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Category | Feb. 2024 |
Current 1-month change (Feb.24-Jan.24) |
Current 3-month change (Feb.24-Nov.23) |
Current 6-month change (Feb.24-Aug.23) |
Current 9-month change (Feb.24-May23) |
Current 12-month change (Feb.24-Feb.23) |
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Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | Actual | Needed(1) | Statistically significant | ||
Employment status |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
267,711 | 171 | - | - | -111 | - | - | 498 | - | - | 1,093 | - | - | 1,599 | - | - |
Civilian labor force |
167,426 | 150 | 612 | No | -701 | 804 | No | -414 | 927 | No | 603 | 930 | No | 1,163 | 912 | Yes |
Participation rate |
62.5 | 0.02 | 0.23 | No | -0.24 | 0.30 | No | -0.27 | 0.35 | No | -0.03 | 0.35 | No | 0.06 | 0.34 | No |
Employed |
160,968 | -184 | 620 | No | -898 | 830 | Yes | -532 | 951 | No | 261 | 955 | No | 667 | 940 | No |
Employment-population ratio |
60.1 | -0.11 | 0.23 | No | -0.31 | 0.31 | Yes | -0.31 | 0.36 | No | -0.15 | 0.36 | No | -0.11 | 0.35 | No |
Unemployed |
6,458 | 334 | 324 | Yes | 196 | 384 | No | 118 | 407 | No | 341 | 401 | No | 496 | 390 | Yes |
Unemployment rate |
3.9 | 0.20 | 0.19 | Yes | 0.13 | 0.23 | No | 0.08 | 0.24 | No | 0.19 | 0.24 | No | 0.27 | 0.23 | Yes |
Not in labor force |
100,285 | 20 | 612 | No | 590 | 804 | No | 911 | 927 | No | 490 | 930 | No | 436 | 912 | No |
Unemployment rates |
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Total, 16 years and over |
3.9 | 0.20 | 0.19 | Yes | 0.13 | 0.23 | No | 0.08 | 0.24 | No | 0.19 | 0.24 | No | 0.27 | 0.23 | Yes |
Adult men (20 years and over) |
3.5 | -0.06 | 0.26 | No | -0.15 | 0.31 | No | -0.14 | 0.33 | No | 0.06 | 0.32 | No | 0.23 | 0.31 | No |
Adult women (20 years and over) |
3.5 | 0.34 | 0.26 | Yes | 0.38 | 0.30 | Yes | 0.31 | 0.32 | No | 0.16 | 0.32 | No | 0.22 | 0.31 | No |
Teenagers (16 to 19 years) |
12.5 | 1.89 | 1.76 | Yes | 1.11 | 2.01 | No | 0.28 | 2.12 | No | 2.20 | 2.05 | Yes | 1.45 | 2.06 | No |
White |
3.4 | 0.04 | 0.20 | No | 0.12 | 0.24 | No | 0.00 | 0.26 | No | 0.15 | 0.25 | No | 0.25 | 0.24 | Yes |
Black or African American |
5.6 | 0.31 | 0.70 | No | -0.21 | 0.85 | No | 0.28 | 0.87 | No | -0.10 | 0.89 | No | -0.14 | 0.88 | No |
Asian |
3.4 | 0.50 | 0.68 | No | -0.10 | 0.85 | No | 0.25 | 0.87 | No | 0.43 | 0.85 | No | -0.01 | 0.86 | No |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
5.0 | -0.03 | 0.53 | No | 0.41 | 0.60 | No | 0.11 | 0.64 | No | 0.92 | 0.61 | Yes | -0.43 | 0.64 | No |
Total, 25 years and over |
3.2 | 0.03 | 0.18 | No | 0.10 | 0.22 | No | 0.17 | 0.23 | No | 0.13 | 0.23 | No | 0.24 | 0.22 | Yes |
Less than a high school diploma |
6.1 | 0.15 | 1.04 | No | -0.19 | 1.23 | No | 0.72 | 1.25 | No | 0.43 | 1.27 | No | 0.31 | 1.24 | No |
High school graduates, no college |
4.2 | -0.11 | 0.43 | No | 0.10 | 0.52 | No | 0.32 | 0.53 | No | 0.26 | 0.53 | No | 0.60 | 0.51 | Yes |
Some college or associate degree |
3.1 | -0.12 | 0.37 | No | 0.34 | 0.43 | No | 0.10 | 0.46 | No | -0.03 | 0.46 | No | -0.10 | 0.45 | No |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
2.2 | 0.13 | 0.22 | No | 0.14 | 0.27 | No | 0.00 | 0.29 | No | 0.20 | 0.28 | No | 0.20 | 0.27 | No |
Reason for unemployment |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
3,216 | 188 | 223 | No | 158 | 269 | No | 270 | 279 | No | 217 | 279 | No | 450 | 268 | Yes |
Job leavers |
711 | -83 | 112 | No | -110 | 136 | No | -93 | 139 | No | -53 | 136 | No | -177 | 142 | Yes |
Reentrants |
1,946 | 112 | 185 | No | 175 | 213 | No | 15 | 225 | No | 95 | 221 | No | 102 | 219 | No |
New entrants |
611 | 61 | 105 | No | 29 | 123 | No | 19 | 125 | No | 84 | 122 | No | 90 | 121 | No |
Duration of unemployment |
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Less than 5 weeks |
2,326 | 186 | 241 | No | 257 | 241 | Yes | 102 | 247 | No | 246 | 243 | Yes | 32 | 247 | No |
5 to 14 weeks |
1,933 | 85 | 194 | No | -127 | 225 | No | 20 | 222 | No | 70 | 221 | No | 95 | 217 | No |
15 to 26 weeks |
974 | 107 | 135 | No | 43 | 155 | No | 4 | 158 | No | 63 | 155 | No | 162 | 150 | Yes |
27 weeks and over |
1,203 | -74 | 140 | No | -17 | 170 | No | -123 | 181 | No | 71 | 173 | No | 152 | 168 | No |
Employed persons at work part time |
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Part time for economic reasons |
4,376 | -46 | 301 | No | 382 | 333 | Yes | 155 | 347 | No | 639 | 334 | Yes | 306 | 333 | No |
Slack work or business conditions |
2,863 | -131 | 258 | No | 73 | 278 | No | 42 | 285 | No | 275 | 276 | No | 21 | 278 | No |
Could only find part-time work |
1,104 | 78 | 151 | No | 170 | 165 | Yes | 87 | 170 | No | 257 | 163 | Yes | 238 | 162 | Yes |
Part time for noneconomic reasons |
22,309 | 153 | 528 | No | 430 | 652 | No | 279 | 693 | No | 478 | 681 | No | 529 | 654 | No |
Persons not in the labor force |
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Marginally attached to the labor force |
1,558 | -96 | 194 | No | -25 | 203 | No | 39 | 204 | No | 46 | 203 | No | 139 | 199 | No |
Discouraged workers |
425 | -27 | 105 | No | 0 | 107 | No | 41 | 105 | No | 0 | 107 | No | 58 | 103 | No |
Footnotes |
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- Standard errors cannot be calculated for population levels. |
Last Modified Date: March 08, 2024