A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted

HOUSEHOLD DATA
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
A-3. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, sex, and age	2024										2025
Employment status, sex, and age	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	267,884	268,066	268,248	268,438	268,644	268,856	269,080	269,289	269,463	269,638	272,685	272,847	273,023
Civilian labor force	167,922	167,988	167,799	168,005	168,315	168,496	168,703	168,428	168,304	168,547	170,744	170,359	170,591
Participation rate	62.7	62.7	62.6	62.6	62.7	62.7	62.7	62.5	62.5	62.5	62.6	62.4	62.5
Employed	161,425	161,495	161,164	161,155	161,219	161,425	161,802	161,456	161,183	161,661	163,895	163,307	163,508
Employment-population ratio	60.3	60.2	60.1	60.0	60.0	60.0	60.1	60.0	59.8	60.0	60.1	59.9	59.9
Unemployed	6,497	6,492	6,635	6,849	7,097	7,071	6,901	6,972	7,121	6,886	6,849	7,052	7,083
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.2
Not in labor force	99,963	100,078	100,449	100,434	100,329	100,360	100,377	100,861	101,159	101,091	101,941	102,487	102,431
Persons who currently want a job	5,461	5,639	5,706	5,256	5,607	5,632	5,683	5,652	5,483	5,505	5,479	5,893	5,915

Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	130,605	130,694	130,782	130,875	130,975	131,077	131,186	131,287	131,371	131,455	133,010	133,089	133,175
Civilian labor force	88,864	88,738	88,688	89,140	89,194	88,938	89,339	89,378	89,151	89,295	90,393	89,987	90,244
Participation rate	68.0	67.9	67.8	68.1	68.1	67.9	68.1	68.1	67.9	67.9	68.0	67.6	67.8
Employed	85,464	85,235	84,977	85,446	85,347	85,099	85,562	85,592	85,318	85,620	86,733	86,226	86,443
Employment-population ratio	65.4	65.2	65.0	65.3	65.2	64.9	65.2	65.2	64.9	65.1	65.2	64.8	64.9
Unemployed	3,400	3,503	3,711	3,694	3,846	3,839	3,777	3,785	3,833	3,675	3,660	3,761	3,800
Unemployment rate	3.8	3.9	4.2	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.2
Not in labor force	41,741	41,956	42,095	41,734	41,781	42,139	41,848	41,909	42,220	42,160	42,617	43,102	42,932

Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	121,685	121,763	121,844	121,929	122,021	122,118	122,221	122,316	122,398	122,480	123,918	123,996	124,082
Civilian labor force	85,449	85,406	85,297	85,862	85,991	85,846	86,042	86,191	85,982	85,945	87,067	86,594	86,887
Participation rate	70.2	70.1	70.0	70.4	70.5	70.3	70.4	70.5	70.2	70.2	70.3	69.8	70.0
Employed	82,516	82,346	82,083	82,600	82,573	82,479	82,783	82,851	82,633	82,739	83,803	83,311	83,563
Employment-population ratio	67.8	67.6	67.4	67.7	67.7	67.5	67.7	67.7	67.5	67.6	67.6	67.2	67.3
Unemployed	2,933	3,060	3,214	3,261	3,418	3,367	3,258	3,339	3,348	3,206	3,264	3,283	3,324
Unemployment rate	3.4	3.6	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8
Not in labor force	36,236	36,357	36,547	36,067	36,031	36,272	36,179	36,125	36,417	36,535	36,851	37,402	37,195

Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	137,279	137,372	137,465	137,564	137,669	137,779	137,894	138,002	138,092	138,183	139,674	139,758	139,848
Civilian labor force	79,057	79,250	79,111	78,864	79,122	79,558	79,365	79,050	79,153	79,252	80,351	80,372	80,348
Participation rate	57.6	57.7	57.5	57.3	57.5	57.7	57.6	57.3	57.3	57.4	57.5	57.5	57.5
Employed	75,961	76,260	76,187	75,709	75,871	76,325	76,240	75,864	75,865	76,041	77,162	77,081	77,065
Employment-population ratio	55.3	55.5	55.4	55.0	55.1	55.4	55.3	55.0	54.9	55.0	55.2	55.2	55.1
Unemployed	3,096	2,989	2,924	3,155	3,250	3,232	3,125	3,187	3,288	3,211	3,189	3,291	3,283
Unemployment rate	3.9	3.8	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.1	3.9	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.1	4.1
Not in labor force	58,222	58,122	58,354	58,699	58,547	58,221	58,529	58,952	58,939	58,931	59,324	59,385	59,500

Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	128,659	128,742	128,830	128,922	129,021	129,125	129,236	129,340	129,428	129,518	130,908	130,991	131,080
Civilian labor force	75,769	75,967	75,814	75,616	75,954	76,368	76,110	75,916	75,920	75,994	77,203	77,115	76,997
Participation rate	58.9	59.0	58.8	58.7	58.9	59.1	58.9	58.7	58.7	58.7	59.0	58.9	58.7
Employed	73,048	73,316	73,219	72,828	73,076	73,555	73,397	73,152	72,988	73,135	74,380	74,205	74,159
Employment-population ratio	56.8	56.9	56.8	56.5	56.6	57.0	56.8	56.6	56.4	56.5	56.8	56.6	56.6
Unemployed	2,721	2,651	2,595	2,788	2,878	2,813	2,713	2,764	2,932	2,859	2,822	2,910	2,838
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.7
Not in labor force	52,890	52,774	53,016	53,306	53,067	52,757	53,126	53,423	53,509	53,524	53,706	53,876	54,082

Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population(1)	17,540	17,561	17,574	17,588	17,602	17,612	17,623	17,633	17,636	17,640	17,859	17,860	17,862
Civilian labor force	6,704	6,614	6,688	6,527	6,371	6,281	6,552	6,321	6,403	6,607	6,474	6,650	6,707
Participation rate	38.2	37.7	38.1	37.1	36.2	35.7	37.2	35.8	36.3	37.5	36.3	37.2	37.6
Employed	5,861	5,833	5,861	5,727	5,570	5,390	5,621	5,453	5,562	5,786	5,712	5,792	5,786
Employment-population ratio	33.4	33.2	33.4	32.6	31.6	30.6	31.9	30.9	31.5	32.8	32.0	32.4	32.4
Unemployed	843	781	827	800	801	891	930	868	841	821	763	858	921
Unemployment rate	12.6	11.8	12.4	12.3	12.6	14.2	14.2	13.7	13.1	12.4	11.8	12.9	13.7
Not in labor force	10,836	10,947	10,887	11,061	11,232	11,331	11,072	11,312	11,233	11,033	11,385	11,210	11,154
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 04, 2025