.0 56.0 55.5 56.0 56.0 56.0

Unemployed

 1,660 1,573 1,629 1,462 1,503 1,619 1,583 1,588 1,521 1,669 1,604 1,808 1,811

Unemployment rate

 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.2

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 4,940 4,976 4,873 4,784 4,751 4,973 4,790 5,040 4,947 4,976 4,874 4,902 5,145

Participation rate

 39.5 39.8 39.0 38.2 37.9 39.7 38.2 40.2 39.5 39.7 38.4 38.6 40.5

Employed

 4,513 4,533 4,424 4,318 4,302 4,433 4,323 4,430 4,382 4,418 4,374 4,381 4,580

Employment-population ratio

 36.1 36.2 35.4 34.5 34.4 35.4 34.5 35.4 35.0 35.3 34.5 34.5 36.1

Unemployed

 427 443 450 466 449 540 467 611 565 558 500 520 565

Unemployment rate

 8.7 8.9 9.2 9.7 9.5 10.9 9.8 12.1 11.4 11.2 10.3 10.6 11.0


BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 34,550 34,583 34,613 34,644 34,678 34,714 34,751 34,788 34,821 34,853 34,813 34,849 34,883

Civilian labor force

 22,111 21,763 21,856 21,705 21,771 21,782 21,900 21,902 22,171 22,094 22,051 22,190 22,170

Participation rate

 64.0 62.9 63.1 62.7 62.8 62.7 63.0 63.0 63.7 63.4 63.3 63.7 63.6

Employed

 20,974 20,713 20,613 20,411 20,523 20,626 20,650 20,636 20,886 20,952 20,887 20,950 20,746

Employment-population ratio

 60.7 59.9 59.6 58.9 59.2 59.4 59.4 59.3 60.0 60.1 60.0 60.1 59.5

Unemployed

 1,138 1,050 1,243 1,294 1,248 1,155 1,251 1,266 1,285 1,143 1,164 1,240 1,424

Unemployment rate

 5.1 4.8 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.2 5.3 5.6 6.4

Not in labor force

 12,439 12,820 12,757 12,938 12,907 12,933 12,851 12,886 12,650 12,759 12,762 12,659 12,713

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,358 9,978 10,081 10,073 10,130 10,155 10,201 10,048 10,299 10,294 10,266 10,344 10,317

Participation rate

 70.2 67.6 68.2 68.1 68.4 68.5 68.8 67.7 69.3 69.2 69.4 69.8 69.6

Employed

 9,811 9,519 9,511 9,478 9,593 9,640 9,631 9,520 9,648 9,821 9,717 9,709 9,677

Employment-population ratio

 66.5 64.5 64.4 64.1 64.8 65.0 64.9 64.1 64.9 66.0 65.7 65.5 65.3

Unemployed

 547 458 570 596 537 516 570 528 651 473 548 636 640

Unemployment rate

 5.3 4.6 5.7 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.6 5.3 6.3 4.6 5.3 6.1 6.2

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 10,982 11,051 11,035 10,880 10,922 10,880 10,890 11,065 11,067 11,014 10,967 11,050 10,999

Participation rate

 63.6 63.9 63.8 62.8 63.0 62.7 62.7 63.6 63.6 63.2 62.9 63.4 63.0

Employed

 10,506 10,557 10,449 10,295 10,358 10,367 10,403 10,475 10,533 10,486 10,445 10,568 10,387

Employment-population ratio

 60.8 61.1 60.4 59.4 59.8 59.8 59.9 60.3 60.5 60.2 59.9 60.6 59.5

Unemployed

 477 495 587 585 564 513 487 590 534 528 521 482 612

Unemployment rate

 4.3 4.5 5.3 5.4 5.2 4.7 4.5 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.4 5.6

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 771 734 740 752 719 746 809 789 805 786 819 796 854

Participation rate

 30.6 29.0 29.2 29.7 28.3 29.3 31.7 30.9 31.5 30.7 31.6 30.7 32.8

Employed

 657 636 654 639 573 619 615 642 705 644 724 673 682

Employment-population ratio

 26.1 25.2 25.8 25.2 22.5 24.3 24.2 25.1 27.6 25.2 27.9 25.9 26.2

Unemployed

 114 97 86 114 146 126 193 147 100 142 95 122 171

Unemployment rate

 14.8 13.2 11.6 15.1 20.3 16.9 23.9 18.7 12.4 18.0 11.6 15.4 20.1


ASIAN

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 17,545 17,557 17,511 17,491 17,600 17,515 17,633 17,593 17,769 17,896 17,930 17,784 17,781

Civilian labor force

 11,374 11,374 11,382 11,444 11,529 11,487 11,587 11,490 11,548 11,436 11,559 11,472 11,403

Participation rate

 64.8 64.8 65.0 65.4 65.5 65.6 65.7 65.3 65.0 63.9 64.5 64.5 64.1

Employed

 11,056 11,053 11,043 11,084 11,260 11,125 11,255 11,134 11,144 11,084 11,223 11,081 11,113

Employment-population ratio

 63.0 63.0 63.1 63.4 64.0 63.5 63.8 63.3 62.7 61.9 62.6 62.3 62.5

Unemployed

 318 321 338 360 269 362 332 356 404 353 336 390 290

Unemployment rate

 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.1 2.3 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.1 2.9 3.4 2.5

Not in labor force

 6,170 6,183 6,130 6,047 6,071 6,028 6,047 6,103 6,221 6,459 6,372 6,312 6,379


HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

Civilian noninstitutional population(1)

 47,194 47,288 47,380 47,473 47,569 47,671 47,774 47,877 47,974 48,068 48,364 48,467 48,565

Civilian labor force

 31,524 31,587 31,657 31,942 32,018 32,009 32,115 32,056 32,101 32,081 32,318 32,499 32,442

Participation rate

 66.8 66.8 66.8 67.3 67.3 67.1 67.2 67.0 66.9 66.7 66.8 67.1 66.8

Employed

 30,065 30,183 30,374 30,588 30,609 30,451 30,637 30,525 30,636 30,480 30,700 30,883 30,994

Employment-population ratio

 63.7 63.8 64.1 64.4 64.3 63.9 64.1 63.8 63.9 63.4 63.5 63.7 63.8

Unemployed

 1,459 1,403 1,283 1,354 1,410 1,558 1,478 1,531 1,465 1,602 1,618 1,616 1,448

Unemployment rate

 4.6 4.4 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.5

Not in labor force

 15,670 15,702 15,722 15,531 15,551 15,662 15,659 15,822 15,873 15,986 16,046 15,967 16,123

Men, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 16,985 16,963 17,118 17,199 17,264 17,172 17,256 17,128 17,267 17,261 17,372 17,415 17,455

Participation rate

 79.2 78.9 79.5 79.7 79.9 79.3 79.5 78.7 79.2 79.1 79.5 79.5 79.5

Employed

 16,298 16,267 16,436 16,571 16,591 16,436 16,520 16,409 16,537 16,438 16,519 16,720 16,800

Employment-population ratio

 76.0 75.7 76.3 76.8 76.8 75.9 76.1 75.4 75.9 75.3 75.6 76.3 76.5

Unemployed

 688 695 682 627 673 736 736 719 729 824 852 695 654

Unemployment rate

 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.9 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.0 3.7

Women, 20 years and over

Civilian labor force

 13,061 13,102 13,117 13,205 13,261 13,363 13,355 13,265 13,260 13,346 13,336 13,535 13,483

Participation rate

 61.1 61.1 61.1 61.4 61.5 61.8 61.7 61.1 61.0 61.3 60.7 61.5 61.1

Employed

 12,473 12,568 12,661 12,660 12,724 12,776 12,785 12,727 12,737 12,746 12,759 12,860 12,870

Employment-population ratio

 58.3 58.6 59.0 58.8 59.0 59.1 59.0 58.6 58.6 58.5 58.1 58.4 58.4

Unemployed

 588 534 456 545 536 587 570 537 523 601 577 675 612

Unemployment rate

 4.5 4.1 3.5 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.5 4.3 5.0 4.5

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years

Civilian labor force

 1,477 1,522 1,422 1,538 1,493 1,473 1,504 1,664 1,574 1,474 1,610 1,549 1,504

Participation rate

 33.9 34.9 32.5 35.1 34.0 33.4 34.1 37.6 35.5 33.2 35.5 34.0 33.0

Employed

 1,294 1,348 1,277 1,357 1,293 1,238 1,332 1,389 1,361 1,296 1,422 1,304 1,323

Employment-population ratio

 29.7 30.9 29.2 30.9 29.4 28.1 30.2 31.4 30.7 29.2 31.3 28.6 29.0

Unemployed

 184 174 146 181 200 235 172 275 213 177 188 246 181

Unemployment rate

 12.4 11.4 10.2 11.8 13.4 15.9 11.4 16.5 13.5 12.0 11.7 15.9 12.0


Footnotes
(1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: April 05, 2024